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The Munsters
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The Munsters

Thu, Sep 24, 1964
  • Comedy
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Family
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

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Cast

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  • Fred Gwynne
    Fred Gwynne
    as Herman Munster
  • Yvonne De Carlo
    Yvonne De Carlo
    as Lily Munster
  • Butch Patrick
    Butch Patrick
    as Eddie Munster
  • Al Lewis
    Al Lewis
    as Grandpa
  • Pat Priest
    Pat Priest
    as Marilyn Munster
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Episodes

2 seasons · 70 episodes

Ended · 70 aired
Season 1
38 episodes · 38 aired
▾
  • E1
    Munster Masquerade
    Aired · Thu, Sep 24, 1964 · 30m

    The Parents of Marilyn's boyfriend are having a costume party and the Munsters are invited to the party so his parents can meet them. Grandpa throws a fit to get invited and tags along.

  • E2
    My Fair Munster
    Aired · Thu, Oct 1, 1964 · 30m

    Grandpa creates a love potion for Marilyn because her boyfriends keep running away. When his attempt to give the potion to Marilyn backfires, Lily and Herman inavertently find themselves the unwilling targets of amorous advances made by their nosy neighbors.

  • E3
    A Walk on the Mild Side
    Aired · Thu, Oct 8, 1964 · 30m

    Herman gets frustrated by the bills. He goes for a walk in the park to get his mind off the bills and people who see him report a monster in the park to the police. There is also a robber in the park. Grandpa works on another invention.

  • E4
    Rock-a-Bye Munster
    Aired · Thu, Oct 15, 1964 · 30m

    Grandpa plays with one of his electronic gadget and over hears Lily talking about a new playmate for Eddie. Her plans are to babysit Dr. Dudley's son while he is out of town. Herman and Grandpa then think she is going to have a baby and get all exited.

  • E5
    Pike's Pique
    Aired · Thu, Oct 22, 1964 · 30m

    While putting a gas pipeline under the Munster's home, workers freak out when they see Herman. Their boss comes to the home to try and buy the rights to put the pipeline in.

  • E6
    Low-Cal Munster
    Aired · Fri, Oct 30, 1964 · 30m

    Herman is invited to his old army squads reunion. However, he does not fit into his army uniform and has to go onto a diet. Lily sends him to Dr. Dudley for his diet plan.

  • E7
    Tin Can Man
    Aired · Fri, Nov 6, 1964 · 30m

    Eddie builds a robot for his school science project and it malfunctions. People mistake Herman for the robot.

  • E8
    Herman the Great
    Aired · Fri, Nov 13, 1964 · 30m

    Herman becomes a wrestler in an attempt to impress his son Eddie and earn money for Eddie to go to college.

  • E9
    Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie
    Aired · Fri, Nov 20, 1964 · 30m

    Herman's twin brother, a known con artist visits the Munster's to try and sell them a machine that convert's sea water into uranium.

  • E10
    Autumn Croakus
    Aired · Fri, Nov 27, 1964 · 30m

    Grandpa finds a matrimony agency add while reading the newspaper classifieds and decides he needs a wife.

  • E11
    The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster
    Aired · Fri, Dec 4, 1964 · 30m

    Crooks steal the Munsters car, plan a bank robbery, then mistake Herman for Big Louie. The crook that was supposed to have been sent to be the driver for the robbery.

  • E12
    The Sleeping Cutie
    Aired · Fri, Dec 11, 1964 · 30m

    Grandpa invents a pill that turns water into gas and also gives Marlyn a sleeping pill. He then finds out that he used the wrong formula and instead of just a sleeping pill, he used the Sleeping Beauty formula instead.

  • E13
    Family Portrait
    Aired · Fri, Dec 18, 1964 · 30m

    The Munsters are chosen as the "Average American Family" by a national magazines computers. When Grandpa finds out, he wants no part of it and hides in the house after promising not to go anywhere. Herman and Lily take off to look for him. Marlyn gives the magazine writer and photographer a room while they are gone.

  • E14
    Grandpa Leaves Home
    Aired · Fri, Dec 25, 1964 · 30m

    Grandpa thinks he is unappreciated at home so he leaves home and works at a local night club with a magic act. Herman and Lily search all over for him.

  • E15
    Herman's Rival
    Aired · Fri, Jan 1, 1965 · 30m

    Lily finds out Herman has some money problems and she goes to work to help out in secret because she is afraid that Herman will feel bad if he knows she is working.

  • E16
    Grandpa's Call of the Wild
    Aired · Fri, Jan 8, 1965 · 30m

    The Munsters go to the park to do some family camping. Grandpa gets home sick for the old country and turns himself into a wolf then forgets how to turn back.

