List of The Munsters episodes
The following is an episode list for the CBS sitcom The Munsters. The series began broadcast on September 24, 1964, and ended on May 12, 1966.
Munster, Go Home! was a feature-length theatrical film released on June 15, 1966. A made-for-television film, entitled The Munsters' Revenge, aired 15 years later on February 27, 1981.[1]
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
Pilots | Unaired | ||||
1 | 38 | September 24, 1964 | June 10, 1965 | ||
2 | 32 | September 16, 1965 | May 12, 1966 | ||
Special | April 18, 1965 |
Episodes
Pilots
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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"My Fair Munster" | Norman Abbott | Norm Liebmann & Ed Haas | Unaired | |
This pilot "presentation" was used by Universal Studios to sell the show to the networks. An official version released by Universal Studios on DVD runs at approximately 14 minutes, although longer B&W versions also exist.[2] Filmed in color, Joan Marshall appears as Phoebe, the original name for Lily, and Happy Derman appears as Eddie. | ||||
"My Fair Munster" | David Alexander | Norm Liebmann & Ed Haas | Unaired | |
In this second version of the pilot, filmed entirely in black and white and at standard episode length, Yvonne De Carlo and Butch Patrick make their first appearances as Lily and Eddie. This pilot was used by CBS to sell the show to advertisers. Some scenes from this episode were reshot and a newly edited version was aired as the second episode of the first season. |
Season 1 (1964–65)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Munster Masquerade" | Lawrence Dobkin | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | September 24, 1964 | |
Marilyn's boyfriend, Tom Daily, invites the Munster clan to a masquerade. Eddie (Butch Patrick) remains at home with Mrs. Morton as his sitter. Marilyn (Beverley Owen) goes as Priscilla, Lily (Yvonne De Carlo) is Little Bo Peep, Grandpa (Al Lewis) is Napoleon and Herman (Fred Gwynne) is King Arthur in a suit of shining armor. Guest stars: Mabel Albertson as Agnes Daly, Frank Wilcox as Albert Daly, Lurene Tuttle as Mrs. Morton and Linden Chiles as Tom Daily | ||||||
2 | 2 | "My Fair Munster" | David Alexander | Norm Liebmann & Ed Haas | October 1, 1964 | |
Grandpa cooks up a love potion and slips it into Marilyn's oatmeal, but Marilyn skips breakfast an Herman, Lily, and Eddie accidentally eat the love potion. This was the first of the broadcast episodes to be filmed, although it was the second one aired[3] Guest Star: John Fiedler as Warren Bloom the Mailman | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Walk on the Mild Side" | Norman Abbott | Norm Liebmann & Ed Haas | October 8, 1964 | |
Suffering from insomnia caused by high electrical bills, Herman begins going on midnight walks. When other walkers see him, they are scared telling the police that a monster is free at the park along with a dangerous thief. This causes Police Commissioner Ludlow to send Police Chief W.R. Harris to find the culprit under threat of being reassigned to the "most desolate, deserted, law-forsaken part of town." Meanwhile, Grandpa invents an "enlarging machine" in order to help Eddie grow. Guest star: Cliff Norton as Police Chief W.R. Harris | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Rock-A-Bye Munster" | Norman Abbott | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | October 15, 1964 | |
Herman and Grandpa think Lily is pregnant after overhearing her speak with Marilyn, but the child whose arrival she is expecting is just Dr. Dudley's son, Elmer, who will be visiting Eddie. Guest stars: Paul Lynde as Dr. Dudley, Sid Melton as Diamond Jim, Peter Robbins as Elmer Dudley | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Pike's Pique" | Seymour Berns | Norman Liebmann & Ed Haas | October 22, 1964 | |
Workers digging for a gas pipeline 25 feet (7.6 m) underground accidentally reach Grandpa's laboratory in the dungeon of the Munster's house. Guest stars: Richard Deacon as Borden T. Pike, Pat Harrington as Sonny Harkness, Jane Withers as Mrs. Fanny Pike | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Low-Cal Munster" | Norman Abbott | Norm Liebmann & Ed Haas | October 29, 1964 | |
