I remember watching this with my parents when I was younger (reruns during the 80's and 90's). Was one of my favorites and watching tv now is just a bummer.
Yea same here I love this show so much. Such a terrible shame that Rob Zombie has to ruin the reboot already. Using his wife as lily smh. His wife isn’t a good actor at all. Idk why they let Rob zombie do a reboot of this awesome so. But good thing I have the originals and I’ll just watch those instead
The cast changes, the set modifications, Herman’s makeup...all excellent updates to create a masterpiece. Thanks for sharing this pilot. I only read about the challenges and changes until now.
Y'know, i cant quite figure out exactly what looks different on Herman, it mostly just seems to be that Fred is a lot more subdued in his delivery but he LOOKS fine to me...
Per Wikipedia: "In 1965, The Munsters was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, but lost to The Rogues." Who the heck remembers The Rogues or even heard of it?
Awards aren't given based on what might get a cult following 50 years later, they can't predict the future can they? At the time the Munsters weren't as popular as they are now. Generally TV shows become more popular long after they first aired.
@@Fireglo I think you miss the point. The point is how the awards were bad at predicting the durability of the respective series. But hey, the same thing happens with movies; movies that no one remembers got Oscars but other movies released the same year have become classics.
There are probably quite a few millenials who have never heard of "The Munsters." Golden Globe Awards aren't based on popularity but for excellence. "The Rogues" had a cast that included David Niven and Charles Boyer, and had several very well known and talented guest stars.
Yeah but this pilot is in color. Was the show in black and white? All my Family had at the time was a B+W TV, so I only remember it like that. I agree though. B+W gives it a better feel. I actually liked The Adams Family a little better but this show was great too.
@ COZI has been showing the reruns and they are in b/w. Color was expensive to produce in the early to mid 60s. Even the first year of Gilligan’s Island was in b/w.
I can't blame Happy Derman for the character. That's on the writers and the director for wanting him to be that way. I'm glad they changed his demeanor for the real show.
I think they let Happy do his own rendition of the character, whereas Butch Patrick decided to do it differently, which of course worked out much better.
Asensio Rodriguez This makeup was too similar to the actual Frankenstein makeup - too frightening and not comedic. Also, he's not wearing the padded suit. And Fred Gwynne was playing it too straight, whereas the key to the Herman that we now know and love is that he's just a big, guileless kid, who never means any harm. Al Lewis seems to already have Grandpa on lockdown.
The best part of the pilot was in Grandpa's dungeon laboratory. Lighting his cigar with the Jacob's Ladder, looking through his alchemy tome, mixing the potion in a blender, pure Al Lewis gold!
The funniest episode ever is when grandpa turns Eddie into a professional trumpet player. But his potion has a side effect. It also makes Eddie talk and act like a ‘60s beatnik hippie. I laugh out loud every time I see that one. Best written part for Butch Patrick I’ve ever seen. 😂
10/13/2020 @DankyDieCast Yeah, that was a great episode. One of my favorite scenes (of a different episode), is when Herman's moonlighting as a P.I. & Lily & Marilyn are going from door to door seeking charity donations. They come to a home where Herman's working. He opens the door & Lily could hear a woman say to Herman: If it's my husband, get rid of him. Lily automatically assumes that he's having an affair. Herman starts off with: Lily, you won't believe this ... [ but Lily cuts him off in mid sentence] & she says: You may not believe this, but I'm Sonny Liston (the boxer) &🥊 uppercuts him a good one!! 🥊He goes down in a flash!! It's hilarious!!🤣😂 On a few other notes: If you think Lily is beautiful under all that make up, she is. Check her out in The Ten Commandments, as Moses wife. Also, my personal opinions on the recast. I'm glad about the Phoebe character. For one, she looks too young & I didn't think she could act. The way they had Eddie act (& his lines) were horrible. So glad that was changed. And good to see Herman loosed up a bit.😄 Plus, I get to watch The Munsters almost nightly, on CoziTV.👊
Al did a show on wbai for some years with his wife. Sometimes he would discuss his life experiences and once mentioned that he was recognized throughout the world as "grandpa". He regarded that title as an honorific and liked being called grandpa. You can be sure he took no offense.
@@darylcheshire1618 He told a story about that restaurant. A lady came in with her children and innocently ran up a bill that was too high not knowing the upscale prices. Al was called over and took care of everything. No expense.
The music during the opening credits was from the Doris Day movie, 'The Thrill Of It All.' The next music under the production credits was also from that movie - the scene where the car is pulled up from the bottom of the swimming pool. Both the film and this program were produced by Universal.
+Daniel Pena I agree. Yvonne De Carlo & Butch Patrick were better actors than Happy Derman & Joan Marshall. This Eddie growled too much & was too angry, while the other Eddie was just like a normal kid. Phoebe was bland but Lily wasn't.
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I still love the Munsters and still watch it, it’s still one of my faves. Back when there were good and safe shows for kids. I’m glad they changed the music and cast, though, and added Herman’s personality and laugh; it still cracks me up!
If left alone the actors of Grandpa, Herman, and Marilyn would never have been able to have gotten more acting roles in other shows and movies. Many times your performance is what gets you a better carrer. In the case of AMG the worse you are the bigger the laugh and you might move on just fo the laughs.
Thank you so much for sharing this! Most changes made by the producers for the aired version were for the better, IMO. "Phoebe" is a very nice looking goth chick, but that Vampira outfit also makes her less motherly and sympathetic. Also, let's face it, De Carlo was a better actress. Thankfully they made Herman into a perkier character. Marilyn is pretty much the same here. I hated this version of Eddie, but I think the problem was the concept of "angry beast child", not the actual actor (even though Butch Patrick *had* more charisma). One positive thing I have to say about this pilot is that I liked that Grandpa was more of a magician and less of a mad scientist
The problem with Eddie (and by an extension "Phoebe") is that there's _no twist_ on the archetypes they play. Great comedy usually comes from subverting audience's expectations. "Phoebe" was just another cold, unloving Gothic female we've seen in other horror movies. People have seen _thousands of uncontrollable, savage werewolves_ in media before this pilot and Eddie was just another one of those cliches, the only difference is he was a child. The actual show proper kept the archetypes of Lily and Eddie, but played around more with them. Lily was still a vampire (or zombie), but she was _more importantly and frequently portrayed_ as a _kind-hearted, good-humored and loving_ wife, mother and person in general, so to see her do things like sleep like a corpse, cook monster-type food and mention horror-themed things like graveyards, blood, etc. while being the kind and loving character we've come to know is funnier than if they just had her do the stereotypical monster stuff while still behaving like a monster. Likewise, Eddie is still a werewolf, but they made him more of a playful, energetic and sweet All-American Boy, whose werewolf tendencies like howling at the moon, sleeping in a coffin with a stuffed werewolf doll, etc. make him seem more like a lovable puppy instead of a bratty, pugnacious kid who has monster tendencies.
