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A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
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- E1 Munster MasqueradeNext upSep 24, 1964 · 30 min · ★ 8.0
Synopsis
Marilyn’s boyfriend, Tom Daily, invites the Munster clan to a masquerade. Eddie remains at home with Mrs. Morton as his sitter. Marilyn goes as Priscilla, Lily is Little Bo Peep, Grandpa is Napoleon and Herman is King Arthur in a suit of shining armor.
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), Mabel Albertson (Agnes Daly), Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Morton), Linden Chiles (Tom Daly), Frank Wilcox (Albert Daly), Walter Woolf King (George Washington), Mel Blanc (The Raven (voice) (uncredited)), Nina Roman (The Harem Girl)
- E2 My Fair MunsterOct 1, 1964 · 30 min · ★ 8.2
Synopsis
Grandpa mixes up a love potion designed to make the opposite sex fall madly for anyone who drinks it.
Guest stars: Claire Carleton (Yolanda Cribbins), Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), John Fiedler (Warren Bloom - Mailman), Edward Mallory (Jack), Bob Hastings (The Raven (voice) (uncredited))
- E3 A Walk on the Mild SideOct 8, 1964 · 30 min · ★ 8.0
Synopsis
Herman is suffering from insomnia. The only thing that will make him sleep is a late-night walk in the park. A 'monster' type creature has been spotted in the park at night and Lily would prefer if Herman would stay home. What she doesn’t know is that the monster is Herman!
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), Cliff Norton (Police Chief W.R. Harris), Barry Kelley (Police Commisioner Ludlow), Mike Gordon (Patrolman Finkel), Bob Hastings (The Raven (voice) (uncredited)), Larry J. Blake (The Desk Sergeant (as Larry Blake)), Harrison Lewis (The Drunk), Kate Murtagh (The Fat Lady)
- E4 Rock-a-Bye MunsterOct 15, 1964 · ★ 7.2
Synopsis
Herman and Grandpa overhear Lily and Marilyn talking and somehow get the idea that Lily is pregnant. What’s really happening is Dr. Dudley’s son, Elmer, is coming to stay with the Munsters while Dr. Dudley and his wife are on vacation.
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), Peter Robbins (Elmer), Sid Melton (Diamond Jim), Paul Lynde (Dr. Edward Dudley), Marilyn Lovell (Mrs. Dudley (as Marilynn Lovell))
- E5 Pike’s PiqueOct 22, 1964
Synopsis
The gas company wants to run a pipeline 25 feet under the Munsters’ house. However, at that depth it would run through Grandpa’s dungeon lab...
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), Jane Withers (Fanny Pike), Richard Deacon (Borden T. Pike), Pat Harrington Jr. (Sonny Harkness), Joe Brooks (The 1st Workman)
- E6 Low-Cal MunsterOct 29, 1964
Synopsis
Herman wants to go to a reunion with his army friends. Unfortunately he can’t seem fit into his uniform. Lily doesn’t want him to go, but decides to make a deal with him. If he can lose enough weight to fit into the uniform, he can go...
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), Elsie Baker (Grandma Farber), Paul Lynde (Dr. Edward Dudley), Scott McCartor (Lester Farbor)
- E7 Tin Can ManNov 5, 1964
Synopsis
Thanks to a recommendation from an investigator of The Board of Education, Eddie is in danger of being expelled from school. The only way he can stay is if he makes an excellent project for the school’s Science Fair, so Grandpa helps him make a robot.
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), Murray Alper (The 2nd Man), Rand Brooks (The Man), Dick Simmons (Mr. Balding), Dee Carroll (The First Woman)
- E8 Herman the GreatNov 12, 1964
Synopsis
Herman becomes a professional wrestler called The Masked Marvel. After he shows that he has superhuman strength to a friend of Eddie’s who is the son of a pro wrestling manager. Herman uses the extra cash to save for Eddie’s college education. However Herman is so nice and gullible his opponents can take advantage of him.
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), John Hubbard (Duke Ramsey), Gene LeBell (Tarzan McGirk), Ted Eccles (Wilbur Ramsey), Joseph Mell (Mr. Hansen)
- E9 Knock Wood, Here Comes CharlieNov 19, 1964
Synopsis
Herman has a twin brother Charlie who is a con-artist. He comes to town and ends up stays at the Munster home, which doesn’t make Herman too happy. Charlie claims to have made an invention that takes uranium from seawater, he’s looking for an investor. Herman thinks that the whole thing is a scheme to get a Lily’s $5000 inheritance, he ends up being right.
