Comments on: WATCH: My World and Welcome To It http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:28:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Buzz http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-575243 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:41:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-575243 James Lileks provides the contrarian POV: http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/07/1107/112107.html Lemon made two films about cartoonists/comic strip artists at war with the opposite sex. THE WAR BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN was based on Thurber, but HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE was written and directed by George Axelrod, who also did LORD LOVE A DUCK. James Lileks provides the contrarian POV:

http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/07/1107/112107.html

Lemon made two films about cartoonists/comic strip artists at war with the opposite sex. THE WAR BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN was based on Thurber, but HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE was written and directed by George Axelrod, who also did LORD LOVE A DUCK.

]]> by: Richard J. Marcej http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-574787 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:55:57 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-574787 The Jack Lemmon film is "How To Murder Your Wife" and is an absurd/funny late 60's film that after seeing it at a VERY young age made me want to be a cartoonist. I mean, his own town house in manhattan, partying all the time, etc.... The Jack Lemmon film is “How To Murder Your Wife” and is an absurd/funny late 60’s film that after seeing it at a VERY young age made me want to be a cartoonist.

I mean, his own town house in manhattan, partying all the time, etc….

]]> by: Kurt Ackerman http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-574733 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:51:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-574733 There was also the Jack Lemon movie, "The War Between Men & Women". William Windom sometimes tours as James Thurber. His web page is here: http://www.timem.com/starwebs/williamwindom/index.htm There was also the Jack Lemon movie, “The War Between Men & Women”.

William Windom sometimes tours as James Thurber. His web page is here:

http://www.timem.com/starwebs/williamwindom/index.htm

]]> by: GR Kent http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-572927 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:52:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-572927 Thank you for that.... I would so love for this show to somehow find it's way back into the world. sigh (Another well-loved/short-lived show about a cartoonist was He and She with Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss... as well as Ken Mars, Hamilton Camp and Jack Cassidy) Thank you for that….

I would so love for this show to somehow find it’s way back into the world.

sigh

(Another well-loved/short-lived show about a cartoonist was He and She with Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss… as well as Ken Mars, Hamilton Camp and Jack Cassidy)

]]> by: Chris Crosby http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-571369 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:56:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-571369 This reminded me of the short-lived Gary Larson-inspired sitcom flop from the late '80s, THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR. This reminded me of the short-lived Gary Larson-inspired sitcom flop from the late ’80s, THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR.

]]> by: Gary http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-570068 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:16:42 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-570068 Wow! That really took me back, I loved that show. The evolution segment wouldn't have gotten past the network suits today. Thanks for sharing! Wow! That really took me back, I loved that show. The evolution segment wouldn’t have gotten past the network suits today.
Thanks for sharing!

]]> by: Ipod Iphone and MAC » WATCH: My World and Welcome To It http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-569462 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:37:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-569462 [...] College Fashion .Net - Tips, trends and style for students. wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerptWATCH: My World and Welcome To It 11/24/07 8:02 AM If you’re a comics lover — and we mean a REAL comics lover, the kind of person who wants to understand the joy and sorrow implicit in the butterfly wing of every line on paper — then #1 TV show of all times for cartoonists was definitely MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT. The show was based on the work of James Thurber, the brilliant writer and cartoonist whose whimsical flights of fancy on the page belied his deteriorating eyesight. (He created Wa [...] […] College Fashion .Net - Tips, trends and style for students. wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerptWATCH: My World and Welcome To It 11/24/07 8:02 AM If you’re a comics lover — and we mean a REAL comics lover, the kind of person who wants to understand the joy and sorrow implicit in the butterfly wing of every line on paper — then #1 TV show of all times for cartoonists was definitely MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT. The show was based on the work of James Thurber, the brilliant writer and cartoonist whose whimsical flights of fancy on the page belied his deteriorating eyesight. (He created Wa […]

]]> by: Kat Kan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-569008 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:29:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-569008 Thanks for bringing back some memories. I also loved the show. As a kid, it didn't dawn on me that the show was doing some very interesting things with animation along with good writing. It was just fun to watch. One thing it did was to inspire me to read Thurber's books. Pretty amazing stuff when you're 14. Thanks for bringing back some memories. I also loved the show. As a kid, it didn’t dawn on me that the show was doing some very interesting things with animation along with good writing. It was just fun to watch. One thing it did was to inspire me to read Thurber’s books. Pretty amazing stuff when you’re 14.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-568981 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:09:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-568981 The Museum Of Television And Radio may have it in their collections. Locations in Los Angeles and New York. Well worth a trip, as they have many gems! Almost as obscure are Thurber's UPA cartoons. The Unicorn In The Garden was one I remember. I think Sony owns the rights. My generation's World was the Duck Factory, featuring a very young Jim Carrey. Some good character actors, a little animation, and quickly cancelled. A midseason replacement. The Museum Of Television And Radio may have it in their collections. Locations in Los Angeles and New York. Well worth a trip, as they have many gems!
Almost as obscure are Thurber’s UPA cartoons. The Unicorn In The Garden was one I remember. I think Sony owns the rights.
My generation’s World was the Duck Factory, featuring a very young Jim Carrey. Some good character actors, a little animation, and quickly cancelled. A midseason replacement.

]]> by: Michael Benedetti http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-568846 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:31:55 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-568846 That show made a lasting impression on me. Not a year goes by that I don't think about it. I would love to get my hands on copies. That show made a lasting impression on me. Not a year goes by that I don’t think about it. I would love to get my hands on copies.

]]> by: Scott Bieser http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-568757 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:25:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/24/watch-my-world-and-welcome-to-it/#comment-568757 Now there's a blast from the past. I loved that show, too. It was one of the few of that era that my father and I both enjoyed watching together (the others being Star Trek and Laugh-In). We were highly annoyed that MWAWTI was cancelled. It was so long ago, though, that the only bit I can remember now, aside from those opening credits, was Monroe's daughter making some caustic remark to her father, and then turning to walk up the stairs. Quick cut to father, then back to daughter who was now a cartoon version of herself, walking up the stairs and then suddenly exploding. Now there’s a blast from the past. I loved that show, too. It was one of the few of that era that my father and I both enjoyed watching together (the others being Star Trek and Laugh-In). We were highly annoyed that MWAWTI was cancelled.

It was so long ago, though, that the only bit I can remember now, aside from those opening credits, was Monroe’s daughter making some caustic remark to her father, and then turning to walk up the stairs. Quick cut to father, then back to daughter who was now a cartoon version of herself, walking up the stairs and then suddenly exploding.

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