Their facial features may have been similar but Pat Priest was a true blonde unlike Beverly Owen. She had to wear a blonde wig the first season. The headband that is visible was the edge of the wig.
Phoebe was pretty hot, but Yvonne DeCarlo was attractive and a better actress. Her lines seemed more natural and less forced. I agree with most of the other posts regarding the original Eddie. The way this character was written just got on my nerves.
I totally agree. Yvonne was so good as Lily. So believable as the mother. The writing was so good too-they were a loving family who just happened to be monstrous.
Al Lewis really added a lot to this with his dialogue and his interesting lab. Also a well-known actor, I’m sure he drew an anticipatory happy crowd to the premiere of the show, and he didn’t Disappoint. Though he seemed a bit nervous as would be expected he added great deal to the show, and perhaps may have been the thumbs up for the continuation of the show after the pilot. The replacement of the other actors and actresses and the wardrobe changes and modifications certainly helped as well. I remember it was a favorite at our house when I was a child and I’m sure people all over the world remember it fondly. 😁
I think the actor who played Eddie took the role of a child in a family of monsters too seriously!! I'm so glad they fired him and hired Butch Patrick!!
@@cynthiaclarke3979 I grew up watching the reruns in syndication. My older sister watched the show during it’s first run and she wanted a Wolf-Wolf doll so badly. I don’t know why the show didn’t manufacture the doll like the show “Family Affair” did with the Mrs. Beasley dolls.
@@FutureGirl2033 - We used to get a few American tv shows when I lived in New Zealand..I think they might have made Wolf Wolf dolls,I just don't know if many if any could be bought at the store.I remember me mum would buy me a Barbie and back then me mum telling me they cost about $2.69 roughly..and me brother getting GI Joe and he would rip the head off me Barbie dolls.I do remember the Miss Beasley doll.I never watched "Family Affair" but "Courtship of Eddies Father" and had me very first ever girl crush on Caroline Ellis from the Bugaloos..so embarrassed as I explored me body.You would think they would had since they was trying to bring in money or as in the 70's they made all types toys from those tv shows.And now those toys are worth thousands or maybe hundreds of American dollars.I love your handle name..so into time travel movies..
Keeping in mind that Addams Family was created at the same time, so the producers of the Munsters may not have been aware of Morticia. So it was more a lucky accident that when they recast they retooled the character.
Alex Fh That’s not true, that’s actually the reason the recast her. Because they said Joan Marshall as Phoebe looked too much Carolyn Jones as Morticia
Interesting how Al Lewis seems to be the only one to have his character down from the start; not much changed with how he played him from pilot to series. And they were wise to give him so much screentime; I bet he was the one who sold the show to the network.
Al Lewis (Grandpa) was a very good actor. Notice the last scene, from the insert shot of the magic potion book to the end, is almost 3 minutes uncut, with camera moves and zooms, while Grandpa makes the potion & delivers a ton of dialog.
Very interesting early take on "The Munsters". The changes made between this and the 2nd pilot (same plot, but with Yvonne DeCarlo and Butch Patrick) were definite improvements, and in retrospect now seem obvious. Joan Marshall was rather colorless, playing it like Vampira, where in a comedy the role needed a certain flourish. Marshall herself seemed better suited to more "normal" parts, such as Capt Kirk's "old flame" in the Star Trek episode "Court Martial". Yvonne DeCarlo not only brought a greater professionalism, but the ability to handle comedy. Eddie, as portrayed here, was simply annoying -- and would have "worn thin" REAL fast. The constant "wolfman" arm swipes are distracting, and the spoiled brat routine was insipid. Can't necessarily blame the actor, however, as I'm sure he was just playing it as they wanted him to. Don't remember this kid in anything else, so don't know if he was any good as an actor. Grampa's part was pretty much set, but Herman still needed some development into the fun-loving, big-hearted hulk who always forgot his own strength. In both pilots, he plays it much too subdued, and doesn't give his comic ability any chance to shine. Glad to see that by the beginning of the show's regular run, they'd worked out all the "kinks" and created a true TV classic!
Good critique MKIVWWI. I agree that Yvonne DeCarlo was better for the role of Lily -- partly because of her better handling of comedy and also she seemed seemed more like the matriarch of the family. The early Eddie was awful -- Butch Patrick's role as a regular every day kid was much better.
it was rare, but back in those days, some pilots were made in color; then with the decision to go to series, one of the cost-cutting options was b/w..the original pilot to ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' was in color, while the fist season was in b/w...later, it was the opposite: some pilots were in b/w and aired as first episodes, with the rest of the series being in color..''Hogan's Heroes'' and ''Get Smart'' (both 1965) are examples of that.....
Notice that the character of Hermann is different as well. In the series they made him more of a loveable goofball. That allowed Fred Gwynn to really bring out the best in his acting skills. He is so good in the series that he often upstages the other members of the cast.
***** Cool that you knew Fred Gwynne! (Loved the episode where Herman freaked out and yelled, "Car 54, where aaaaaaarrrrrrrre yoooooooooooou!") His makeup here is nearly identical to one of the test makeups for Boris Karloff from the first Frankenstein film.
dumbbo1 Fred Gyinn went on to play many parts on the radio show CBS Radio Mystery Theatre from the mid '70's to around 1990. You can google or click this link. archive.org/details/cbs_radio_mystery_theater He wasn't in all of them.
