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The Munsters - Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie
episode 1.9
USA 1964
produced by Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly for Kayro-Vue Productions/CBS
directed by Lawrence Dobkin
starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Beverley Owen, Butch Patrick, Jean Willes, Mike Mazurki
written by Norm Liebmann, Ed Haas, created by Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, developed by Norm Liebman, Ed Haas, music by Jack Marshall
TV series The Munsters, The Munsters (classic series)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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The Munster family receives a visit from Herman's (Fred Gwyne) twin
brother Charlie (also Fred Gwyne), basically a more suave and
sophisticated version of Herman - and he charms the whole family,
especially Lily (Yvonne De Carlo) and Grandpa (Al Lewis). And soon enough,
Charlie tries to sell them his machine to extract uranium from Ocean
water, and his demonstration of his device is pretty impressive even. Too
bad then that it does only work in conjunction with a manipulated Geiger
counter. Charlie's however desperate to sell the device since gangster
Knuckles (Mike Mazurki) is breathing down his back. Herman prevents Lily
from buying the machine, but then Charlie hears about the Munsters'
neighbour Mrs. Cartwright (Jean Willes), a widow of means who has a soft
spot for Herman, and Charlie's quick to sell her the device posing as
Herman. Herman hears about this and he's quick to buy the machine back to
save the family name, even if it means to spend all the family savings.
However, Grandpa claims to have since worked on the machine a bit to actually
make it work, and now Charlie's quick to buy the machine back from Herman
- only Grandpa's adjustments don't work out quite as well as Charlie might
have thought ... Probably among the best episodes of The
Munsters, and for several reasons: For one, Herman, usually more
of an idiot within the series' context, is actually right, his suspicions
being 100% on the money, without any of this disturbing the character
structure of the series in the leatest though. Then there's also Gwyne as
Herman's twin Charlie, in which he gives a delightfully and hilarious
un-Herman performance that'd be exhilarating even without any punchlines.
Also veteran Mike Mazurki giving another turn as hard-boiled gangster is
inspired casting. And in all, the episode's just so full of great
punchlines it's just a joy to watch!
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