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The Munsters

The Munsters - Herman, Lily, Grandpa, Marilyn and Eddie
Format Situation comedy
Created by Allan Burns
Chris Hayward
Developed by Norm Liebmann
Ed Haas
Starring Fred Gwynne
Yvonne De Carlo
Al Lewis
Beverley Owen
Pat Priest
Butch Patrick
Theme music composer Jack Marshall
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 70 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monaural sound
Original run September 24, 1964May 12, 1966
External links
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The Munsters was a 1960s American television comedy depicting the home life of a family of monsters. The show was a satire of both traditional monster movies and popular family entertainment of the era, such as Leave it to Beaver. It ran concurrently with the The Addams Family, though the Addams were well-to-do, while the Munsters were decidedly more blue-collar.

The original idea came from animator Bob Clampett, who wanted to do a cartoon involving a family of monsters living in suburbia. In the 1940s, he sent the idea to movie studio executives but never got a reply. In the early 1960s, the idea was submitted to Universal Studios by Rocky & Bullwinkle writers, Allan Burns and Chris Hayward. For some time, there were some studio people who wanted the series to be made as a cartoon and others who wanted actors. Finally, a script was commissioned by Universal, using actors, and when the finished product was seen, cartoons lost out.

The show aired at night once a week in black-and-white on the CBS Television network from 1964 to 1966 for 70 episodes. It was cancelled after ratings dropped to an all-time low due to the premiere of ABC's Batman, which was in full color. The Munsters have continued in syndication ever since. It was popular enough to warrant a clone series and several movies.

The Munsters had higher Nielsen ratings than the slightly more intellectual The Addams Family.

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The first pilot was 13 minutes, 24 seconds long and was used to pitch the series to CBS. It was made in color, and though it never aired, some of the footage was later used for the episode "My Fair Munster". The cast in order of appearance in the title sequence were: Joan Marshall as Phoebe (instead of Lily), Beverley (not Beverly) Owen as Marilyn, Nate "Happy" Derman as Eddie, Al Lewis as Grandpa and Fred Gwynne as Herman. They used the same house (exterior) but slight changes were made to it such as the addition of the tower deck and Marilyn's deck, a new coat of paint, and enlargement of the living room. Grandpa had the same dungeon. Herman did not have padding and was broad but thin. Most noticeable was his sombre almost sad face much of the time unlike his comical happiness during the series. Eddie was a nasty brat. All characters, except Marilyn, had a blue tint to their skin. Marilyn was Phoebe's niece. The title sequence had light happy music (it came from an old Doris Day movie[citation needed]) instead of the more appropriate zany theme that was to come. The pilot is available on the complete first season of "The Munsters" DVDs.

It was decided that Joan Marshall looked too much like Morticia Addams and that Happy Derman was too nasty as Eddie, so both were replaced. On the basis of the first pilot, the new series, still not completely cast, was announced by CBS on February 18, 1964. A second black-and-white pilot was made (which was $10,000 cheaper per episode[citation needed]) with the new actors. In this pilot, Eddie (Butch Patrick) looked too "normal", so his hairstyle was altered to include a widow's peak, and he was given fangs.

The family, while decidedly odd, consider themselves fairly typical middle-class Americans of the era. Herman, like so many husbands of 1960s, is the sole wage-earner in the family, though Lily and Grandpa make (short-lived) attempts to earn a little money from time to time. While Herman is titular "head of household," it is Lily who actually makes most of the decisions.

Unlike the Addams Family, who considered their lifestyle superior to that of their neighbors, the Munsters actively made efforts to integrate with their community. Eddie occasionally had school chums over, and Herman was well-liked at his job. They occasionally made pop culture references, which would indicate that they read newspapers or listened to news on the radio.

Herman (played by Fred Gwynne) is a good-natured buffoon. Although 151 years old[citation needed], he behaves rather childishly, often throwing temper tantrums. He is employed by the Gateman, Goodbury and Graves funeral parlor (Mr. Gateman is played by John Carradine in "Herman's Raise"), having started out as a humble "nail boy." Although it is not stated what Herman does for a living, it can be inferred from his jokes that he is a gravedigger. He also gets a promotion to hearse driver in one episode, where he has to get his driver's license renewed, only to discover he is starting out driving the "economy model" hearse, which uses a horse; Herman's co-workers sometimes remark on his height and strength, but otherwise do not appear to find his appearance and color (green) out of the ordinary.

