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  1. klu9 on exquisite @[email protected] ·

    #TIL Al Lewis (Grandpa Munster in The Munsters, Leo Schnauser in Car 54, Where Are You?) presented a series of VHS releases of horror & scifi movies, mostly public domain & several shown in the #Monsterdon watch party, from Amvest Video. Him doing a brief intro & outro, not movie-specific (he pauses while an off-screen "Igor" says the name of the film), while appearing very "Grandpa Munster"-esque.

    Although he actually did it as "Grampa" (not Grandpa Munster), I guess so Amvest & Lewis could avoid having to license the Grandpa character from the rights owners of The Munsters.

    He also used the legally-distinct "Grampa" brand in other ventures like his Italian restaurant Grampa's Bella Gente and licensed the Grampa's name to a mafia-owned comedy club in Staten Island!

    I also learned Al stood as the Green candidate in the 1998 New York Governor election, & on Howard Stern's radio show repeatedly chanted "Fuck the FCC!" until Stern snatched the mic away from him!

    Back to the topic, I discovered this because on Sunday 13 September, the #ReMonsterdon #WatchParty will be showing ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣 (1970), a.k.a. Space Amoeba, a.k.a. Yog, Monster From Space (previously shown in #Monsterdon), & I came across "Grampa Presents Yog, Monster from Space"!

    It's on the Internet Archive, so I suppose folks can watch that version if they're "hardcore" :D

    #FCC #Horror #SciFi #Censorship #Kaiju #Toho #AlLewis #TheMunsters #GreenParty #Monsterdon #VHS #AmvestVideo #HowardStern

    #til #monsterdon #remonsterdon #watchparty #fcc #horror
  2. klu9 on exquisite @[email protected] ·

    #TIL Al Lewis (Grandpa Munster in The Munsters, Leo Schnauser in Car 54, Where Are You?) presented a series of VHS releases of horror & scifi movies, mostly public domain & several shown in the #Monsterdon watch party, from Amvest Video. Him doing a brief intro & outro, not movie-specific (he pauses while an off-screen "Igor" says the name of the film), while appearing very "Grandpa Munster"-esque.

    Although he actually did it as "Grampa" (not Grandpa Munster), I guess so Amvest & Lewis could avoid having to license the Grandpa character from the rights owners of The Munsters.

    He also used the legally-distinct "Grampa" brand in other ventures like his Italian restaurant Grampa's Bella Gente and licensed the Grampa's name to a mafia-owned comedy club in Staten Island!

    I also learned Al stood as the Green candidate in the 1998 New York Governor election, & on Howard Stern's radio show repeatedly chanted "Fuck the FCC!" until Stern snatched the mic away from him!

    Back to the topic, I discovered this because on Sunday 13 September, the #ReMonsterdon #WatchParty will be showing ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣 (1970), a.k.a. Space Amoeba, a.k.a. Yog, Monster From Space (previously shown in #Monsterdon), & I came across "Grampa Presents Yog, Monster from Space"!

    It's on the Internet Archive, so I suppose folks can watch that version if they're "hardcore" :D

    #FCC #Horror #SciFi #Censorship #Kaiju #Toho #AlLewis #TheMunsters #GreenParty #Monsterdon #VHS #AmvestVideo #HowardStern

    #til #monsterdon #remonsterdon #watchparty #fcc #horror
  3. klu9 on exquisite @[email protected] ·

    #TIL Al Lewis (Grandpa Munster in The Munsters, Leo Schnauser in Car 54, Where Are You?) presented a series of VHS releases of horror & scifi movies, mostly public domain & several shown in the #Monsterdon watch party, from Amvest Video. Him doing a brief intro & outro, not movie-specific (he pauses while an off-screen "Igor" says the name of the film), while appearing very "Grandpa Munster"-esque.

    Although he actually did it as "Grampa" (not Grandpa Munster), I guess so Amvest & Lewis could avoid having to license the Grandpa character from the rights owners of The Munsters.

    He also used the legally-distinct "Grampa" brand in other ventures like his Italian restaurant Grampa's Bella Gente and licensed the Grampa's name to a mafia-owned comedy club in Staten Island!

    I also learned Al stood as the Green candidate in the 1998 New York Governor election, & on Howard Stern's radio show repeatedly chanted "Fuck the FCC!" until Stern snatched the mic away from him!

    Back to the topic, I discovered this because on Sunday 13 September, the #ReMonsterdon #WatchParty will be showing ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣 (1970), a.k.a. Space Amoeba, a.k.a. Yog, Monster From Space (previously shown in #Monsterdon), & I came across "Grampa Presents Yog, Monster from Space"!

    It's on the Internet Archive, so I suppose folks can watch that version if they're "hardcore" :D

    #FCC #Horror #SciFi #Censorship #Kaiju #Toho #AlLewis #TheMunsters #GreenParty #Monsterdon #VHS #AmvestVideo #HowardStern

    #howardstern #amvestvideo #vhs #greenparty #themunsters #allewis
  4. klu9 on exquisite @[email protected] ·

    #TIL Al Lewis (Grandpa Munster in The Munsters, Leo Schnauser in Car 54, Where Are You?) presented a series of VHS releases of horror & scifi movies, mostly public domain & several shown in the #Monsterdon watch party, from Amvest Video. Him doing a brief intro & outro, not movie-specific (he pauses while an off-screen "Igor" says the name of the film), while appearing very "Grandpa Munster"-esque.