Herman goes on a diet to be able to fit into his old uniform for an army reunion. Unfortunately, Herman starts his diet just as Thanksgiving is approaching — and a hunger-stricken Herman can be potentially dangerous. Guest Stars: Paul Lynde as Dr. Dudley, Michael Jackson as TV Announcer | ||||||
7 | 7 | "Tin Can Man" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Robert Lewin Teleplay by : Norm Liebmann & Ed Haas | November 5, 1964 | |
Eddie is in danger of being expelled from school unless his project for the science fair is sufficiently impressive. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Herman the Great" | Earl Bellamy | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | November 12, 1964 | |
After Herman decides he must start to put some money aside for Eddie's college education, he takes a job as a professional wrestler called the Masked Marvel. Guest stars: Gene LeBell as Tarzan McGirk, Billy Varga as Strangler Murphy | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie" | Lawrence Dobkin | Norm Liebmann & Ed Haas | November 19, 1964 | |
Herman's twin brother, Charlie (Fred Gwynne, in a dual role), a fast-talking con artist, stays with the Munsters against Herman's wishes and tries to bilk Lily out of $5,000 by selling her a worthless device that he pretends can separate uranium from sea water. Guest star: Mike Mazurki as Leo "Knuckles" Kraus | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Autumn Croakus" | Lawrence Dobkin | James Allardice & Tom Adair | November 26, 1964 | |
Grandpa wants to get married but the woman sent by the matrimonial agency he hires proves not to be quite as harmless as she looks. Guest star: Neil Hamilton as Malcolm | ||||||
11 | 11 | "The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster" | Ezra Stone | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | December 3, 1964 | |
Herman falls asleep in the back of his car, leaving the keys in the ignition. The car is stolen by a couple of bank robbers who are unaware that Herman is lying in the back seat. Guest star: Maxie Rosenbloom as Big Louie | ||||||
12 | 12 | "The Sleeping Cutie" | Norman Abbott | James Allardice & Tom Adair | December 10, 1964 | |
In an attempt to cure Marilyn of insomnia, Grandpa accidentally gives her a Sleeping Beauty potion — and she now cannot wake up until she is kissed by a prince. Guest Stars: Gavin MacLeod as Paul Newmar, John Hoyt as George Spelvin | ||||||
13 | 13 | "Family Portrait" | Lawrence Dobkin | James Allardice & Tom Adair | December 17, 1964 | |
The Munsters have been chosen by Event magazine as the average American family. Insulted by being labeled average, Grandpa disappears, jeopardizing the photo opportunity and the prize money that accompanies it. Guest star: Harvey Korman as Lennie Bates Note: Final appearance of Beverley Owen as Marilyn. The colorized version of this episode was released as a single DVD on October 7, 2008. | ||||||
14 | 14 | "Grandpa Leaves Home" | Norman Abbott | Richard Conway & Roland MacLane | December 24, 1964 | |
Grandpa feels neglected and decides to move out. Herman and Lily believe it to be a mere ploy to get attention and expect that he will soon come slinking back. Guest star: Robert Strauss as the Manager Note: First appearance of Pat Priest as Marilyn, appearing in the tag scene. | ||||||
15 | 15 | "Herman's Rival" | Joseph Pevney | Richard Conway & Roland MacLane | December 31, 1964 | |
Lily thinks that Herman has lost his savings to a bad investment when, in fact, he lent it to her brother, the Wolf Man. | ||||||
16 | 16 | "Grandpa's Call of the Wild" | Earl Bellamy | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | January 7, 1965 | |
Herman takes the family on a camping trip. After a dinner by the campfire, Grandpa hears the howls of the wolves and reminisces about his days in the old country. Herman and Lilly tell Grandpa not to do it after what happened the last time. After another wolf howls upon the other Munsters going to sleep, Grandpa starts howling as well. The next morning, Grandpa is missing until the other Munsters find Grandpa in the form of a Transylvanian wolf within the custody of the local rangers. Now the Munsters must get Grandpa out of the camping grounds and back to the house in order to use one of Grandpa's potions to change Grandpa back to normal. | ||||||