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), Mike Mazurki (Leo 'Knuckles' Kraus), Jean Willes (Mrs. Cartwright)
- E10 Autumn CroakusNov 26, 1964
Synopsis
Grandpa is feeling lonely and depressed so he contacts a matrimonial agency to find a mate. The agency sends over a nice looking elderly woman who find Grandpa to be delightful. She turns out to be the Black Widow: she makes her living by marrying her suitors, getting them to sign a life insurance policy naming her as beneficiary, and then murdering them.
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), Linda Watkins (Lydia Gardner), Neil Hamilton (Malcolm), Richard Reeves (The First Policeman), Jerry Mann (The Second Policeman)
- E11 The Midnight Ride of Herman MunsterDec 3, 1964
Synopsis
After going to the car to find something Herman falls asleep in the back of his car with the keys in the ignition. The car is then stolen by bank robbers who don’t know that Herman is sleeping in the back seat. When Herman wakes up he wanders into their hideout and is thought to be Big Louie, a gang member who has taken twenty years of beatings in the boxing ring. Herman winds up as an accomplice in a bank robbery.
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), Val Avery (The Commissar), Maxie Rosenbloom, Lennie Weinrib (Freddie), Paul Bryar (Police Sergeant (uncredited)), Michael Ross (Police Officer (uncredited))
- E12 The Sleeping CutieDec 10, 1964
Synopsis
Marilyn has insomnia and in a attempt to cure it, Grandpa accidentally gives her a Sleeping Beauty potion instead. Now Marilyn can’t wake up unless she has been kissed by a prince. Lily and Herman advertise for a prince in classified section the newspaper, but this only attracts a couple of out-of-work actors. Meanwhile, Grandpa is negotiating with an oil company for the rights to use his magic pill that turns water into gasoline.
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), John Hoyt, Walter Woolf King, Gavin MacLeod, Grant Williams
- E13 Family PortraitDec 17, 1964
Synopsis
The Munsters have been chosen by Event Magazine as the average American family. Grandpa is insulted by being labeled “average”. He disappears, jeopardizing the family’s photo opportunity and the large amount of prize money that came with it. When a journalist and photographer arrive at the Munster home, Herman and Lily think they are burglars.
Guest stars: Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster), Harvey Korman (Lennie Bates), Roy Roberts (Mr. Morgan)
- E14 Grandpa Leaves HomeDec 24, 1964
Synopsis
Grandpa feels neglected and decides to depart the Munster Family. In the beginning Lily and Herman believe this is just a ploy to get attention and they let Grandpa leave, expecting he’ll soon come back. Shortly afterwards, they begin to miss him and try to track him down. The find out he’s doing a magic act at a local nightclub.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Robert Strauss, Iris Adrian, Sarah Ross, Bill Couch, Nicky Blair
- E15 Herman’s RivalDec 31, 1964
Synopsis
Lily thinks that Herman has lost all his savings through a bad investment – when in fact he loaned it to her brother, the Wolf Man. She decides to build-up the family’s funds by taking a palm-reading job in a tea room. In a plot twist Grandpa and Herman suspect that Lily is sneaking out of the house to have a love affair.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Tommy Farrell
- E16 Grandpa’s Call of the WildJan 7, 1965
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Herman takes the family on a camping trip in a national park. After a dinner by the campfire, Grandpa hears the howls of the wolves and remembers his days in the old country. The next morning, Grandpa is missing. Lily realizes that he changed himself into a wolf to roam the woods with his canine friends. When she hears a news report about the capture of a rare Transylvanian wolf, Lily goes to the authorities to reclaim her father.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Bing Russell, Ed Peck
- E17 All-Star MunsterJan 14, 1965
Synopsis
Herman goes to the dean’s office of Marilyn’s college to straighten out a tuition matter. When searching for the office, he wanders into the gym and is mistaken for a student basketball star who is expected for a tryout. Herman amazes the coach with his superhuman abilities and is offered a contract to play for the college team.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Frank Maxwell, Pat Buttram (Pop Mallory), Robert Easton (Moose Mallory)
- E18 If a Martian Answers, Hang UpJan 21, 1965
Synopsis
When Herman fools around with a ham radio in Grandpa’s dungeon, he thinks he’s contacted Martians. But he is actually speaking to two kids who are fooling around with walkie-talkies and just pretending to be Martians. The kids think Herman is also a kid, and a stupid one too.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Herbert Rudley, Larry Thor, Ronnie Dapo
- E19 Eddie’s NicknameJan 28, 1965
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Eddie wants to quit school because all the kids there call him Shorty. Grandpa helps by fixing a potion to make Eddie grow six inches overnight. Instead, the potion causes the young Munster to grow a full beard and mustache.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Paul Lynde (Dr. Edward Dudley)