Herman is incredibly strong, once lifting a solid metal demolition ball casually with one hand. He is almost immovable; a number of times, cars have run into him without doing any damage. A safe fell on his head ("John Doe Munster") and though it did not hurt him, it gave him amnesia. When asked how much he weighs, Herman says: "Three spins," meaning the pointer on the scale goes around three times. In the episode "Herman's Lawsuit," his driver's license gives his weight as 380 (lbs.), height as 7 feet, 6 inches, and eyes as brown. Herman (and the rest of the family) considers himself handsome even though he can crack a mirror by looking at it, once even cracking a shiny frying pan he looked into. When frustrated (often), he tends to stamp like a child having a tantrum -- causing plaster to shower down from the ceiling. His strength is especially useful around "the Parlor" -- he can lift caskets unassisted.

In one episode, Lily tells Eddie that "Dr. Frankenstein" made Herman. Herman was built in Germany, adopted by the Munster family of England, then relocated to Transylvania, where he married Lily. Herman served in the U.S. Army during World War II. As of the second season, he and Lily had been married for one hundred years. Herman's family was mentioned several times but more siblings were added through the years. In the original series he has a twin brother, Charlie, who speaks with an English-sounding accent and is a scam artist. In The Munsters Today, he is given a younger brother named Frank. And in the 1995 movie, Here Come The Munsters he is given a sister named Elsa who resembles the Bride of Frankenstein. She is also married to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Gwynne's costume and appearance matched the popular image of the monster (flat head, ill-fitting black suit and electrodes protruding from the neck), invented for the original 1931 Universal Studios film, Frankenstein. Under the hot studio lights, Gwynne wore so much padding and so many layers of clothes that despite drinking gallons of lemonade and taking salt tablets between takes and using an air hose between his neck and costume, he sweated so much that he continuously lost weight, becoming dangerously thin. On the DVD, Al Lewis said that Fred Gwynne suffered terribly for the role.

Lily Munster
Lily Munster

Lily Munster (played by Yvonne De Carlo) is the matriarch of the Munster family. Her maiden name is Dracula. She is the wife of Herman Munster, the daughter of Sam Dracula and the mother of Eddie Munster. She is very close with her niece, Marilyn. She has a werewolf for a brother, who appears in one episode, and a sister who is mentioned a few times who is Marilyn's mother. Lily is the voice of reason in the Munster household, often relied upon to set problems right, and typically mediates when Herman and Grandpa squabble.

Lily is mainly a housewife, and her duties include spreading garbage around the mansion and "dusting" with a vacuum cleaner operating in reverse so that it blows dirt about in the nine-room-and-a-dungeon house. During the course of the series, Lily works as a welder in a shipyard, a fashion model, and a palm reader in a tea room. In one episode she forces Herman to give her money so that she and Marilyn can open a beauty parlor, but this soon goes out of business, as Lily assumes her clientele wants to look more like her[citation needed]. These part time jobs never seem to stick, and Lily would be back to being a homemaker by the next episode. Once, when she thinks Herman is going broke, she gets a job to help out, keeping this a secret, lest it wound Herman's pride. In some ways, Lily is a proto-feminist, striving against Herman's more traditional family values.

Lily is a beautiful and slender woman who appears to be in her middle-age years, although she is actually hundreds of years old. Her skin was green, which repelled some people. Later incarnations of the character, played by different actresses, would change her skin from green to pale white. A white streak in her hair recalls the monster's mate from Bride of Frankenstein. Lily usually dresses in an ankle-length pale pink gown that appears faded and old, sometimes covering up with a scarf. Her necklace features a bat-shaped medallion. When away from the Munster house, she sometimes wears a long silver cape with a hood.

Lily was not in the original pilot episode of The Munsters. Instead, Herman is married to a much more Gothic-looking wife named Phoebe, played by Joan Marshall. The producers scrapped the Phoebe character after deciding she seemed almost an exact double of the Morticia Addams character on The Addams Family. Lily appeared in the second pilot and all other episodes. For the role, Yvonne de Carlo had to wear a wig that weighed 20 pounds (9kg).

