Gray hair.
Aches and pains.
One thing you might not know.
You'll lap yourself.
As in going around the circle and finding that you've reached a point that looks very familiar.
Which brings us to the most recent "re-boot" of the 60's comedy, "The Munsters". (It was attempted once before, circa early 90's).
It's called "Mockingbird Lane".
Here's the NBC preview.
The easy and, frankly, predictable nay say from those of us who were around the first time is the obvious "normalizing" of the Herman Munster character.
Instead of looking like actor Fred Gwynne made up to look like the Frankenstein monster, we have actor Jerry O'Connell with a little stiching around his neck.
Oh, I get it. They sewed his head on.
Cutting edge.
So to speak.
Okay, time marches on, everything old is new again, yada yada.
I'm not going to splash you with the wine of sour grapes here and further lament the garroting of the good old days.
I'll just offer you this.
All that matters here is does the show entertain, will it make people laugh and will it be successful entertaining and making people laugh?
Time, and Nielsen, will tell.
Judging from the preview, though, I think the writers are taking a pass on any attempt at scary and settling for silly.
Which is really okay.
Because if you really have a jones for TV that's both scary and funny, you're already covered.
It's called Fox News.
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