Good Morning World (American TV series)

Good Morning World
Complete series DVD cover
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Bill Persky Sam Denoff Carl Reiner Sheldon Leonard
Written by	Carl Biddiscombe Sam Bobrick Joseph Bonaduce John C. Chulay James L. Brooks Sam Denoff Peggy Elliott Bill Idelson Bruce Johnson Carl Kleinschmitt Rick Mittleman Dale McRaven Bernie Orenstein Ronnie Pearlman Bill Persky Ed Scharlach Saul Turtletaub E. Duke Vincent Jack Winter Sydney Zelinka
Directed by	Danny Dayton Gary Nelson Carl Reiner John Rich Robert Scheerer George Tyne
Starring	Ronnie Schell Joby Baker Billy De Wolfe Goldie Hawn Julie Parrish
Theme music composer	Dave Grusin
Composer	Dave Grusin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Sheldon Leonard Carl Reiner
Producers	Sam Denoff Bill Persky
Running time	30 mins.
Production company	Discus Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 5, 1967 (1967-09-05) – March 19, 1968 (1968-03-19)

Good Morning World is an American sitcom broadcast on CBS-TV during the 1967–1968 season, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble on Tuesday nights at 9:30 pm ET. On January 7, 2017, reruns of the show began airing on the Antenna TV network.

Synopsis

Good Morning World starred Joby Baker and Ronnie Schell as Dave Lewis and Larry Clarke, morning drive time disc jockeys and hosts of the eponymous "Lewis and Clarke Show" on a small AM radio station in Los Angeles. The two host the show under the supervision of station manager Roland B. Hutton Jr., portrayed by Billy De Wolfe in his usual character. Frequently appearing in the subplots was Julie Parrish as Lewis's wife Linda, as well as her aggressive best friend Sandy Kramer, played by Goldie Hawn in her first professional role.

The series was created and produced by Carl Reiner, Sheldon Leonard, Bill Persky, and Sam Denoff, all of whom were creatively responsible for the critically acclaimed and commercially successful The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66) and was inspired by Persky and Denoff's personal experiences working as continuity writers for several disc jockeys on radio station WNEW in New York during the 1950s. In fact, William B. Williams, one of the station's most popular deejays, received screen credit for originating the show's title, which was adapted from his famous opening greeting, "Hello, World!".^{[citation needed]}

Good Morning World was filmed before a live studio audience. Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully did voice-over narration in some of the episodes.^{[citation needed]}

Ronnie Schell, on the DVD commentary for the series, claimed that the show had been on the bubble for a second season renewal on CBS, but the network was also not entirely satisfied with the main cast, either Baker or Parrish, who was having health concerns that slowed down her performance as the season progressed. Recasting both actors was considered, but CBS, unimpressed with the program losing audience from its lead-in The Red Skelton Show, canceled the show instead.^{[citation needed]} After the show's cancellation after a single season, Schell returned to his previous role on Gomer Pyle, USMC, while Hawn joined the cast of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in what would prove to be her breakout role. De Wolfe joined the cast of The Doris Day Show on a recurring basis.

Cast

Episode list

Home media

On January 17, 2006, all 26 episodes of Good Morning, World were released on DVD by S'more Entertainment.^[1]

Roku has the entire series available for free.^[2]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Good Morning World.

• Good Morning World at IMDb

This page was last edited on 18 March 2024, at 03:26