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''The Munsters'' is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 24, 1964 to May 12, 1966. Following the greenlighting of the show by CBS in February 1964, but before the show hit the airwaves, two pitch pilots were produced, both of which were later adapted as the second episode "My Fair Munster" (which was originally intended to be called "Love Thy Monster"). The first pilot is available as a bonus feature on ''The Munsters'' season one DVDs, first released in 2004.
''The Munsters'' was an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 24th, 1964, to May 12th, 1966. Following the green lighting of the show by CBS in February 1964, but before the show hit the airwaves, two pitch pilots were produced, both of which were later adapted as the second episode "My Fair Munster" (which was originally intended to be called "Love Thy Monster"). The first pilot is available as a bonus feature on ''The Munsters'' season one DVDs, first released in 2004.


Little is known currently about the '''second pilot''', even though it was the first piece of Munster-related media to feature the entire original cast of the eventual series (including Beverley Owen, who was later replaced by Pat Priest for the role of Marilyn after the first few episodes) and the first to be filmed in black and white like the entirety of the eventual series (unlike the first pilot, which was filmed in color).
'''Little is known currently about the second pilot''', even though it was the first piece of ''Munster''-related media to feature the entire original cast of the eventual series (including Beverley Owen, who was later replaced by Pat Priest for the role of Marilyn after 13 episodes) and the first to be filmed in black and white like the entirety of the eventual series (unlike the first pilot, which was filmed in color, the switch to black and white was largely due to budget constraints with both CBS and the show's co-producer, Universal Studios, but it was also done to imitate the style of Universal's successful horror-film lineup in the 1930s, which provided the basis for most of the main characters of the show).


Only an approximately-ten-second clip of the second pilot has resurfaced in the 2002 A&E documentary ''America's First Family of Fright'', included as a bonus feature on ''The Munsters'' season two DVD releases. The running time of the second pilot is unknown, it may have either been approximately 15 minutes like the first pilot or the full half-hour format.
Before 2017, only a 31-second clip of the second pilot had resurfaced in the 2002 A&E documentary ''America's First Family of Fright'', included as a bonus feature on ''The Munsters'' season two DVD releases.


At least one difference from the aired version is that Eddie's hairstyle was more "normal".
At least one difference from the aired version is that Eddie's hairstyle was more "normal" as a result of forced reshoots of several scenes.


==References==
==Gallery==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Munsters Wikipedia article on The Munsters]
===Video===
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  |description1 =Archive.org mirror of the pilot.
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===Images===
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
My fair munster second pilot 2.jpg|One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from ''America's First Family of Fright'', featuring Lily holding a repaired Wolf-Wolf.
My fair munster second pilot 3.jpg|One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from ''America's First Family of Fright'', featuring Herman.
My fair munster second pilot 4.jpg|One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from ''America's First Family of Fright'', featuring Eddie having just retrieved Wolf-Wolf back.
My fair munster second pilot 5.jpg|One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from ''America's First Family of Fright'', again featuring Lily.
My fair munster second pilot 6.jpg|One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from ''America's First Family of Fright'', featuring Grandpa.
</gallery>
==External Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Munsters Wikipedia article on ''The Munsters''.]
*[https://imdb.com/title/tt0781910/ IMDB page for "My Fair Munster."]


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Latest revision as of 21:58, 8 April 2023

My fair munster second pilot 1.jpg

One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright.

Status: Found

Date found: 14 Jun 2017

Found by: Snowpeck

The Munsters was an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 24th, 1964, to May 12th, 1966. Following the green lighting of the show by CBS in February 1964, but before the show hit the airwaves, two pitch pilots were produced, both of which were later adapted as the second episode "My Fair Munster" (which was originally intended to be called "Love Thy Monster"). The first pilot is available as a bonus feature on The Munsters season one DVDs, first released in 2004.

Little is known currently about the second pilot, even though it was the first piece of Munster-related media to feature the entire original cast of the eventual series (including Beverley Owen, who was later replaced by Pat Priest for the role of Marilyn after 13 episodes) and the first to be filmed in black and white like the entirety of the eventual series (unlike the first pilot, which was filmed in color, the switch to black and white was largely due to budget constraints with both CBS and the show's co-producer, Universal Studios, but it was also done to imitate the style of Universal's successful horror-film lineup in the 1930s, which provided the basis for most of the main characters of the show).

Before 2017, only a 31-second clip of the second pilot had resurfaced in the 2002 A&E documentary America's First Family of Fright, included as a bonus feature on The Munsters season two DVD releases.

At least one difference from the aired version is that Eddie's hairstyle was more "normal" as a result of forced reshoots of several scenes.

Gallery

Video

Archive.org mirror of the pilot.

Images

  • One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright, featuring Lily holding a repaired Wolf-Wolf.

    One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright, featuring Lily holding a repaired Wolf-Wolf.

  • One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright, featuring Herman.

    One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright, featuring Herman.

  • One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright, featuring Eddie having just retrieved Wolf-Wolf back.

    One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright, featuring Eddie having just retrieved Wolf-Wolf back.

  • One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright, again featuring Lily.

    One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright, again featuring Lily.

  • One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright, featuring Grandpa.

    One of six screenshots of the second pilot version of "My Fair Munster," taken from America's First Family of Fright, featuring Grandpa.

External Links

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