The Munsters
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Munsters |
| Original title | The Munsters |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1964 - 1966 |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 70 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Comedy , humor , fantasy , horror |
| Theme music | Theme From The Munsters |
| production |
Joe Connelly Bob Mosher |
| music | Jack Marshall |
| First broadcast | September 24, 1964 (USA) |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 12, 1991 on S 3 |
| occupation | |
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The Munsters is a successful US - comedy series from the 1960s, which at the same time on and leaked competition series The Addams Family in many ways is similar (both series went within a week at the start and were about two years later in the same week removed again).
The series started in the USA on September 24, 1964, the last episode was broadcast on May 12, 1966.
family members
The Munsters live in a large mansion with an overgrown garden at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights, USA.
- Herman Munster
- He resembles the Frankenstein monster and is the somewhat naive but lovable father of the family in the series. Herman is 150 years old, 2.23 meters tall and has shoe size 58. His respective “body parts” have different years of birth. Herman has green skin and one brown and one blue eye. He was not born, but in a laboratory in Germany by a certain Dr. Frankenstein (who made people out of construction sets as a hobby). Herman works as a clerk at the Gateman, Goodbury & Graves funeral home and likes to tell tasteless jokes. Because of its immense strength, it often accidentally pulls down walls.
- Lily Munster
- Formal name: Lily Dracula-Munster.
- She is Herman's wife and was born in Transylvania . Her age is not precisely defined, but in any case she is older than 137 years. She has a brother (Lester) and an unnamed sister. She is a full-time housewife, but as a feminist she often tries to break out of this role. As a perfume, it always wears “ Chanel No. 13 ”, the “ most exotic ” .
- Grandpa Munster
- Formal name: Count Dracula aka Sam Dracula.
- He is 378 years old and resembles a large penguin . He comes from Transylvania ("the old homeland"), which you can hear from his light accent. He has been married 167 times but is currently single again. Although his wives have all faded, he still maintains contact with them by letter. He has three children: Lily, Lester and another, nameless daughter. He's a mad scientist by profession and, depending on which pill he takes, he can turn into a wolf or a bat. Grandpa Munster is passionate about playing checkers with invisible ghosts whom he meets in the cemetery. He prefers to sleep upside down in the closet or hanging from the ceiling of his laboratory.
- Eddie Munster
- Formal name: Edward Wolfgang Munster.
- He is the son of Herman and Lily. Eddie is nine or ten years old and always wears his Little Lord Fauntleroy style suit . He has dark hair that comes to a point in the center of the forehead, small fangs that enlarge once a month, and small pointed ears. The face is usually pale or green. He is in fifth grade in elementary school in Mockingbird Heights. He always walks around with his doll Woof-Woof and sleeps in a coffin.
- Marilyn Munster
- She is about 25 years old and the daughter of Lily's nameless sister. So her last name shouldn't be Munster (unless her aunt and uncle had adopted her ). It is considered to be somewhat defaced in the family. She corresponds to the beauty ideal of the 1960s, is blonde and pretty - which is not at all the beauty ideal of the Munster. Because of her “distortion” she seems to be unable to maintain a relationship with men for a long time, which makes her very sad. In truth, however, their friends fear their relatives. In the film, she is the daughter of Herman's sister Elsa and Norman Hyde.
Other relatives
- Charlie Munster
- Played by Fred Gwynne in a dual role
- In one episode, Herman's twin brother appears surprisingly (which was built from the same construction kit; apart from the blond hair, they look incredibly similar). As a professional con artist, however, he's not exactly the nicest relative.
- Uncle Gilbert
- In one episode he sends the Munster family a box full of gold coins to keep for him. Uncle Gilbert is the Gill-Man from Jack Arnold's The Terror of the Amazon (1954).
- Johann
- Also played by Fred Gwynne in a double role
- He is, so to speak, a cousin of Hermans, who was led by Dr. Frankenstein himself started, but was only completed by his great-great-great-grandson. Johann, who is still a bit "uncouth", should learn good manners from Herman, which leads to some turbulent mix-ups. Johann only appears in one episode, is terrified of fire and prefers to hide in the closet.
- Uncle Lester
- He is the brother of Lily Munster and the son of grandfather Munster. For inexplicable reasons, he seems to have inherited the werewolf genes from his family, which Lily also passed on to her son (clearly weakened). He only appears in episode 15 of the first season - Herman's Rival - of the television series.
- Norman Hyde / Brent Jekyll
- In A Weird Family To Scream , Herman's crazy brother-in-law tries to make his misshapen daughter Marilyn "prettier". The experiment fails and he turns into the arrogant, racist and handsome campaigner Brent Jekyll, who wants to chase the Munsters out of town. Grandfather Munster can heal him again.
- Cousin Phantom of the Opera
- In The Return of the Frankenstein Family , cousin Phantom pays the family a visit. Because of his love for music, he moved to the cellar vaults under the Paris Opera, but his passion far outweighs his talent. When he raises his voice to sing, no window pane in the vicinity remains intact. He also drops in briefly during Munster's Merry Christmas and provides background music at the family celebration.
- Uncle Jack
- Uncle Jack is the invisible man. He is wearing a bandage because he was allegedly hit by a driver who did not "see" him.