Yvonne De Carlo was cast for the role in March 1964. When first cast, Gwynne and Lewis went to the producers and complained because De Carlo was a professional actress of long standing and they were worried that she would not fit in. However, after a few shows, they had to admit they had been wrong, and all got on well.

Grandpa
Grandpa

Grandpa (played by Al Lewis) is Lily's father. His given name is either Sam Dracula (in the old series) or Vladimir Dracula (in The Munsters Today) but he is usually just called Grandpa. He is a mad scientist and keeps a laboratory in the cellar of the house, often referred to as going "down in the lab." Various potions and magic spells that he devises there are central to many of the show's stories. Many of his inventions are less than successful, but he never stops thinking up new ones. Grandpa appears to be able to transform into a wolf and a bat, as per Bram Stoker's Dracula.

He is at least 400 years old (he talks of knowing Nero, etc. though may be just given to boasting) and has been married several times; although his wives are all dead, he still keeps in touch with them. His identity as Count Dracula is established in two episodes, Mr. Gateman refers to him as "Count Dracula" when he comes to dinner and to hear Eddie play the trumpet (episode: The Musician), he's also refers to himself as "Count Dracula" when he makes a collect call to Transylvania, and the telephone operator recognizes his voice immediately. In the same episode he says he used to play poker with Jack the Ripper, from whom he won the cursed Fregosi Emerald[1].

Grandpa has an extremely sarcastic personality, especially when insulting his son-in-law, Herman. Despite this, Grandpa and Herman are actually very close, and most of the episodes of the series revolve around their zany schemes, usually ending with Lily chewing them out or fixing the problem. In one episode Lily says that if it wasn't for Herman, Grandpa would be "living in a cave picking fleas out of his wings".

Eddie Munster
Eddie Munster

Eddie (played by Butch Patrick) is a typical all-American boy apart from being a werewolf and, in some episodes, showing some signs of being part vampire. Most noticeable is the fact that he sleeps in a coffin. He has a stuffed toy werewolf named Woof-Woof,which bears an uncanny resemblance to Lon Chaney, Jr.'s character, The Wolfman. He attends elementary school, and aside from his pointed ears, severe widow's peak, and Fauntleroy suit, he is a normal kid. His full name is Edward Wolfgang Munster.

In the original pilot episode, the part was played by Happy Derman, who played a more aggressively wolfish boy. Butch Patrick was cast in March 1964 and would appear in all other episodes to follow.

Marilyn (played by Beverley Owen and Pat Priest) is the daughter of one of Lily's sisters, and lives with the Munsters through the show's run. The reason Marilyn lives with the Munsters is not explained in the series. Although she is Lily's niece, she is always referred to as "Marilyn Munster". (While the character was being developed, her name was Marilyn Mundane.) In Here Come the Munsters, Marilyn is the daughter of Herman's sister Elsa and her husband. In this version her name is said to be Hyde.

A fetching young blonde resembling Marilyn Monroe, she is the only family member who is not ghoulish in appearance. The family is vaguely ashamed of their relationship to such a homely person. Although they treat her with kindness, even Marilyn is aware of her "plain-ness". She bemoans that she keeps scaring off potential boyfriends, having no clue that the young men are frightened away by her oddball family. She attends Westbury College.

Despite standing out amongst the cast more than any other character, Marilyn was the least developed character in the series. She was never the main character in any episode, and she usually acted as a catalyst for Herman and Grandpa's antics.

Marilyn was originally played by Beverley Owen, who was 30 years old at the time and had to wear a blonde wig to resemble Marilyn Monroe. The role was taken over in episode 14 by Pat Priest after Owen left to marry Jon Stone.[2] Pat Priest looked enough like Beverley Owen that many never even noticed that the role was played by another actress. It also helped the studio in that she was Owen's size and so fit into her wardrobe. In Munsters Go Home, she is portrayed by Debbie Watson.

