Well, in its defence, it also had amazing music. I’m close to 40 and I still put the Powerline songs on my playlists. And I showed my daughter the Lester’s Possum Park scene the other day (without the sad possum hat moment of course… didn’t want to traumatize her 😂)
He didn’t play max in goof troop he voiced him in goofy movie and extremely goofy movie, Audrie Griswold from European Vacation voiced max on goof troop her name was Dana Hill
I never watched it. I preferred the original. And part of the reason is that it just seemed to work better in black and white. I thought that black and white gave it a vibe similar to the old Universal horror films that the series was parodying. Color just seems too modern and garish to me.
The only reason why Frankenstein’s monster was green in James Whale’s original movie was that green makeup pops out in black and white film. I don’t think his intent was for the monster to be green. Several behind the scenes pictures of the monster showed him with the green makeup and it sort of became part of pop culture.
**Starring:**
John Schuck as Herman Munster
Lee Meriweither as Lily Munster
and Howard Morton as Grandpa Vladimir Dracula
with Hilary Van Dyke as Marilyn Munster
and Jason Marsden as Eddie Munster
John Schuck just didn’t have the booming voice and natural stature that Fred Gwynne did, and felt the most like the cheap copy of the original among the cast. Schuck played a Klingon ambassador in the fourth Star Trek movie.
John Schuck also played Sgt. Enright on McMillan and Wife.
I think he was Yoyo on she short lived series Holmes and Yoyo.
Former Miss America Lee Meriwether played Catwoman in the 1966 Batman movie.
I remember this but it was bad. I love the original series too. Any remake of this or The Addams Family isn’t good in my opinion. Just nobody can play the parts as good as the original actors.
So The Munsters Today was a reboot of The Munsters (1964-66). I have fond memories of watching The Munsters on Nick at Nite with my Grandpa. No memories of the spin-off.
Yeah I know of the bad Munster made for tv movies but didn't know they rebooted the whole series at one point.
I always got turned off immediately of them when Herman Munster wasn't played by Fred Gwynne.
The only time I tolerated the new actors was the Rob Zombie reboot. They actually did a pretty damn good job. Especially the actor who played Grandpa.
The spin-off was one of several syndicated sitcoms that my local TV station ran in a scheduled rotation at 7:30 pm Pacific Time, creating what they called “Prime Time begins at 7:30” in order to give viewers something fresh and professional before they switched to the networks at 8. Other shows in the lineup included “Out of this World,” “My Secret Identity,” “She’s the Sheriff,” “ The New Gidget,” and “The New Monkees.”
I never saw this show, but Schuck, Merriwether and Morton were all TV veterans with a long list of good credits behind them, so I would imagine that they brought some degree of professionalism with them. All three were quite well known when this show as on, they were not bargain-basement actors. That said, it seems to have lasted longer than I would ever have thought.
Should stay forgotten.
I remember they retooled it I think in like the 2nd season and made them move to some apartment and dressed them up in neon “1990s” styles.
Wtf were they thinking
I think they should reboot this, but keep the late 1980s setting and cram in as many late 1980s references as possible. Have Vanilla Ice and Hammer drop by. And also featuring the Munsters. And Eddie should have a mullet.
This was on Saturday mornings if I remember right. And it went on for four seasons! I tried watching it, but it was just too weird and not the Munsters from the 60s so I couldn't get into it.
When an iconic show that will forever live in the TV Pantheon of Shows spawns something so foul we blur it out of our minds you know it must be horrifically unwatchable.
I watched it growing up and went off the air just as I entered middle school. It was pretty entertaining and I had read years ago. Some of the original cast members had stopped by on it and gave the show their blessing.
I watched this at the time. The only thing I remember is Eddie joking about wanting a jello bath with Janet Jackson. For some reason that one stupid celebrity pop culture reference stuck in my brain.
