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The Munsters Today - Vampire Pie
episode 1.1
USA 1988
produced by Lloyd J. Schwartz, Arthur L. Annecharico (executive) for The Arthur Company
directed by Norman Abbott
starring John Schuck, Lee Meriwether, Jason Marsden, Howard Morton, Hilary Van Dyke, Mary Cadorette, Scott Reeves
written by Barbara Berkowitz, based on a format by Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, characters by Norm Liebmann, Ed Haas, music by Wintermoon Music
TV-series The Munsters Today, The Munsters
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Young Marilyn (Hilary Van Dyke) tells all her family - Herman Munster
(John Schuck), his wife Lily (Lee Meriwether), Grandpa (Howard Morton) and
little Eddie (Jason Marsden) - that she's in love ... with Dustin (Scott
Reeves), a guy from her cooking class - which draws the mockery of Herman,
as "real men" don't cook. But when he's told he's too stuck in
his old ways, he insists he actually can cook, and before you know it, he
enters a cooking contest actually judged by Dustin's mother Dee Dee (Mary
Cadorette). Unsurprisingly, Herman's first attempt at cooking proves to be
indigestible. But then Grandpa gives him a recipe from his wife, a master
chef back in the day, and it proves to be delicious. So Herman takes part
in the cook-off and when Dee Dee, who's less than pleased by Herman's
participation, tastes his Transylvanian Pie Surprise, she turns
into a duck - all because Grandpa has forgotten to tell Herman he can only
use bat milk for the pie ... So ok, that Norman Abbott, who has
directed no less than 12 episodes of the classic
Munsters, was hired to direct the first (aired) episode of The
Munsters Today shows some respect for this series roots (though
Abbott was only once again called back to do another episode of the show -
but then again the series only came very late in his career). And one has
to admit, some of the jokes in this one are actually Munster-worthy,
and actually funny. It's just too sad that the whole thing looks too much
like an 1980s sitcom, and the inclusion of some teenage romance, 80s
style, doesn't really help all that much either. Not a total loss maybe,
but a (very) far cry from the real thing.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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