My World and Welcome to It

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  • : 1969
  • : 26
  • : 1
  • NBC
  • Animation Comedy

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1x1
Man Against the World (Pilot)
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15, 1969
When Lydia complains to her father about the dullness of her history lesson at school, John tells her his own version of the story of Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox, a version that .. show full overview
1x2
The Disenchanted
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22, 1969
When the noise from the freight elevator beside his office becomes intolerable, John decides to try working at home, only to be confronted by Lydia, who is unhappy with her seat at .. show full overview
1x3
Little Girls Are Sugar & Spice - And Not Always Nice!
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29, 1969
In order to get closer to her father, with whom she seems to share little in common, Lydia learns how to play chess from her mother and begins seriously beating John at the game. He .. show full overview
1x4
Christabel
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06, 1969
John has dog problems with just about everyone: Greeley, over a magazine piece about his childhood family pet who bit people; Ellen, who makes him sleep on the couch after an argument .. show full overview
1x5
The Night the House Caught Fire
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13, 1969
When Lydia comes down with a bad cold, John takes the opportunity to try to show her that people with vivid imaginations are better off than those who approach life from a more .. show full overview
1x6
The Ghost and Mr. Monroe
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20, 1969
After Greeley once again fails to understand the humor in one of John's cartoons, John quits his job with The Manhattanite and returns home, where he begins to wonder what he'll do for .. show full overview
1x7
Nobody Ever Kills Dragons Anymore
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27, 1969
John, finding himself bothered by the ordinariness of his life, fantasizes about being involved in a tale of espionage involving pickle forks and a malevolent dragon.
1x8
Seal in the Bedroom
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03, 1969
Greeley rejects yet another of John's cartoons which he doesn't understand, one involving a seal in the bedroom of a married couple. Ellen and Lydia agree with Greeley, and when John .. show full overview
1x9
The Saga of Dimity Ann
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10, 1969
After being bitten by the family cat, Dimity Ann, John takes her away and leaves her in a new housing developement. Lydia believes the cat ran away because of a dislike for her, while .. show full overview
1x10
A Friend of the Earth
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17, 1969
The Monroe's new neighbor, Paul Morton, who is also a cartoonist, challenges John's more sophisticated humor by pitting him against the town's answer to Will Rogers, Zeph Leggin. To .. show full overview
1x11
Maid in Connecticut
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24, 1969
The Monroes have a new maid who for some reason has a phobia about modern appliances, and Ellen tells John to be kind to her and keep up appearances while she's away. But the maid finds .. show full overview
1x12
Native Wit
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01, 1969
John finally manages to get his revenge on Zeph Leggin by studying old jokes and using them to defeat the local humorist in a battle of wit. So Zeph decides it's time to move away from .. show full overview
1x13
The Shrike and the Chipmunks
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08, 1969
When Greeley decides to dedicate an entire issue of The Manhattanite to children's book author George Lindsay Lockhart, John, who despises people who write for children, is .. show full overview
1x14
Rally Round the Flag
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15, 1969
Frustrated while trying to buy a Christmas present for Lydia, John makes the unfortunate choice of an American flag as her gift. Lydia is not pleased, and when the people in the .. show full overview
1x15
The War Between Men and Women
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22, 1969
During a sixteenth anniversary party for the Jensens at the Monroe's house, Phil loses his temper when his wife Ruth interrupts one of his stories, and when he accidentally spills a .. show full overview
1x16
The Mating Dance
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29, 1969
Lydia is supposed to go to a dance with a boy named Elbert, but when a bully beats him up and insists that Lydia go to the dance with him, John takes the side of the underdog and tries to talk Elbert into retaliating.
1x17
Darn that Dream
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05, 1970
Lydia is concerned about nightmares, so John tells stories about his family during his childhood in Columbus, Ohio. He recalls several eccentric relatives, including his Aunt Hester, .. show full overview
1x18
The Human Being and the Dinosaur
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12, 1970
When a neighborhood boy tries to tell Lydia about the facts of life, she responds by punching him in the mouth. While Ellen is mostly concerned that Lydia has given the boy a loose .. show full overview
1x19
Dear Is a Four-Letter Word
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19, 1970
When both Ellen and Lydia's teacher Miss Skidmore agree that John's cartoons are causing his daughter acute embarrassment, John goes to the school and ends up in the office of the .. show full overview
1x20
The Middle Years
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26, 1970
When Ellen and Lydia go on an overnight trip, leaving John home alone, he finds himself interrupted in his work by a pair of movers and goes into a fantasy concerning him and his beautiful new neighbor.
1x21
Rules for a Happy Marriage
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02, 1970
John suggests The Manhattanite use marriage as the theme of its anniversary issue, and he has his own ideas on the subject. After he elaborates on his thoughts on marriage, including .. show full overview
1x22
The Wooing of Mr. Monroe
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09, 1970
When John begins collaborating on a book with a female writer, Ellen suspects he may really be having an affair instead.
1x23
The Mea Culpit Bit
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16, 1970
John is suffering from cartoonist's block, making him irritable at work and then later at home. In his frustration he chases Lydia out of his study, causing her to fall and accidentally .. show full overview
1x24
The Fourth Estate
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23, 1970
John once again has to deal with rejection, not only by Greeley, who can't find the humor in one of John's cartoons, but by the young editor of Lydia's sixth-grade school newspaper. .. show full overview
1x25
Monroe the Mysogynist
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02, 1970
After both Ellen and Greeley accuse John of hating women, John becomes unable to think of any other kinds of cartoons to meet his deadline than ones which back up their accusations.
1x26
Child's Play
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06, 1970
When Phil gives in to his son's wishes because of feelings of guilt, John chastises him for being weak, but when John himself misses a picnic he'd planned to take with Lydia, he imagines .. show full overview

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