Good Morning World

For anyone wondering what The Dick Van Dyke Show would have been like in color, here you go. Another reviewer said it was similar to Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and that's a good analogy. The biggest difference is Seinfeld was tailored for network broadcast, while CYE found its niche on cable. Unfortunately for Good Morning World, there was no cable in 1968. Coupled with a second-tier group of actors and that TDVDS had expended the audience for the show's premise, Good Morning World was destined to fail.

Honestly, what's really surprising (and actually rather laudable) was how the writers for GMW managed to come up with new ideas for scripts (lame as they might have been) rather than taking the easy way out and just recycling old TDVDS ideas.

But, really, when watching GMW, you have to imagine the DVDS actors, plus the sets being in B&W, and you quickly realize that there's not a lot of difference between the two. The sad fact was that TDVDS' time had simply passed and no one was interested in a color version with different actors.

OK, the producers of this show wrote the Dick Van Dyke Show. Problem is they produced this show and didn't write for it. It's not funny. The characters are one dimensional. Carl Reiner wrote about the writing staff of a prime time comedy-variety show because that's what he knew. Apparently, nobody connected with this show had any experience working in radio (unlike WKRP, even though that experience was about 20 years out of date). The situations are dull and not believable. Amazon Prime is showing it now so we can all see how bad it was.

Thanks to the magic of DVD. I get to see this charm of a show. My guess is that it was deemed too controversial from this time. As hectic as the 60s were , from a historical perspective... Sexual Revolution, Vietnam, Civil rights coming to forefront , Communism in our backyard, Drugs , Hippies etc. Really a time of uneasiness. The one thing everyday Americans can count on was good wholesome LEAVE IT TO BEAVERISH TV. This show , though a nice show , certainly by todays standards , reeked of sexual tension from the 60s standards. TV was a safe haven to forget about the world and hideaway so to speak in a turtles shell. This show , though subtly managed to cause unrest in the uptight. I would venture to say this show was a sacrifice with more risqué TV to come. The acting was good and this was a reminder of the Dick Van Dyke Show... with Laura Petrie turned up a notch in the character of Sandy-Goldie Hawn.Translation- This is the Dick Van Dyke Show with shorter skirts and steamier conversation. Reminding me today of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM being similar to SEINFELD , with the same writing style of Larry David. Carl Reiner wrote differently than Larry David Obviously. But both managed to be consistent with the style they did use. Its a shame though that this show only lasted one season . I will cherish every episode.

It's hard to add much to what's already been said about this show. All I have to say is, it was cute, clever, smart and entertaining.

Billie De Wolf was perfect as the uptight boss with A.R. (anal retentiveness). Pencil thin mustache and whiny voice. Scowly eyebrows.

Joby Gray was great. I remember one episode where the two DJs were hosting a fund raiser and he kept trying to sing his "Banana" song.

Speaking of songs, the opening sequence with the "ting ting ting" sound along with the conglomeration of still photos in succession of the two DJs getting ready for an early morning radio show was very entertaining in itself.

Joby and Ronnie Schell played well off of each other. I can't understand why it was canceled after so few episodes.

This was a funny show that didn't try too hard to get laughs. Clever idea at the time, two morning show DJs, life at work and home.Seeing the pre-Laugh In Goldie Hawn is a real kick, too.Give this one a try.