  • E17
    All-Star Munster
    Aired · Fri, Jan 15, 1965 · 30m

    Because of a error, Marlyn's college tuition for the last quarter is not paid and she is told she can not come back until the bill is taken care of. When Herman goes to the college to straighten things out, he is mistaken for Moose Mallory a basketball player the coaches have been expecting.

  • E18
    If a Martian Answers, Hang Up
    Aired · Fri, Jan 22, 1965 · 30m

    Eddies friends have new walkie talkie's and they start pretending to be Martians. Meanwhile, Herman is playing with his new ham radio set pestering people world wide and hears the kids pretending. He believes that they are really spacemen and the next day he drags Grandpa in on it.

  • E19
    Eddie's Nickname
    Aired · Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · 30m

    Eddie gets upset because the other kids at school call him "Shorty" and refuses to go back to school.

  • E20
    Bats of a Feather
    Aired · Fri, Feb 5, 1965 · 30m

    Herman insults Igor on take a pet to school day for Eddie so Grandpa changes into a bat to go in his place. Eddie then trades his grandpa for a squirrel.

  • E21
    Don't Bank on Herman
    Aired · Fri, Feb 12, 1965 · 30m

    Marilyn is sick and Lily sends Herman down to the bank to take out their tax refund money. Grandpa goes with him and they are mistaken for 2 bank robbers who have been going around robbing banks in Halloween costumes.

  • E22
    Dance with Me, Herman
    Aired · Fri, Feb 19, 1965 · 30m

    Lily finds a announcement for a parents night hidden in Marilyn's dresser drawer while putting up cobwebs and Herman and her think that Marilyn is ashamed of them. Herman takes dancing lessons from a crooked dance studio to be able to go with Marilyn.

  • E23
    Follow That Munster
    Aired · Fri, Feb 26, 1965 · 30m

    Herman gets a part time job as a detective, works late at night and Lily ends up calling the detective agency to tail her husband not knowing what he is doing and they send Herman to do the job.

  • E24
    Love Locked Out
    Aired · Fri, Mar 5, 1965 · 30m

    Herman is tricked into staying late at a office party by his fellow workers and Lily gets infuriated at him when she discovers he is late and tipsy.

  • E25
    Come Back Little Googie
    Aired · Fri, Mar 12, 1965 · 30m

    When Grandpa gets frustrated with Eddies new pal Googie, he tries to turn him into a rabbit.

  • E26
    Far Out Munsters
    Aired · Fri, Mar 19, 1965 · 30m

    A visiting rock-N-roll group attempts to rent the Munster's house to get privacy from their fans.

  • E27
    Munsters on the Move
    Aired · Fri, Mar 26, 1965 · 30m

    Herman is offered a job promotion at work which would mean selling the house and moving to Buffalo. Everyone but Eddie is happy about the upcoming move.

  • E28
    Movie Star Munster
    Aired · Fri, Apr 2, 1965 · 30m

    Two gangsters pretend to be movie producers and con Herman into believing he is a movie star in an attempt to swindle a insurance company with his death.

  • E29
    Herman the Rookie
    Aired · Fri, Apr 9, 1965 · 30m

    Herman takes Eddie down to the park for some baseball and he hits a mighty drive out of the park. He is then given a tryout by Leo Durocher.

  • E30
    Country Club Munsters
    Aired · Fri, Apr 16, 1965 · 30m

    The Munster family wins a free family membership to a local country club. Lily and Grandpa immediately do not like it but Herman and Eddie do and spend a father and son bonding afternoon out on the clubs golf course.

  • E31
    Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights
    Aired · Fri, Apr 23, 1965 · 30m

    Marilyn falls in love with a young bank clerk.

  • E32
    Mummy Munster
    Aired · Thu, Apr 29, 1965 · 30m

    After Herman takes one sleeping pill, he accidentally falls asleep inside of an Egyptian sarcophagus.

  • E33
    Lily Munster, Girl Model
    Aired · Thu, May 6, 1965 · 30m

    Lily gets a job to make extra money and Herman becomes jealous, so Grandpa uses magic to turn himself into a woman and goes with Herman so Herman can make her jealous getting her to quit her job.

  • E34
    Munster the Magnificent
    Aired · Thu, May 13, 1965 · 30m

    Eddie volunteers Herman to preform in his schools talent show and Grandpa uses magic on a pair of slippers so Herman can be good at the Old Soft Shoe. When things don't go quite right with the enchanted slippers, Herman has to change his act to a Magician's act.