    Although he actually did it as "Grampa" (not Grandpa Munster), I guess so Amvest & Lewis could avoid having to license the Grandpa character from the rights owners of The Munsters.

    He also used the legally-distinct "Grampa" brand in other ventures like his Italian restaurant Grampa's Bella Gente and licensed the Grampa's name to a mafia-owned comedy club in Staten Island!

    I also learned Al stood as the Green candidate in the 1998 New York Governor election, & on Howard Stern's radio show repeatedly chanted "Fuck the FCC!" until Stern snatched the mic away from him!

    Back to the topic, I discovered this because on Sunday 13 September, the #ReMonsterdon #WatchParty will be showing ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣 (1970), a.k.a. Space Amoeba, a.k.a. Yog, Monster From Space (previously shown in #Monsterdon), & I came across "Grampa Presents Yog, Monster from Space"!

    It's on the Internet Archive, so I suppose folks can watch that version if they're "hardcore" :D

    #FCC #Horror #SciFi #Censorship #Kaiju #Toho #AlLewis #TheMunsters #GreenParty #Monsterdon #VHS #AmvestVideo #HowardStern

    #til #monsterdon #remonsterdon #watchparty #fcc #horror
  5. klu9 on exquisite @[email protected] ·

    #TIL Al Lewis (Grandpa Munster in The Munsters, Leo Schnauser in Car 54, Where Are You?) presented a series of VHS releases of horror & scifi movies, mostly public domain & several shown in the #Monsterdon watch party, from Amvest Video. Him doing a brief intro & outro, not movie-specific (he pauses while an off-screen "Igor" says the name of the film), while appearing very "Grandpa Munster"-esque.

    Although he actually did it as "Grampa" (not Grandpa Munster), I guess so Amvest & Lewis could avoid having to license the Grandpa character from the rights owners of The Munsters.

    He also used the legally-distinct "Grampa" brand in other ventures like his Italian restaurant Grampa's Bella Gente and licensed the Grampa's name to a mafia-owned comedy club in Staten Island!

    I also learned Al stood as the Green candidate in the 1998 New York Governor election, & on Howard Stern's radio show repeatedly chanted "Fuck the FCC!" until Stern snatched the mic away from him!

    Back to the topic, I discovered this because on Sunday 13 September, the #ReMonsterdon #WatchParty will be showing ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣 (1970), a.k.a. Space Amoeba, a.k.a. Yog, Monster From Space (previously shown in #Monsterdon), & I came across "Grampa Presents Yog, Monster from Space"!

    It's on the Internet Archive, so I suppose folks can watch that version if they're "hardcore" :D

    #FCC #Horror #SciFi #Censorship #Kaiju #Toho #AlLewis #TheMunsters #GreenParty #Monsterdon #VHS #AmvestVideo #HowardStern

    #til #monsterdon #remonsterdon #watchparty #fcc #horror
  6. Jami @[email protected] ·

    Did I go on a nearly 7 minute #rant about why I hate a #meme that insinuates Lily Munster cheated on Herman? Yes. Yes I did.
    youtu.be/Yd0s7vtKyVk?si=PaD24l
    #YouTube #TheMunsters

    #rant #meme #youtube #themunsters
  7. RobotWig :verified: @[email protected] ·

    "Hmm. What smells so good Herman?
    ~
    "I cut myself shaving."

    All shot using real figures, lighting and miniature sets.

    #themunsters #hermanmunster #grandpamunster #dracula #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #comedy #frankenstein #toyphotography #visualart #actionfigurephotography #creativephotography #miniaturephotography #miniatures #practicaleffects #photographicart #photography

    #themunsters #hermanmunster #grandpamunster #dracula #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography
  8. Gay Curmudgeon @[email protected] ·

    I grew up in a Television Family, and two shows we never missed were our favorite "monster" sitcoms--"The Addams Family," and "The Munsters." I've enjoyed the modern reboots of both, also. #theaddamsfamily #themunsters #hermanmunster #lilymunster #wednesdayaddams #television #tv #tvera #1960s #watchingtelevision #watchingtv #vintagetelevision #vintagetv #classictelevision #classictv #horror #comedyhorror #horrorcomedy #dracula #frankenstein #wolfman #vampire #twentiethcentury

    #theaddamsfamily #themunsters #hermanmunster #lilymunster #wednesdayaddams #television
  9. Will McKinley @[email protected] ·

    "When I do my final curtain call, I hope it’s when I’m making somebody laugh.”

    #AlLewis (1923-2006) would have been 100 today.

    #BornOnThisDay #TheMunsters #ClassicTV

    #classictv #themunsters #bornonthisday #allewis
  10. Castle Jayskull :verified: @[email protected] ·

    We all have them moments,
    but mine provides a warning sign.

    #Jayskull #HorrorShow #TheMunsters

    #jayskull #horrorshow #themunsters