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'Munsters' star Yvonne De Carlo dies at 84. Awwwww! Interesting trivia about "The Munsters"
1. There was only one Drag-U-La (Grandpa's coffin car,) built for the show. It now hangs from the ceiling in Planet Hollywood in Atlantic City. There have been several replicas built since.
2. The uncredited voice of The Raven was supplied by Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc is the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and almost all, if not all, Looney Tunes characters. On the rare occasions Blanc was unavailable, the Raven's voice was supplied by Bob Hastings.
3. The pilot of the series was in color. The show was shot in black and white because the studio did not want to pay an extra $1,000 for color.
4. Grandpa's Drag-u-la racer was only used in one episode, despite being shown in the end credits of every 2nd season episode.
5. This show and its "rival" series "The Addams Family" (1964) both debuted within a week of one another in September 1964. At the end of that year's TV season, this show ranked #18 in the Nielsens, with a rating of 24.7, while The Addams Family came in at #23, with a 23.9 rating. At the time, Nielsens indicated what percentage of American TV households tuned in to any given program. By the end of the following year, both series were cancelled.
6. This series' title was supposedly derived from combining the words "fun" and "monsters".
7. After the pilot of "The Munsters" was filmed, CBS execs insisted on re-casting the role of Lily Munster. Initially, both Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis balked at the notion of the part going to Yvonne De Carlo. However, later both Gwynne and Lewis agreed De Carlo was a great comedic actress.
8. Yvonne De Carlo who played Lily was born in 1922. Al Lewis who played her dad was born in 1923. So he was a year younger than his daughter and as Fred Gwynne (Herman) was born in 1926 he was only 3 years older than his son-in-law.
9. Yvonne De Carlo took the part of "Lily" on "The Munsters" to help pay husband Bob Morgan's medical bills. Morgan, an actor/stuntman, had suffered near-fatal injuries while filming "How the West Was Won." By her own admission, Ms. De Carlo never imagined, at the time, that "Lily Munster" would become her most famous role.
Man's wallet returned after 62 years.
House Dems move to boost minimum wage "If the minimum wage had been adjusted with the cost of living on an annual basis since 1968, a minimum wage worker would be making $9.05,"
People looking to track ancestors who emigrated from British ports will from Wednesday be able to search online passenger lists of the ships that carried them to new lands. Released by Britain's National Archives, the passenger manifests give an insight into all long-distance trips made by 30 million travelers from the country's ports between 1890 and 1960, including that of the Titanic which sank in 1912.
Researchers have identified a gene variation that seems to influence a person's craving for alcohol, a finding they believe could have important implications for identifying at-risk drinkers as well as for selecting the best treatment for a patient's dependence.
Seeds and plant remains preserved in a well at America's first permanent English settlement suggest the Jamestown colonists were not just gentlemen with few wilderness survival skills, as they are often portrayed, but tried to live off the land by gathering berries and nuts.
The childhood home of Ringo Starr may be saved from the wrecking ball.
Speaking of the Beatles.... "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" lyric sheet is for sale. I got, like, twenty bucks dude.
Speaking of things for sale.... Dracula's castle is for sale for $78M. Oh man!!! Good thing it's income tax refund time.
Rainer Schoenfelder lost a bet Wednesday, and paid for it by skiing nude down the Lauberhorn.
Today in History:
1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
1810 - Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled.
1811 - African-American slaves in Louisiana rebel in two parishes.
1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1901 - The first great Texas gusher, oil discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1927 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres.
1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the country and r&b charts, #2 on the pop chart
1969 - After 147 years, the last issue of The Saturday Evening Post is published.
1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
1999 - The Sopranos airs its pilot episode on HBO. Many a broken leg follows.
2001 - Wikipedia starts as part of Nupedia. It becomes a separate site five days later.
Happy Birthday:
1738 - Ethan Allen, American Revolution military leader (d. 1789) like...the store???
1843 - Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)
1836 - Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
1865 - Mary Ingalls, elder sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)
1927 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (d. 1990)
1930 - Roy Edward Disney, American film executive
1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer
1943 - Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)
1944 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer
1945 - Rod Stewart, English singer
1949 - Linda Lovelace, American actress (d. 2002)
1953 - Pat Benatar, American singer
Deaths on this day:
1917 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (b. 1846)
1976 - Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b. 1910)
1. There was only one Drag-U-La (Grandpa's coffin car,) built for the show. It now hangs from the ceiling in Planet Hollywood in Atlantic City. There have been several replicas built since.
