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
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.
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. 🦇🥀
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!!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.😂
@@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
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.🖤🦇
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 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.
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.
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.
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…
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
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.
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.
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
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And then we lost 'Marilyn #1,' Beverley Owen (name misspelled in the color pilot, btw), who quit -- for personal reasons we're told -- a third of the way into the first season. There are legions of admirers for Marilyn #1 and similarly, tons of fans for Marilyn #2, essayed by Pat Priest. I thought Beverley looked closer to Marilyn's given age, 17, than Pat who appeared older. I happened to like Beverley's distinct, appealing voice. Overall looks: I considered Beverley to be blessed with a better figure and photograph prettier, softer. "That being said," I am in the "Marilyn #1 camp". Sadly, both actresses were saddled with stiff, permed, blonde wigs -- no matter that they're blonde -- that appeared much too 'helmet-like.' . . . And then there's 'the monkey wrench' tossed into the fun, nostalgic 'debate' re preference when eternally teen-ish and cute Debbie Watson ("Karen," 1965 - 66 NBC; "Tammy," 1966 - 67 ABC) -- with her own, soft, honey-shaded, natural hair that falls to her shoulders in a permanent, permed curl accented with a fall / hair piece -- replaces Pat. Debbie Watson, 'Marilyn #3.' "Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, the good-spirited debate resumes / begins . . . NOW!"
"Gee, I don't wanna go to bed yet. It's dark out." 🤣
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
57 Years Later. This Show is now a Classic.
"Calvin Baeler," 57 Years Later, This Show Remains a Classic.
It isn't a classic it's "the classic".
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.
Yup
that’s how tv works.
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. 🦇🥀
Seeing all those old images before the show brings back the best memories when the world was sane.
@@eldorado1830 so true
It's amazing what a difference two cast members made.
It really is. If they went the Happy Derman angle, the show wouldn't have been the Munsters, it would have been the Monstars
Dicarlo really brought the family dynamic together.
Casting was perfect. The Munsters was a great show.
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.
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!!
Being born in 1956 this show was a massive must watch !!! Everyone loved it !!! 🌵🌵💀💀👍👍🌵🌵 Wish they would bring it back !!!
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.
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…!
Al Lewis’ laugh was so great
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.
Man, I love that theme song. So cool.
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
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.
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.
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
Yup. I was four as well and remember all this
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.😂
@@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
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.
One of the best shows I’ve ever watched.
My God it's been that long ago. That makes me feel old.
One of my favorite shows as a kid.
The Munsters show I love it watching it it's such a great classic show I love old show from the past ..💕❤️
Would be great for a crossover with The Munsters meeting the Adam's Family!
They did a fantastic job! Always glued to the tv when the series and the movie ran on Australian TV!
Here in Italy The Munsters was a big hit. Also the feature movie was released in Italian theaters.
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.🖤🦇
Probably garbage like 95% of his movies
@@boomertaste3404 😆😆
Probably full of trailer trash Rob Zombie looking characters.
That Rob Zombie version's trailer dropped. Embarrassingly bad... :(
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.
Such a great episode, "so Eddie,where did you bury grandpa" lol
Thank goodness the show was recast
My favorite show
ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AND REMAINS TOP SHELF...REMAINS A CLASSIC AND WON'T REPLACED AS THE BEST !
One of my all time favs... It's still funny to watch.
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.
Very good Wallace. We're so happy you got tremendous joy from the show. You are so fortunate to have bought the DVDs.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful show!
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.
Awesome theme song too!
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.
WOW ive never seen that pilot, never knew there was an even more gorgeous Lilian. or i guess that is Phoebe.
Love this brings back great memories!
Loved The Munsters and The Addams Family
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!
I believe it was 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
Mockingbird -Heights- _Lane_
Kenfuckity
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.
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.
Lucky. We didn't have a color TV and 3 channels until mid 1969. It was the Quasar.
@@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.
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.
@@edwardbeaty8899 One Western that I loved at the time was The Wild Wild West.
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.
Nope without Yvonne De Carlo it would have never worked
Joan Marshall was hotter
good work I love it
Famous cast perfect
Happy's career has been getting better, he is now a Wal-Mart greeter.
are you serious?
@@danielthoman7324 No
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…
Yvonne DeCarlo is wonderful, but Pheobe Munster is gorgeous!