- E20 Bats of a FeatherFeb 4, 1965
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Eddie needs an impressive pet to take to the school pet fair, but Spot, the fire-breathing monster, is too shy to come out of hiding. Eddie decides to take Igor the bat, but Igor is insulted by one of Herman’s wisecracks and flies away. Without Eddie’s knowing, Grandpa changes himself into a bat to impersonate Igor. This causes trouble when Eddie gives Grandpa to another student whose father wants to send him to outer space on a scientific mission.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Allan Hunt, Barbara Babcock, Alvy Moore, Ronnie Dapo
- E21 Don’t Bank on HermanFeb 11, 1965
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When Herman and Grandpa go to the bank to make a withdrawal, they are mistaken for bank robbers and handed eighteen thousand dollars in cash. When Herman gets home and realizes the wrong he’s done wrong, he can’t rest until he returns the money. When trying to bring it back in the middle of the night, Herman and Grandpa wind up locked in the bank’s vault.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Paul 'Mousie' Garner
- E22 Dance With Me, HermanFeb 18, 1965
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In order to accompany Marilyn to her school dance, Herman decides to take dancing lessons. He goes to Happy Havemeyer’s Dancing School, where he is suckered into signing a ten-year contract for 1500 lessons (at $7.50 a lesson). Herman is under the wrong impression that he is going to become a dancing instructor for the school.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Don Rickles, Joyce Jameson
- E23 Follow That MunsterFeb 25, 1965
Synopsis
Herman goes out each night in order to practice becoming a real detective. Lily thinks he’s having an affair with another woman and hires the same detective agency Herman is working for to have Herman followed. In a Plot twist Herman gets the assignment to follow himself.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Doris Singleton, Herb Armstrong
- E24 Love Locked OutMar 4, 1965
Synopsis
After Herman attends an office party that goes on until the wee hours of the morning, Lily locks Herman out of their bedroom and makes him sleep on the sofa. When they are unable to reconcile, Lily and Herman each see a marriage counselor independently.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Elliott Reid, Bryan O'Byrne
- E25 Come Back Little GoogieMar 11, 1965
Synopsis
Grandpa is under the impression that he’s turned Eddie’s friend Googie into a monkey. The truth is that the little boy is hiding to fool the Munsters.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Bill Mumy, Russ Conway
- E26 Far Out MunstersMar 18, 1965
Synopsis
The Standells, a rock group from Hollywood, are in town for a club appearance. They want a secluded place to stay in order to escape from their screaming teenage fans. Their manager pays an exorbitant fee to the Munsters to use their house for the weekend. The Munsters pack up and relocate to a hotel, but they can’t get adjusted to its cleanliness and normality. When they arrive home prematurely, they find The Standells singing, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, and throwing a wild party filled with far-out beatniks and hipsters. The Munsters are initially shocked, but soon find that they fit in with these freaky people – who never once question their unusual appearance.
Guest stars: Zalman King, Alex Gerry
- E27 Munsters on the MoveMar 25, 1965
Synopsis
In order to accept a promotion, Herman has to shuffle his family off to Buffalo. Eddie, who happens to be doing great on the baseball team, throws a temper tantrum. Since Grandpa has already sold the house to a wrecking company, the Munsters have no choice but to wage war.
Guest stars: Bert Freed, Nydia Westman, Charles Seel (Elderly Man)
- E28 Movie Star MunsterApr 1, 1965
Synopsis
A pair of con artists want to stage a phony accident as an insurance company scam. All they need is someone to play the part of the victim – preferably a big stupid guy with a face that looks as if it’s been in an accident. When they stumble upon Herman, they realize they’ve found the perfect guy. Posing as a couple of movie producers, they get him to sign an accident policy by pretending it’s a movie contract for a remake of DOUBLE INDEMNITY. As the crooks devise various ways to kill off their leading man, Herman becomes a stuck-up actor.
Guest stars: Walter Burke, Jesse White (J. R. Finlater)
- E29 Herman the RookieApr 8, 1965 · ★ 8.3
Synopsis
Leo Durocher, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, needs a power hitter for his team. When he gets conked on the head by one of Herman’s line drives from seven blocks away, he believes he has his man. He tracks Herman down and asks him to try out for the team. After Herman demonstrates his powerful force as a batter, Durocher comments: “I don’t know whether to sign him with the Dodgers or send him to Vietnam.”