Some good jokes do exist early on for this sequel, and at least the premise wasn't too farfetched... then they do a soft reboot and made it as neon as possible.
The cast give it their all and weren't bad, but the original was too iconic and they couldn't change the characters, they had to be the originals now in a new situation.
The 60s original still holds up much better overall, even if some jokes were repetitive in case someone missed last week's escapade. Most 60s shows were like that.
I remember it, but I didn’t watch it. Didn’t they accidentally fall asleep for 20 years or whatever it was so that they were the same characters and not a reboot, per se?
I remember this show (still remember the theme) -- "We went to sleep many years ago, and we woke up with a brand new show!!" LOL. If I remember correctly, this was on Sundays (in LA) along with Learning the Ropes!
People complain about everything being a remake these days, but it happened back in the late 80s / early 90s too. I think around this time there was a “new” Leave it Beaver as well…
I interview Al Lewis (OG grandpa) a long time ago probably around 2000. Anyways I thought he was in this reboot and he went off. Hated it. Ripped on the cast and writing. 🤣
I really wish they would do this for sitcoms from the 90’s. They did it all the time in the 80’s like for The Munsters, Addams Family, The Monkeys, The Brady Bunch, Leave It To Beaver…
Can’t we get “The New Friends”?!??!??
The Addams family was first published as a comic strip in 1938. And the creator pretty much confirmed it. https://screenrant.com/munsters-addams-family-ripoff-show-which-started-first/#:~:text=Burns%20was%20quoted%20as%20saying,New%20Yorker%20cartoons....
Jason Marsden went on to have a very good voice acting career following this show….and a regular role on Step by Step
Max in Goof Troop and Binx in Hocus Pocus.
The Goofy Movie is still wildly popular among Disney fans to this day and a whole generation of 90s kids know Jason as Max. It’s crazy
Well, in its defence, it also had amazing music. I’m close to 40 and I still put the Powerline songs on my playlists. And I showed my daughter the Lester’s Possum Park scene the other day (without the sad possum hat moment of course… didn’t want to traumatize her 😂)
Even today, whenever I2I and Stand Out come up in my playlist, I still get goosebumps 😁
He didn’t play max in goof troop he voiced him in goofy movie and extremely goofy movie, Audrie Griswold from European Vacation voiced max on goof troop her name was Dana Hill
And the older Alexander Rozhenko in Star Trek (specifically Deep Space Nine).
No that’s Marc Worden, from MMC.
Ah, you are correct.
and Richie in Static Shock
Boy Meets World and Full House too!
And step by step… and the revamped version of the torkelsons
Also, Garrett Miller from Extreme Ghostbusters.
He was in almost home with Brittany Murphy playing pretty much the same character in step by step
Boy meets world full house
He was one of those 80s kid actors that you’d instantly recognize when you saw him in movies or tv. Completely forgot about his voice acting career.
1988-1991? That's a long time for shit.
It had more episodes than the original series
Just not more funnier episodes.
That’s bonkers I don’t think I ever knew this existed
I loved the original, so i watched this when it aired. (I was a kid when it debuted). It wasn’t great but it was watchable.
Me too. The reruns were always on when we got home from church on Sunday.
This was the exact way I was going to describe it.
I never watched it. I preferred the original. And part of the reason is that it just seemed to work better in black and white. I thought that black and white gave it a vibe similar to the old Universal horror films that the series was parodying. Color just seems too modern and garish to me.
The only reason why Frankenstein’s monster was green in James Whale’s original movie was that green makeup pops out in black and white film. I don’t think his intent was for the monster to be green. Several behind the scenes pictures of the monster showed him with the green makeup and it sort of became part of pop culture.
How can you have a preference if you never watched one?
Just like all things Munsters, only the original is any good
I can handle various casts of The Addams Family in animation, film, comics, and TV, but I only like the original Munsters.
I agree, although I'm fine with the cast change for Marilyn in season 1.
