"Good Morning, World" (1967) TV series 1967-1968

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Creators:

Sam Denoff
Bill Persky

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

5 September 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

David Lewis and Larry Clarke are early morning disc jockeys in Los Angeles. Dave is happily married...

Cast

Joby Baker	...	David Lewis / ... (26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Billy De Wolfe	...	Roland B. Hutton Jr. / ... (26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Julie Parrish	...	Linda Lewis (26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ronnie Schell	...	Larry Clarke / ... (26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Goldie Hawn	...	Sandy Kramer (8 episodes, 1967-1968)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Discus

Trivia:

'Ronnie Shell' was playing a private on _"Gomer Pyle, USMC" (1964)_ and quit to do "Good Morning World." After it was canceled he went back to "Gomer Pyle, USMC" and got a promotion to corporal.

Quotes:

DeWolfe: I ran this station like I ran my ship.
DJs: AGROUND

'60s Occupational/Domestic Sitcom patterned after "Dick Van Dyke Show"

GOOD MORNING WORLD is a mid-60s hybrid of the Occupational Sitcom and the Domestic Sitcom. They took as their format the classic "Dick Van Dyke Show" mix of 50% Rob Petrie's home life and 50% Rob Petrie's work as a TV gag writer.

In this case, the single protagonist becomes two men and the workplace shifts from TV to radio, but otherwise things are fairly familiar. Richard Deacon's fussy producer was replaced by Billy DeWolfe's fussy station manager.

The main change was that by going with two men, the show was able to do both happily married plots and bachelor dating plots. In the latter case, dating involved newcomer Goldie Hawn, doing an early version of the ditsy character she later developed for LAUGH-IN.

Like most sitcoms, individual episodes' plots are long-forgotten aside from an occasional story that stuck in the memory for some reason. In the case of GOOD MORNING WORLD, it was the "Nude Ranch" episode. The guys had been sent to do an overnight remote broadcast from a "dude ranch." But when they got there, they discovered to their horror they were at a NUDE ranch. This being the still-uptight age of sitcoms, the humor was limited to the guys' nervousness at being around nude people (who were of course mostly off-camera aside from some above-the-waist shots on a couple men). The guys do their first show and retreat to their room, dreading the fact they are to be guests of honor at dinner that night. They decide they have to appear.... The next scene shows them bare-chested as they sit in the still-empty dining room. They hear the sounds of the ranch guests approaching.... And see that everyone is fully dressed. The nudists explain "We always dress for dinner!" but thank the guys for their thoughtfulness in appearing nude. The guys admit they chickened out and stand up, revealing large towels firmly in place.