Word: thurberism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...avoid systems, we must act as if they don't exist; we must see how funny all that supposed logic is. We should wear lampshades on our heads, urinate in the kitchen, say "Fuck you" to any system that tries to encroach on our humanity. James Thurber would understand this kind of approach to life. And so would acid heads, people with good peripheral vision, and Lenny Bruce...
...World and Welcome to It might have been the only original comedy on TV this fall. The idea was to base the series on James Thurber's cartoons, using them to illustrate some of his fables and weave the make-believe into the life of a cartoonist played by William Windom. But as the barbs were dulled, what was left took on a distinct resemblance to Father Knows Best...
Monday, September 15 MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT (NBC, 7:30-8 p.m.). William Windom (John Monroe) is a cartoonist-writer in this comedy series based on the work of Humorist James Thurber. Joan Hotchkis is his wife and Lisa Gerritsen is their daughter. Premiere...
Aside from such timing gimmickry, the most promising innovation this season will come from NBC: My World and Welcome to It, a sitchcom about a cartoonist (William Windom) who daydreams. NBC promises that the show will include animated cartoons in James Thurber style...
During its six years on the air, Children's Theater has practiced what Heinemann preaches. It has talked up to children with such varied fare as a musical version of James Thurber's fantasy Quillow and the Giant, a dramatic adaptation of E. B. White's classic Stuart Little and an hour of music by the Boston Pops Orchestra. Earlier this year Theater presented a ballet version of Little Women narrated by Geraldine Page...