![]() ![]() Lee Sobel: I read that you also went through a period where you wanted to distance yourself from Eddie Munster but you seem to have come to terms with it. To be sort of be pigeonholed from a cartoonish type character that he played for two years, that he did so well and it was at the top of his resume, when he had so much more to offer, was frustrating for him. Lee Sobel: Why did Fred Gwynne seem to have a problem with The Munsters after the show ended?īutch Patrick: You would have to speak to Fred, which obviously you can’t, but Fred was a serious actor, a Harvard grad, very intelligent, lots of talent in music, art, sculpting. I also enjoyed when Peter Robbins was on the fourth or fifth episode when we introduced the Munster Koach - I was really impressed by him because he was the voice of Charlie Brown in the the cartoons. Lee Sobel: Any memories of the show’s guest stars?īutch Patrick: Billy Mumy was on the show which was fun. It was pretty cool to see the expressions on people’s faces at seeing The Munsters in full makeup in the Munster Koach on a joy ride outside the studio gates. Lee Sobel: Do you remember anything funny happening during production of the show?īutch Patrick: We were filming with the Munster Koach and we drove away from the house and the first assistant director told Fred, “As you as you drive away, come right back so we can shoot it again, in case we lose our sun.” Fred said, “Sure, Sure,” but then proceeded to drive out of the Universal gates onto Lankershim Boulevard for a little joy ride for about five or ten minutes. ![]() I would go to the McHale’s Navy set with Ernie Borgnine and I had friends on Wagon Train and The Virginian because my uncle John would supply horses and Western props. I was allowed free rein to go explore when I had free time. I was pretty much the only kid on the lot. Lee Sobel: Did you enjoy working on The Munsters?īutch Patrick: It was easy-peavey. So with three days shooting the shows and four days off to recover from the makeup situation, it was doable. Fred Gwynn’s took a couple of hours in the morning since he had a bit more with the head piece and the padded suit. We filmed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. ![]() It was an hour a day, only three days a week. They looked at me and said, “He doesn’t look like he could be the offspring of Herman and Lily - he’s too normal except for the pointed ears,” so they created the widow’s peak and some bushy eyebrows for me to have more of an acceptable Eddie Munster look.īutch Patrick: It wasn’t too bad. After the first day of shooting they saw the dailies and temporarily shit down production. We were using greasepaint at first and it was cracking and they had a lot of issues with it not looking good. For the first two or three episodes they were figuring out the makeup. Lee Sobel: I saw photos of your makeup for Eddie Munster and originally you didn’t have a widow’s peak and you also had longer pointed ears.īutch Patrick: Everybody on the show had makeup adjustments. We would see each other occasionally at studios but we’d be working on different projects. When the breakdowns would go out for casting, he had red hair and I didn’t so our colorations were different. Did you run into him a lot at auditions?īutch Patrick: We are friends but I didn’t run into him too often at auditions because we were different types. Lee Sobel: You and Bill Mumy are about the same age and I know you got to work with him on an episode of The Munsters. We’ve always been a very close knit family. My mom still lives in the same house we bought in 1962. Lee Sobel: When you were cast on The Munsters I heard they flew you in from Chicago? What was your family like at home?īutch Patrick: I was living in a town called Geneseo, outside of Chicago. I was a big baby and it was kind of a common nickname in the early 50’s. Lee Sobel: How did you get the nickname Butch? I always think of that tough kid in The Little Rascals.īutch Patrick: My grandma gave it to me the day I was born. Plus it had cool George Barris custom cars like the Munster Koach and the Drag-u-la! The show was in black-and-white and had the look of the old Universal Pictures horror movies of the 30’s and 40’s down but mixed it with a heart-warming family comedy a la Leave It to Beaver. Butch Patrick played Eddie Munster, the little werewolf kid with a doll named Woof Woof. As a kid I watched it religiously in syndication and I still love it. The Munsters is one of my all-time favorite TV shows. ![]()
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