  • E35
    Herman's Happy Valley
    Aired · Thu, May 20, 1965 · 30m

    Herman buys some vacation land without telling the rest of the family. He buys it from 2 con artists, however the Munsters love the Ghost Town and won't sell when the con men try to buy the land back to make more money from a potential investor in the complete parcel of land.

  • E36
    Hot Rod Herman
    Aired · Thu, May 27, 1965 · 30m

    Eddie boasts to his school buddy that his dad is a better racer. Herman then takes the bet and looses the family car. In order to redeem himself, Grandpa helps him come up with a dragster.

  • E37
    Herman's Raise
    Aired · Thu, Jun 3, 1965 · 30m

    Lilly practically forces Herman to go into work and demand a raise from MR. Gateman. Herman is promptly fired and is afraid to tell Lily that he lost his job. He tries several jobs but nothing seems to work out for him. It is one disaster after another.

  • E38
    Yes, Galen, There is a Herman (a.k.a. My Friend Herman)
    Aired · Thu, Jun 10, 1965 · 30m

    Herman helps a young boy that he finds trapped in a iron fence then neither Galen's family believes that Herman exists, nor does the rest of the Munster family believe that Galen exists.

Season 2
32 episodes · 32 aired
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  • E1
    Herman's Child Psychology
    Aired · Thu, Sep 16, 1965 · 30m

    One of Eddies friends convinces Eddie that all parents are mean, so they decide on a time later that evening to both run away. Herman decides to use child psychology on Eddies statement that he is running away with his usual results.

  • E2
    Herman, the Master Spy
    Aired · Thu, Sep 23, 1965 · 30m

    The Munsters go to the beach for some relaxation and Herman tries out is new diving equipment and is picked up by a Russian fishing trawler, meanwhile his family is worried about his disappearance.

  • E3
    Bronco-Bustin' Munster
    Aired · Thu, Sep 30, 1965 · 30m

    Eddie's bragging about his dad ends up with Herman being entered in a bonco riding contest at a local rodeo. Grandpa comes up with a plan to help Herman out.

  • E4
    Herman Munster, Shutter Bug
    Aired · Thu, Oct 7, 1965 · 30m

    Herman takes up the new hobby of photography and gets himself into a jam when he takes a picture of two bank robbers during his photo spree throughout town.

  • E5
    Herman, Coach of the Year
    Aired · Thu, Oct 14, 1965 · 30m

    Herman appoints himself as Eddies track coach when Eddies schoolmates call him leadfoot, meanwhile Grandpa decides to whip up some pep pills down in his laboratory to pass off as vitamins.

  • E6
    Happy 100th Anniversary
    Aired · Thu, Oct 21, 1965 · 30m

    Herman and Lily both take part time jobs to buy each other 100th Anniversary presents.

  • E7
    Operation Herman
    Aired · Thu, Oct 28, 1965 · 30m

    Eddie has to have his tonsils removed and after Herman takes Eddie to the doctor's office and has trouble, Lily tells Herman that the hospital does not want him there until the next day. Herman and Grandpa come up with a plan to slip into the Hospital and see Eddie. The usual problems ensue.

  • E8
    Lily's Star Boarder
    Aired · Fri, Nov 5, 1965 · 30m

    Grandpa, Lily and Marilyn rent a room against Herman's objections. Their new boarder acts strangely and Herman decides that the man is a crook and acts accordingly.

  • E9
    John Doe Munster
    Aired · Fri, Nov 12, 1965 · 30m

    While walking down the street, Herman is hit on the head by a 300 pound safe and develops amnesia.

  • E10
    A Man for Marilyn
    Aired · Fri, Nov 19, 1965 · 30m

    After another boyfriend of Marilyn runs away when seeing her parents, Grandpa tries to turn a frog into a marriageable man for Marilyn.

  • E11
    Herman's Driving Test
    Aired · Fri, Nov 26, 1965 · 30m

    Herman finds out his drivers license has been expired for 20 years and in order to be promoted to driving the hearse at work, he has to pass his drivers test.

  • E12
    Will Success Spoil Herman Munster?
    Aired · Fri, Dec 3, 1965 · 30m

    Eddie borrows a tape player from a friend of his who's father is a DJ and Herman sings a song into it when Eddie goes to bed. Eddies friends father plays the song on the local radio station and Herman becomes a instant hit.

  • E13
    Underground Munster
    Aired · Fri, Dec 17, 1965 · 30m

    Spot gets upset and runs away, then Herman causes a major crisis when he goes after the family pet.

