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MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT - Darn That Dream

Air Date/Released Monday, January 5, 1970
Station/Studio NBC / Sheldon Leonard Prods.
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)

Situation comedy based on the short stories of James Thurber. The overactive imagination of cartoonist John Monroe helps him deal with feelings of job dissatisfaction, a loving but domineering wife, and a brilliant and inquisitive daughter that John just can't figure out. His daydreams are presented in animation form, modeled on Thurber's artwork.

John's insistence on the tradition of a nightly family dinner, regardless if he arrives home late, leads to a night of indigestion and bad dreams. Consoling Lydia after a nightmare, John tells his daughter a story (in flashback) of Cousin Horaces's dreams of a ghost (Sheldon Leonard) who gives tips on the horses, and his own childhood experience of a late dinner nightmare. Horace and John Jr. create a late-night brouhaha, resulting in a police raid led by an incompetent Police Chief (Joe Besser).


Cast: William Windom (John Monroe, John Monroe Sr.), Joan Hotchkis (Ellen Monroe, Agnes Monroe), Lisa Gerritsen (Lydia Monroe), Nick Beuvy (Young John Monroe), Sheldon Leonard (Jeremiah the tout), Ruth McDevitt (Great Aunt Hester), Iris Korn (Aunt Dora), Joe Besser (Police Chief), Eldon Quick (Horace)

Crew: Sheldon Leonard (Executive Producer), Danny Arnold (Producer), John Rich (Director), Lila Garrett, Bernie Kahn (Writers), DePatie-Freleng (Animation)
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