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The Munsters - Low-Cal Munster
episode 1.6
USA 1964
produced by Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly for Kayro-Vue Productions/CBS
directed by Seymour Berns
starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Beverley Owen, Butch Patrick, Paul Lynde, Caryl Rowe, Ronnie Rondell jr, Michael Jackson (II), Dick Winslow, Monty Margetts, Diane Courtney, Scott McCartor, Elsie Baker
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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Against his wife Lily (Yvonne De Carlo) and Grandpa's (Al Lewis),
Herman Munster (Fred Gwynne) is hell-bent to go to his army reunion, but
as he doedn't fit into his uniform anymore, he is determined to go on a
diet - and thus asks Dr. Dudley (Paul Lynde) for advice who doesn't faint
of fright triggered by Herman's gruesome sight because he's terribly
short-sighted. And for the first few days, Herman's diet goes very well,
even, and it seems to bother Lily more than it does him - but when Grandpa
starts talking about Thanksgiving dinner, Herman has a faint spell, one so
bad that Dr. Dudley declares him dead - far from it of course. So Herman
has Grandpa chain him up over Thanksgiving to escape temptation. But when
he sees an ad for a turkey dinner on TV, he breaks free of his chains,
breaks into the neighbours' (Dick Winslow, Monty Margetts, Diane Courntey,
Scott McCartor, Elsie Baker) home where he acts like a madman chasing them
away from the dinner table before he sits down and eats their turkey
whole, asking for the cranberry sauce in the most civilized way ... An
episode tailored to the talents of Fred Gwynne, and one in which he's even
allowed to play the straight man to Paul Lynde's inept physician - and he
really makes the most of it, too, as the screenplay gets plenty of mileage
out of the simple premise, stuffing it with fun horror references (like
the opening that sees Herman tearing himself from the operating table
Grandpa has chained him to) while playfully subverting genre expectations
(like Herman storming the neighbours' house like a madman, then sitting
down and politely asking for the cranberry sauce). In all, this one's a
real fun ride.
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