This history is brilliant and so needed in prep of the new film! 🤘☠🦇
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
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.
Better days in America,,,long gone by.
It's kind of perfect that this is narrated by Bill Mumy!
Don’t you miss those old scared movies late at night
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
Yvonne DeCarlo was a Babe.
As Tony Curtis, mid-Manhattan, crudely and infamously 'shouted to the world' his 'conquest' of.
When are we getting the remastered-in-HD blu-ray set?
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.
it's Cool To See The Aurora Model Kits of The Universeal Pictures Monsters at 0 : 44 Very Nostalgic.
Growing up in the 70's and 80's I loved this show. I even liked it better than the Addams Family show.
Because Color, suddenly brings back to the real world at me.
Cozi TV airs two episodes every night from 6 pm to 7 pm eastern time.
After seeing this Rob Zombie's Lily looks more like Phoebe.
The original Lily Munster, Joan Marshall was hot.
So, I was born in the year of the monster.
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
at least two of my cousins had them. they scared me.
"Who scared you, the monsters or the cousins?" comment goes here.
Bill Mumy voice over, mentions My Favorite Martian instead of Lost In Space.
They don't make great shows like this anymore.
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…
Great tv show.🎃
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.
I think "The Milton The Monster Show" came out about the same time too.
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.
Well Tim Burton is making a Netflix show about Wednesday Addams and I bet it’s gonna be amazing!
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.
6:20 It's amazing how much more dated it looks in black and white.
Was thinking the same thing. The color footage makes it look far more modern, like something made in the 90s or 2000s.
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.
thank god it thrived.
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?
Or Herman has body parts of a Werewolf
Eddie was adopted.
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.
The original Lily was a babe but completely humorless. Good choice to go with Yvonne.
She looks a LOT like Morticia Addams . Good thing they changed!
How freaking scary! I saw this video at the same time I'm watching The Munsters on COZI TV.
Phoebe was hot.
Frikkin: Awesome.
Glad they changed lily's character
and Eddie's character too.
the dad was a Frankenstein and the mom was a vampire how did I have a werewolf
Who the narrator?
Charles Addams The Addams Family was NEVER based on Universal Studios’ classic monsters! Get you facts straight!!!!
Uma das séries mais divertidas da TV
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.
💕💗💕
Black and white was the way to go
💘💘💘
Rob Zombie has to ruin this,
because no one will pay attention if he simply ruins his own ideas…
9:14
?more Don Glut? !yes, please!
We didn't have this. We had tv. We had foil as antenna. Fuq it. Herd sheep and cow.
I think the Black & White casting was more genuine.
thank the lord they changed the mother and eddie. they were definitely miscast.
agree on the Lilly...the original Eddie was cool too though.
And then we lost 'Marilyn #1,' Beverley Owen (name misspelled in the color pilot, btw), who quit -- for personal reasons we're told -- a third of the way into the first season. There are legions of admirers for Marilyn #1 and similarly, tons of fans for Marilyn #2, essayed by Pat Priest.
I thought Beverley looked closer to Marilyn's given age, 17, than Pat who appeared older. I happened to like Beverley's distinct, appealing voice. Overall looks: I considered Beverley to be blessed with a better figure and photograph prettier, softer.
"That being said," I am in the "Marilyn #1 camp".
Sadly, both actresses were saddled with stiff, permed, blonde wigs -- no matter that they're blonde -- that appeared much too 'helmet-like.'
. . . And then there's 'the monkey wrench' tossed into the fun, nostalgic 'debate' re preference when eternally teen-ish and cute Debbie Watson ("Karen," 1965 - 66 NBC; "Tammy," 1966 - 67 ABC) -- with her own, soft, honey-shaded, natural hair that falls to her shoulders in a permanent, permed curl accented with a fall / hair piece -- replaces Pat. Debbie Watson, 'Marilyn #3.'
"Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, the good-spirited debate resumes / begins . . . NOW!"
@@scvandy3129 of the two Marilyn's, I definitely liked Beverly Owen the best. she seemed to be a better actress. and much prettier.
that guy once spanked Adam Carolla
Wait a second didn`t the mustang car come out in 1965
I remember it coming out in 64. I was still in high school then.
The pilot was terrible. Every movie and attempted reboot was terrible. But for two years on the series, it was perfect.