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    Taken from the 2005 documentary, ‘America’s First Family of Fright’, discover the origins of the hit 60s TV Show, The Munsters. Tune in next Friday at 6PM for another edition of classic interviews with the cast and crew of The Munsters, with a new episode uploaded each week.
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  • @judgeberry6071
    @judgeberry6071 Před 2 lety +4

    "Gee, I don't wanna go to bed yet. It's dark out." 🤣

  • @_misterJ
    @_misterJ Před 2 lety +39

    Crazy to think that most of us growing up in the 80's were actually watching reruns of shows from the 60's and 70's i.e. The Munsters, Bewitched, Gliligan's Island, MASH, Mr Rogers, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Looney Toons and others.

  • @djvids6921
    @djvids6921 Před 2 lety +5

    Loved the show still today. I remember when I was just a kid playing outside when another kid
    asked me where I live and I told him 1313 mockingbird lane. The kids friend heard this and told him that's where the Munsters live...lol

  • @calvinbealer7264
    @calvinbealer7264 Před 2 lety +82

    57 Years Later. This Show is now a Classic.

    • @scvandy3129
      @scvandy3129 Před 2 lety +3

      "Calvin Baeler," 57 Years Later, This Show Remains a Classic.

    • @nathanmclaughlin6652
      @nathanmclaughlin6652 Před 2 lety +2

      It isn't a classic it's "the classic".

  • @0megacron
    @0megacron Před 2 lety +12

    It's amazing what a difference two cast members made.

    • @effen_aey_man
      @effen_aey_man Před rokem +1

      It really is. If they went the Happy Derman angle, the show wouldn't have been the Munsters, it would have been the Monstars

  • @goldenage
    @goldenage Před 2 lety +9

    Dicarlo really brought the family dynamic together.

  • @TheJoeyboots
    @TheJoeyboots Před 2 lety +3

    Casting was perfect. The Munsters was a great show.

  • @bex.jackalope
    @bex.jackalope Před 2 lety +31

    grew up with this show in the 70’s and still watch it regularly. well written and still funny! only wish they had made more seasons.. they had the perfect cast. 🦇🥀

    • @eldorado1830
      @eldorado1830 Před 2 lety +1

      Seeing all those old images before the show brings back the best memories when the world was sane.

    • @bex.jackalope
      @bex.jackalope Před 2 lety +1

      @@eldorado1830 so true

  • @headninjadog8120
    @headninjadog8120 Před 2 lety +9

    Glad there’s an official channel. The magic of reruns made this 80s kid also feel like a 50s and 60s kid with classic shows like this.

  • @justachipn3039
    @justachipn3039 Před 6 měsíci

    Being born in 1956 this show was a massive must watch !!! Everyone loved it !!! 🌵🌵💀💀👍👍🌵🌵 Wish they would bring it back !!!

  • @canonegro666
    @canonegro666 Před 2 lety +2

    Man, I love that theme song. So cool.

  • @mrtadreamer
    @mrtadreamer Před 2 lety +2

    Maybe the choice of the black and white format was because it was cheaper, but I always thought it was because the original clasic movie monster films The Munsters were based upon was filmed in black and white, and it worked perfectly.

  • @gabriellacomito5918
    @gabriellacomito5918 Před 2 lety +7

    Yes, both “The Addams Family” and “The Munsters” came out on my mother’s birth year…Both these 57-year-old left a HUGE impact…!

  • @195511SM
    @195511SM Před 2 lety +10

    I remember taking the Universal Studios tram tour in 1970. The Munster house was located right next door to one of the old 'Leave It To Beaver' houses.......which at that time was home too 'Dr. Marcus Welby, M.D.'. As we were leaving the park near the end of the day......a rather dapper-looking Al Lewis was up by the front gate, signing autographs.

  • @duffman638
    @duffman638 Před 2 lety +8

    The Munsters has been my favorite show since I was a kid watching reruns in the 80's and 90's. It also helps that my favorite Universal Monster of all time is Frankenstein's Monster and Fred Gwynne is an absolute acting genius. Thank you so much for sharing all of this with us!!