17 | 17 | "All-Star Munster" | Earl Bellamy | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | January 14, 1965 | |
Herman goes to Marilyn's college to straighten out a tuition matter. In searching for the dean's office, he wanders into the gym and is mistaken for a basketball star who is supposed to tryout that day. Guest Star: Pat Buttram as Pop Mallory | ||||||
18 | 18 | "If a Martian Answers, Hang Up" | Norman Abbott | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | January 21, 1965 | |
When Herman fools around with a ham radio in Grandpa's dungeon, he mistakenly believes that he has actually contacted martians. Guest star: Herbert Rudley as Captain Halbert, Dort Clark as Mr. Andrews | ||||||
19 | 19 | "Eddie's Nickname" | Joseph Pevney | Richard Baer | January 28, 1965 | |
Eddie wants to quit school because all the kids there call him Shorty. Grandpa tries to brew a potion to make Eddie grow six inches (152 mm) overnight. Guest star: Paul Lynde as Dr. Dudley | ||||||
20 | 20 | "Bats of a Feather" | Jerry Paris | James Allardice & Tom Adair | February 4, 1965 | |
Eddie needs an impressive pet to take to the school pet fair. When Igor the bat gets insulted by one of Herman's wisecracks and flies away, Grandpa changes himself into a bat to impersonate Igor. Guest Star: Alvy Moore as Dr. Grant | ||||||
21 | 21 | "Don't Bank on Herman" | Ezra Stone | Douglas Tibbles | February 11, 1965 | |
When Herman and Grandpa go to the bank to make a withdrawal, they are mistaken for bank robbers and handed $18,000 in cash. | ||||||
22 | 22 | "Dance With Me, Herman" | Joseph Pevney | Story by : James Allardice & Tom Adair Teleplay by : James Allardice & Tom Adair and Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | February 18, 1965 | |
In order to accompany Marilyn to her school dance, Herman decides to take up dancing lessons. Guest star: Don Rickles as "Doc" Happy Havemeyer | ||||||
23 | 23 | "Follow That Munster" | Joseph Pevney | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | February 25, 1965 | |
Herman sneaks out each night to train to become a detective. Lily suspects him of having an affair — and she hires the very detective agency where Herman is working to have him followed. | ||||||
24 | 24 | "Love Locked Out" | Charles Barton | James Allardice & Tom Adair | March 4, 1965 | |
After Herman gets home late from an office party, Lily locks Herman out of their bedroom. When they are unable to reconcile, Lily and Herman seek counseling. | ||||||
25 | 25 | "Come Back, Little Googie" | Joseph Pevney | Story by : Leo Rifkin Teleplay by : Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | March 11, 1965 | |
Grandpa is under the impression that he has accidentally turned Eddie's friend Googie Miller (Billy Mumy) into a monkey. | ||||||
26 | 26 | "Far Out Munsters" | Joseph Pevney | Richard Conway & Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | March 18, 1965 | |
A rock group called The Standells pays the Munsters an exorbitant fee to use their house for the weekend. But the Munsters are unable to adjust to the cleanliness of their hotel, and they return home — to find a wild party. At the party the Standells perform a cover of The Beatles's "I Want to Hold Your Hand," Herman improvises a beatnik poem, and Lily sings the English folksong "He's Gone Away" while playing the harp. (Yvonne DeCarlo did her own singing in this episode.) Guest stars: The Standells as Themselves, Zalman King as Bearded Man | ||||||
27 | 27 | "Munsters on the Move" | Joseph Pevney | George Tibbles and Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | March 25, 1965 | |
In order to accept a promotion, Herman has to relocate to Buffalo, New York. Eddie refuses to go. Grandpa has already sold the house to a wrecking company, so the Munsters wage war. | ||||||