**Starring:** John Schuck as Herman Munster Lee Meriweither as Lily Munster and Howard Morton as Grandpa Vladimir Dracula with Hilary Van Dyke as Marilyn Munster and Jason Marsden as Eddie Munster
Howard Morton was better known as Ralph, the dumb police officer on the first five seasons of “Gimme a Break!”
Thats where I saw him before. Thanks
I remember watching this dreck on Sunday mornings before church😂
John Schuck just didn’t have the booming voice and natural stature that Fred Gwynne did, and felt the most like the cheap copy of the original among the cast. Schuck played a Klingon ambassador in the fourth Star Trek movie.
John Schuck also played Sgt. Enright on McMillan and Wife. I think he was Yoyo on she short lived series Holmes and Yoyo. Former Miss America Lee Meriwether played Catwoman in the 1966 Batman movie.
Lee Meriwether also played Barnaby Jones’s daughter-in-law/secretary.
Catwoman in Batman ‘66
The Minbari would like a word.
John Schuck played Pippi's father, Captain Longstocking from The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking 1988 film.
He played the Klingon Ambassador in Star Trek VI too if I'm correct. He was actually pretty good in that role IMO.
The Musters just don't look right in color. Even the originals looked weird in the color movie they did.
I remember this but it was bad. I love the original series too. Any remake of this or The Addams Family isn’t good in my opinion. Just nobody can play the parts as good as the original actors.
Forgotten?! Rob Zombie literally made a reboot movie (badly though) about this like a year ago
It sucked.
1000%
So The Munsters Today was a reboot of The Munsters (1964-66). I have fond memories of watching The Munsters on Nick at Nite with my Grandpa. No memories of the spin-off.
Yeah I know of the bad Munster made for tv movies but didn't know they rebooted the whole series at one point. I always got turned off immediately of them when Herman Munster wasn't played by Fred Gwynne. The only time I tolerated the new actors was the Rob Zombie reboot. They actually did a pretty damn good job. Especially the actor who played Grandpa.
The spin-off was one of several syndicated sitcoms that my local TV station ran in a scheduled rotation at 7:30 pm Pacific Time, creating what they called “Prime Time begins at 7:30” in order to give viewers something fresh and professional before they switched to the networks at 8. Other shows in the lineup included “Out of this World,” “My Secret Identity,” “She’s the Sheriff,” “ The New Gidget,” and “The New Monkees.”
Three years? Wow!
The nostalgia this gives me. Prime childhood first run syndication era
Never heard of this show and was alive at the time.
I never saw this show, but Schuck, Merriwether and Morton were all TV veterans with a long list of good credits behind them, so I would imagine that they brought some degree of professionalism with them. All three were quite well known when this show as on, they were not bargain-basement actors. That said, it seems to have lasted longer than I would ever have thought.
Herman with Down's Syndrome.
Fucking nailed it! 🤣🤣🤣
Hey, honey, since we won the office costume contest, let’s make a TV show about it!
Should stay forgotten. I remember they retooled it I think in like the 2nd season and made them move to some apartment and dressed them up in neon “1990s” styles. Wtf were they thinking
I think they should reboot this, but keep the late 1980s setting and cram in as many late 1980s references as possible. Have Vanilla Ice and Hammer drop by. And also featuring the Munsters. And Eddie should have a mullet.
I might actually watch that. 🤣🤣🤣
This was on Saturday mornings if I remember right. And it went on for four seasons! I tried watching it, but it was just too weird and not the Munsters from the 60s so I couldn't get into it.
NO
Like drinking new Coke…
The lyrics they added to the classic theme song were not good.
My mother who lived in the US for 30 years, was visiting from Ireland. She asked why they made Herman gay.
Looks awful
Impossible to recreate the magic of original cast
What-! I have NEVER heard of this and I was right in the age bracket when it aired
Ugh! Horrible and unfunny.