  • Charlie Munster - Herman's twin brother, also played by Fred Gwynne
  • Frank Munster - Herman's brother in The Munsters Today
  • Elsa Hyde/Munster - Herman's Sister in Here Come The Munsters
  • Ronald Dracula - Grandpa's younger cousin, a vampire
  • Lester Dracula - Lily's brother, a werewolf
  • Uncle Gilbert - otherwise known as the Creature from the Black Lagoon
  • Uncle Garrett and Aunt Mina - never depicted, said to live in Death Valley.
  • Cousin Phantom - otherwise known as the Phantom of the Opera. Has a bad habit of shattering fragile objects with his voice when hitting high notes.
  • Humphrey - a cousin of Grandpa's, who Grandpa hasn't spoken to since he stole his aspirin during the Black Plague. He is apparently a terrible piano player.
  • Johann - Herman's more primitive cousin who was brought to America by Victor Frankenstein the fourth ("A Visit from Johann"). Although physically identical the Herman, Johann is depicted as wild, inarticulate and somewhat violent, much closer in personality to Karloff's original monster. Dialogue from the episode suggests that Johann, rather than Herman, was the murderous creature depicted in the 1930s Universal Horror Cycle; a possibility reinforced by Johann wearing the same costume Karloff wore in Son of Frankenstein.
  • Boris - a mechanical brother made for Eddie when he said he wanted a baby brother. He soon grabs most of the family's attention.

  • Dr. Edward H. Dudley, MD. The Munsters' family doctor was portrayed by Paul Lynde. Dr. Dudley is nearsighted and sometimes rather prefers to have his glasses off whenever he examines members of the family, especially Herman. His secretary and nurse is Miss Fairchild. Dr. Dudley is married and has a son named Elmer, who becomes Eddie's playmate. Paul Lynde only appeared in three episodes of The Munsters and was replaced by Dom Deluise in "Just Another Pretty Face".
  • Mr. Gateman. Herman's boss at the funeral parlor was played by John Carradine. Mr. Gateman is the only normal person who is not taken aback by Herman and the rest of the Munster clan. On two occasions, Mr. Gateman fires Herman, the first time when Herman asks for raise. Lily helps Herman to get his old job back by convincing Mr. Gateman of Herman's value to the company. The second time is after Herman invites him over for dinner and has Eddie play jazz on his trumpet, of which Mr. Gateman disapproves. He reluctantly has a change of heart and rehires Herman.
  • Clyde Thornton. Herman's co-worker at the funeral parlor was portrayed by Chet Stratton. When first introduced, Clyde is continuously tricking and ridiculing Herman into one of his practical jokes until Herman finally stands up to him and Clyde gets caught in one of his own traps. After settling their differences, in "Cyrano De Munster", Clyde uses Herman's poems to woo the girl of his dreams. When she finds out that Clyde is not the one writing the poems, she rejects him and goes after Herman. After discovering Herman, the girl screams and runs away. Angry at seeing his dream girl so emotional, Clyde punches Herman in the jaw and breaks his hand.

The show was produced by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, who were already known for creating the Leave it to Beaver television series. Prior to that, they wrote over 1,500 episodes of Amos 'n' Andy, a presence on network radio for nearly its entire history.

While its humor was usually broad, the series was visually sophisticated, particularly for an early-sixties sitcom. The Munsters' home was a burnt, crumbling Gothic mansion, riddled with smoke, filthy with dust and cobwebs. Rich, shadowy photography echoed James Whale's expressionistic Frankenstein films, emphasizing the family's ghoulishness. The moving camera (a rarity in television comedies even today) often paused on busy compositions, focusing on multiple characters amid detailed settings.

The Munsters was filmed in black-and-white, though the never-aired pilot episode was filmed in color.

George Barris built two automobiles for the show: "The Munster Koach", a hot rod built on a lengthened 1923 Ford Model T chassis with a custom hearse body. It was 18 feet long and cost almost $20,000 to build. Barris also built the DRAG-U-LA (which inspired a Rob Zombie song by the same name), a dragster built from a coffin, which Grandpa used to win back "The Munster Koach" after Herman lost it in a race. (According to Barris, a real coffin was, in fact, purchased for the car.) In real life, Yvonne de Carlo drove a Jaguar sedan fitted with custom-made "spooky" ornaments, for example spider webs on the rims. She had to give up on it, as the car was repeatedly vandalized by fans hunting for souvenirs.

