The Munsters "My Fair Munster" (found unaired second pitch pilot of CBS sitcom series; 1964)

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The Munsters is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 24, 1964 to May 12, 1966. Before the show hit the airwaves, two pitch pilots were produced, both of which were later adapted as the second episode "My Fair Munster". 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 (before Beverley Owen was replaced by Pat Priest for the role of Marilyn in the eighth episode) and the first to be filmed in black and white like the entirety of the eventual series. This is because it became lost following the greenlighting of the show by CBS in February 1964.

At least one difference from the aired version is that Eddie's appearance was more "normal", as was the case with the first few aired episodes before a widow's peak was added to his hairstyle for the rest of the show's run.

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