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Herman Munster goes viral for a 1965 scene that resonates amid George Floyd protests

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (20281)
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https://toofab.com/2020/06/04/herman-munsters-speech-in-a-1965-tv-show-teaches-us/

Fred Gwynne's The Munsters character was trending on Twitter this morning over a 25-second clip in which he consoles his son Eddie Munster after he used a magic potion in an attempt to make himself grow taller after he was bullied at school. "The lesson I want you to learn is it doesn't matter what you look like," Herman tells Eddie. "If you're tall or short; or fat or thin; or ugly or handsome -- like your father -- or you can be black, or yellow, or white."

[–] jakemon45 (1150) 5 years ago

"It doesn’t matter. What does matter is the size of your heart and the strength of your character."

Ya kind of missed the most important part of the line.

[–] strntz (12682) 4 years ago

Exactly.

'Round here we's call that context manipulation. George Floyd was a piece of shit with no definable character whatsoever. He's held up as a martyr for black Americans. There will be statues of him, movies made, buildings named after him, and white folks will shrug and think Floyd is the best that we are.

[–] liscarkat (18945) 4 years ago

Exactly. What Herman Munster was talking about had nothing to do with worthless trash like Floyd. The ironic thing about the two-bit thug Floyd was that if he had been in prison where he belonged, he'd still be alive. Making the POS into a hero and martyr shows just how idiotic society has become.

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