One difference that no one has mentioned is how both Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis are just playing their CAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU roles, Muldoon and Schnauzer, in monster drag. Too toned down.
Very often it happens that characters develop there 'personalities' through the run of a show. In this very early pilot, they were fleshing out the concept. Many standards of the show had been thought up and put in place. The pilot was used mostly as a showpiece for set, make-up, and the idea that they people thought of themselves as normal, while everyone else was weird. Thankfully, all three components made it to the series.
wow this looks amazing. I've seen many of the original episodes and they look so old and grainy. somebody did a great job remastering this old show. it almost looks to good to be real.
That's because the guy playing grandpa never got replaced. And it looks like they did some makeup changes for Herman. Everyone got changed except for Herman and Grandpa. Marilyn wasn't changed till later - her own choice to leave.
Although Beverly Owen was kept on, she didn't last the first season. She had been planning on moving to New York (where her fiancee lived) when she was offered the part. Her agent told her to do it for easy money since he thought there was no way it would actually be picked up as a series. When it was, Owen stayed on but was quite unhappy as she was 3000 miles away from her fiancee. Finally the rest of the cast got together and insisted that the producers let Owen out of her contract since she was so miserable. They did, and Pat Priest took over, and no one really noticed anyway.
I read Beverly Owen was blackballed after that. I'm glad she was recast, I always thought Pat Priest was much better looking, though Beverly Owen seemed younger and friendlier.
That's a1964 Chrysler Crown Imperial if anyone's interested. I know this because it was the first new car my family ever owned. I still remember my mom telling us that there were going to be two new "monster shiows" on when the 1965 season started in the Fall.
My mother worked with an Aunt of Butch Patrick who kept a picture of him in his Eddie Munster costume on her desk. It was very cute! Though Joan Marshall didn't go on to play Pheobe Munster she did make a cult classic movie called Homicidal. In it she played both male and female roles.
+Nichet Tucker , I'm glad that Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis were kept on, because they are amusing and memorable character actors here and in the regular series.
The series cast was awesome. I though this was the funniest show on TV when I was a kid watching reruns in the 1070s. It is cool to see the sets in color because the b/w recordings in syndication were so fuzzy. The video quality of this pilot is amazing, like a film rather than TV. They made the right choices in re-casting for sure.
When I first saw this on the DVD box set, it struck me as amazing they picked it up for production.There are some quick glimpses of the brilliance it promised, but overall, it STUNK, (and the title song was a giant zero)!!! I'm glad they kept trying and finally got the right recipe! ;)
Grandpa's hijinx in his dungeon lab is superb! But I agree, I'm happy they recast and reimaged Lily and Eddie! I liked the Eddie here, but that character would never have sustained very long in terms of plotlines (i.e., I can't possibly see this version of Eddie going to school, etc.).
It was filmed in color in case NBC picked it up. which was the only full color network at the time. Since it ended up going to CBS, and had to be reshot with the new cast members, all the broadcast episodes were shot in black and white. In this pilot, they followed the classic Universal Pictures Frankenstein Monster face TOO WELL on Herman. Since the show was produced by Universal, they owned these copyrighted makeup designs, but modified it for the regular series to make Herman look more family-friendly. After all, the series was was produced by the creators of Leave It to Beaver. (now you know why Grampa's crystal ball could only receive Beaver reruns)
Frank Provasek Wow. I did not know that. I saw the show in syndication reruns in the 1970s and died laughing. This pilot is amusing bot the series was amazing.
@@codeblue8922 I'm honestly glad they recasted Yvonne as the Munster wife. The quality of this show would've deteriorated if one of the lead roles was a blatant Morticia Addams bootleg. Yvonne is just such a great Lily Munster. She's like a wholesome soccer mom that's not afraid to call you out if it's needed.
Wow....I was quite surprised to see Grandpa light his cigar using the "Jacob's' Ladder" (nothing more than a neon light transformer in this case...and a good sized one at that!). I'm guessing they told him that his cigar was enough "insulation" to keep him safe?? Those transformers are in the thousands of volts (8 - 13 ish thousand volts??) and have enough current available to cause real damage, if not sudden death. A little bit of moisture on his stogie and it would have been lights out! 9:32
I'm a little late to this party, but there was a little more to it than that. From what I read, Beverly Owen only signed on to do the show because she never thought it would take off, and she had signed a 7-year contract. When the show became a hit, it required her to move to LA from NY, and she was constantly sad and homesick. She wanted out of her contract and of course wanted to get married but they wouldn't let her, so the rest of the cast apparently marched into the office and said ”if you don't let her out we're all walking and you won't have a show". So they released Owen from her contract, but she was blackballed after that.
@@danieljackson1272 It was actually all part of a conspiracy, believe it or not. She and her boyfriend/eventual husband concocted this whole act that she would be so miserable on the set all of the time to make her impossible to work with, and let her out of her contract so she could relocate to NY and they could marry. Her husband was Jon Stone, who was the original producer, director, and one of the many original writers on SESAME STREET.
A huge improvement by casting Yvonne and Butch. I heard that the original Munsters was supposed to be in color, but Universal expected CBS to pay the extra cost,, and they refused. I think the B&W was better in the longrun.
Wow...am I ever glad they recast this show! Herman doesn't look quite right...Phoebe is no Lily!...and what the heck were they thinking with that version of Eddy?! I LOVE the Munsters...one of my all time favorites! If they had stuck with this pilot cast...I think it would have flopped!
I did notice that scene with the boyfriend at the beginning of the pilot was in the episode somewhere but of course they upgraded the actors to a couple different ones for Lily and Eddy
Thanks for posting this! Wow the Munsters might never ghave been broadcast if it hadn't been retooled! Yvonne deCarlo's chemistry with Herman /Fred Gwynn made the show. Of course the decision to broadcast iin black and white while the networks were scrambling to air shows in color was counter intuitively genius!
Yes Gothtec it's Joan Marshall she did a good job as Phoebe, I like this one as I saw the same with Yvonne in the 60s, I like them both but I'm very happy to see this one for the first time recently, it's a very different flavor ! :)
Bonjour Emma i was waiting for your comment ! :) Yvonne is big on the screen, Joan being a little kind of a less a character make the others bigger than life, this is why I think Joan will have been good as Mama Munster !