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Leo Durocher (Leo Durocher), Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch (Elroy Hirsch), Gene Darfler (Charlie Hodges), Ken Hunt (Fearful Catcher)
- E30 Country Club MunstersApr 15, 1965
Synopsis
The Munsters win a membership to the highly exclusive Mockingbird Heights Country Club. The membership board wants to get a close look at the family to see if they measure up to their standards, so they invite Lily and Grandpa to a fashion show. Meanwhile, Herman is invited to play golf. While Lily and Grandpa stand out like a couple of freaks, Herman sends golf balls soaring like missiles and wreaks havoc on the putting green. Afterwards, the Munsters decide that the club doesn’t meet their own standards.
Guest stars: Johnny Jacobs, Dan Tobin, Woodrow Parfrey, Janet Dey (The 1st Model)
- E31 Love Comes to Mockingbird HeightsApr 22, 1965
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The Munsters receive $180,000 in gold doubloons from Uncle Gilbert in Transylvania. When their bank’s assistant manager arrives to pick up the money for deposit, he instantly falls in love with Marilyn. Grandpa and Lily do their best to encourage the romance, not realizing that this gentleman is only after Marilyn for her doubloons.
Guest stars: Richard Hale, Charles Robinson
- E32 Mummy MunsterApr 29, 1965
Synopsis
Herman arranges to meet Marilyn at the natural history museum. But he accidentally gets himself locked inside an Egyptian sarcophagus, whereupon a sleeping pill he swallowed earlier takes effect. A pair of museum curators open the box the next day and mistake the sleeping Herman for an ancient mummy. When Lily reads about their supposed scientific discovery in the newspaper, she goes to the museum and requests that the curators put Herman in a cab and send him home as soon as he wakes up.
Guest stars: Philip Ober, Dennis Cross, Pat Harrington Jr. (Sonny Harkness)
- E33 Lily Munster, Girl ModelMay 6, 1965
Synopsis
Fearing that she is not useful around the house, Lily searches for a job. She eventually lands a position as a fashion model, causing Herman to become wildly jealous as he entertains fantasies about the suave men she’s liable to mingle with. With Grandpa’s help, Herman transforms himself into a swinging playboy. Grandpa, in a disguise, poses as his beautiful blonde girlfriend.
Guest stars: Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster), Kimberly Beck (The Little Girl), Roger C. Carmel (Laszlo Brastoff), Nina Shipman (The Beautiful Girl), John Alvin (Mr. Franklin), Tracy Butler (The 2nd Model), Lesley-Marie Colburn (Girl Model)
- E34 Munster the MagnificentMay 13, 1965
Synopsis
Eddie volunteers Herman as a performer for his school’s Talent Night. Since Herman has no discernible talent, Grandpa conjures up a pair of magic ballet shoes that will transform whoever wears them into a gifted dancer. But Herman is uneasy about strapping on this footwear. Fortunately, Eddie already has him billed as the world’s greatest magician.
Guest stars: Stuart Nisbet, David Ketchum
- E35 Herman’s Happy ValleyMay 20, 1965
Synopsis
Herman purchases ten acres in Happy Holiday Valley through a magazine ad. It turns out to be a patch of wasteland in a broken-down ghost town, so the Munsters absolutely adore it. This makes things difficult for the fly-by-night salespeople who get a better offer for the property and want to buy it back.
Guest stars: John Hoyt, Bartlett Robinson, Bob Hastings (The Raven (voice) (uncredited)), Richard Reeves (Gil Craig)
- E36 Hot Rod HermanMay 27, 1965
Synopsis
Eddie, under the impression that his father is the greatest driver in the world, volunteers Herman in a drag-strip competition. After souping up the Munster Coach and dressing up like Marlon Brando in his Wild One days, Herman loses his car in a drag race. In a rematch, Grandpa races in the Dragula, a motorized coffin on wheels.
Guest stars: Henry Beckman
- E37 Herman’s RaiseJun 3, 1965
Synopsis
Egged on by Lily, Herman demands a raise from his boss Mr. Gateman. He is promptly fired. Herman is afraid of Lily’s reaction, so he pretends that he is still going to work when in fact he is searching for employment. He gets fired from a number of blue-collar jobs – including one at a Chinese laundry, where he wreaks total slapstick chaos.
Guest stars: Benny Rubin, John Carradine
- E38 Yes, Galen, There Is a HermanJun 10, 1965
Synopsis
Herman saves the life of a young boy, Galen Livingston Stewart, by bending the bars his head is stuck between. They immediately become close friends. The only problem is that Galen’s parents think Uncle Herman is a figment of the boy’s imagination. They take him to a psychiatrist, played by Harvey Korman with a broad German accent.
Guest stars: Walter Brooke, Marge Redmond, Harvey Korman (Lennie Bates)
Cast & crew
Created by Chris Hayward, Bob Mosher, Allan Burns
Fred Gwynne
Yvonne De Carlo
Butch Patrick
Al Lewis
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