With Wednesday currently gearing up to release the second part of it's second season in a few weeks and proving that creepy and cooky families do still have life in them. It only made sense that I took the time to remind you all of a show that was a rival to the original The Addams Family TV show and so then join me as I review the episode that sees Lily get a job with the episode in question being called simply just "Lily Munster–Girl Model" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when she's bored one night Lily decides that she wants to get a job in order to contribute anything to society. Now then interms of that I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual job that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad however tho this episodes plot isn't all that good as it is a very basic and simple plot which is something that does work well enough for the show as this is a sitcom afterall and those don't typically have deep and thought provoking plots in order to tell their stories well but in saying that tho this episodes plot is perhaps a little bit to simple and easy to follow not that that's a bad thing per-say but it's something that does hold the episode back quite alot as you know how the episode is going to end due to how simple that this episodes plot is when giving the episode a little bit more of a complicated plot that's more in line with say the "Eddie's Nickname" episode or even the pilot episode of the show would have helped the episode out a little bit in saying that tho this show does work it's best when it does have a simple plot much like this one and while this episodes plot isn't all that good there's still more thought and effort put into this plot then there was the 2022 Rob Zombie movie as this plot does have alot of care and attention put into it with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster , Yvonne De Carlo as Lily Munster and Al Lewis as Grandpa Munster. Also starring in this episode is Pat Priest as Marilyn Munster , Butch Patrick as Eddie Munster , Roger C. Carmel as Laszlo Brastoff , Nina Shipman as The Beautiful Girl , John Alvin as Mr. Franklin , Kimberly Beck as The Little Girl , Sally E. Morris as Colette , Sondra Teke as Millicent , Susan Wedell as The 1st Model , Tracy Butler as The 2nd Model , Lois Roberts as Irving and Lesley-Marie Colburn as A Girl Model.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes actors really giving us some truly wonderful performances with it even being in this episode that we get to see some of the wonderful chemistry between Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis as the two of them do share alot of screen time together with both of them also giving us some truly wonderful performances as well which is something that's to be expected as they have been with the show since episode one and so it does make sense that them and the rest of the series main actors would also turn in some really performances in their right as well with the best actor in the whole entire episode being Yvonne De Carlo as she does get alot to do in this episode which does give her a chance to show us just what she could do as an actress with her performance being as wonderfully over the top as a plot like this one would allow it to be with it being clear as day that she's having a blast making this episode which is something that really does shine through in her performance with the acing that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.
It was kind of a refreshing thing to not only see an episode where Lily is the main character but also one where she does actively look for a job as that does feel like something that her character would indeed do. With the rest of the shows characters being written both oddly OK and yet at the same time out of character as well as while it's perfectly in character for Herman to worry about Lily it's not in his character to actively stop her from doing something that she really wants to do as that just makes this version of the character feel like a character that was made in sixties with the same thing also being true Grandpa as well as they both go out of their way to make sure that Lily gets fired from her job when they have to no good reason for wanting to do and while this give us more of Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis in scenes together which is always fun to see it comes at the expense of their characters being in character as these two characters would do anything that they possibly could do to support Lily and would want to see her succeed and yet for some odd reason the episode frames her as being the bad guy and has her be the one that apologizes to them when they are the ones that mess up the fashion show that she takes part it look fair enough this episode was written at a time where women were just expected to stay home and not really get a job but this family had always been presented as a loving a caring family which makes it all the more weird that they would go out of their way to make sure that Lily gets fired from a job that she really likes doing and for the few very scenes that Eddie and Marilyn are in they seem to be written just fine.
Just sticking with what just being said for a minuet this episode does feel very of the time that it was being made in. As everything from the jobs that Lily goes out for to even how both Herman and Grandpa act when she does get a job does feel very dated as the only jobs that we see her go out for are as a home Nurse , a secretary and finally a model all of which are very female dominated jobs and even taking into account that this episode was made in the sixties it does make it feel very dated that she would only go out for those jobs and nothing more then that but on the plus side seeing her get a modelling job on her first try was very impressive but at the same time it does feel like a very stereotypical female job to have where as it would have been more forward thinking to have her say working in a bank or working in a graveyard both of which do feel very true to her character but given that the world at that point in time just wasn't ready to see a female working any other job then those three that she does go out for it does mean that we get stuck with an episode that was dated be the seventies now to be clear that doesn't mean that this is a bad episode as it's really not as the very fact that they even had a plot with Lily going out to get a job in the first place where as must sitcoms would avoid that kind of plot like the plague is vert forward thinking in it's own right it's just something that could have been done alot more better then what it already was in the first place as it does seem like that the makers of this episode were just doing the bare minimum as even the fact that she's the one that apologizes to Herman when she thinks that he's at the show with another woman when he's just there with a disguised Grandpa doesn't work as they should also apologize to her as well.