@☆ Syriana ☆ i just SEEN you r reply . thanks for it.Its only been 6 years what made you reach out all of sudden i wrote that grammatically incorrect remark 6 years ago so one day a Syriana could get on here and correct it, Wear your mask and seat belt.
I dont care what anyone says I still love these kinds of shows. I miss them very much
Good news, Rob Zombie is doing a reboot for this shows into movie
@@sidvicious4760 I heard that too.
I remember watching this with my parents when I was younger (reruns during the 80's and 90's). Was one of my favorites and watching tv now is just a bummer.
@@sidvicious4760 Heck ya!! That will be awesome!
Yea same here I love this show so much. Such a terrible shame that Rob Zombie has to ruin the reboot already. Using his wife as lily smh. His wife isn’t a good actor at all.
Idk why they let Rob zombie do a reboot of this awesome so.
But good thing I have the originals and I’ll just watch those instead
My favorite show.R.I.P. Beverly,Fred,Al,and Yvonne.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
and the Addams Family from back then too
@@joeclayton2121 yeah, I gotta get them on DVD.
Yvonne wasn't in the show until later!
@@mykec.selene8302 first pilot was a bomb,
Yvonne was in the 2nd pilot and every episode after
Al Lewis was just incredible! What a great actor. He just killed it!
they all did, even Spot
Al and Fred worked together on CAR 54 , WHERE ARE YOU? another good show.
@@glennsammon4465 My fave when I was very young; loved The Life of Riley as well.
@@boomer3150 I like watching the old shows better than the new ones they come up with today.
Absolutely. Al and Fred were a perfect combo.
The cast changes, the set modifications, Herman’s makeup...all excellent updates to create a masterpiece. Thanks for sharing this pilot. I only read about the challenges and changes until now.
Y'know, i cant quite figure out exactly what looks different on Herman, it mostly just seems to be that Fred is a lot more subdued in his delivery but he LOOKS fine to me...
Herman is much thinner in this episode….
They added padding and platforms.@@fastdude2002
@@thequietestengine The forehead piece is ALL Wrong. Much better fit in the actual production run.
50 plus years later and people running away from the Munsters in fast motion and jumping fences is still funny as hell. LMAO!
Think I' would , wouldn't you if u saw someone like that ? 😂😂😂
The film quality of this pilot is unbelievable! Hard to believe it’s 54 years-old.
That's the magic of film, That's also why it transfers so well the 4K
58 now
59 now.
It was shot on movie film. Movie film has greater resolution than the latest digital technology. That's why old movies look so great on 4K tvs.
Curious that the pilot was filmed in color but the series was filmed in black and white.
1964 Imperial Crown Coupe convertible to be specific (used to own a 64 Crown sedan)....fantastic car...regret not having it anymore
Yep 👍😊
Per Wikipedia: "In 1965, The Munsters was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, but lost to The Rogues." Who the heck remembers The Rogues or even heard of it?
Awards aren't given based on what might get a cult following 50 years later, they can't predict the future can they? At the time the Munsters weren't as popular as they are now. Generally TV shows become more popular long after they first aired.
@@Fireglo I think you miss the point. The point is how the awards were bad at predicting the durability of the respective series. But hey, the same thing happens with movies; movies that no one remembers got Oscars but other movies released the same year have become classics.
@@ghenulo so they should get a crystal ball? It was the preferred show in 1965 that's why it won. The Munsters was preferred by a modern audience.
There are probably quite a few millenials who have never heard of "The Munsters." Golden Globe Awards aren't based on popularity but for excellence. "The Rogues" had a cast that included David Niven and Charles Boyer, and had several very well known and talented guest stars.
@@daniel_sc1024 David Niven the absolute worst James Bond.
It also helped being in black and white. Gave it more a feel of the old movies.
Yeah but this pilot is in color. Was the show in black and white? All my Family had at the time was a B+W TV, so I only remember it like that. I agree though. B+W gives it a better feel. I actually liked The Adams Family a little better but this show was great too.
@ COZI has been showing the reruns and they are in b/w. Color was expensive to produce in the early to mid 60s. Even the first year of Gilligan’s Island was in b/w.
They improved everything, the cast, the opening theme. Practice makes perfect. :)
Yeah the opening theme was FN HORRIBLE
u guys are dumb as fuck; this pilot is far superior in every way. The 2nd version dumbed everything down for the lowest common denominator.
I’m assuming the “theme” was just a stop gap with the intention of a theme being written latter.
I can't blame Happy Derman for the character. That's on the writers and the director for wanting him to be that way. I'm glad they changed his demeanor for the real show.
MEEEEE TO I WAS LIKE WTF IS THIS DAMN SO CORNYTHANK GOD THEYVE CHANGED IT
@TH-cam asylum butch something
I think they let Happy do his own rendition of the character, whereas Butch Patrick decided to do it differently, which of course worked out much better.
They changed the kid, not just the demeanor.
His acting was really bad
I'm glad they made the cast changes and improved Fred's make up.
Asensio Rodriguez
This makeup was too similar to the actual Frankenstein makeup - too frightening and not comedic. Also, he's not wearing the padded suit. And Fred Gwynne was playing it too straight, whereas the key to the Herman that we now know and love is that he's just a big, guileless kid, who never means any harm. Al Lewis seems to already have Grandpa on lockdown.
Grandpa’s too
I’m glad they change it all.
The best part of the pilot was in Grandpa's dungeon laboratory. Lighting his cigar with the Jacob's Ladder, looking through his alchemy tome, mixing the potion in a blender, pure Al Lewis gold!
Did the Crab Grass Potion pointed to with two fingers look like 9-11?
I am sooooooo glad they changed the cast. I also think it was more enjoyable in black and white.
The funniest episode ever is when grandpa turns Eddie into a professional trumpet player. But his potion has a side effect. It also makes Eddie talk and act like a ‘60s beatnik hippie. I laugh out loud every time I see that one. Best written part for Butch Patrick I’ve ever seen. 😂
DankydineDieCast That is a great one...I need to see it now! Doesn’t he call Herman “Daddio?” 😆
Sound funny as s***.
