Watch Your Mouth (TV series) explained

Genre:Comedy drama
Starring:Joe Morton
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:28
Director:Stan Lathan
Executive Producer:Ellis Haizlip
Runtime:30 minutes
Network:PBS

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

Cast

The cast included:[2]

Reaction to Series by PBS

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.[1]

References

  1. News: Fraser . C. Gerald . 25 March 1978 . Watch Your Mouth! on WNET explains English to teen-agers . limited. New York Times . 29. 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.. 13 September 2021.
  2. Book: Woolery . George W. . Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series . 1985 . The Scarecrow Press . 0-8108-1651-2 . 551–552.