It was around the time the Beatles were to play in one of the local arenas, possibly the Hollywood Bowl, and there were always security issues to consider, lest the lads be torn to shreds by adoring fans. Patrick's accumulation of Beatles memorabilia got a huge boost when he bought a friend's collection – for $30,000!īelieve it or not, there is a Munsters-Beatles connection, one that Butch was not witness to, sad to say. Patrick watched the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, along with millions of other Americans. Individual figures of John, Paul, George and Ringo.
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He owns: not one, but two copies of the famous “butcher” cover of the Beatles’ Yesterday and Today album (one peeled, one unpeeled) three animation cels from the film, Yellow Submarine gold records for George Harrison’s song Cloud Nine (off the Dark Horse album) and Paul McCartney’s solo album Red Rose Speedway large and small photographic portraits of each Beatle by the renowned photographer Richard Avedon George Harrison’s purple boots a Yellow Submarine original movie poster Beatles Christmas tree ornaments by Hallmark and assorted buttons, Beatles bags and other memorabilia. Over time, Patrick has sold or given away over half of what he bought, but there are still plenty of items there to make Beatles fans take notice. There were nearly 500 items in that collection, and he wanted $30,000, but how could I say no?” “Then a friend in Las Vegas who had a huge and serious collection of Beatles items approached me, asking if I wanted to buy it. “Naturally I went out and bought all their records and started a collection that way,” he recalled. The fascination with the Beatles began, as it did with many young people of the time, with the group’s debut performance on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964. “It probably took Chuck less than five minutes to draw that sketch, but I prize it above everything else,” he said. His most prized possession of all: this sketch of Road Runner drawn by Chuck Jones and inscribed to Butch. His favorite item of all, he says, is a sketch by the artist Chuck Jones, of the iconic cartoon figure Road Runner, drawn on the set of the 1968 movie The Phantom Tollbooth (in which Patrick starred Jones produced and directed the film). Perhaps not surprisingly, Butch has collected (or has been given) monster-related items over the years, but he also has a fair amount of Beatles memorabilia and one-of-a-kind artifacts specific to his generation. It grew legs later on in syndication and even spawned a movie. The sit-com was a spoof loosely based on Universal Studios’ movie monsters, but for whatever reason, it never enjoyed high ratings (perhaps because it was in black and white). Butch, of course, played Eddie, Herman and Lily’s son, who had a dragon for a pet and often had his favorite stuffed animal in tow-a werewolf he called Woof-Woof. The Munsters featured a wonderful ensemble cast with veteran screen actress Yvonne DeCarlo and Fred Gwynne (from TV’s Car 54, Where Are You?) in the lead roles as Herman and Lily Munster.Īl Lewis, who was also on Car 54, played the lovable Grandpa, while Pat Priest and Beverley Owen split time as Marilyn, the “normal” Munster. Those familiar with the show will be surprised to learn it only ran for two seasons, at around the same time another monster-themed program, The Addams Family, also aired.
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Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster on The Munsters)īutch Patrick is forever cemented in the minds of baby boomers everywhere as the child actor who played Eddie Munster on the hit ‘60s television series The Munsters (1964-66).
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