2. The uncredited voice of The Raven was supplied by Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc is the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and almost all, if not all, Looney Tunes characters. On the rare occasions Blanc was unavailable, the Raven's voice was supplied by Bob Hastings.
3. The pilot of the series was in color. The show was shot in black and white because the studio did not want to pay an extra $1,000 for color.
4. Grandpa's Drag-u-la racer was only used in one episode, despite being shown in the end credits of every 2nd season episode.
5. This show and its "rival" series "The Addams Family" (1964) both debuted within a week of one another in September 1964. At the end of that year's TV season, this show ranked #18 in the Nielsens, with a rating of 24.7, while The Addams Family came in at #23, with a 23.9 rating. At the time, Nielsens indicated what percentage of American TV households tuned in to any given program. By the end of the following year, both series were cancelled.
6. This series' title was supposedly derived from combining the words "fun" and "monsters".
7. After the pilot of "The Munsters" was filmed, CBS execs insisted on re-casting the role of Lily Munster. Initially, both Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis balked at the notion of the part going to Yvonne De Carlo. However, later both Gwynne and Lewis agreed De Carlo was a great comedic actress.
8. Yvonne De Carlo who played Lily was born in 1922. Al Lewis who played her dad was born in 1923. So he was a year younger than his daughter and as Fred Gwynne (Herman) was born in 1926 he was only 3 years older than his son-in-law.
9. Yvonne De Carlo took the part of "Lily" on "The Munsters" to help pay husband Bob Morgan's medical bills. Morgan, an actor/stuntman, had suffered near-fatal injuries while filming "How the West Was Won." By her own admission, Ms. De Carlo never imagined, at the time, that "Lily Munster" would become her most famous role.
Man's wallet returned after 62 years.
House Dems move to boost minimum wage "If the minimum wage had been adjusted with the cost of living on an annual basis since 1968, a minimum wage worker would be making $9.05,"
People looking to track ancestors who emigrated from British ports will from Wednesday be able to search online passenger lists of the ships that carried them to new lands. Released by Britain's National Archives, the passenger manifests give an insight into all long-distance trips made by 30 million travelers from the country's ports between 1890 and 1960, including that of the Titanic which sank in 1912.
Researchers have identified a gene variation that seems to influence a person's craving for alcohol, a finding they believe could have important implications for identifying at-risk drinkers as well as for selecting the best treatment for a patient's dependence.
Seeds and plant remains preserved in a well at America's first permanent English settlement suggest the Jamestown colonists were not just gentlemen with few wilderness survival skills, as they are often portrayed, but tried to live off the land by gathering berries and nuts.
The childhood home of Ringo Starr may be saved from the wrecking ball.
Speaking of the Beatles.... "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" lyric sheet is for sale. I got, like, twenty bucks dude.
Speaking of things for sale.... Dracula's castle is for sale for $78M. Oh man!!! Good thing it's income tax refund time.
Rainer Schoenfelder lost a bet Wednesday, and paid for it by skiing nude down the Lauberhorn.
Today in History:
1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
1810 - Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled.
1811 - African-American slaves in Louisiana rebel in two parishes.
1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1901 - The first great Texas gusher, oil discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1927 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres.
1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the country and r&b charts, #2 on the pop chart
1969 - After 147 years, the last issue of The Saturday Evening Post is published.
1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
1999 - The Sopranos airs its pilot episode on HBO. Many a broken leg follows.
2001 - Wikipedia starts as part of Nupedia. It becomes a separate site five days later.
Happy Birthday:
1738 - Ethan Allen, American Revolution military leader (d. 1789) like...the store???
1843 - Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)
1836 - Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
1865 - Mary Ingalls, elder sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)
1927 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (d. 1990)
1930 - Roy Edward Disney, American film executive
1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer
1943 - Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)
1944 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer
1945 - Rod Stewart, English singer
1949 - Linda Lovelace, American actress (d. 2002)
1953 - Pat Benatar, American singer
Deaths on this day:
1917 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (b. 1846)
1976 - Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b. 1910)
posted by Crazy B @ 11:14 AM
1 Comments:
is ringo starr really important enough to preserve his house?? i mean honestly. it's ringo.
i think it should be knocked down for sheer principle. he's not john or anything. sheesh.
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