10/13/2020
@DankyDieCast
Yeah, that was a great episode. One of my favorite scenes (of a different episode), is when Herman's moonlighting as a P.I. & Lily & Marilyn are going from door to door seeking charity donations. They come to a home where Herman's working. He opens the door & Lily could hear a woman say to Herman: If it's my husband, get rid of him. Lily automatically assumes that he's having an affair.
Herman starts off with: Lily, you won't believe this ... [ but Lily cuts him off in mid sentence] & she says: You may not believe this, but I'm Sonny Liston (the boxer) &🥊 uppercuts him a good one!! 🥊He goes down in a flash!! It's hilarious!!🤣😂
On a few other notes: If you think Lily is beautiful under all that make up, she is. Check her out in The Ten Commandments,
as Moses wife.
Also, my personal opinions on the recast. I'm glad about the Phoebe character. For one, she looks too young & I didn't think she could act. The way they had Eddie act (& his lines) were horrible. So glad that was changed. And good to see Herman loosed up a bit.😄
Plus, I get to watch The Munsters almost nightly, on CoziTV.👊
@JESUS Name Above All Names you don't need to date your comment.
I like when Eddie ran away from home. He hid up in a tree because he was too young to cross the street. that's such Vaudevillian joke. 😆
It's now 59 years since this pilot episode was last aired! Quality at its best, like it was just made!
I love the beautiful cars in shows of this era
Same here..👍❤️🙏🏼🖖
Yvonne De Carlo as Lily was a much better choice, but Joan Marshall sure does have some big, beautiful eyes.
Joan Marshall was incredibly hot looking here, but also miscast. Yvonne Dd Carlo was the better choice for the matriarch of the family.
This chick's way hotter
JBJ JONES and she was a terrible actress
@@jbjjones767, as Beautiful as Lily was, Phoebe did have the "Hot" factor.
@@davidmerlin3344 SHE WASN'T A TERRIBLE ACTRESS, SHE WAS JUST THE WRONG CHARACTER FOR THAT PART. THAT BOY WAS A TERRIBLE ACTOR
I freaking loved this show as a kid and I love it now!
Al did a show on wbai for some years with his wife. Sometimes he would discuss his life experiences and once mentioned that he was recognized throughout the world as "grandpa". He regarded that title as an honorific and liked being called grandpa. You can be sure he took no offense.
he ran a restaurant called “Grandpa’s”.
@@darylcheshire1618 He told a story about that restaurant. A lady came in with her children and innocently ran up a bill that was too high not knowing the upscale prices. Al was called over and took care of everything. No expense.
@@gammondog a good story
The music during the opening credits was from the Doris Day movie, 'The Thrill Of It All.' The next music under the production credits was also from that movie - the scene where the car is pulled up from the bottom of the swimming pool. Both the film and this program were produced by Universal.
Greatly done wish there were more of these great sitcom.
The line SHOULD have been "He's just a beautician, not a MORTICIAN!"
manofmanyinterests.. actually the line should have been "he's just a mortician, not a miracle worker"
Morticians also apply makeup to corpses. The line fits the context.
Thank god they made a lot of changes. Eddie was much better later on. Also Yvonne De Carlo made the show work.
+Daniel Pena I agree. Yvonne De Carlo & Butch Patrick were better actors than Happy Derman & Joan Marshall. This Eddie growled too much & was too angry, while the other Eddie was just like a normal kid. Phoebe was bland but Lily wasn't.
Daniel Pena Yvonne was the best
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I'm glad they changed Lilly and Eddie.
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I still love the Munsters and still watch it, it’s still one of my faves. Back when there were good and safe shows for kids. I’m glad they changed the music and cast, though, and added Herman’s personality and laugh; it still cracks me up!
I recently discovered that the Munsters reruns are on Pluto TV .
I used to watch the original episodes when I was a kid and I still love the Munsters.
This Lily looks so modern here in color lol and she's beautiful! I have to keep reminding myself this is early 60s!
So glad they recasted the roles, otherwise it would have sucked big time.
LOL... You would have no idea... You just like the beloved characters who were in the series.
BIG TIME!
If left alone the actors of Grandpa, Herman, and Marilyn would never have been able to have gotten more acting roles in other shows and movies. Many times your performance is what gets you a better carrer.
In the case of AMG the worse you are the bigger the laugh and you might move on just fo the laughs.
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@@KC______ American Move Gallery I think was what I located. Your reply is too old so I do not remember the source.
this is a very clean copy. I've had this on a VHS tape since the '80's.
I love this show. I grew up watching this, the Addams family, Gilligan's Island!
Thank you so much for sharing this! Most changes made by the producers for the aired version were for the better, IMO. "Phoebe" is a very nice looking goth chick, but that Vampira outfit also makes her less motherly and sympathetic. Also, let's face it, De Carlo was a better actress. Thankfully they made Herman into a perkier character. Marilyn is pretty much the same here. I hated this version of Eddie, but I think the problem was the concept of "angry beast child", not the actual actor (even though Butch Patrick *had* more charisma). One positive thing I have to say about this pilot is that I liked that Grandpa was more of a magician and less of a mad scientist
The problem with Eddie (and by an extension "Phoebe") is that there's _no twist_ on the archetypes they play. Great comedy usually comes from subverting audience's expectations. "Phoebe" was just another cold, unloving Gothic female we've seen in other horror movies. People have seen _thousands of uncontrollable, savage werewolves_ in media before this pilot and Eddie was just another one of those cliches, the only difference is he was a child. The actual show proper kept the archetypes of Lily and Eddie, but played around more with them. Lily was still a vampire (or zombie), but she was _more importantly and frequently portrayed_ as a _kind-hearted, good-humored and loving_ wife, mother and person in general, so to see her do things like sleep like a corpse, cook monster-type food and mention horror-themed things like graveyards, blood, etc. while being the kind and loving character we've come to know is funnier than if they just had her do the stereotypical monster stuff while still behaving like a monster. Likewise, Eddie is still a werewolf, but they made him more of a playful, energetic and sweet All-American Boy, whose werewolf tendencies like howling at the moon, sleeping in a coffin with a stuffed werewolf doll, etc. make him seem more like a lovable puppy instead of a bratty, pugnacious kid who has monster tendencies.
