Good Morning World TV Sitcom Open and Close Titles

[OsbornTramain]

How could this show not have been good with the talent it had? Produced by Carl Reiner and Sheldon Leonard! They were comic geniuses. In the closing credits, it says "Good Morning World" was originated by William B. Williams, he was a famous disc jocky for over 40 years at WNEW 1130 AM Radio in New York.

[susannreno]

Great sitcom, one of the best of the 1960s. Thank God the entire series was/is on DVD.

[fromthesidelines]

The series lasted one season on CBS, 'Tom' (1967-'68), and was repeated on USA Cable Network in the mid-'80s.

[bigbandsrock1]

I never understood why this show and 'He and She' failed to run for many years! Both were just delightful! I was fortunate to have been a Good Morning World 'groupie' when just a 15 yr old kid! A former pal of mine was a secretary for Cinema General Studio's, (formally Desilu lot), and she'd get me and a girl friend of mine into rehearsals and tapings! I even attended the closing party for this show! Had a huge crush on Ronnie Schell for quite a while. LoL! He was and still is adorably funny!

[mrceleb2006]

The credits are in the Arab Brushstroke font, which was also used for the words "SCREEN GEMS" in the 1963-1965 "Dancing Sticks" logo.

[eowyn1964]

Ohhhh, I thought working in radio as a DJ was just the coolest job ever.....Joby Baker, how good to see your face again....

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

this may or may not have been shown on the screen gems network

also i love the record spinning at the end

[HerrEllsworth]

I just ordered this show off Amazon---only five bucks roughly. The more rarely seen a tv series is, the more I have to see it.

[fromthesidelines]

Procter & Gamble was SO sure this series would be a hit (solely on the track record of Sheldon Leonard, Carl Reiner and Persky & Denoff's involvement in "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW", which P&G had sponsored), they cancelled their sponsorship of "PETTICOAT JUNCTION" after four seasons [it moved to Saturdays for a different advertiser] and scheduled it in the time period "PJ" had occupied. When it failed, they bought "THE DORIS DAY SHOW" for the fall of '68.

[RoyFive]

@fromthesidelines Yeah, that explains a lot. I always wondered why PJ had been pushed to Saturdays. Good thing Gomer Pyle still aired by the time of the show's cancellation and Ronnie Schell could go back to playing Duke Slater.

[murrahnoble]

Good quality!

[tedm1975]

Yeah except Blu ray is now replacing dvds. And I cant rent this at my local video store because they don't have it.. And I'am sure the dvds to this show are expensive. There's other Blu rays that I would rather buy. But to answer your question I do remember the dvd.

[susannreno]

@tedm1975 --Blue ray IS a type of DVD. You can play a DVD on Blue ray.

[MacGrurry]

i love the thems song. jazzy contemparary

[tedm1975]

I really like the music to this show.

[BIGDADDY328]

@tedm1975 ME TOO! I LOVE THE USE OF THE SPINNING RECORD. PRE- HAPPY DAYS.

[tedm1975]

TV Land should put this program on instead of Home Improvement or some other lame ass 90's sitcom. Remember when TV Land was good?

[BIGDADDY328]

@tedm1975 TOTALLY.....BRING BACK THE GOOD GUYS OR BRIDGET LOVES BERNIE AND ROLL OUT!

[Neville6000]

This sitcom's on DVD, though-all the better to see it without commercials, and also all the better for it not to be repeated twice a day 24-7/365 until people get tired of it. Remember DVD?

[noahf67]

Notice the Columbia label motif?

I guess if the show'd moved to NBC,

they'd have to switch to an RCA label.

[Juliaflo]

Pop quiz--Put on your scrubs and name another television theme composed by Dave Grusin. (Deal or No Deal)

[Freenbean]

I remember this show- came on after Red Skelton. Done by the people behind Dick Van Dyke's show- but they didn't get the same reaction. Later one of the creators said they really blew it by not realizing what they had in Goldie Hawn... Still, a funny show. I remember the "Alpha-Bites" cereal gag.

[storrs19]

I thought this was by the same people who created "That Girl" but I could be mistaken. Nonetheless it is a great little show. I bought it on dvd a few years ago when it came out as i had never seen it but liked the clips I saw online of it.

[Freenbean]

Persky and Denoff were putting this show together when Danny Thomas asked them if they could work on a pilot for his daughter. They said OK, figuring GMW was going the be the big hit and that Marlo's project would go nowhere.

[Neville6000]

Sadly, GMW wasn't and That Girl was, giving the world a silly show about a flighty lady in the big city instead of what seems to be a great, intelligent sitcom about radio.

[squeapler]

I loved this opening sequence as a kid - the guy shaving, putting on socks and then rushing into the city. Have remembered it for over 40 years!

[2nicks]

Totally underrated sitcom! This and "He & She" should have been hits for CBS!

[MrTrashcan1]

Absolutely, and I believe He & She followed it. The theme "originated" by William B. Williams, a DJ at WNEW.

[vividwatch47]

They were both cancelled the same season! (even after "He & She" won an Emmy). However, "He & She" was rerun in the Summer of 1970. It deserves a D.V.D. release.

[nanajanamike]

Ronnie Schell was "Duke" on Gomer Pyle,left as a PFC,did this great show for one year,and came back to GP as a corporal!

[fromthesidelines]

These credits are from the third episode of the series, "You vs. Me" [9/19/67]. Procter & Gamble originally sponsored the series; one of their products advertised during the show would be seen in the lower left-hand corner of the closing credits during the original telecasts. And it's no accident that a "Columbia" record was seen spinning during those credits- CBS owned the label at the time [that's the 1957-'62 design, incidentally].

[LeroyBright]

Last time I seen this show was back on USA Network in late 1984. Before that, back in 1967-68 Television Season on CBS.

[StuntmanJackR]

I thought I was imaging it. I just graduated high school that year and my friends and I were hanging out at my parent's and this show came on. Thanks. I forgot what this show was called.