  • @bobwitkowski6410
    @bobwitkowski6410 Před 2 lety +1

    My God it's been that long ago. That makes me feel old.

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe Před 2 lety +6

    Al Lewis’ laugh was so great

  • @fredgarv79
    @fredgarv79 Před 2 lety +3

    One of my favorite episodes is where the family all goes to the beach and herman goes scuba diving and gets picked up by a russian fishing boat and they all become fast friends. (they think he is the missing link) but he ends up singing and dancing with them.

    • @stevehill934
      @stevehill934 Před 2 lety

      Such a great episode, "so Eddie,where did you bury grandpa" lol

  • @Uniquettt
    @Uniquettt Před 2 lety +6

    Brought up on both Adams Family and Munster's but never seen the early footage before now . So thanks for putting together for this classic show from my youth And CBS made the right decision on recasting great intro tune

  • @jimmyjennings4089
    @jimmyjennings4089 Před 2 lety +2

    One of my favorite shows as a kid.

  • @servantchris902
    @servantchris902 Před 2 lety +2

    One of the best shows I’ve ever watched.

  • @derekhart3308
    @derekhart3308 Před 2 lety +22

    Would be great for a crossover with The Munsters meeting the Adam's Family!

  • @TheLightFish
    @TheLightFish Před 2 lety +11

    Thank goodness the show was recast

  • @mjrussell414
    @mjrussell414 Před 2 lety +2

    Loved The Munsters when I was a kid and I still like it. Herman is so clueless sometimes. Car 54 is a great show too.

  • @MikeFisher67
    @MikeFisher67 Před 2 lety +2

    My favorite show

  • @newwavepop
    @newwavepop Před 2 lety +2

    WOW ive never seen that pilot, never knew there was an even more gorgeous Lilian. or i guess that is Phoebe.

  • @michellepost3098
    @michellepost3098 Před 2 lety +37

    I was 4 during 1964, but remember much of that era. I watched The Munsters and Addams Family when new, also My Favorite Martian, Bewitched, and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, all when new. I liked The Munsters alot better than Addams Family. Herman Munster was a sweetheart.

    • @taroman7100
      @taroman7100 Před 2 lety +3

      Me too. I did like the earlier Herman personality better. He was a bit more serious which gave him a little edge. By serious end he was a total buffoon.

    • @Uniquettt
      @Uniquettt Před 2 lety +2

      Ditto to all those shows not forgetting the lone ranger,F Troup. Hogans Hero's, Time Tunnel,Land of the giants , the Avengers, get smart, man from uncle, Bat man, and more boy was I glued to the TV

    • @CrankyGrandma
      @CrankyGrandma Před 2 lety +2

      Yup. I was four as well and remember all this

    • @bonanzatime
      @bonanzatime Před 2 lety +1

      I was born in 64, and my mother said I was hypnotized by The Munsters. She said I didn't pay attention to anything on TV, but when The Munsters came on, I was riveted.😂

    • @fredgarv79
      @fredgarv79 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Uniquettt there are just too many to list. I remember in 6th grade 1972 or 3 we had a brand new school with televisions in every classroom. what did we do at lunch? no cafeteria, no we all just sat at our desks turned on the tv at noon and watched Bewitched reruns every day. probably learned as much from that tv show as we did in class

  • @desireehoxie9047
    @desireehoxie9047 Před 2 lety +4

    The Munsters show I love it watching it it's such a great classic show I love old show from the past ..💕❤️

  • @vanessa4587
    @vanessa4587 Před 2 lety +35

    I've loved watching reruns of this show since I was a kid. It's so neat to get to see the original pilot, thank you for sharing it. I'm very curious to see what Rob Zombie's version is going to be like.🖤🦇

    • @boomertaste3404
      @boomertaste3404 Před 2 lety +13

      Probably garbage like 95% of his movies

    • @dalea1691
      @dalea1691 Před 2 lety +1

      @@boomertaste3404 😆😆

    • @sweetcinnamonpnchkin
      @sweetcinnamonpnchkin Před 2 lety +5

      Probably full of trailer trash Rob Zombie looking characters.