Loved this show its crazy how Beverly Owen and Pat Priest were almost twins practically and them not being related is crazy how much they look alike
Their facial features may have been similar but Pat Priest was a true blonde unlike Beverly Owen. She had to wear a blonde wig the first season. The headband that is visible was the edge of the wig.
Phoebe was pretty hot, but Yvonne DeCarlo was attractive and a better actress. Her lines seemed more natural and less forced. I agree with most of the other posts regarding the original Eddie. The way this character was written just got on my nerves.
I totally agree. Yvonne was so good as Lily. So believable as the mother. The writing was so good too-they were a loving family who just happened to be monstrous.
Phoebe was too much like Mortisha from The Addams Family and I think that’s why they recast her.
I think both women and both kids were great.
Al Lewis really added a lot to this with his dialogue and his interesting lab. Also a well-known actor, I’m sure he drew an anticipatory happy crowd to the premiere of the show, and he didn’t Disappoint. Though he seemed a bit nervous as would be expected he added great deal to the show, and perhaps may have been the thumbs up for the continuation of the show after the pilot. The replacement of the other actors and actresses and the wardrobe changes and modifications certainly helped as well. I remember it was a favorite at our house when I was a child and I’m sure people all over the world remember it fondly. 😁
I think the actor who played Eddie took the role of a child in a family of monsters too seriously!! I'm so glad they fired him and hired Butch Patrick!!
I loved the Wolf Wolf doll Eddie had..
@@cynthiaclarke3979 Me, too!!
@@FutureGirl2033 - I've always wanted one..still does and I'm 61.smiles..❤️❤️
@@cynthiaclarke3979 I grew up watching the reruns in syndication. My older sister watched the show during it’s first run and she wanted a Wolf-Wolf doll so badly. I don’t know why the show didn’t manufacture the doll like the show “Family Affair” did with the Mrs. Beasley dolls.
@@FutureGirl2033 - We used to get a few American tv shows when I lived in New Zealand..I think they might have made Wolf Wolf dolls,I just don't know if many if any could be bought at the store.I remember me mum would buy me a Barbie and back then me mum telling me they cost about $2.69 roughly..and me brother getting GI Joe and he would rip the head off me Barbie dolls.I do remember the Miss Beasley doll.I never watched "Family Affair" but "Courtship of Eddies Father" and had me very first ever girl crush on Caroline Ellis from the Bugaloos..so embarrassed as I explored me body.You would think they would had since they was trying to bring in money or as in the 70's they made all types toys from those tv shows.And now those toys are worth thousands or maybe hundreds of American dollars.I love your handle name..so into time travel movies..
no no no no no noo ...Only Yvonne De Carlo could play the part of Lily, no one else
SO TRUE.
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Too true!!! Too true!!!
Que lindo!
Well she's not playing Lily. She's playing Phoebe. So technically she's a different character.
Phoebe is a Morticia clone! Good thing they modified the character and gave the part to Ivonne de Carlo.
Keeping in mind that Addams Family was created at the same time, so the producers of the Munsters may not have been aware of Morticia. So it was more a lucky accident that when they recast they retooled the character.
Alex Fh That’s not true, that’s actually the reason the recast her. Because they said Joan Marshall as Phoebe looked too much Carolyn Jones as Morticia
terriblita308 that’s why they recast her
*Timothy Richard-Jackson*
Is there a source you can point us to regarding that?
Alex, could the munsters have been a homage to the adams family in a way?
Wow that kid couldn't act his way out of a paper bag.
He makes Keanu Reeves look like AL Pacino!
Whoa.
I love Keanu Reeves, so I don't know what you're talking about.
The kid just got some horrible direction for his character. OMG he's obnoxious!
He was definitely terrible
HE IS ONLY A KID. THERE IS ALOT OF PRESSURE OF BEING A CHILD ACTOR.
The black and white covered up lots of flaws in the make up.
Most people didn’t have a colour tv so black and white made sense
B&W also made it much more like the old B&W Frankenstein and Dracula films.
I’m glad they changed the cast but wish they’d kept the color.
Color? No way. The show was supposed to be a spoof of all those old B&W Frankenstein and Dracula movies. B&W gave it a much more authentic noir feel.
Interesting how Al Lewis seems to be the only one to have his character down from the start; not much changed with how he played him from pilot to series. And they were wise to give him so much screentime; I bet he was the one who sold the show to the network.
I don't know why they never aired it? One of my favorite shows growing up!! I still like watching the reruns!!
Strange to see it in color, the actors later on were much better
Thank GOD they recasted
Happy Derman as Eddie is terribly painful to watch.
***** LOL - One has to agree!
Brian Wilson same
Brian Wilson same
+Brian Wilson (hueyfann) I disagree I think it A tough contest between the two.
Al Lewis (Grandpa) was a very good actor. Notice the last scene, from the insert shot of the magic potion book to the end, is almost 3 minutes uncut, with camera moves and zooms, while Grandpa makes the potion & delivers a ton of dialog.
Very interesting early take on "The Munsters". The changes made between this and the 2nd pilot (same plot, but with Yvonne DeCarlo and Butch Patrick) were definite improvements, and in retrospect now seem obvious. Joan Marshall was rather colorless, playing it like Vampira, where in a comedy the role needed a certain flourish. Marshall herself seemed better suited to more "normal" parts, such as Capt Kirk's "old flame" in the Star Trek episode "Court Martial". Yvonne DeCarlo not only brought a greater professionalism, but the ability to handle comedy. Eddie, as portrayed here, was simply annoying -- and would have "worn thin" REAL fast. The constant "wolfman" arm swipes are distracting, and the spoiled brat routine was insipid. Can't necessarily blame the actor, however, as I'm sure he was just playing it as they wanted him to. Don't remember this kid in anything else, so don't know if he was any good as an actor. Grampa's part was pretty much set, but Herman still needed some development into the fun-loving, big-hearted hulk who always forgot his own strength. In both pilots, he plays it much too subdued, and doesn't give his comic ability any chance to shine. Glad to see that by the beginning of the show's regular run, they'd worked out all the "kinks" and created a true TV classic!
