Often, the members of the family most opposed to moving out of town are kids, and you can't blame them. Separating them from their school friends and activities is traumatic. Here, Eddie balks when his dad, Herman, is given a promotion and must move to Buffalo for his new position. Eddie is having his best season on the local Little League baseball team and doesn't want that to end. Grandpa, meanwhile, has gone ahead and sold the house, to a wrecking business. When the family decides to pacify Eddie and stay, they have to say the house before the wrecking ball destroys it
Highlights were the various people who came by the view the house. They included an old couple, a band of gypsies and two crooked elderly female antique dealers.
How all of them are scared away leads to some good laughs. For instance, the latter's reactions upon seeing the Munster family were classic Munster humor: the old women diving over the front wall of the house after "spot" scares the heck out of them.
It gets a little too silly at the end with all the French Revolution getup but Burt Freed was good as "Mr. Denniston," the man who comes to demolish the house.
I also enjoyed Herman's song and dance of "Shuffle Off To Buffalo." Later, he and Iily did the same song in a duet. Finally, there were some excellent puns regarding Herman's place of employment.
Highlights were the various people who came by the view the house. They included an old couple, a band of gypsies and two crooked elderly female antique dealers.
How all of them are scared away leads to some good laughs. For instance, the latter's reactions upon seeing the Munster family were classic Munster humor: the old women diving over the front wall of the house after "spot" scares the heck out of them.
It gets a little too silly at the end with all the French Revolution getup but Burt Freed was good as "Mr. Denniston," the man who comes to demolish the house.
I also enjoyed Herman's song and dance of "Shuffle Off To Buffalo." Later, he and Iily did the same song in a duet. Finally, there were some excellent puns regarding Herman's place of employment.
