Mockingbird Lane (TV 2012)

Grandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who assembled Herman because no man was good enough for his daughter Lily, a sexy vamp. Lily's niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and Lily... See full summary »

Director:

Bryan Singer

Writers:

Bryan Fuller, Norm Liebmann (written by "The Munsters"),

Stars:

Jerry O'Connell, Portia de Rossi, Charity Wakefield

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jerry O'Connell	...	Herman Munster
Portia de Rossi	...	Lily Munster
Charity Wakefield	...	Marilyn Munster
Mason Cook	...	Eddie Munster
Eddie Izzard	...	Grandpa
Cheyenne Jackson	...	Steve
Beth Grant	...	Marie
Allen C. Liu	...	Real Estate Agent
Pablo Espinosa	...	Paramedic
Craig Jordan	...	Paramedic #2
Kenneth Lyng	...	Billy
Dante Brown	...	Huey
Grant Venable	...	Martin
Eric Osovsky	...	Wallace
J. Anthony Pena	...	Mr. Perez (as J. Anthony Peña)

Storyline

Grandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who assembled Herman because no man was good enough for his daughter Lily, a sexy vamp. Lily's niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and Lily and Herman's only child, Eddie, has his werewolf tendencies surface in puberty, forcing the family to relocate to their famous 1313 Mockingbird Lane address.

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Plot Keywords:

werewolf | based on tv series | old dark house | unsold tv series pilot | vampire

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Living Dead Guy Productions, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Unsold pilot for a series that NBC passed on.

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Quotes

Real Estate Agent: [Car pulls up in front of a bright, pleasant, sunny house] May I ask why the sudden move?
Marilyn Munster: No.
Real Estate Agent: [Agent and Marilyn get out of car] All right. Well, this, it's an emotional property, idea for any multi-generational family.
Marilyn Munster: We're not just any family.
Real Estate Agent: Well, the sun shines more on this house than any other house in the neighborhood.
Marilyn Munster: Not a feature we're looking for.
[Turns and looks across the street at a dark, shadowed, rambling mansion]
Marilyn Munster: What about that one?
Real Estate Agent: It's a very emotional property for entirely ...
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.27 (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Mannish Boy"
Performed by Muddy Waters

User Reviews

Smart, dark and funny, what's not to like?

I am old enough to remember the original in syndication.

I hated the original. It was campy, vapid and catered to the lowest form of "Milton Berle" obvious comedy. that said, I loved this Pilot! This seemed to me to be not so much a re-do of the original but a blending of the original with the "Addams Family" (which I adored). There are undercurrents of the darkest humor here that need to be explored further.I want to see more! And frankly its about time for the studios to stop catering to the slightly daffy same-old-same-old comedy they have been shoving at us, the viewing public, for decades. Give us something smart, Give us something dark and Please God, Give us something funny. this show could fit the bill if you would let it.