Liza Crocker (Eden) heads home to a small town in Nevada to escape a bad marriage. When she gets there she finds her step mother (Miles) and step brother (John Rubinstein) and a whole lot of unexpected hostility from the town folk. What she doesn't find is her father, who she is told, has left on an extended trip to Mexico for an archeological dig. As she attempts to sort things out she learns that a child was recently murdered and begins to feel like she's in some danger herself. Complicating matters, her husband (Hagman) arrives and she must deal with his reaction to her unexpected departure. Will she be able to sort everything out before she falls victim to the murderer herself?
Thanks to Leighton for this find. It's a fine kick-off to October - atmospheric and mysterious. It's interesting to see Eden and Hagman in something so different from their hit sitcom. Look for Lisa Gerritson (Bess from Mary Tyler Moore) and Tyne Daily in small roles.
This film isn't available on DVD, though it's been uploaded to YouTube in full. Part one is above, uploaded by TVTERRORLAND.
Obscurity factor: 9 (almost completely forgotten, not on DVD, available on YouTube)
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Monday, July 11, 2011
William Windom & Lisa Gerritsen in My World and Welcome To It (1969)
Obscurity factor: 8
This series based on the work of James Thurber centers on the life of John Monroe (Windom), an absent minded cartoonist for a New York magazine and his wife (Joan Hotchkis) and daughter (Gerritsen). John is good at his work, but he isn't very good at life. He's perpetually distracted by the fantasies that pass through his head and we, as the viewers see his imaginings in the form of neighbors dressed like show girls, amorous school teachers and his own (Thurber's) drawings come to life.
The series ran for a season on NBC and has the distinction of being the first series regular role for Lisa Gerritsen, who would go on to become Bess on the long running Mary Tyler Moore and later on it's spin off, Phillis. Look for Lee Merriweather in the episode, of which part one is above. It was uploaded to YouTube by dentelTV1.
Obscurity factor: 8 (hard to find series, not on DVD, clips and a few episodes available on YouTube)
This series based on the work of James Thurber centers on the life of John Monroe (Windom), an absent minded cartoonist for a New York magazine and his wife (Joan Hotchkis) and daughter (Gerritsen). John is good at his work, but he isn't very good at life. He's perpetually distracted by the fantasies that pass through his head and we, as the viewers see his imaginings in the form of neighbors dressed like show girls, amorous school teachers and his own (Thurber's) drawings come to life.
The series ran for a season on NBC and has the distinction of being the first series regular role for Lisa Gerritsen, who would go on to become Bess on the long running Mary Tyler Moore and later on it's spin off, Phillis. Look for Lee Merriweather in the episode, of which part one is above. It was uploaded to YouTube by dentelTV1.
Obscurity factor: 8 (hard to find series, not on DVD, clips and a few episodes available on YouTube)
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