The original Victorian home of the Munster family was at 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the fictional Mockingbird Heights. (The town's location is not specified in the series, but in later incarnations is described as a small town outside of Los Angeles, California.) In reality, the exterior shots were filmed on the Universal Studios backlot. The house was built in 1946 for the movie So Goes My Love. It was then put into storage for several years. Then sometime in the fifties it along with other Facades was assembled with other homes on the back lot which was called River Road. Until production of The Munsters in 1964 the house could be seen as a back drop on many shows including Leave it to Beaver. It was remodeled and featured on Desperate Housewives and located on Colonial Street in the backlot. It was also the home of the family in Shirley (ABC, 1979-80) and has also appeared in other TV shows such as Coach and Leave it to Beaver. The interiors were contained entirely on an enclosed sound stage.

In the spring of 2001, Sandra and Charles McKee of Waxahachie, Texas began construction of a fully livable recreation of the Munster home, inside and out. With initial construction completed in 2002, cast alumni Al Lewis and Butch Patrick appeared at the public grand opening. Lewis exclaimed, with tears in his eyes, "This brings back warm memories." The house comes equipped with a grand staircase (which opens up to reveal Spot), a rotating suit of armor, trap doors, secret passages, Grandpa's electric chair, a pipe organ, raven cuckoo clock, a crooked bat weather vane on the roof and even a dungeon complete with trap door.

Since then, the McKees have opened their private home to the public for two nights each year on the weekend of Halloween. Since the death of Lewis, Pat Priest has returned to appear multiple times. The Munster Mansion Halloween Bash each year selects a local charity and donates all proceeds from the event.

The Munsters Today ran from 1988 to 1991 and lasted for 72 episodes. The unaired pilot episode, written by Lloyd J Schwartz, explained the 22 year gap through an accident in Grandpa's lab that put the family to sleep. They awake in the late 1980s and have to adapt to modern life in the 80s. It featured John Schuck (Herman), Lee Meriwether as Lily, Howard Morton (Grandpa) and Jason Marsden (Eddie). Marilyn was portrayed by Mary-Ellen Dunbar in the first episode, and by Hilary Van Dyke thereafter.

The show used many props and set pieces from the original series, and also reworked some old story-lines. From the second series onwards, the show developed a more modern approach, with colorful new costumes and more contemporary storylines, as the Munsters embrace their new lives. In the living room above the fireplace, there a small picture and portraits of the original cast members.

Several Munster films were released, two with the original cast.

  • Munster, Go Home (1966). The Munsters go to England to claim the Munster Hall after the death of an old relative. The film starred the series' cast, with the exception of Pat Priest who was replaced by Universal Pictures by its teenage contract player Debbie Watson. Priest commented on the DVD interview that she was devastated at the producers' decision not to include the then-30-year-old actress. The film gave fans a chance to see the Munsters in color during their original 1960s run for the first and only time. The film also featured the "Dragula" car.
  • The Mini Munsters (1973), a 23 minute cartoon movie that aired on ABC.
  • The Munsters' Revenge (1981), a made-for-TV movie. The owner of a museum with a Munsters exhibit makes robots of Herman and Grandpa and uses them to rob a bank. Gwynne, De Carlo, and Lewis recreated their roles, but Eddie and Marilyn were played by K.C. Martel and Jo McDonnell respectively.
  • Here Come The Munsters (1995), another made-for-TV movie. The family search for Herman's brother-in-law Norman Hyde, only to find out that he has unknowingly turned himself into Brent Jekyll, who is running for congress, and Grandpa must make a formula to change him back. The film featured a cameo scene of DeCarlo, Lewis, Priest, and Patrick as a bickering family in restaurant who were served by (the new) Herman Munster who was a waiter.

