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« on: October 06, 2010, 09:05:15 AM »

I guess NBC wants to remake The Munsters. They're getting Bryan Fuller from Pushing Daisies and Wonderfalls involved. Hmmm...

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/09/29/nbc-and-bryan-fuller-the-munsters/

  The big question is, when will they finally remake Diff'rnt Strokes?
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« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2010, 12:14:14 AM »

There are some things that should just be left alone, and this is one of them.  While remakes certainly present the chance for something new,  the general shadow of doubt looms over remakes from the past series of duds that emerged.

Noone will ever make me laugh the way Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis did, and no pre-Elvira vampiress will ever be as beautiful and curvy as Yvonne DeCarlo (not to mention Pat Priest!) And there's only one Eddie and that's my man Butch Patrick.

The original Munsters was a good harmless show, free of politics and other non-relative stuff. It was truly funny in a way that time cannot reproduce. And therefore, it shouldn't be reproduced.  Thumbdown
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2010, 10:39:21 AM »

This isn't even the first time they've remade "The Munsters."

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I predict this new series will have about the same level of success as the 1988 one.
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2010, 03:24:32 PM »

This isn't even the first time they've remade "The Munsters."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cef48Od-h0

I predict this new series will have about the same level of success as the 1988 one.


Which is why it's not around anymore and practically unheard of...I remember this one too, and forgot it just as quickly.
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2010, 03:37:32 PM »

"The addams family" was a lot better. Someone ought to remake that IF they have to remake something...

As to "diff'runt strokes" being remade, please kill yourself at once for even thinking such a thing.   Wink
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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2010, 06:14:32 PM »

There are some things that should just be left alone, and this is one of them.  While remakes certainly present the chance for something new,  the general shadow of doubt looms over remakes from the past series of duds that emerged.

Noone will ever make me laugh the way Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis did, and no pre-Elvira vampiress will ever be as beautiful and curvy as Yvonne DeCarlo (not to mention Pat Priest!) And there's only one Eddie and that's my man Butch Patrick.

The original Munsters was a good harmless show, free of politics and other non-relative stuff. It was truly funny in a way that time cannot reproduce. And therefore, it shouldn't be reproduced.  Thumbdown

Very much agree word for word.  The original Munsters just had a wonderful innocence to it humor wise that has stood the test of time.  The cast was simply beyond loveable and the show was genius.  I think the best part of the whole series was the family didn't realize how odd they were and really thought they fit into society.  

This isn't even the first time they've remade "The Munsters."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cef48Od-h0

I predict this new series will have about the same level of success as the 1988 one.

God I had put that in the recess of my mind Rev and you dug it up.  I recall watching that as a kid and wanting to catch to original on rerun instead.  
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« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2010, 07:56:09 PM »

This new NBC series sounds like they may be going for a different vibe and style of humor from the original.  If that is the case, I would feel better about it if they gave the characters different names and called the show something else.  It might be interesting though.  I'll probably watch it at least once.

Fox made a couple of Munsters movies in the 90's that were way better than that awful series from the 80's that's shown in the posts above.  They weren't as good as the original TV show and the first Munsters movie, but I remember enjoying them.

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« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2010, 09:50:09 PM »

This isn't even the first time they've remade "The Munsters."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cef48Od-h0

I predict this new series will have about the same level of success as the 1988 one.


Those opening credits pretty much sum up the differences between the awful Munsters Today and the original series. The original series credits featured clever spoofs of 'family' sitcoms such as Leave It to Beaver and The Donna Reed Show while remake features the cast, uh, gently bouncing up and down on a couch.
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« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2010, 11:12:15 PM »

This isn't even the first time they've remade "The Munsters."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cef48Od-h0

I predict this new series will have about the same level of success as the 1988 one.


I remember this show.  It was horrid.  I think some things should be left alone.  Producers/writers should be more creative.

I think I might miss this one.

