History Trivia / TheMunsters

* AwesomeDearBoy: When Sylvester McCoy was offered the part, he wasn't familiar with Rob Zombie and so consulted his much more pop culture-savvy son Sam, who got very excited and told him in no uncertain terms that he should take the job.

* CreatorsOddball: This movie is a PG-Rated comedy, a far cry from the R-Rated horror movies Music/RobZombie is usually known for.

* GenreAdultery: While it features horror movie monsters, that's about all it has in common with the rest of Rob Zombie's filmography. The trailer even lampshaded this, opening by rattling off some of the violent horror movies Rob had directed before jumping into straightforward comedy.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://munster.wikia.com/wiki/Munster_Wiki The Munster Wiki]].

** Beverley Owen played Marilyn in the first 13 episodes, but she was so unhappy that Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis had to convince Universal to release her from her contract. Pat Priest then took over the role, but the two actresses were so similar in appearance that no one noticed. They were so similar, in fact, that Priest was able to wear Owen's wardrobe without any alterations. Later still, Debbie Watson was given the role for ''Munster, Go Home!'', while Jo [=McDonell=] played her in ''The Munsters' Revenge''.

** After Beverley Owen left the role of Marilyn Munster, Creator/DawnWelles was considered for her replacement. Coincidentally, Pat Priest (who won the part) was later considered for Welles' role of Mary Ann in ''Series/GilligansIsland''.

** Yvonne de Carlo only took the job on the show because her stuntman husband Bob Morgan was badly injured, and they had exhausted most of their savings on medical bills. She did however state she enjoyed shooting it and working with the other actors, and didn't mind gaining familiarity with a younger audience.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Fred Gwynne was offered to reprise his role as Herman in ''The Munsters Today'', but he declined. In an interesting inverse, Al Lewis offered eagerly to reprise his role as Grandpa, but he was turned down in favor of Howard Morton.

** Beverley Owen only appeared on the show because she was contractually obligated to do so. Having to live in Los Angeles to shoot the show kept her away from her boyfriend in New York. She was so miserable that it eventually led Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis to plead to the producers to release her from her contract.

* PlayingGertrude: While he was made to look much older than a man in his early 40s, as he was at the time, Al Lewis played the father of Yvonne De Carlo's Lily Munster character despite being one year younger than De Carlo. He was also just seven years older than Joan Marshall, who starred in the pilot as the yet-to-be-renamed Phoebe Munster.

*** Herman is less goofy in ths pilot, and Fred Gwynne's naturally skinny physique is more evident as he doesn't wear as much padding in this version.

** The 13-minute proof-of-concept "pilot" episode contains a number of striking differences from the series that would have made the show quite different:

*** Joan Marshall, not Yvonne De Carlo, played Mrs. Munster (here called Phoebe). Marshall's take on the character was more seductive and creepy than De Carlo's, and in the pilot she and Herman have a more tense, abrasive relationship. Marshall's costuming and hair is also more striking in that she wears almost all-black rather than the "Dracula's Daughter" inspired dress Lily was known for - making her look much more similar to Morticia Addams, her counterpart on ''The Addams Family.''
*** Nate "Happy" Derman, not Butch Patrick, played Eddie, wearing more explicit werewolf-like makeup. Eddie in this version is an angry brat who appears to hate his parents.
*** Herman is less goofy in this version, and Fred Gwynne's naturally skinny physique is more evident as he doesn't wear as much padding in this version.

* ActingForTwo: Richard Brake plays Dr. Henry Augustus Wolfgang and Count Orlock. Jeff Daniel Phillips plays Herman Munster and Zombo.

** A prospective [[TheFilmOfTheSeries feature film adaptation]] was trapped in this for years in the mid-'00s, with the Wayans Brothers attached at one point, before the idea was ultimately scrapped.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Universal wouldn't let the movie be DeliberatelyMonochrome to match the look of the original TV series - so Rob Zombie went for "the opposite of black and white" by using bright, oversaturated colors. There was still one black and white sequence though.

ExecutiveMeddling: Universal wouldn't let the movie be DeliberatelyMonochrome to match the look of the original TV series - so Rob Zombie went for "the opposite of black and white" by using bright, oversaturated colors. There was still one black and white sequence though.

* AscendedFanboy: Dan Roebuck, who plays the Count, has been a fan of the show since childhood.

* PromotedFanboy: The original show was Rob Zombie's favorite growing up, and he still collects the merchandise to this day.

* {{Blooper}}: In ''Here Come the Munsters'', the duplicate Herman that Grandpa makes is shown to have two left hands, but aside from the scene where this is first made note of, he clearly has both a left and right hand.

!!The movie:

** The entire cast of ''Here Come the Munsters'' was replaced for ''The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas'', though whether or not they're in the same continuity is up in the air.

* TheOtherDarrin: The entire cast of ''Here Come the Munsters'' was replaced for ''The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas''. It was originally intended for them all to reprise their roles, but Edward Herrmann requested a salary increase which the producers decided to take out of everyone else's salaries, leading to the whole cast deciding to leave the project.

!!The TV Movies