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He still loves driving the 'Drag-u-la' and talking about street rods with car fans everywhere - Butch Patrick who played Eddie Munster is in Salina for the 36th Annual Leadsled Spectacular.
Patrick tells KSAL News that he was living in Illinois with a couple of TV show credits to his name when Hollywood called the 7-year-old again in 1964. Producers wanted him to try out for a new family show called "The Munsters."
"The real fixer was they had hired a kid named Happy Derman and he wasn't so happy," Patrick said.
A screentest proved Patrick was the perfect fit as Eddie Munster ...