![]() ![]() But Donna Reed always handles things on her show." In episode 47, "John Doe Munster", Grandpa describes My Three Sons as being about a "crazy, mixed-up family that's always having weird adventures." Īl Lewis explained, "We can do a lot of satirical pointed things on society that you couldn't do on an ordinary show." Lewis also said, "Philosophically, the format is that in spite of the way people look to you physically, underneath there is a heart of gold. Anyone who's watched Father Knows Best for nine years ought to know that," to which Herman replies, "All right. In episode 45, "Operation Herman", Lily tells Herman to have a father-son talk with Eddie because "a thing like this is up to the father. The show also references several real sitcoms. The show satirized the typical family sitcom formula of the era: the well-meaning father, the nurturing mother, the eccentric live-in relative, the naïve teenager and the precocious child. Makeup for the series was credited to Bud Westmore, who pioneered many other makeup effects and designs for the studio's monsters after Pierce. As Universal jointly produced The Munsters, the show was able to employ the copyrighted designs. Other than Marilyn, the character's costumes and appearances were based on the classic monsters of Universal Studios films of the 1930s and 1940s, including the iconic version of Frankenstein's monster developed by Jack Pierce for the 1931 Universal film Frankenstein. According to episode 44 ("Happy 100th Anniversary"), they were married in 1865. While Herman is the head of the household, Lily also makes many decisions. ![]() Herman is the family's sole wage-earner, although Lily and Grandpa make short-lived attempts to earn money from time to time. The series' running gag is that the odd-looking family with strange tastes considers itself to be an average American family. The Munsters are a Transylvanian-American family living at 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the fictional city of Mockingbird Heights. A spinoff series ensued, as well as several films, including one with a theatrical release and several more recent attempts to reboot it. 'Batman' just came along and took our ratings away." However, The Munsters found a large audience in syndication. Patrick said, "I think 'Batman' was to blame. The show was canceled after ratings had dropped to a series low in the face of competition from ABC's Batman. The series originally aired on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. In the 21st century, it received several TV Land Award nominations, including one for Most Uninsurable Driver (Herman Munster). In 1965, The Munsters was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series but lost to The Rogues. It achieved higher Nielsen ratings than did the similarly macabre-themed The Addams Family, which aired concurrently on ABC. Produced by the creators of Leave It to Beaver, the series was a satire of American suburban life, the wholesome television family fare of the era and traditional monster movies. ![]() The family pet, innocuously named "Spot," was a fire-breathing dragon. The series stars Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein's monster Herman Munster, Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife Lily, Al Lewis as Grandpa the aged vampire Count Dracula, Beverley Owen (later replaced by Pat Priest) as their niece Marilyn and Butch Patrick as their werewolf-like son Eddie. It allowed me to learn to deal with a little negativity in my world,” he says.The Munsters is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters. "Going back into the public school system was tough. Once the show ended, Patrick says he briefly struggled with “normal” life. The first time we walked into Universal Studios, and I saw the house, it was pretty impressive,” Patrick recalls. He was flown out to screen test with Yvonne DeCarlo, his eventual TV mother, but didn’t see the sets or meet the rest of his Munsters family until the first day of filming. ![]() Patrick had just completed a role in “The Real McCoys” and was living with his grandmother in the Midwest. Patrick was actually third in line for the role of Eddie Munster after “Lost in Space” star Bill Mumy and Nate “Happy” Derman. I knew that he was a set director for "Pee Wee's Playhouse" and that he had a dimension that people weren't aware of.” “I knew Rob (Zombie) had the capability to do it. "I promised my girlfriend I'd watch the rest of it with her,” he says. Patrick provides the voice of a robot in the reboot, though he admits he’s only watched “the first third” of the new film. The new “Munsters” film on Netflix, written and directed by Rob Zombie, has sparked renewed interest in the campy original. He recently wrapped the film “Old Man Jackson" with local filmmaker Johnny Ray Gibbs. He often visited Houston and made the drive to Galveston. Patrick lived in Austin during the late ’80s and early ’90s. Butch Patrick and his replica of the Munster Koach. ![]()
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