When Monsters Collide: Herman Munster vs Lurch!

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Жыл бұрын

#themunsters #lurch #morticiaaddams #frankenstein #elvira
Ginger or Mary Ann. Captain Kirk or Captain Picard? The Fonz or Barbarino? It's time to have the two biggest TV monster in history square off - Lurch and Herman Munster! Who was the better monster? Who was your favorite?

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@wardarcade7452 6 ай бұрын

One thing that Herman may have 'won' against Lurch was that Mr. Gwynne was required to wear very heavy facial, neck and hand makeup, head prosthetics, lots of padding and enormous bulky shoes to play Herman while Mr. Cassidy wore facial makeup and a wig but just a regular tuxedo and fancy formal shoes to play Lurch. Alas, this resulted in Mr. Gwynne sweating off roughly a gallon every shooting day -despite constantly drinking huge amounts of lemonade and having fans aerate his suit between takes! I somehow doubt Mr. Cassidy sweated anywhere close to that!

@christopherramon-reid9841 Жыл бұрын

Both very handsome actors

@pavelsarneki354 Жыл бұрын

What do you mean invented "something"? They were nuthin' muffins! 🤓😎✌🏻

@TonyBoyOhBoy Жыл бұрын

Yes they were! 🤣

@h.l.asolomonov7674 11 ай бұрын

Lurch 🖤

@brentmunroe1227 Жыл бұрын

Uuuuuuuh (groans), Lurch. You rang

@louisborselio8608 Жыл бұрын

Fred Gwynne's boots were 4 inches at the toes, 6 inches at the heel. You can see the slope. 6'5'' at height. 6'' boot height, add to that 1 inch on top of head. total 7 feet.

@AvengerII 10 ай бұрын

One thing you have to give Ted Cassidy -- he was on QUITE A FEW TV series and had spots in many movies! He was in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He appeared on Star Trek, The Monkees, Six Million Dollar Man and also did a lot of voiceover work for animation. He was the original roaring voice of The Incredible Hulk (live-action) AND that show's opening narrator! He had a very effective speaking voice. Too bad he died young. I appreciate him a lot more and realize how much he was a part of my childhood by the numerous shows he did work in... I can't choose between him and Fred Gwynne. I liked both of them as actors!

@TonyBoyOhBoy 10 ай бұрын

I always loved Ted Cassidy in everything, his voice was so unique and powerful.

@user-dy5mr1xf7b 5 ай бұрын

@@TonyBoyOhBoyHe was the voice of Frankenstein Jr.Ted Cassidy

@TonyBoyOhBoy 5 ай бұрын

@@user-dy5mr1xf7b Yes, he was perfect for that!

@Verge63 6 күн бұрын

Lurch was on Beverly Hillbillies and cameo on Batman. Herman was more into movies.

@jons.6216 10 ай бұрын

I loved both shows equally and for different reasons! For some reason I've seen way less Addams Family reruns over the decades.

@williamwalter4992 5 ай бұрын

Fred Gwynne deserved an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in My Cousin Vinny .... he was absolutely fantastic playing against Joe Pesci

@wardarcade7452 6 күн бұрын

'What is a 'yoot'?

@01Leeoo Жыл бұрын

Idk why this 2 shows dont crossover , both was streaming on same year. it would have completely amazing the addams family and the munsters together.

@everything_mania 11 ай бұрын

Different networks.

@AvengerII 10 ай бұрын

They were on different networks! Addams Family was on ABC, and Munsters was on CBS. Networks are competitors and don't generally try to help each other out. It's nearly impossible to coordinate crossovers between series on opposing networks, too. Talk shows on one network generally DIDN'T like to promote shows on other networks but conceded actors "from other networks" had promotional work so they let them talk about their shows a bit. Tonight Show historically gave preference to NBC series since Tonight Show IS an NBC series.

@louisborselio8608 Жыл бұрын

Herman is 3 inches taller than Lurch. Why did you make him shorter?

@wardarcade7452 6 ай бұрын

Tiny Grandma Walton somehow bearing the Gigantic Lurch!?! Like a mouse bearing a polar bear! Ironically, Ted Cassidy was so HUGE that he spent his entire career fighting against being dismissed as a dim giant with a very deep voice despite being quite sharp and intelligent but he died too young to have more than a few fleeting roles that highlighted his intelligence rather than his proportions! There was one role in which he played a holdout juror during a trial who argued with fellow jurors about the defendant's guilt or innocence but Mr. Cassidy wound up playing the part seated but never standing or walking!

@TonyBoyOhBoy 6 ай бұрын

Do you know the name of the program where he played that juror? I'd love to try to find it.

@wardarcade7452 6 ай бұрын

@@TonyBoyOhBoy As best I can tell (via my IMBD search), it may have been when he appeared in the Bob Hope Presents Chrysler Theatre in 1963! However, on a different note, it needs to be said that Mr. Cassidy ALSO played Thing on 'The Addams Family' (with someone else having to sub when the two characters appeared together). It's not so easy to animate a hand enough to give it its own unforgettable personality but he definitely went above and beyond the call in doing so (and despite the challenges of concealing his bulk onset below Thing-level) This was kept hushed up with Thing being only credited 'as Itself'!

@kevinbrown-ge6sz 9 ай бұрын

Universal Studios, which produced The Munsters, owned the rights to the classic horror film monsters like Frankenstein, Dracula and the Werewolf. That is why the Munsters had all those characters but the Addams family had to create new characters. Lurch was very similar to Frankenstein but the producers of The Addams family would have been sued if they made him too identical to Frankenstein.

@wardarcade7452 6 ай бұрын

The Addams Family characters were based on the characters drawn by Charles Addams who'd had no names before the show! Interestingly 'The Munsters' had one 'unfortunate' family member Marilyn who didn't frighten outsiders while the closest the Addamses had to that would have been Pugsley who in one episode alarmed his parents by wearing a Cub Scout uniform and playing with a puppy (which Morticia spelled out rather than voiced the word for pre-adult dog)!

@Verge63 6 күн бұрын

@@wardarcade7452Depending on the episode Pugsley was a complete idiot or a mad scientist genius.

@wardarcade7452 6 күн бұрын

@@Verge63 One might be tempted to say he could have been an idiot savant!

@davidfoley9642 10 ай бұрын

Herman Munster for President!

@louisbabycos106 3 ай бұрын

I would have to go with Lurch

@kenchall9554 11 ай бұрын

Love the Munsters

@maximilian6256 10 ай бұрын

Lurch reigns supreme.

@therealhawkeyeii7888 10 ай бұрын

But what about Jethro Bodine vs Herman Munster or Lurch? Where does he fall?

@HarlequinDrFaustus 6 ай бұрын

Both shows are favorites from childhood, tho' the Addams' get a bit of a lead in that Morticia & Gomez became my ideal couple (at age 5). In adulthood I like to look at the Addams as the idle rich, and the Munsters as working class immigrants (despite Grandpa's being a Count). Btw, according to imdb and wikipedia Gwynne was 6' 6", and you didn't account for the top of his head, which adds more.

@TonyBoyOhBoy 6 ай бұрын

Great take! I'd never heard that before but yes, the two families were from very different socioeconomic backgrounds. Funny how because they are all "monsters" that pretty much goes unnoticed.