    • @realizedvisions
      @realizedvisions Před rokem +1

      That Rob Zombie version's trailer dropped. Embarrassingly bad... :(

  • @gianca60
    @gianca60 Před 2 lety +2

    Here in Italy The Munsters was a big hit. Also the feature movie was released in Italian theaters.

  • @user-oj5bw7sl8p
    @user-oj5bw7sl8p Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful show!

  • @blip98
    @blip98 Před 2 lety +6

    They did a fantastic job! Always glued to the tv when the series and the movie ran on Australian TV!

  • @billjames3148
    @billjames3148 Před 2 lety +1

    Yep all good, saw the Munster mobile and grand pas coffin cruiser,Bat mobile all in one place 1966 Portland car show.....WOW The best part of the Munster's was the opening and the rolling black smoke out of the chimney, still makes me laugh.

  • @wallacelang1374
    @wallacelang1374 Před 2 lety +3

    My parents, my siblings & I enjoyed watching "The Munsters" on TV every week, for a while ago when I had the money I bought "The Munsters" on DVDs so that I can watch the show again when I choose to do so.

    • @haywoodyoudome
      @haywoodyoudome Před 2 lety

      Very good Wallace. We're so happy you got tremendous joy from the show. You are so fortunate to have bought the DVDs.

  • @DMDvideo10
    @DMDvideo10 Před 2 lety +1

    One of my all time favs... It's still funny to watch.

  • @kentborges5114
    @kentborges5114 Před 2 lety +1

    ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AND REMAINS TOP SHELF...REMAINS A CLASSIC AND WON'T REPLACED AS THE BEST !

  • @psyclotronxx3083
    @psyclotronxx3083 Před 2 lety +2

    Awesome theme song too!

  • @davidscott3820
    @davidscott3820 Před 2 lety +1

    Famous cast perfect

  • @Dave4infinite
    @Dave4infinite Před 2 lety +2

    Love this brings back great memories!

  • @KendrickHarrisKenfinity
    @KendrickHarrisKenfinity Před 2 lety +26

    No matter who "runs away and jumps over the fence", it's always so much fun to watch this first "bite" of what our unforgettable normal family of Mockingbird Heights would become. Stay safe everyone!

  • @paisteplayer1040
    @paisteplayer1040 Před 2 lety +2

    Better days in America,,,long gone by.

  • @andrewsuelmann3694
    @andrewsuelmann3694 Před 2 lety +2

    good work I love it

  • @loyevangelists
    @loyevangelists Před 2 lety

    Loved The Munsters and The Addams Family

  • @Damone7653
    @Damone7653 Před 2 lety +4

    Happy's career has been getting better, he is now a Wal-Mart greeter.

  • @2FabDudes
    @2FabDudes Před 2 lety +1

    This history is brilliant and so needed in prep of the new film! 🤘☠🦇

  • @JohnLee-pt5jz
    @JohnLee-pt5jz Před rokem +1

    I like the way they over look Marilyn's appearance, and treated her with love and kindness. Lily treated Marilyn more as a daughter than a niece, after all Marilyn's mother is Lily's sister.

  • @lurkerrekrul
    @lurkerrekrul Před 2 lety +2

    I've always wondered why several characters in the show refer to Herman as being green, but every color photo I've ever seen of the character shows him with a bluish color.

  • @packgrog
    @packgrog Před 2 lety

    It's kind of perfect that this is narrated by Bill Mumy!

  • @smudgiebear6451
    @smudgiebear6451 Před 2 lety +1

    I was introduced to this show by my mom in the 70's and loved it, still do. Then they tried to do a remake which was no where near as good as the original

  • @lpquagmire3621
    @lpquagmire3621 Před rokem +1

    I'm pretty sure the actor playing Grandpa in the new MUNSTERS movie based his portrayal on Tom Hanks' recent interpretation of Col. Tom Parker in ELVIS.

