Post by John Green on Jun 1, 2024 11:51:09 GMT
"Orson Bean — who starred in an awful lot of unsold pilots — starred in one called The Secret Life of James Thurber…!
It went nowhere but then in 1969, a new version of the project became a weekly series on NBC for one year — My World and Welcome To It starring William Windom and written mainly by Mel Shavelson and Danny Arnold. I thought it was a terrific show and so did the critics and it also won Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series and Best Actor. Here's one entire episode…
…but alas, the public didn't love it in sufficient numbers and it had just the one season. It did lead to that film with Jack Lemmon (written by Shavelson and Arnold, directed by Shavelson) and also to a play in which Mr. Windom toured for years." www.newsfromme.com/
I enjoyed the My World TV show when it was shown over here, and the much later series Keep it in the Family, which had a similar premise of a cartoonist working from home.
It went nowhere but then in 1969, a new version of the project became a weekly series on NBC for one year — My World and Welcome To It starring William Windom and written mainly by Mel Shavelson and Danny Arnold. I thought it was a terrific show and so did the critics and it also won Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series and Best Actor. Here's one entire episode…
…but alas, the public didn't love it in sufficient numbers and it had just the one season. It did lead to that film with Jack Lemmon (written by Shavelson and Arnold, directed by Shavelson) and also to a play in which Mr. Windom toured for years." www.newsfromme.com/
I enjoyed the My World TV show when it was shown over here, and the much later series Keep it in the Family, which had a similar premise of a cartoonist working from home.