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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2010, 08:08:11 PM »

This new NBC series sounds like they may be going for a different vibe and style of humor from the original.  If that is the case, I would feel better about it if they gave the characters different names and called the show something else.  It might be interesting though.  I'll probably watch it at least once.

Fox made a couple of Munsters movies in the 90's that were way better than that awful series from the 80's that's shown in the posts above.  They weren't as good as the original TV show and the first Munsters movie, but I remember enjoying them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK2O8UBQQv4

I liked those mid '90s things, myself. 

Although, the original was the best.
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« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2010, 09:19:49 PM »

There are some things that should just be left alone, and this is one of them.  While remakes certainly present the chance for something new,  the general shadow of doubt looms over remakes from the past series of duds that emerged.

Noone will ever make me laugh the way Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis did, and no pre-Elvira vampiress will ever be as beautiful and curvy as Yvonne DeCarlo (not to mention Pat Priest!) And there's only one Eddie and that's my man Butch Patrick.

The original Munsters was a good harmless show, free of politics and other non-relative stuff. It was truly funny in a way that time cannot reproduce. And therefore, it shouldn't be reproduced.  Thumbdown

Very much agree word for word.  The original Munsters just had a wonderful innocence to it humor wise that has stood the test of time.  The cast was simply beyond loveable and the show was genius.  I think the best part of the whole series was the family didn't realize how odd they were and really thought they fit into society.

Amen to that, Darksider-san  Smile  Very good point on how they thought they fit into society.  And in a lot of ways, they did, but always at a price, and it was usually Marilyn who paid. 

Poor Marilyn, she couldn't even get a date because of her family!  There again, that's not too unusual for some folks, and happens more than you'd think.   And yes, the innocence of it's humor is something that will never be reproduced.

I once read where it was a friend of Jerry Mathers who came up with the idea for The Munsters. He played with Jerry in the show, and both were monster fans. The other kid had a father who was a writer for another show, and he pitched the idea to his father.
(This from a TV Land tidbit.)

The show was to originally be called The Funsters but they all decided that he Munsters was better.  I think so too!   Cheers
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« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2010, 05:03:18 PM »

I don't see how you can do the Munsters without Fred Gwyne, Al Lewis, Yvonne De Carlo, Butch Patrick - just cannot see it working all that well at all. They've actually remade "The Addams Family" already before too. It was an half-decent show that basically did a lot of the same plots of the original series- it still paled in comparison to the black and white classic however even though all the characters were basically the same - the new actors just couldn't do them quite as well as their predecessors.
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« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2010, 11:22:02 AM »

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I predict this new series will have about the same level of success as the 1988 one.

That is to say, more than the original?  The 1988 one lasted three seasons to the original series two - which amazes me, as I barely remember it.  The Munsters just somehow managed to get more popular after they were canceled in reruns.
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« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2010, 12:08:11 PM »

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I predict this new series will have about the same level of success as the 1988 one.

That is to say, more than the original?  The 1988 one lasted three seasons to the original series two - which amazes me, as I barely remember it.  The Munsters just somehow managed to get more popular after they were canceled in reruns.

Good point: if you measure success in terms of the length of the run rather than the pop cultural impact, the remake series was more successful.
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« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2010, 01:42:09 PM »

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I predict this new series will have about the same level of success as the 1988 one.

That is to say, more than the original?  The 1988 one lasted three seasons to the original series two - which amazes me, as I barely remember it.  The Munsters just somehow managed to get more popular after they were canceled in reruns.

Good point: if you measure success in terms of the length of the run rather than the pop cultural impact, the remake series was more successful.

Well, more seasons didn't necessarily mean more fun..it just means people were looking for something different, or hit upon a small wonder.  The original will always do it for me. Fun and harmlesss, and with a very genuine fun atmosphere.

Naturally, we can never go back, and some remakes try to capture the feeling while updating for a new time, but sometimes, originals are just more fun, because they also take us back to the best times in our lives, too.


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