  • E14
    The Treasure of Mockingbird Heights
    Aired · Fri, Dec 24, 1965 · 30m

    Herman and Grandpa discover a clue to pirate treasure that may be hidden in their backyard.

  • E15
    Herman's Peace Offensive
    Aired · Fri, Dec 31, 1965 · 30m

    Herman urges Eddie to ignore a schoolyard bully who is picking on him and then has to deal with a practical joker at work.

  • E16
    Herman Picks a Winner
    Aired · Fri, Jan 7, 1966 · 30m

    After Eddie gambles at school, Herman tries to teach him a lesson on how gambling can loose a person money and ends up involved with crooks.

  • E17
    Just Another Pretty Face
    Aired · Fri, Jan 14, 1966 · 30m

    Herman goes into Grandpa's lab and messes with the experiments when he is not supposed to and is struck by lightning from one of the machines. The lightning strike changes his looks and the family starts avoiding him.

  • E18
    Big Heap Herman
    Aired · Fri, Jan 21, 1966 · 30m

    The Munster family votes on where to go for vacation and they end up going where Herman wants to go. While on the trip, Herman blunders into a remote American Indian village after accidentally being left behind.

  • E19
    The Most Beautiful Ghoul in the World
    Aired · Fri, Jan 28, 1966 · 30m

    The Munster's inherit 10,000 dollars from a relative, they split it 50/50 between the men and the women. Herman and Grandpa work on a wireless electricity experiment and the ladies open a beauty parlor.

  • E20
    Grandpa's Lost Wife
    Aired · Fri, Feb 4, 1966 · 30m

    While reading a detective magazine in bed, Herman discovers a wanted article in it with Grandpa's picture, by a woman who is claiming that he is her long lost husband.

  • E21
    The Fregosi Emerald
    Aired · Fri, Feb 11, 1966 · 30m

    Everyone gives Marilyn a birthday present and Eddie presents her with a ring that he found in a old trunk in the Munster's attic. They then discover that the ring has a curse on it that brings bad luck to the wearer.

  • E22
    Zombo
    Aired · Fri, Feb 18, 1966 · 30m

    Eddie becomes obsessed with Zombo, the host of a monstrous tv show and Herman gets jealous because Eddie want's to be like Zombo instead of him.

  • E23
    Cyrano de Munster
    Aired · Fri, Feb 25, 1966 · 30m

    A co-worker of Herman's is having problems talking to a woman he likes so he asks Herman for help with writing her poetry. Herman does it and ends up with Lily thinking he is cheating on her.

  • E24
    The Musician
    Aired · Fri, Mar 4, 1966 · 30m

    Grandpa comes up with a potion to create instant musical talent for Eddie after his teacher makes him take up the trumpet.

  • E25
    Prehistoric Munster
    Aired · Fri, Mar 11, 1966 · 30m

    After seeing a photograph of Marilyn's sculpture of him, Herman is summoned by anthropologists at the University.

  • E26
    A Visit from Johann
    Aired · Fri, Mar 18, 1966 · 30m

    Dr. Frankenstein's great-grandson arrives with cousin Johann who looks exactly like Herman right before a planned vacation to Happy Valley. Johann ends up going with Lily by mistake.

  • E27
    Eddie's Brother
    Aired · Fri, Mar 25, 1966 · 30m

    Eddie wants a baby brother so he can have someone to play with and Grandpa's answer is to create a robot brother.

  • E28
    Herman, the Tire-Kicker
    Aired · Fri, Apr 1, 1966 · 30m

    Herman goes to a used car lot to buy a car and is hoodwinked by the owner and his partners. Upon arriving home, he is once again in trouble with Lily.

  • E29
    A House Divided
    Aired · Fri, Apr 8, 1966 · 30m

    Grandpa and Herman work on a secret project in the garage making a birthday present for Eddie. They set traps so no one can see what they are building. Herman then ruins Eddies present and they draw a line down the center of the whole house with each having to stay on his own side.

  • E30
    Herman's Sorority Caper
    Aired · Fri, Apr 15, 1966 · 30m

    A couple of fraternity boys mistake Herman for a dummy and cart him of to a sorority house as part of a prank.

  • E31
    Herman's Lawsuit
    Aired · Fri, Apr 22, 1966 · 30m

    Herman is hit by a car and thinks he has to pay 10,000 dollars because of the damage he did to the car when it hit him. Herman then runs away when the amount is doubled and he can not pay it.

  • E32
    A Visit from the Teacher
    Aired · Thu, May 12, 1966 · 30m

    Eddies school essay on My Parents an Average American Family prompts a visit from his school's principle. Grandpa experiments with the houses electricity again.