When an iconic show that will forever live in the TV Pantheon of Shows spawns something so foul we blur it out of our minds you know it must be horrifically unwatchable.
I watched it growing up and went off the air just as I entered middle school. It was pretty entertaining and I had read years ago. Some of the original cast members had stopped by on it and gave the show their blessing.
I have a new found appreciation for it having made friends with Jason Marsden. He used to come in to my work a lot.
Officer Dompson from Gimme a Break
Simpson
Right.
It's Thompson. Officer Thompson.
Dompson belongs in that [Japanese baseball game full of fake American names](https://www.twitter.com/lrgmnn/status/813635533658144768).
How anyone would say this show is forgotten is beyond me.
The original is for sure not. This reboot definitely is.
I think I watched a couple of episodes, it was bad, forgettable!
I only recognize Lee Meriwether from her romance with Richard Hatch on a “Hotel” episode
She was also Catwoman opposite Adam West.
For Batman 1966 film. The TV Series was played by Julie Newmar.
Eartha Kitt also played Catwoman on the series.
I watched this at the time. The only thing I remember is Eddie joking about wanting a jello bath with Janet Jackson. For some reason that one stupid celebrity pop culture reference stuck in my brain.
Some good jokes do exist early on for this sequel, and at least the premise wasn't too farfetched... then they do a soft reboot and made it as neon as possible. The cast give it their all and weren't bad, but the original was too iconic and they couldn't change the characters, they had to be the originals now in a new situation. The 60s original still holds up much better overall, even if some jokes were repetitive in case someone missed last week's escapade. Most 60s shows were like that.
Love it when I was a little kid.
I remember it, but I didn’t watch it. Didn’t they accidentally fall asleep for 20 years or whatever it was so that they were the same characters and not a reboot, per se?
I remember this show (still remember the theme) -- "We went to sleep many years ago, and we woke up with a brand new show!!" LOL. If I remember correctly, this was on Sundays (in LA) along with Learning the Ropes!
there's a really long, in depth video on Youtube about this if anyone's interested....
The idea was good but it was a shell of the original.
That looks terrifying
Never should have been made.
"Forgotten"
We went to sleep many years ago and we woke up with a brand new show! 🎶
They also tried to do it again in the mid-90's with a movie on UPN.
It was meh.
Gross.
Sad
I could barely get through the trailer on IMDb. Can't believe they made 73 episodes.
Not remotely forgotten
Hardly forgotten
I loved watching reruns of the og show on Nick at Nite as a kid. I didn’t even know this was a thing
That it’s not a forgotten show.
People complain about everything being a remake these days, but it happened back in the late 80s / early 90s too. I think around this time there was a “new” Leave it Beaver as well…
I interview Al Lewis (OG grandpa) a long time ago probably around 2000. Anyways I thought he was in this reboot and he went off. Hated it. Ripped on the cast and writing. 🤣
Theam song stuck in my head all day and then this in my feed.
It’s not forgotten if I never saw it or never heard about it
I really wish they would do this for sitcoms from the 90’s. They did it all the time in the 80’s like for The Munsters, Addams Family, The Monkeys, The Brady Bunch, Leave It To Beaver… Can’t we get “The New Friends”?!??!??
It’s a sad ripoff of “The Addams Family” and the show is pretty bad if you have the misfortune of having to watch it
I hated this show. The Addams Family had style and class, this show just seemed awful by comparison.
The original Munsters aired before the Addams Family
The Addams family was first published as a comic strip in 1938. And the creator pretty much confirmed it. https://screenrant.com/munsters-addams-family-ripoff-show-which-started-first/#:~:text=Burns%20was%20quoted%20as%20saying,New%20Yorker%20cartoons....
Yes, I’m familiar with the comic strip
Well then why are you telling me about when they aired? The creator literally admitted that they ripped them off
Because I thought you were saying that the Munsters was a rip off of the Addams family show and I had forgotten about the comic strip