Tubi Thursday: Marineland Carnival with The Munsters (1965)

Is this a TV Special?
Is this a Musical?
Is this a Comedy?
Is this a Commercial?

Yes.

In 1965, the Munsters went to a California Aquarium/Park to...buy a fish for Eddie?

Yeah, the Story is really flimsy here.  Just go with it!

The main Cast go around and do some schtick (like obviously not Al Lewis climbing a pole or talking to Walruses) ...

...while the 'kids' go see the Musical Act and the Seal Show.

IMDB lists Kenny Rogers as one of the Singers in the New Christy Minstrels, but this was shot cheaply on Film, and it isn't exactly HD...so who knows?

This is Hillbillys in a Haunted House filler though.

On the plus side, we get to see Eddie Munster learn about Porpoises.

That was worth it, right?

Yeah, this was worthwhile...

The End.

I mean, what were you expecting?  This isn't really a Film or Special.
It is an Ad for a Park where you would take your kids to see Seal do tricks and Dolphins flop around.

Ironically, Scorsese saw this and called it 'Cinema.'  Go figure.

All kidding aside, someone here was actually trying.  The Actors play their parts as well as they can.  I can't imagine that it was fun for poor Fred Gwinne in that make-up walking around outside in the hot California Sun.

Your enjoyment of this will be based on a few things- the historical quirkiness of it all, the dated aspects of it or just how strange it all is.

It is The Munsters promoting an Aquarium.
It's weird.

That said, it is a bit long at an hour, in spite of the great Sponsorship of Minute Maid Orange Juice.  I used to love that stuff.

A pretty basic attempt to market a Theme Park on Television.  Other than the filler, they do at least try to work Munsters stuff into this.