- Uncle Fly (in the org. Cousin Fly )
- Uncle Fliege is based on the novel "Die Fliege" and lives in Death Valley .
synchronization
The Munsters was dubbed for the German-language television broadcast by Hansa-Tonstudios Berlin, the dialogue director was Heinz Freitag .
| role | actor | German dubbing voice |
|---|---|---|
| Herman Munster | Fred Gwynne | Tom Deininger |
| Grandpa Munster | Al Lewis | Hans Teuscher |
| Lily Munster | Yvonne De Carlo | Sonja German |
| Marylin Munster |
Beverley Owen (episode 1–13) Pat Priest (from episode 14) |
Liane Rudolph |
| Eddie Munster | Butch Patrick | John-Alexander Döring |
Pets
- Spot
- A dragon that lives under the stairs in the Munster's house. Spot spits fire every time someone lifts the stairs that form the entrance to his "dog house". He never appears in his whole form - at most the tip of his tail or his head with shining eyes become visible. Spotty likes to chase cars, eat manhole covers and telegraph poles. Once he buried the postman in the garden.
- Igor
- A bat that lives in the Munster's house. She is a good friend of Grandpa Munster and likes to hang out with him on the ceiling of his laboratory.
- Kitty
- Is a black house cat that always roars like a lion and has a corresponding appetite.
- Elmer
- A huge snake that belongs to Eddie, lives in a garbage can, and has not appeared in any episode.
- The Raven
- He lives in a clock and screams “Nevermore” every hour (a reference to the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe ).
- Goldie
- A piranha owned by Eddie who lives in a fishbowl.
cars
The Munsters owned two cars made by Barris Customs :
- a Munsterwagen (Munsters' Koach), made of three Ford Model T bodies and a 289 Ford Cobra 8-cylinder engine - a total of three copies were built of this car
- as well as the Drag-U-La from Grandpa Munster, a special racing car (Ford Mustang), the heart of which is a real coffin. Two examples of the Dragula were built.
Movies
- 1966: Ghost Party (Munster, Go Home)
- 1981: The Return of the Frankenstein Family (The Munsters Revenge)
- 1995: A Scary Family To Scream (Here Come The Munsters)
- 1996: Munsters 'Scary Little Christmas (The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas)
After the Munsters had been removed from television, work began on the first Munsters film. This came in 1966 under the title "Munster, Go Home" (Eng. Ghost Party) in the cinemas. In contrast to the series, the film was shot in color.
In 1981, the television film The Munsters Revenge ( The Return of the Frankenstein Family) was shot with almost the entire old Munsters cast . The film turned out to be a flop.
A few more television films followed with completely new casts. 1995 "Here Come the Munsters" (Eng. A scary family to scream) . As with the Addams Family , a lot of emphasis was placed on the dismissive attitude of the Americans towards the monster family in this film. 1996 followed by "The Munsters 'Scary Little Christmas" (Eng. Munsters' Merry Christmas) .
The Wayans brothers (including Scary Movie ) had already announced another Munsters film for 2006 (not yet redeemed).
In addition, there was a short Munsters cartoon in 1973 called The Mini Munsters .
New editions of the series
In 1988 the series was reissued with other actors under the title The Munsters Today (three seasons with a total of 72 episodes). The series ran from 1990 to 1993 in Germany on RTL under the title Familie Munster .
In terms of quality, this new edition was viewed rather critically by many fans of the original, as it is aimed at a significantly younger audience and the humor is accordingly simple, while the original - especially in the non-dubbed version - was often profoundly funny and one of the comedic timing Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis or the acting skills of a Yvonne De Carlo benefited.
In September 2010, another new edition was announced by the television station NBC and the series creator Bryan Fuller with the participation of the director Guillermo del Toro . In November 2011 it was announced that NBC had ordered a pilot episode to remake the series from writer and executive producer Bryan Fuller. This was the second attempt to revive the series. In February 2012, NBC and Bryan Fuller renamed the series Mockingbird Lane . After Eddie Izzard was awarded the role of Grandpa in March 2012 , Bryan Fuller cast Charity Wakefield as Marilyn Munster later that month . After several postponements, the pilot episode was finally broadcast as a Halloween special in October 2012 . In December 2012 it was announced that the broadcaster had not commissioned any further episodes.
Original series episode index
(the original US title in brackets)
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First season
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Second season
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DVD release
- First season: The Munsters, Koch Media - November 16, 2007
- Second season: The Munsters, Koch Media - April 25, 2008
- Movie: Die Munsters - Ghost Party, Koch Media - June 20, 2008
- Movie: The Munsters - The Return of the Frankenstein Family, Koch Media - October 7, 2011
- The Munsters - The Complete Series, Koch Media - October 7, 2011
Web links
- The Munsters in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- munsters.com - Official Munsters website (English)
- The Munsters on halloween.de
- Portrait of the Munsters
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Munsters . German dubbing index; Retrieved April 13, 2012
- ↑ “The Munsters”: NBC, Fuller and Guillermo Del Toro are planning a remake. Filmstarts.de , September 30, 2010, accessed on September 30, 2010 .
- ↑ Mariano Glas: The Munsters: NBC orders pilot episode (2011). Serienjunkies.de , November 17, 2011, accessed on November 17, 2011 .
- ↑ Steve Barton: The Munsters Get a Title Change on Mockingbird Lane (2011). Dread Central, February 2, 2012; accessed February 2, 2012 .
- ↑ Steve Barton: Say Hello to the New Marilyn Munster of Mockingbird Lane. Dread Central, March 30, 2012, accessed March 31, 2012 .
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: NBC's 'Mockingbird Lane' Officially Dead. In: deadline.com. December 27, 2012, accessed December 30, 2012 .