  • @gabriellacomito5918
    @gabriellacomito5918 Před 2 lety +8

    Hmm…“The Addams Family” or “The Munsters”…? It depends if you prefer the idea of a TV show about a family of humans who act like monsters or if you prefer the idea of a family of monsters who act like humans-actually…

  • @VintageTVMemories
    @VintageTVMemories Před 2 lety +2

    When are we getting the remastered-in-HD blu-ray set?

  • @edwardbeaty8899
    @edwardbeaty8899 Před 2 lety +1

    I was 7 in 1964 and I loved the Munsters! We only got 1 channel, in Black and White. I didn't get to see Addam's Family until years later.

    • @m9078jk3
      @m9078jk3 Před 2 lety +1

      I was both 5 and 6 in the year 1964. We received 5 channels I think ABC channel 4,NBC channel 5 and CBS channel 7. Also channel 11 and 13 too but I forget what companies owned them at the time. Our TV was a 1947 black and white Zenith console with a round picture tube. It had a radio set built in on the left hand side with a record player below it built into a thick wood cabinet with two doors in the front. In 1965 we got a Magnavox Color TV for the basement. I liked both the Munsters as well as the Addams family at the time.

    • @edwardbeaty8899
      @edwardbeaty8899 Před 2 lety +1

      Lucky. We didn't have a color TV and 3 channels until mid 1969. It was the Quasar.

    • @m9078jk3
      @m9078jk3 Před 2 lety +1

      @@edwardbeaty8899 Yeah I remember that many TV shows would have "in color" when they ran. In 1965 I watched the TV series Lost in Space. It was the first season in black and white.The next year in 1966 there were a slew full of color TV shows on. We (my brothers and I) watched Batman in color. At the same time they had the second and later third seasons of Lost in Space but since Batman ran at the same time we skipped seeing Lost in Space in color. I only recently saw those episodes in the year 2017. I do fondly remember watching Star Trek in color when it was first on television in color.

    • @edwardbeaty8899
      @edwardbeaty8899 Před 2 lety +1

      I never got to see a lot of great shows until a few years ago when they came out on DVD. Even in the VHS days it was rare to get full seasons of shows. And some shows still aren't complete. Beverly Hillbillies stops at season 5 and the show ran for 9. Petticoat Junction stops at 3 seasons, unfortunately season 4 was the last good one as Bea Benadaret died. I am still working on lots of the longer running Westerns. I only have 5 complete seasons of Bonanza with a couple of half seasons, and only about 5 seasons of Gunsmoke. Other shows I have completed.

    • @m9078jk3
      @m9078jk3 Před 2 lety +1

      @@edwardbeaty8899 One Western that I loved at the time was The Wild Wild West.

  • @supervike1
    @supervike1 Před 2 lety +8

    Yvonne DeCarlo is wonderful, but Pheobe Munster is gorgeous!

  • @Rich77UK
    @Rich77UK Před 2 lety +1

    I LOVED the Munsters as a kid. Much more so than the Addams family. But i hear thats not unusual in the UK as the Munsters was aired so much more than the Addams family.

  • @timsmola9945
    @timsmola9945 Před 2 lety +6

    Yvonne DeCarlo was a Babe.

    • @scvandy3129
      @scvandy3129 Před 2 lety

      As Tony Curtis, mid-Manhattan, crudely and infamously 'shouted to the world' his 'conquest' of.

  • @raeannames2077
    @raeannames2077 Před 2 lety +19

    Nope without Yvonne De Carlo it would have never worked

    • @johnflew
      @johnflew Před 2 lety +2

      Joan Marshall was hotter

  • @moviesgalore9947
    @moviesgalore9947 Před 2 lety

    Cozi TV airs two episodes every night from 6 pm to 7 pm eastern time.

  • @americanmarxist6597
    @americanmarxist6597 Před 2 lety +1

    Great tv show.🎃

  • @lalkayy.9541
    @lalkayy.9541 Před 2 lety

    it's Cool To See The Aurora Model Kits of The Universeal Pictures Monsters at 0 : 44 Very Nostalgic.

