Editing The Munsters (section)

===Pitch episode===
[[File:Munsters cast 1964.JPG|thumb|upright|The original cast in 1964]]
The first [[television pilot#Presentation|presentation]] was filmed in color and ran 16 minutes (later cut to just over 13 minutes). It was used to pitch the series to CBS and its affiliates. (The episode is available on the first season of ''The Munsters'' DVDs.) It never aired, but the script was reused as the basis for Episode 2, "My Fair Munster". The cast in the title sequence included [[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 exterior was used, it was later changed to appear spookier for the series. This included adding the tower deck and Marilyn's deck, a new coat of paint and enlarging the living room. Although Grandpa had the same dungeon, Gwynne did not wear padding in the pitch episode, had a more protruding forehead, and was broad but thin. The most noticeable difference was his somber expression rather than his comic silliness during the series.<ref name="cox">{{cite book|last=Cox|first=Stephen |title=The Munsters: A Trip Down Mockingbird Lane|year=2006|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=0-823-07894-9|pages=35–36}}</ref> Except for Marilyn, the family had a blue-green [[tint]] to their skin. The biggest character difference was that Eddie was portrayed by Derman as a nasty brat.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cox|first=Stephen |title=The Munsters: A Trip Down Mockingbird Lane|year=2006|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=0-823-07894-9|pages=36, 38}}</ref> Eddie, as played by Patrick, was mostly respectful.

The pilot title sequence had light, happy music borrowed from the [[Doris Day]] movie ''[[The Thrill of It All (film)|The Thrill of It All]]''<ref name="Biography"/> instead of the instrumental rock theme. It was also decided that Marshall too closely resembled [[Morticia Addams]]<ref name="Biography"/> and that Derman was too nasty as Eddie, so both were replaced.<ref name="Biography">[[Biography (TV series)|Biography]], "The Munsters," 1998</ref> On the basis of the first presentation, the new series, still not completely cast, was announced by CBS on February 18, 1964. A second black-and-white presentation was filmed with DeCarlo and Patrick. In this version, Eddie appeared with a more normal look, although his [[hairstyle]] was later altered to include a pronounced [[widow's peak]].