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The Munsters - Don't Bank on Herman
episode 1.21
USA 1965
produced by Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly for Kayro-Vue Productions/CBS
directed by Ezra Stone
starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Pat Priest, Butch Patrick, Maurice Manson, Pitt Herbert, Paul 'Mousie' Garner, Jack Bernardi, Audrey Swanson
written by Doug Tibbles, 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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Herman (Fred Gwynne) and Grandpa Munster (Al Lewis) are sent to the
bank by Lily (Yvonne De Carlo) to cash one of her cheques. Thing is, they
arrive after the bank right after all the employees have been warned about
bankrobbers in Halloween costumes and advised to hand the money over to
avoid any bloodshed. So quite naturally, and without any of their own
doing, Herman and Grandpa are mistaken for the Halloween mask robbers and
sent home with a large bag of money, and Herman doesn't even realize the
mistake he has made until Lily points out the big discrepancy of the sum
he has come home with versus the sum on the cheque. Conscientious as he
is, Herman wants to bring back the money immediately - at about three and
night, and to do so they break into the bank vault - and ultimately find
themselves locked in. Their first attempt to call the police from the
emergency phone inside fails miserably, but then they find the burglar
alarm ... just minutes before two actual burglars (Paul 'Mousie' Garner,
Jack Bernardi) arrive to blow the vault door open - just to be scared
shitless by our heroes and knocked out by Herman's (well-meant) bear hug.
And ultimately, Herman and Grandpa wind up the (anonymous) heroes of the
day. Now sure, this episodes has some rather childish jokes,
especially in the beginning when Grandpa tries to cure fallen sick Marilyn
(Pat Priest), but once the real story sets in, there are many Munsters-typical
situations adapted for new surroundings (this time a bank), and the leads
are in their usual great form again, with especially Fred Gwynne and
Yvonne De Carlo having some priceless exchanges in this one. So
ultimately, pretty hilarious for sure.
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