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Dad Herman (Fred Gwynne) was a Frankenstein's monster, mom Lily (Yvonne DeCarlo) and Grandpa (Al Lewis) were vampires, and son Eddie (Butch Patrick) a little wolf-boy. Munster niece Marilyn was inexplicably normal, which prompted much worry from the other members of the family (she was played in early episodes by Beverly Owen, who left to get married, and then by Pat Priest). The plots revolve around typically tortured sitcom situations: Herman must lose weight to fit into his old Army uniform, Herman has insomnia, Herman takes dance lessons from a crooked instructor. (As that list would suggest, 6'5" Fred Gwynne's wonderfully agile slapstick and Borscht Belt comedy made him the center of the show.)
What distinguished The Munsters from Father Knows Best was the Universal horror-movie lineage and the ghoulish one-liners (the latter growing a bit tedious after a while). The three-disc DVD has all 38 first-season episodes in excellent transfers, a 15-minute pilot with different actors as Lily and Eddie, and no extras or commentaries. High points include "Hot Rod Herman," which features the tricked-out Munster Koach and Drag-u-la (boss wagons both), and "Eddie's Nickname," the one where Grandpa gives Eddie a potion that causes the boy's beard to grow (a weirdly memorable image, if you're a kid). The show was either pure kiddie farce or a radical comment on the absurdly unreal world of sitcoms. Either way, if you grew up with them as an alternate TV family, you can't help but have warm feelings for the Munsters, as clammy as they are. --Robert Horton
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Charles R. Rondeau, Norman Abbott (II), Earl Bellamy, Don Richardson, Ezra Stone, Lawrence Dobkin, David Alexander, Seymour Berns, Charles Barton, Joseph Pevney |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 24 September, 1964 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Universal Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Comedies & Family Ent., Movie, TV Shows, Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 3 |
| UPC: | 025192573828 |
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Customer Reviews of The Munsters - The Complete First Season
Brilliant Show and Excellently Cast Actors The Munsters is a must-have for your DVD collection. It is brilliantly cast (I don't believe they could have got better actors to play the parts of Herman, Lily or Grandpa). <
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>It is so enjoyable to watch and I particularly enjoyed seeing the (color) Pilot Episode (because I had never seen it). I was so glad Joan Marshall and Happy Derman were re-cast - they weren't quite right for the roles. <
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>The quality of the DVDs is excellent (though, of course, I would have preferred single-sided disks) and I love the packaging (unique). <
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>Be careful where you store the box, because it is quite soft and shiny, there is the tendency there for the box to to pit/scratch - you don't want to store it next to your knives!!!!. <
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>I haven't watched the entire collection yet (we tend to take our time watching the DVDs), but of the episodes we have seen, none have had playing problems. Both sound and picture quality are excellent. <
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Munsters are the best
This show used to be on when I was a kid. Brings back many good memories. I purchased both seasons and am very pleased. This is the way tv should be today.
Read Error on DVD
The Munsters is one of the best shows of all time and deserves 5 Stars. The DVD compilation is nicely done too. BUT there are serious errors on DVD 2, Side 2! I'm not able to watch 3 episodes on my regular DVD player and I'm not the only one. Now I imported the set and it would be to much trouble to return this one DVD to Universal. What to do? Here's what you can do, if you are not living in the US or Canada: 1. Get DVDDecrypter. This is a sweet DVD Backup Tool which is very resistent against DVD errors and stupid copy protection. 2. Find a computer with a DVD drive that is good at reading poor or bad DVDs. Usually read-only drives are better than burners. 3. Try to make a backup with DVDDecrypter. 4. If DVDDecrypter detects thousands of errors, you just have to try another computer/DVD drive. 5. Good luck. At least it worked for me.
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