NBC Remaking The Munsters

[Gillman-Fan]

Speaking of John Waters, I love the guy and think he would make an excellent "Grandpa Munster"!

[Wich2]

"Maybe Kirstie Alley as Marilyn?"

[Monster Bob]

Speaking of John Waters, I love the guy and think he would make an excellent "Grandpa Munster"!

...or maybe Mr. Gateman?

[Monster Bob]

"Maybe Kirstie Alley as Marilyn?"

[Kirstie Alley] Same thing I was thinking (ugh).

She could play a MUNSTERS' REVENGE-era  'DeCarlo Lily', though!  



(P.S. Marilyn is supposed to be in high school)

[FACTO2]

     Holy cellulite, Batman!!!  I am seriously amazed at that photo.  I have not seen it before.  I'm not going to say anything mean.  I actually feel really badly for her.  I wonder at what point you just give up and say screw it, I'm just going to eat and drink as much as possible until it kills me.  Seriously amazing.

[Gillman-Fan]

For what it's worth, Kirstie Alley is a lot thinner at the moment. She might make a decent contemporary "Lily" against a Brad Garrett "Herman".

I think the way to go with this type of reboot is to set the narrative from Marilyn's perspective. If they went about this in an "Arrested Development"-ish way following Marilyn as the main (Jason Bateman-type) character I think it could be quite funny. Imagine her as a teen and being totally put-out by all the rest of the family's moronic shenanigans.

[Sean]

As far as a Munsters' remake, I always thought RAYMOND's Brad Garett would be the perfect Herman, and the late Peter Boyle would have been a great Grandpa.

I could envision both.

[Scary Terry]

The original Munsters was popular, partly, because it spoofed the Universal Monsters -- a subject well known to all kids at the time thanks to the '60s monster craze.  What kids know the classic monsters now?  I don't know if this can work for today's audiences.  if they can carry it off, more power to 'em -- but I'll be skeptical until I see results.

And there's no replacing Gwynne and Lewis.

[The Drunken Severed Head]

They did. AF is currently one of the top musicals on Broadway, and it is great.

The "clip" I saw on Letterman with the Broadway cast left me and Jane cold. Seemed uninspired and off. I hope the rest of the show is better than that one song, and the cast are better than on that one night.

[Wich2]

"And there's no replacing Gwynne and Lewis."

Well, Terry, it HAS been done -

- with John Shuck and Howard Morton, Edward Herrmann and Robert Morse, and Sam McMurray and Sandy Baron!

(How WELL, that's a matter of taste!)

[marsattacks666]

Speaking of John Waters, I love the guy and think he would make an excellent "Grandpa Munster"!

John Waters is the man! I just can not see him as Grandpa Munster.