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The Munsters: Family Portrait

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In a bold yet shrewd maneuver, Universal Home Entertainment offers to Munsters fans who wish to avoid double-dipping with The Munsters - The Complete Series set this single disc release of The Munsters Season One episode "Family Portrait." Like the Complete Series set (also available on October 7th), this disc features for the first time both the colorized version and original black and white version of the episode where the Munsters are selected as "the average American family" by Event Magazine. Featuring the final appearance of Beverley Owen as Marilyn Munster, "Family Portrait" (originally telecast December 17, 1964) guest stars Harvey Korman (The Carol Burnett Show) and runs 25 minutes for each version of the episode.

I received my copy a bit early, and the color episode looks GREAT! Someone made sure they got the colors right because the clothes of the characters and their make-up match color photos I have seen perfectly. After viewing this color episode, I went to the black and white episode of the same show, and missed the color! This series is perfect in black and white and yet I think a lot of people will enjoy seeing this episode in color. I highly recommend buying it. I award the DVD five stars.

Don't get me wrong. I don't have a problem with Universal putting out a single disc featuring the newly colorized version (along with original black and white version) of a 1st season episode of The Munsters. This allows people who already bought the two seasons of the TV series to bypass buying the complete series set. But for crying out loud! A list price of $19.98 and a selling price of $14 for one episode in two formats? What greed! This disc should have a list of $9.98. End of story!

It was worth every cent just to see this delightful show COLORIZED and it really looks like it was filmed in living color. Highly recommended!

For anyone who's a fan of the show, this DVD is worth buying. The color is actually pretty good. It doesn't look like it was computer generated. What puzzles me is why the people who put this together chose "Family Portrait" as the episode to colorize. While it's not a bad episode, it's far from being one of the best (a better choice would have been "Grandpa's Call Of the wild", or "Hermans Happy Valley"). Perhaps they chose it because it was Beverley Owen's last episode before she left the show. Also, why is there only one episode? Considering this, the current price of $15 is a little steep. You may want to wait until the price drops to around $10, as I did.
Still, a must for any fan of The Munsters. Recommended!

The package arrived within 5 days of estimated arrival ! , the actual product was as described , overall everything is went well with this round of DVD purchases THANKYOU AMAZON !

Doesn't seem like enough really though, does it? Both of the movies were in colour, and surely it's not just Family Portrait that's ever gonna' be shown in colour out of all the episodes. They can do anything now, they could colourize anything if they wanted, and it surprises me nowadays why they don't do it, 'cos you'd think they would. So in the case of The Munsters I ask, "Is that it? Is that the only episode ever to be done in colour?"
Most people now don't really wanna' watch black and white anymore, 'cos it's all moved on so much, I mean the technology's there, use it.

I am a loyal and long standing fan of The Munsters Family. I am always guaranteed a great laugh when I see their television shows/movies. The entire cast are so talented and funny, even Marilyn(the normal family member. It is a must have purchase. Enjoy the laughs!

You can't go wrong with any new archive of Munster materials.... A total enjoyment of a very special television classic!

the munsters is a great show to watch get plenty of laughs from watching it