# Jerry O'Connell as Herman Munster

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 6, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-oconnell-as-herman-munster/977798 "2023-01-06T21:16:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-oconnell-as-herman-munster/977798/1 "2023-01-06T21:16:43Z")

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The Wednesday thread reminded me of a Munster remake (?) with O’Connell as Herman. Did I dream it? I can’t find anything about it.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-oconnell-as-herman-munster/977798/2 "2023-01-06T21:19:10Z")

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[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130271/?ref\_=nm\_flmg\_c\_65\_act](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130271/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_65_act)

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-oconnell-as-herman-munster/977798/3 "2023-01-06T21:21:44Z")

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It was very meh despite the excellent cast.

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-oconnell-as-herman-munster/977798/4 "2023-01-07T02:48:57Z")

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It was a masterpiece compared to the recently released one.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-oconnell-as-herman-munster/977798/5 "2023-01-07T05:12:50Z")

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I kind of enjoyed it. They were still monsters trying to live a normal, suburban life, but Herman wasn’t a doofus and Lily wasn’t a scold.

I’ve often wondered what the results would be if someone re-made some of the old high-concept TV shows of the '60s with modern style and sensibilities. They could even re-do _My Mother the Car_ and the guy’s cover story would be that he was testing the latest self-driving technology for Tesla. It still wouldn’t be funny, but it might not be quite so stupid.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-oconnell-as-herman-munster/977798/6 "2023-01-07T05:20:20Z")

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The main complaint I remember about it was that they seemed too aware they were different, which is more like the Addams Family. The Munsters always acted like they didn’t realize they were different.

Still, I liked it enough that I was disappointed there wasn’t more. I’m not sure I would have wanted much more, but a few more episodes would have been cool.