Good critique MKIVWWI. I agree that Yvonne DeCarlo was better for the role of Lily -- partly because of her better handling of comedy and also she seemed seemed more like the matriarch of the family. The early Eddie was awful -- Butch Patrick's role as a regular every day kid was much better.
MKIVWWI why is it in colour when the original series started in black and white? Or am i getting mixed up with that.
www.change.org/p/i-want-universal-to-make-a-new-munsters-property
it was rare, but back in those days, some pilots were made in color; then with the decision to go to series, one of the cost-cutting options was b/w..the original pilot to ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' was in color, while the fist season was in b/w...later, it was the opposite: some pilots were in b/w and aired as first episodes, with the rest of the series being in color..''Hogan's Heroes'' and ''Get Smart'' (both 1965) are examples of that.....
MKIVWWI !
That was awful. Lily and Eddie were awful. I'm glad they made the changes.
Notice that the character of Hermann is different as well. In the series they made him more of a loveable goofball. That allowed Fred Gwynn to really bring out the best in his acting skills. He is so good in the series that he often upstages the other members of the cast.
***** Cool that you knew Fred Gwynne! (Loved the episode where Herman freaked out and yelled, "Car 54, where aaaaaaarrrrrrrre yoooooooooooou!") His makeup here is nearly identical to one of the test makeups for Boris Karloff from the first Frankenstein film.
dumbbo1 Fred Gyinn went on to play many parts on the radio show CBS Radio Mystery Theatre from the mid '70's to around 1990. You can google or click this link. archive.org/details/cbs_radio_mystery_theater He wasn't in all of them.
No argument about the kid!
Allen Woodall Lilly was very pretty
That laughter....gets to you after awhile
One difference that no one has mentioned is how both Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis are just playing their CAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU roles, Muldoon and Schnauzer, in monster drag. Too toned down.
Very often it happens that characters develop there 'personalities' through the run of a show. In this very early pilot, they were fleshing out the concept. Many standards of the show had been thought up and put in place. The pilot was used mostly as a showpiece for set, make-up, and the idea that they people thought of themselves as normal, while everyone else was weird. Thankfully, all three components made it to the series.
Man, how did not one director or anybody tell the kid to stop acting like that.That would have been impossible to watch him every week.WOW
Probably didn’t take long to replace him
wow this looks amazing. I've seen many of the original episodes and they look so old and grainy. somebody did a great job remastering this old show. it almost looks to good to be real.
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+Umme Humayra By buying the DVD's...
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Yeah, thanks a lot!!!
The guy portraying Grandpa is fantastic.
That's because the guy playing grandpa never got replaced. And it looks like they did some makeup changes for Herman.
Everyone got changed except for Herman and Grandpa. Marilyn wasn't changed till later - her own choice to leave.
B&W looks so much better for the Munsters!
Glad to see they didn't recast Igor
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Love the color and how clear the picture is,for being the unaired pilot looks really sharp!
This was remastered. I remember an earlier upload of this episode and it was what you would expect from a film several decades old.
Although Beverly Owen was kept on, she didn't last the first season. She had been planning on moving to New York (where her fiancee lived) when she was offered the part. Her agent told her to do it for easy money since he thought there was no way it would actually be picked up as a series. When it was, Owen stayed on but was quite unhappy as she was 3000 miles away from her fiancee. Finally the rest of the cast got together and insisted that the producers let Owen out of her contract since she was so miserable. They did, and Pat Priest took over, and no one really noticed anyway.
I read Beverly Owen was blackballed after that. I'm glad she was recast, I always thought Pat Priest was much better looking, though Beverly Owen seemed younger and friendlier.
So glad that they changed actors to Butch Patrick, Pat Priest and Yvonne DeCarlo.
Beverley Owen actually stayed for 13 episodes.
Beverley Owen only left because she went to get married.
Digitally remastered it was released i seen it on Nick at night years ago, still love it thanks for putting it up
That's a1964 Chrysler Crown Imperial if anyone's interested. I know this because it was the first new car my family ever owned. I still remember my mom telling us that there were going to be two new "monster shiows" on when the 1965 season started in the Fall.
I really enjoyed watching this episode of the pilot...!
I love that show..!!
My mother worked with an Aunt of Butch Patrick who kept a picture of him in his Eddie Munster costume on her desk. It was very cute! Though Joan Marshall didn't go on to play Pheobe Munster she did make a cult classic movie called Homicidal. In it she played both male and female roles.
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This is great! Most folks don't realize that actors in pilot episodes usually don't make it to the final televised show. Thanks
+Nichet Tucker , I'm glad that Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis were kept on, because they are amusing and memorable character actors here and in the regular series.
Fred and Lewis also came out in a TV comedy called , where are you car 54 .
The series cast was awesome. I though this was the funniest show on TV when I was a kid watching reruns in the 1070s. It is cool to see the sets in color because the b/w recordings in syndication were so fuzzy.
The video quality of this pilot is amazing, like a film rather than TV.
They made the right choices in re-casting for sure.
When I first saw this on the DVD box set, it struck me as amazing they picked it up for production.There are some quick glimpses of the brilliance it promised, but overall, it STUNK, (and the title song was a giant zero)!!! I'm glad they kept trying and finally got the right recipe! ;)
Grandpa's hijinx in his dungeon lab is superb! But I agree, I'm happy they recast and reimaged Lily and Eddie! I liked the Eddie here, but that character would never have sustained very long in terms of plotlines (i.e., I can't possibly see this version of Eddie going to school, etc.).
It was filmed in color in case NBC picked it up. which was the only full color network at the time. Since it ended up going to CBS, and had to be reshot with the new cast members, all the broadcast episodes were shot in black and white. In this pilot, they followed the classic Universal Pictures Frankenstein Monster face TOO WELL on Herman. Since the show was produced by Universal, they owned these copyrighted makeup designs, but modified it for the regular series to make Herman look more family-friendly. After all, the series was was produced by the creators of Leave It to Beaver. (now you know why Grampa's crystal ball could only receive Beaver reruns)
Yeah.
