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‘The Munsters’ Star Butch Patrick Reveals Secrets From Set and Recalls His Jam-Packed Schedule


The Munsters star Butch Patrick reveals secrets from the set of the show in this exclusive interview with Closer, including stories about his costars.

Thrills like that made working on the TV classic extra fun, notes Butch, 71, who was just a preteen when his misfit family of monsters charmed audiences from 1964 to 1966. It didn’t really have a weak factor in it,” Butch, who runs the fansite munsters.com, notes, adding he loved how Universal shot it with the same lighting techniques and shadowing as their iconic horror films, giving it “the look of a monster movie instead of a sitcom.” CBS/Getty ImagesRounding out the cast were Pat Priest, who after 13 episodes replaced Beverley Owen as Marilyn (“the normal one,” Butch notes), and Yvonne De Carlo as Lily Munster.

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