[lbo-talk] Hipsterville

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jul 3 15:43:33 PDT 2007


On Jul 3, 2007, at 4:54 PM, chuck at mutualaid.org wrote:


> I hate to reveal how I'm spending my afternoon, but TV Land is
> currently
> showing an episode of "The Munsters" from 1965 titled "Far Out
> Munsters."
> In the episode, a band which sounds like the Monkees takes over the
> mansion and the Munster family relocates to a hotel. The band holds a
> party which is attended by hipsters and beatniks. The family hates the
> hotel and comes back to the house where they discover the party in
> progress. During most Munsters episodes, "normal" people are scared
> away
> from the house by the very sight of the family, especially Herman
> Munster.
> In this episode, the hipsters think the family is cool and
> everybody hangs
> out.

Hey, don't forget that Grandpa was a long-time radical who did a show on WBAI for years!

Doug



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