  • @tappedout300xc
    @tappedout300xc Před 2 lety +1

    So, I was born in the year of the monster.

  • @dennislogan6781
    @dennislogan6781 Před 2 lety +1

    Growing up in the 70's and 80's I loved this show. I even liked it better than the Addams Family show.

  • @tb-yz1ti
    @tb-yz1ti Před 2 lety

    Don’t you miss those old scared movies late at night

  • @T_m_m170
    @T_m_m170 Před 2 lety +3

    Because Color, suddenly brings back to the real world at me.

  • @Robert-ht7om
    @Robert-ht7om Před 2 lety +2

    After seeing this Rob Zombie's Lily looks more like Phoebe.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo Před 2 lety

    Back when TV networks took a gamble making content. These days Netflix has taken up the challenge as the TV networks are stuck on re making past glory

  • @lone-welf
    @lone-welf Před rokem

    thank god it thrived.

  • @donaldholderdoc2910
    @donaldholderdoc2910 Před 2 lety

    How freaking scary! I saw this video at the same time I'm watching The Munsters on COZI TV.

  • @John-ct9zs
    @John-ct9zs Před 2 lety +3

    The original Lily Munster, Joan Marshall was hot.

  • @patrickbush9526
    @patrickbush9526 Před 2 lety +1

    Anyone else make and paint the Monster models I had every one of them. When they showed the monster models at the beginning of the video there was one missing out of the set someone may remember it's the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Anyone else remember the Frankenstein coin Bank and tops monster bubble gum trading cards. It was great growing up in the 60s man when I look back it was like growing up on another planet life was so much simpler back then. Anybody remember car 54 Where Are You Herman and Grandpa played two Patrol cops that was before The Munsters came out

    • @deboralee1623
      @deboralee1623 Před 2 lety +1

      at least two of my cousins had them. they scared me.
      "Who scared you, the monsters or the cousins?" comment goes here.

  • @MsStormyRose21
    @MsStormyRose21 Před 2 lety +2

    They don't make great shows like this anymore.

  • @GrimmGhost
    @GrimmGhost Před 2 lety

    I think "The Milton The Monster Show" came out about the same time too.

  • @paulmitchum8658
    @paulmitchum8658 Před 2 lety

    Bill Mumy voice over, mentions My Favorite Martian instead of Lost In Space.

  • @erikacruz6059
    @erikacruz6059 Před 2 lety +1

    💕💗💕

  • @zerothehero753
    @zerothehero753 Před 2 lety

    Frikkin: Awesome.

  • @rdbull5890
    @rdbull5890 Před 2 lety +1

    They worked hard to get the chemistry among the cast members just right. In fact, one could say they were a little too successful. No cast since then has had the same magic.

  • @michaelcarey8388
    @michaelcarey8388 Před 2 lety +4

    Phoebe was hot.

  • @moisescalandrin2938
    @moisescalandrin2938 Před 2 lety

    Uma das séries mais divertidas da TV

  • @gabriellacomito5918
    @gabriellacomito5918 Před 2 lety +3

    Hmm…“The Addams Family” or “The Munsters”…it depends if you prefer the idea of a TV show about a family of humans who act like monsters or if you prefer the idea of a family of monsters who act like humans-actually…

  • @candacetalley9674
    @candacetalley9674 Před 2 lety +2

    💘💘💘

  • @cbalan777
    @cbalan777 Před 2 lety +2

    6:20 It's amazing how much more dated it looks in black and white.

    • @John-ct9zs
      @John-ct9zs Před 2 lety +1

      Was thinking the same thing. The color footage makes it look far more modern, like something made in the 90s or 2000s.

    • @danielthoman7324
      @danielthoman7324 Před 2 lety

      if the Munsters had been on for a couple more seasons they probably would have switched to color. remember when I dream of Jeannie and bewitched started out in black and white and eventually went to color. most TV shows at that time switched over to color in the mid-60s.

  • @ricahaurymn
    @ricahaurymn Před 2 lety

    With networks constantly resurrecting old sitcoms with new casts, it would be nice if they brought back shows like the Munsters, Addam's Family and the Monster Squad. Not the only shows, but it would be nice with new casts. Even if they don't, maybe Hulu or Netflix might.

