"The Munsters" Country Club Munsters (TV Episode 1965) Poster

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(1965)

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A Poke At Country Club 'Snobbery'
ccthemovieman-19 December 2007
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Hey, folks, country clubs are not really as snotty as TV liked to portray them. I've met a lot of nice people in them over many years. You get the normal amount of idiots as you would in any organization. Nonetheless, TV and classic-era films, loved to show the members as ultra-snobs. Hey, maybe they were back in the "old days."

Here, Herman and family wins a contest and a $5,000 membership to join the Mockingbird Heights Country Club....and you just know this family is NOT going to fit in! To be fair, where would they?

The fun comes in two main areas: a fashion show in which Lily models her strange clothes and the golf course where Herman is just too strong for the course. If you recall the recent baseball episode in which the big lummox demolished the ballpark, you get an idea and what he could do to a nice golf course!

There were lots of good comments in here that made me chuckle, both from the country club members and from the Munster family. Grandpa says he's not interested in joining anymore because, as a Count, there isn't anyone there in his class except for the bartender, "Duke Feinberg." Lily was told to "sleep it off, dearie," after modeling her clothes....but the family can't convince Herman to quit. He has his heart set on playing golf and thinks his family doesn't "give a hoot what I want!"

So, the next day, he and Eddie go out early to the course. He calls himself "Arnie" Munster in tribute to Arnold Palmer. At 5:30 in the morning, he and Eddie are the only ones out on the course. Thankfully, nobody saw what happened....until later, which leads to the conclusion.
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8/10
Herman Goes Golfing
verbusen16 December 2016
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Herman wins a country club membership so the Munsters get to mingle with the upper classes where Lilly and Grandpa see dresses fashioned for two months salary. That part is standard Munsters fare not anything really hilarious for me. Hilarity ensues for me at the later part of the episode when Herman goes golfing with Eddie. Every time Herman hit's the ball it sound like a fighter jet blasting away! Then, when he finally gets on the green his weight crushes the grass and causes deep holes all over the green! If you liked when Herman tried out for the Dodgers you will enjoy this one, it's over the top with Herman and his uncontrolled Hulk strength. Grandpa ends the episode asking Herman never to start bowling which also would have been a hilarious episode but I guess by then too repetitive to do. If you enjoy seeing Herman playing golf and destroying the course I highly recommend the 3 Stooges episode Three Little Beers where they also play golf with mass destruction ahead! Although the beginning is just so so for me I'm giving this one a 8 of 10, very good. The parts with Herman playing golf were really hilarious. Fred Gwynne had some real comic chops.
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