S1.E17

All-Star Munster

Episode aired Jan 14, 1965
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30m

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Fred Gwynne and Pat Priest in The Munsters (1964)

Marilyn is sent home from college because her tuition has not been fully paid. Herman goes to talk to the dean, but is mistaken for college basketball recruit Moose Mallory and is tricked in... Read allMarilyn is sent home from college because her tuition has not been fully paid. Herman goes to talk to the dean, but is mistaken for college basketball recruit Moose Mallory and is tricked into signing up. When the real Moose and his hick father are sent home by the coach, they de... Read allMarilyn is sent home from college because her tuition has not been fully paid. Herman goes to talk to the dean, but is mistaken for college basketball recruit Moose Mallory and is tricked into signing up. When the real Moose and his hick father are sent home by the coach, they decide to take out their grievance on Herman Munster.

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Trivia
Herman's stand-in during the basketball tryout is Darrall Imhoff. Imhoff was an actual NBA basketball player. He played center for the New York Knicks (1960-62), Detroit Pistons (1962-64), Los Angeles Lakers (1964-68), Philadelphia 76ers (1968-70), Cincinnati Royals (1970-71) and Portland Trailblazers (1971-72).

Goofs
The coach doesn't know what Mallory looks like. Since college basketball coaches do the recruiting themselves, this is not plausible.

Quotes
Lily Munster: Oh Marylin, this is Mr. Moose Mallory and his father.
Marilyn Munster: How do you do?
Moose Mallory: I'm mighty glad to meet you, Ma'm. I declare, you're prettier than a bucket full 'o hoglivers.
Marilyn Munster: [flattered] Oh, thank you very much.

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References Queen for a Day (1956)

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9/10

Not Light On His Feet, But Herman Sure Could Dunk A Basketball!

Herman the basketball star? Yup, just by showing up at Marilyn's college he winds up being mistaken for some hotshot new recruit. The coach knows the kid is some backwards-but very talented tall dude from the mountains named "Moose Mallory." When Herman winds up asking the coach for directions, he and his assistant think it must be Moose. (They didn't recognize that face? Coaches do the recruiting but I guess the writer's didn't know that.)

Anyway, it's one of those "screwball comedies" of mistaken identity and does provide a lot of laughs even if it makes no sense. It fun once again to see Robert Easton and Pat Buttram play the real Moose and his 'paw," respectively. They were two actors who were classics in playing hillbilly-type guys.

Memorable lines and-or scenes in the episode:

"Marilyn is up in her room, crying her eyes out." -- Lilly.

"Oh, dear, I remember doing that as a kid and having a terrible time putting them back in" - Herman.

"Nobody's ever been tossed out of school in our family history except when they caught hanging upside down at Vassar."

"When this coach feller throwed us out and we read that you had latched on to Moose's scholarship, we just come over here to marinate your gizzard in sheep-dip! - Pa Mallory.

"Uh, uh, good heavens,. I'd hate to put you to all that trouble. - Herman.

"I declare, Ma'am, you are prettier than a bucket full of hog livers. - Moose (speaking to Marilyn).