    • @pheebsszz
      @pheebsszz Před 2 lety

      Well Tim Burton is making a Netflix show about Wednesday Addams and I bet it’s gonna be amazing!

  • @microchannel377
    @microchannel377 Před 2 lety

    Good video. clear, informative. black and white is better for that show anyway. film makers should still be making certain movies or shows in black and white. i guess they do occassionally but not often enough.

  • @thelonewolf2476
    @thelonewolf2476 Před 2 lety +1

    Who the narrator?

  • @nihilistchannel4598
    @nihilistchannel4598 Před 2 lety +1

    the dad was a Frankenstein and the mom was a vampire how did I have a werewolf

  • @richardgrahn5500
    @richardgrahn5500 Před 2 lety +2

    QUESTION: If Herman is a Frankenstein and Lily is a Vampire, Why is Eddie a Werewolf? AND why hasn't Herman figured out that his wife had an affair?

    • @fullmetalalchemist9
      @fullmetalalchemist9 Před 2 lety +2

      Or Herman has body parts of a Werewolf

    • @jamminjohn
      @jamminjohn Před 2 lety

      Eddie was adopted.

    • @sundus928
      @sundus928 Před rokem +1

      Grandpa had many wives and I guess, Eddie's half werewolf, half vampire from his mother side. Grandpa had human wives too so it explains why Marylin is Human.

  • @ronnyraygunz8718
    @ronnyraygunz8718 Před 2 lety

    9:14

  • @deboralee1623
    @deboralee1623 Před 2 lety

    ?more Don Glut? !yes, please!

  • @gebronthomasson6960
    @gebronthomasson6960 Před 2 lety

    Black and white was the way to go

  • @djr6876
    @djr6876 Před 2 lety +3

    The original Lily was a babe but completely humorless. Good choice to go with Yvonne.

    • @sundus928
      @sundus928 Před rokem +1

      She looks a LOT like Morticia Addams . Good thing they changed!

  • @MoanAlotsa_24-7
    @MoanAlotsa_24-7 Před 2 lety +1

    As a kid I didn't care for copycats. I disliked The Addams Family because I thought it was a blatant ripoff of The Munsters. Turns out I had it backwards all along. Even so, I still don't care for The Addams Family, in any incarnation. The Munsters had better jokes in that Fred Gwynn & Al Lewis made them work. John Astin's perpetual smile/stare wasn't funny, but Fred Gwynn's facial expressions, even with makeup, were pure comedy.

  • @aromaof...3176
    @aromaof...3176 Před 2 lety

    We didn't have this. We had tv. We had foil as antenna. Fuq it. Herd sheep and cow.

  • @erock5010
    @erock5010 Před 2 lety +1

    Glad they changed lily's character

  • @megancordato9655
    @megancordato9655 Před 2 lety

    Wait a second didn`t the mustang car come out in 1965

    • @danielthoman7324
      @danielthoman7324 Před 2 lety +1

      I remember it coming out in 64. I was still in high school then.

  • @Janotes
    @Janotes Před 2 lety

    I think the Black & White casting was more genuine.

  • @ironsidefan
    @ironsidefan Před 2 lety +1

    Charles Addams The Addams Family was NEVER based on Universal Studios’ classic monsters! Get you facts straight!!!!

  • @tomorrowtv
    @tomorrowtv Před 2 lety +1

    Rob Zombie has to ruin this,
    because no one will pay attention if he simply ruins his own ideas…

  • @Straight0uttaCrofton
    @Straight0uttaCrofton Před 2 lety

    that guy once spanked Adam Carolla

  • @shawnmcewen6210
    @shawnmcewen6210 Před 2 lety

    Joan Marshall was HOT!

  • @davidscott3820
    @davidscott3820 Před 2 lety

    Better in black n white

    • @danielthoman7324
      @danielthoman7324 Před 2 lety

      that's because we are all used to seeing it in black and white.