In August 2004, the brothers Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans negotiated a deal with Universal Pictures to produce a contemporary film adaptation of The Munsters.[3] In September 2006, Shawn Wayans revealed that The Munsters would be produced and written by the brothers and that it was slated for a 2007 release.[4] Shawn also indicated that the cast would not be all-black in the adaptation like The Honeymooners (2005), instead continuing to have a green appearance like its '60s predecessors.[5] Shawn also reported that the film would be rated PG-13 in the United States to continue moving away from the R-rated comedies that attracted minors.[6]

Gold Key Comics produced a "Munsters" comic book which ran 16 issues from 1965 to 1968 and had photo covers from the TV series. When it first appeared, the Comics Code Authority still forbade the appearance of vampires in comic books. However, this was not a problem at Gold Key, because Gold Key was not a member of the Comics Magazine Association of America and therefore did not have to conform to the Comics Code. Lily and Grandpa appeared in the comics without controversy.

Herman and Lily Munster are often mistakenly named as the first couple to share the same bed on American television, in the episode "Autumn Croakus" on November 26, 1964. In reality, that distinction goes to Mary Kay and Johnny, in an episode aired on November 18, 1947 on the DuMont network. The first television couple to share a bed when the actors were not married in real life was Samantha and Darrin Stephens of Bewitched, on October 22, 1964.

  • The soap opera As the World Turns did a mini-spoof of The Munsters called "The Munsonsters" as a part of their 50th anniversary celebration on March 30, 2006. Character Hal Munson played Herman, Barbara Ryan played Lily, Dr. Bob Hughes played Grandpa, Jennifer Munson played Marilyn, and Will Munson played Eddie. Spot was also shown and mentioned.
  • The Munsters is one of the most merchandised shows of all time compared with other similar TV shows. There is over 1,000 officially merchandised items made by Ideal, Mattel, Hasbro, and other big name companies. With products ranging from magic slates, games, shirts, puzzles, dolls, records, books, music boxes, model kits, rub ons, paint by numbers, color by numbers, magazines, cars, cards, castex sets, plates, trays, paper dolls, TV guides, sticker fun books, coloring books, puppets, rings, mugs, cups, colorforms, pencils, photos, magnets, buttons, pins, cupcakes, sodas, and hundreds of thousands of other items.
  • The Munsters have always been featured in Cracked magazine Halloween editions, most of which feature a photograph with a balloon caption.
  • In the closing credits for an episode of MTV's Pirate TV, Eddie Munster performs a guitar solo while smoking a cigarette. This may be in reference for Butch Patrick being in a band called Eddie and the Monsters. The band released a single, "Whatever Happened to Eddie?"
  • Animal Planet named Spot, the family pet, as one of its 50 greatest TV animals. Spot was a fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus Rex living under the staircase.
  • In the popular sci-fi comedy sitcom series Red Dwarf, Robert Llewellyn's character Kryten makes references to how he could look like Herman Munsters stunt double because of his weird looking head.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has released both seasons on DVD:

Title Region 1 Region 2 Additions
Season 1 August 24, 2004 October 17, 2005
  • Original un-aired pilot
Season 2 October 25, 2005 May 1, 2006
  • America's First Family Of Fright
  • Fred Gwynne: More Than A Monster
  • Yvonne De Carlo: Gilded Lady
  • Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa
Seasons 1 & 2 (Closed Casket Collection) not available October 8, 2007

  • Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher. (1964). The Munsters. Hollywood: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
  • Munsters, The Complete First and Second Seasons [DVD Commentary]. (2005). Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
  • The Munsters: A Trip Down Mockingbird Lane

  1. ^ The Fergosi Emerald, upon which the Fregosi Emerald is allegedly based, is rumored to be in the possession of Gina Rose Guarracino.
  2. ^ According to Al Lewis in a 2001 interview with Pittsburgh radio's Doug Hoerth, Beverley Owen was troubled by the separation from her boyfriend, who stayed in New York City, and on petitions from Al Lewis and Fred Gwynne was let go by the studio.
  3. ^ Dana Harris. "Wayans pact with U on modern 'Munsters'", Variety, 2004-08-23. Retrieved on 2007-12-27. 
  4. ^ Molly Yanity. "Talkin' Sports With Shawn Wayans", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2006-09-08. 
  5. ^ John Wenzel. "Wayans' way-out laughs come of age", The Denver Post, 2007-07-27. 
  6. ^ Scott Hoffman. "Interview: EXCLUSIVE 1 on 1 with Shawn Wayans", Movie Picture Film. Retrieved on 2007-12-27. 

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