Here Come the Munsters to help him escape. They flee from the scene in the Munster Koach. Four of the original "Munsters" surviving cast members Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick, Pat Priest, appeared in a cameo scene in a restaurant. While the movie draws on many elements of the original series, it departs from the established "Munsters" canon. In this version Marilyn's last name is given as Hyde, and she is the daughter of Herman's sister, not Lily's (as she is in the original series and in "The Munsters Today"), also, In this film Marilyn is the same age as the series,
The Munsters sample of the theme was used in the song "Uma Thurman" by Fall Out Boy. The first presentation was 16 minutes and in color (later cut to just over 13 minutes) and was used to pitch the series to CBS and its affiliates. It never aired, and the script was reused as the basis for episode 2, "My Fair Munster". The cast in order of appearance in the title sequence were: Joan Marshall as Phoebe (instead of Lily), Beverley Owen as Marilyn, Nate "Happy" Derman as Eddie, Al Lewis as Grandpa, and Fred Gwynne as Herman. Although the same house