Good Morning, World (GMW) is an American sitcom broadcast on CBS-TV during the 1967-1968 season, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble on Tuesday nights at 21:30 (9:30 PM) ET. On January 7, 2017, reruns of the show began airing on the Antenna TV network late night Saturdays at 01:00 ET (1:00 AM ET; 10:00 PM PT).
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Synopsis
GMW was designed as a starring vehicle for Ronnie Schell, who had proven to be fairly popular as "Duke", one of Gomer's buddies, in the hit program Gomer Pyle, USMC over the three previous seasons. Schell's character, Larry Clarke, was a morning disc jockey and part of a morning drive-time team, "Lewis and Clarke", on a small AM radio station in Los Angeles. The show also starred Joby Baker, who was known for guest starring in many sitcoms. The show's creators were Carl Reiner, Sheldon Leonard, Bill Persky, and Sam Denoff, all of whom had worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, 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!".
Despite having the long-established and popular Red Skelton Show as a lead-in, and the young Goldie Hawn as a minor neighbor character, the show did not do well on Nielsen ratings, and Schell returned to Gomer Pyle as Duke for the next season, which was also that show's last. Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully did voice-over narration in some of the episodes.
Ronnie Schell, on the DVD commentary for the series, claimed that the show might have been renewed for a second season on CBS, but the network was also alarmed by problems with the main cast. Baker could not memorize his lines, and Parrish was having health concerns that slowed down her performance as the season progressed. Recasting both actors was considered.
Unlike most sitcoms of the era, Good Morning, World was filmed before a live audience. A standard practice at the time was to film an episode on a closed set and add a laugh track during post-production. A laugh track was still used to fill any gaps in audience reactions or missed punchlines.
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DVD release
On January 17, 2006, all 26 episodes of Good Morning, World were released on DVD by S'more Entertainment.
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References
Bibliography
External links
- Good Morning, World on IMDb
- Good Morning, World at TV.com
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