The Munsters (off-topic)

[suckseed]

The Addams family was indeed the original, with a finer pedigree in its creator Charles Addams.

[Trogdor]

I always preferred The Addams Family over The Munsters. The Munsters had nothing or no one to equal the characters of Cousin It, or the butler, Lurch. Yes, Grandpa had his moments, but give me the Addams Family everytime.

Same here, I prefer the Addams Family, pity the movies fucked up the continuity. :P

*snaps fingers*

[BeardedOne]

Was 'My Cousin Vinny' Herman's last movie?

His last film appearance, though he did some voice-over narration on at least one other TV project just before he died.

[Smog Boy]

Didn't Addams Family and Munsters both premier at roughly the same time, I read something about it at IMDb.

[Realgirls4me]

Yes, and they both ended about the same time.


The laugh tracks were also better cued on The Addams Family.

[Smog Boy]

Yes, and they both ended about the same time.


The laugh tracks were also better cued on The Addams Family.

**shudder** I hate laugh tracks, it's like some asshole telling you when to laugh. I prefer Munsters over Addams Family.

Looks like the people behind Scary Movie and Little Man are making a Munsters movie....

[Realgirls4me]

Well, there are laugh tracks and there are laugh tracks. The best example of an overdone abuse of laugh tracks were those utilized in the old Ozzie and Harriet show. Ozzie would do something as bland as opening the refrigerator door and get a big laugh for it. What was that all about?

[Smog Boy]

I was checking out the DVD for 80's TV show, Sledge Hammer and there's a reference that in the pilot episode a laugh track was added because Americans didn't know if they were supposed to laugh or take it seriously!

MASH, the TV show, on the other hand is much better without a laugh track, but jeez, the shows were someone opens a door the LT kicks in is like WTF?

[hondarobot]

The MASH laugh track was hysterical. There were the generic group laugh fests, and every once in awhile they would slip in this amazingly bizarre single voice that had the weirdest "Uhahaha" chortle type thing going on.

It was classic in of itself.

[flabbybody]

how come Herman was able to have a regular job with Mr Gates and all the people at the office didn't get freaked out?
it seems that every time Herman met one of Marilyn's boyfriends at the house, they would run away in terror.