Monster Makeup, Faceoff and the Westmore Family

As a mid-century and vintage lover, I of course love old movies and old TV shows - I grew up 'watching Be-witched' and 'Get Smart' after school, and although I loved the fashion, the homes and the cars, I never really thought much about the make up.  On shows like 'The Munsters' however, even kids begin to realise that someone was responsible for the 'people' looking like they did.  My family did not look like this, nor did anyone else's I had seen -

Well, except maybe the girl of the right!  Fred Gwynne played 'Herman Munster' and his Frankenstein's monster make-up, along with the looks for the other Munsters were designed under the guidance of Bud Westmore by Karl Silvera, Perc Westmore, Abe Haberman and Mike Westmore.

Al Lewis and Fred goofing around with Perc Westmore (right) and Karl Silvera 

Which brings me to 'Faceoff.' It's an American reality show in which a group of prosthetic make-up artists compete against each other to create prostheses such as those found in science fiction, gender