Watch Your Mouth (TV series)

*Watch Your Mouth*
Watch Your Mouth
Genre	Comedy drama
Directed by	Stan Lathan
Starring	Joe Morton
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	28
Production
Executive producer	Ellis Haizlip
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	April 8, 1978

Watch Your Mouth is a 1978 American comedy-drama television series which aired on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television.^[1] The series focused upon Mr. Geeter (Joe Morton), a resourceful language skills teacher, and his ethnically diverse group of high schoolers.^[1] All of the episodes were aired in the New York City metro area, but for various reasons only ten episodes were aired nationally.^[2]

Cast[edit]

The cast included:^[3]

Joe Morton as Mr. Geeter
George Campbell as Melvin
Luis Figueroa as Raoul
Joanna Glushak as Bonnie
Glen Harris as Franklin
Ginny Ortiz as Carmen
Lionel Pina as Carlos
Jody Price as Mary
Robert Rush as Bobby

Reaction to Series by PBS[edit]

Dissatisfied with the quality of the production, PBS initially planned to not air the series at all. According to Ron Devillier, who served as director of programming administration at the time, PBS later decided that the series was "important and that we should run something." The network decided to air ten episodes on the national network.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Watch Your Mouth, retrieved 2019-04-24
^ ^a ^b Fraser, C. Gerald (25 March 1978). "Watch Your Mouth! on WNET explains English to teen-agers" (PDF). New York Times. p. 29. Retrieved 13 September 2021. PBS selected what it considered to be the 10 best episodes. Mr. Devillier said that occasional blunt language in the series had not been a factor in the appraisal.
^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 551–552. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.

External links[edit]

Watch Your Mouth at IMDb

[:0-1] Watch Your Mouth, retrieved 2019-04-24

[NYT-25Mar1978-2] Fraser, C. Gerald (25 March 1978). "Watch Your Mouth! on WNET explains English to teen-agers" (PDF). New York Times. p. 29. Retrieved 13 September 2021. PBS selected what it considered to be the 10 best episodes. Mr. Devillier said that occasional blunt language in the series had not been a factor in the appraisal.

[Woolery-3] Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 551–552. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.

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