While both Marilyn and Eddie don't really have alot to do in this episode other then come in for one or two jokes in the episode. It oddly enough doesn't hurt the episode as you don't really notice that there not in it all that much which is odd as you very easily could have had both characters take part in their own little subplot away from the main plot like we know that Eddie needs help with his homework thanks to the opening scene where Grandpa says as such so why not have the subplot be about those two characters just doing Eddie's homework and all of the scrapes that they get into while there trying to get it done which yes granted that does sound like a terrible plot but given that it's meant to be the B plot it doesn't really need to be that good and it still would have given the characters something to do in the episode or heck they even could have had Eddie try to help Marilyn get a boyfriend something which would make sense as that's the whole plot of the first episode and is also kind of the running joke with her character but for whatever reason the makers of this episode chose not to have those two characters play that big of a role in the episode with them essentially being nothing more then cameos as that's how little that they add to the plot of the episode as the family works really well when it's all of them together and that's something that this show should be about from time to time as it shows us the audience that even tho they look weird when compared to us it might us that's the weird ones because there still acting like a normal and loving family despite the fact that they look creepy and while that would mean thankfully rewriting the entire Herman and Grandpa part of the episode we would ultimately get a much more better episode out of it.
Even tho this episode does feel a little bit more dated in it's premise it would be hard to deny the fact that this is a really fun filled episode of the show. With the all of the main characters of the episode getting into some sort of wacky hijinks all of which do serve to make would could been nothing more then just an OK episode of the show seem alot more fun to watch as it will always be pure fun seeing Al Lewis and Fred Gwynne just being there wacky selfs together and the very fact that Grandpa doesn't quite the potion just right when he turns himself in a beautiful woman as even tho his body changes he still has his voice is a wacky and fun concept with the episode even having some really fun looking effects one of which would have been really hard to do even back then as when Lily is trying out for the secretary we see the bar that appears on top of the type writer just continue to float away until she pulls it back which again is a really fun visual and it's one that does make you wonder how they did it as there's no possible way that you could have done an effect like that even back in the sixties let alone on a TV show budget and yet it's here in this episode and it's one that does work as it help to sell you on just how much fun that this episode really is with even the end gag with Eddie being turned into a little girl being one that is a fun idea and it's one that would have been even more fun if the next episode actually did something that and it's the fact that this episode was fun does say that the makers of this show really did know how to keep the episode fun and family friendly and yet still have those gut bustlingly funny moments that do catch you off guard.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and twenty eight seconds. Which to be fair to this episode is pretty much the exact grand total running time that the rest of the shows episodes have with this episode even having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running tome and while the episode doesn't really use it's running time all that wisely as the plot of the episode isn't that well developed that's also something that could be for sitcoms as a whole as nearly all of them don't have plots that are that well developed and isn't an issue that's exclusive to this episode with this episode not even requiring a well developed plot as it only needs the basic set up and that's really it and to be fair to this episode that's all it really needs however tho this episodes characters could have done with a bit of character development as the episode doesn't really give them any to speak off but at the same time tho alot of sitcoms don't really develop there characters either but here it is something that does stick out like a sore thumb due to the fact that both Herman and Grandpa were quite clearly the ones in the wrong and while yes Lily should have said sorry for thinking that Herman was cheating on her Herman also should have said sorry for not telling Lily how he truly felt about her getting this job in the first place but for whatever reason the makers of this episode only saw Lily as being the one in the wrong when she's not as in the wrong as Herman and Grandpa is as she while she did do something wrong so id they and yet there denied the chance to be developed as characters all for no reason whatsoever but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes characters both main characters or not getting some really good jokes in this episode and while Lily does get alot of good jokes when she's trying out for various jobs she oddly doesn't get the best joke in the episode as that honor goes to both Herman and Grandpa as in the scene where we see Herman trying different potions to make him more appealing to women we get to see him take potions based of various celebrities of the day however the makers of this episode go that extra step by not only having Herman dressed like them but also talk and act exactly like them all the while keeping all of the Herman make up on and while that set up alone is more then enough to make that joke really good it gets more funnier when Marilyn comes into Grandpa's lair and sees Herman dressed up as Texas Cowboy all of which results in her breaking down in laughter and just running out of the room which might not sound like much but you see it in the actual episode it's a jokes that comes across as being far more better as we get to see all three actors just having the time of their lives and it's something that really does make that joke be the best joke which is really saying something as there a lot of really good jokes in this episode as even seeing Lily be this great model that literally floats across the floor is a good joke in it's own right in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall whilst this episode does come across as being date it's also an episode that is a really fun episode of the show and if people can easily look past just how dated that this episode does appear to be then there will be some people that will really like this episode due to how fun that it is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that re in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , Tenor and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this episode being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this episode really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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