First Look: Mockingbird Lane

Way back in 2010 we told you that NBC was working with Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) to reboot the old TV classic The Munsters. And after eons of development, they're ready to air the one-hour pilot on October 26th to see if this show has any legs. They've released the first look at the show so here we go:



The cast is filled with people that I love: Eddie Izzard, Portia de Rossi, and Cheyenne Jackson! Jerry O'Connell, yeah he's ok. Butch Patrick, the original Eddie Munster, is listed on IMDB as having a credit so that's kind of fun. The kid playing little Eddie looks like a little Eddie Munster so that's cool.

Here's my problem with what I know of this reboot right now: it's kind of being billed as a dramedy. The whole point of the original was that it was silly because the Munsters thought THEY were normal, and the "normal" people in the world were weird. It was light-hearted and sweet and it was about a kind, loving family who were treated poorly because they were different. And this preview looked... I dunno, like Eddie Izzard's gonna eat the neighbors or something. And his makeup is terrible. And did Grandpa Sam make Herman Munster for his daughter Lily? That's the spin on the reboot and that doesn't sound right.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on this? Will you check out Mockingbird Lane?

The Munsters Are Back? Maybe?

I thought I'd ring in October with some spooky (but not really) news.

Entertainment Weekly broke the news this week that NBC is in talks with Bryan Fuller (the guy behind the cancelled Pushing Daisies) to revive... The Munsters! Now, I realize that this show originally aired in the 1960s, but it re-ran all the time when I grew up so it's kinda of an integral part of my '80s childhood.

It's being touted as "Modern Family meets True Blood" (*snicker*) and Guillermo del Toro of all people is rumored to be interested in working on it.

I liked this show as a kid, but even then I recognized that it was incredibly cornball. Paired with The Addams Family (which, by the way, is currently a Broadway musical) it was an hour of cheesy gothness that I enjoyed.

Vampires are so hot right now that I guess I shouldn't be surprised that networks are looking to resurrect genre shows in their back catalogue but I'm not sure The Munsters is the way to go. I mean, Grampa Munster doesn't even sparkle in the sunlight!

In any case, there's no way the new theme song will beat this:



Any Munsters fans out there? Would you watch a Munsters show as pitched above? Was I the only girl kinda creeped out by little Eddie Munster?

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