Eddie Munster finds love with former Eagles Cheerleader
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Eddie Munster finds love with former Eagles Cheerleader
Dan Gross
Butch Patrick regularly hears from fans who've had a crush on him since the '60s, when he played Eddie Munster on "The Munsters." "But not from a lot of cheerleaders," Patrick said, with a chuckle.
The actor just moved near West Chester to be with former Eagles cheerleader Donna McCall, who was a young "Munsters" fan with whom he corresponded in 1964. McCall, a retired hospital pharmacist, e-mailed Patrick a few months ago to say that something had triggered her memory of him. Patrick, who lived in Florida and Los Angeles, kept in touch with McCall, and the pair met in May at a vampire convention near Pittsburgh.
It was love at first bite, er, sight.
Patrick, who says he's always embraced the character of Eddie Munster but has done more acting, too, has just booked with 13Haunts.com to appear at the company's Halloween-themed fright events in the area throughout September and October.
Patrick also maintains a presence on Munsters.com.
McCall was known as Donna Auerbach while an Eagles cheerleader from 1976 to 1979.
Click here to read more from our column in Thursday's Daily News.
I read the real Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. It is nothing like the Kookie Frankensteins in the Movies we know. Although, I always had a crush on Fred Munster too. Why all the young blond cheerleaders get him?
I am glad I saw this story on the website instead of paying $1.75 to read it in print. Has anyone at the newspaper ever thought that it is not the Internet that is killing the Inquirer, but the poor stories it runs?— jwsamuel- Go for it Butch, glad you are happy.— Sophilly
- Lots of negative people...— Rollie Kenmore
- The jealous people on here are amazing!— slade1955
Pathos comes in many forms.- Nice story... from reading these comments though it's ashame so many people in Philly have bad attitudes...— Seeuinoz
- Hey, come on people. Stop picking on Butch. He's a nice guy, found a nice girl and is happy. If you can't write something nice, why write at all. Let these two be happy with each others.— Tom5576
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- I'd like to second what kw79 wrote. Wow - what is wrong with you people? This is a very sweet story and I find it refreshing to read happy news for a change. All of you who wrote such mean-spirited comments must be bitter and pathetic that you feel so compelled to be so nasty. Shame on you. To Eddie and Donna: You're a lovely couple and I wish you the best of luck and a lifetime of happiness!!— ILoveMyTown
- Didn't his 15 minutes of fame end a long time ago?— Ticogringomike
Wasn't he in "Lidsville", too?— wylies99- They met at a vampire convention?? That's awesome!! And who cares if you don't like his forehead or the way either of them look, I'm sure you have flaws we could all make fun of if we wanted to as well. Finally, if you don't care about this article why are you taking the time to post a comment on it? Just skip over it.— kw79
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- looking at that pic he looks like his father -Herman- now— harveytrabbit
- What a great waste of time! This article was worth writing just for the posting. The story is off beat, but I wish there were more stories like this one. Why is this F#$ing news? Check out the NYT.com website, and see what stories are most popular. 50% of the time its a story about some ex waitress who falls in love with some guy, who rides motorcycles, who told her she was sexy, and now they live in a 10*10 pink house on the edge of a waterfall that they both built themselves, after they got foreclosed on by some banker who lives in Cherry Hill, who posts on philly.com. "who the f@#k cares about this story. "— ReidJames17
- he has his dad's head— franknbeans
- "What a drag it is getting old..."— The Baron
- Pat Priest finally retired from acting in the 80s but still attends many of the nostalgic conventions and "Munster" revivals around the country. At last report, she was restoring and selling homes in the Idaho area. Married twice, she has two sons.— vrb1955
- Ms.Lu perhaps a coarse (refresher) in grammer, (it's the past tense) you missing.— Kevin J. Garvey
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- I thought they were showing us an ultrasound of Little Eddie Jr. Oh, and the woman looks scared to death in the picture.— delcorules
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- Ah wrinkly old sex.— Citizen Rorshach
- Donna is so lucky. She will get to travel to Duluth and watch Eddie swindle $380 while signing 19 autographs for creepy, disturbed child-star stalking numskulls. And, perhaps be treated to the complimentary Motel 6 breakfast. Where have you gone Pat Priest?— ShadyT
- The mask looks like horrible. anna smith ------------- Stock Prices (HTML deleted)— anna smith
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- I thought Ken Weatherax as Pugsley was better.— fresa63
That's not a forehead, it's fivehead.- Butch looks liked a slimmed down version of Randall "Tex" Cobb, albeit wiht the Larry Fine hairdo.— delcorules
- Butch could rent out ad space on that forehead— delcorules
- how the f is this news?— g$ is an idiot
- it was "love at first bite". Is Big Daddy Graham writing for you. Danno? KING~out— thee~KING
- why the f is this news?— g$ is an idiot
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