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The Munsters - Tin Can Man
episode 1.7
USA 1964
produced by Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly for Kayro-Vue Productions/CBS
directed by Earl Bellamy
starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Beverley Owen, Butch Patrick, Arch Johnson, Dick Simmons, Kathleen O'Malley, Rand Brooks, Dee Carroll, Murray Alper
written by Norm Liebmann, Ed Haas, created by Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, developed by Norm Liebman, Ed Haas, music by Jack Marshall
TV series The Munsters, The Munsters (classic series)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Young Eddie's (Butch Patrick) on the verge of failing at science at
school, and when his parents Herman (Fred Gwynne) and Lily (Yvonne De
Carlo) find out, they team him up with Grandpa (Al Lewis) to build a robot
for the school's science fair. Meanwhile, school supervisor and former
prison guard Taggert (Arch Johnson) wants Eddie expelled, citing the poor
enviroment the boy's brought up in as the cause. So for a fact-finding
mission he stops by the Munsters' home, where he's welcomed by Grandpa who
proudly gives him a tour through their house of horrors, blissfully
unaware that he only reconfirms Taggert's prejudices, and finally shows
him the robot he and Eddie built, which properly freaks Taggert out.
Meanwhile the Munsters' cousin Marilyn (Beverly Owen) pays a visit to the
school's principal (Dick Simmons) and properly charms him, so much so that
he threatens Taggert, should he continue on his mission to expell Eddie. The
day of the science fair: Taggert somehow gets close to Grandpa and Eddie's
robot and (literally) throws a spanner in the works, and while Grandpa
makes a desparate attempt to repair the robot, it's Herman who's to stall
the audience eagerly awaiting the robot's appearance. But due to Herman's
physiognomy, the audience takes him to be the robot ... Yet
another fun episode, not so much due to its subtle comedy - though a scene
with Herman reading (even for its time) politically uncorrect jokes from a
joke book is timeless - but for its carefully and lovingly crafted
characters, their mostly on-point interactions, and of course for its
brilliant cast, all showing great chemistry and apparently having the
greatest of times.
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