Frank Provasek
Ah. That explains a lot.
Frank Provasek Wow. I did not know that. I saw the show in syndication reruns in the 1970s and died laughing. This pilot is amusing bot the series was amazing.
Beaver was so boring and the Munsters were hilarious. The prototype for the Bundy’s, the Simpson’s and Family Guy. Comedy gold.
I've a memory when was black-and-white
no wonder they changed phoebe to lily. phoebe is like a young morticia
My God that Happy Dermon kid playing Eddie yuck horrable no one could never warm up to that character!
he doesnt look too happy.
And Joan Marshall came off like a dollar store Morticia Addams. Yvonne De Carlo is the ONLY Lily Munster!
@@codeblue8922 I'm honestly glad they recasted Yvonne as the Munster wife. The quality of this show would've deteriorated if one of the lead roles was a blatant Morticia Addams bootleg. Yvonne is just such a great Lily Munster. She's like a wholesome soccer mom that's not afraid to call you out if it's needed.
Thanks for shearing , I grow up watching this ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow I am so glad Yvonne De Carlo did it - and they changed Eddie. What a difference...... O_o
Love!! Except for obvious canned laughter AND grateful 100 for the recasting! 🙌🏻💯⚡️📺❤️💪🏻👏🏻
Omg this is horrible! So glad they changed the cast and the theme song... I AM COMPLETELY OBSESSED WITH THIS SHOW!!!! Somebody help me!
Join the club - I've watched this show since it premiered in 1964.
Hallelujah, baby!!!
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@@MetFan37 Happy 60 years to The Munsters
Wow....I was quite surprised to see Grandpa light his cigar using the "Jacob's' Ladder" (nothing more than a neon light transformer in this case...and a good sized one at that!). I'm guessing they told him that his cigar was enough "insulation" to keep him safe?? Those transformers are in the thousands of volts (8 - 13 ish thousand volts??) and have enough current available to cause real damage, if not sudden death. A little bit of moisture on his stogie and it would have been lights out! 9:32
I met Al Lewis on Roosevelt Island great person miss you Grand Pa
LOVED this show as a kid. got it on DVD.
The only reason Pat Priest joined the cast, is that Beverly Owen left the show half way thru the first season to get married.
I'm a little late to this party, but there was a little more to it than that. From what I read, Beverly Owen only signed on to do the show because she never thought it would take off, and she had signed a 7-year contract. When the show became a hit, it required her to move to LA from NY, and she was constantly sad and homesick. She wanted out of her contract and of course wanted to get married but they wouldn't let her, so the rest of the cast apparently marched into the office and said ”if you don't let her out we're all walking and you won't have a show". So they released Owen from her contract, but she was blackballed after that.
@@danieljackson1272 It was actually all part of a conspiracy, believe it or not. She and her boyfriend/eventual husband concocted this whole act that she would be so miserable on the set all of the time to make her impossible to work with, and let her out of her contract so she could relocate to NY and they could marry. Her husband was Jon Stone, who was the original producer, director, and one of the many original writers on SESAME STREET.
holy mother of god, joan marshall is beautiful as phoebe!
The monsters are much funnier I don't like Adam family too creepy
This is far better then any sitcom today...the 60's were the best for tv shows....
Phoebe was gorgeous 🖤🖤🖤
Nah , looks good , but nothing compared to the beauty of Yvonne de Carlo
A huge improvement by casting Yvonne and Butch. I heard that the original Munsters was supposed to be in color, but Universal expected CBS to pay the extra cost,, and they refused. I think the B&W was better in the longrun.
Joan Marshall and Happy Derman were the Pete Bests of The Munsters !
Thank God for Yvonne De Carlo
Love The Munsters THE BEST
Wow...am I ever glad they recast this show! Herman doesn't look quite right...Phoebe is no Lily!...and what the heck were they thinking with that version of Eddy?! I LOVE the Munsters...one of my all time favorites! If they had stuck with this pilot cast...I think it would have flopped!
I'v never seen the pilot before loved this show when i was a kid in australia in the sixtys 😂😊😅😅
the color in this is fantastic
I did notice that scene with the boyfriend at the beginning of the pilot was in the episode somewhere but of course they upgraded the actors to a couple different ones for Lily and Eddy
When he gets marilyn out of the car, I believe you can see the side of the Beverly hillbilly mansion set on the lot.
Wow looking at this early version you can see how much more polished the final version was that went into production for airing
Man I miss this show
Thanks for posting this! Wow the Munsters might never ghave been broadcast if it hadn't been retooled! Yvonne deCarlo's chemistry with Herman /Fred Gwynn made the show. Of course the decision to broadcast iin black and white while the networks were scrambling to air shows in color was counter intuitively genius!
or counter intuitively cheaper!
Yes Gothtec it's Joan Marshall she did a good job as Phoebe, I like this one as I saw the same with Yvonne in the 60s, I like them both but I'm very happy to see this one for the first time recently, it's a very different flavor ! :)
Bonjour Emma i was waiting for your comment ! :)
Yvonne is big on the screen, Joan being a little kind of a less a character make the others bigger than life, this is why I think Joan will have been good as Mama Munster !
Like looking into an alternate reality!
Too bad the old Munster shows aren't on YT anymore. Interesting to see this pilot again.
Watch the show on Pluto TV.
This is fantastic. I’ve never seen this before. I’m glad I ran across it. Thank you for sharing.
Glad they did some re-casting
Trusty the Bloodhound from LADY AND THE TRAMP can be heard howling!
That was before they put padding in front of Herman's chest inside his shirt and padded his arms. An anorexic looking Herman is not cool or neato !
Randy Cable 😬😃😃♐
Such wonderful memories, and now I want to see what Marilyn turned into, wish I could see that, Grandpa is AWESOME!
This show would have went off into cancellation oblivion if the necessary adjustments had not been made.
@☆ Syriana ☆ i just SEEN you r reply . thanks for it.Its only been 6 years
what made you reach out all of sudden
i wrote that grammatically incorrect remark 6 years ago so one day a Syriana could get on here and correct it,
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