28 | 28 | "Movie Star Munster" | Jerry Paris | Story by : James Allardice & Tom Adair Teleplay by : Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | April 1, 1965 | |
A pair of con artists want to stage a phony accident as an insurance scam. When they stumble upon Herman, they realize they have found the perfect patsy. Guest star: Jesse White as J.R. Finlater | ||||||
29 | 29 | "Herman the Rookie" | Jerry Paris | Story by : Richard Conway Teleplay by : Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | April 8, 1965 | |
Leo Durocher, third base coach 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 eight blocks away, he believes he has his man. Guest stars: Leo Durocher as Himself, Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch as Himself | ||||||
30 | 30 | "Country Club Munsters" | Joseph Pevney | Douglas Tibbles | April 15, 1965 | |
The Munsters win a membership to the highly exclusive Mockingbird Heights Country Club, but the membership board wants to get a close look at the family to see if they meet the club's standards. | ||||||
31 | 31 | "Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights" | Joseph Pevney | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | April 22, 1965 | |
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 falls for Marilyn. | ||||||
32 | 32 | "Mummy Munster" | Ezra Stone | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | April 29, 1965 | |
Herman arranges to meet Marilyn at the natural history museum. But he accidentally gets himself locked inside an Egyptian sarcophagus, where a sleeping pill he had taken earlier kicks in. Guest stars: Philip Ober as Dr. Wilkerson, Pat Harrington, Jr. as Thatcher | ||||||
33 | 33 | "Lily Munster – Girl Model" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Richard Conway Teleplay by : Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | May 6, 1965 | |
Feeling useless, Lily searches for a job. She lands a position as a fashion model, causing Herman to become jealous and transform himself into a swinging playboy. Guest stars: Roger C. Carmel as Laszlo Brastoff, Nina Shipman as the Beautiful Woman | ||||||
34 | 34 | "Munster the Magnificent" | Norman Abbott | James Allardice & Tom Adair | May 13, 1965 | |
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 make him a gifted dancer, but Eddie already has him billed as a magic act. Guest star: Dave Ketchum as MC | ||||||
35 | 35 | "Herman's Happy Valley" | Ezra Stone | Richard Conway | May 20, 1965 | |
Herman purchases 10 acres (40,000 m2) 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. | ||||||
36 | 36 | "Hot Rod Herman" | Norman Abbott | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | May 27, 1965 | |
Believing that his father is the greatest driver in the world, Eddie volunteers Herman and his car, the Munster Koach, for a drag race. | ||||||
37 | 37 | "Herman's Raise" | Ezra Stone | Story by : Douglas Tibbles Teleplay by : Douglas Tibbles and Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | June 4, 1965 | |
Egged on by Lily, Herman demands a raise from his boss Mr. Gateman. He is promptly fired. Fearing Lily's reaction, he pretends still to be going to work, when he is actually trying out new jobs. Guest stars: John Carradine as Mr. Gateman, Benny Rubin as Tom Fong | ||||||
38 | 38 | "Yes, Galen, There Is a Herman" | Norman Abbott | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | June 10, 1965 | |
Herman saves the life of a young boy, Galen, by bending the bars his head is stuck between. They become close friends, but Galen's parents think Uncle Herman is a figment of the boy's imagination. Guest stars: Brian Nash as Galen Stewart, Harvey Korman as Dr. Leinbach. Episode title aka "Friend Herman" |
Season 2 (1965–66)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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39 | 1 | "Herman's Child Psychology" | Ezra Stone | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | September 16, 1965 | |
Eddie thinks his family no longer loves him because they do not treat him cruelly. When he decides to run away, Herman uses a little child psychology, which naturally backfires. Circumstances eventually lead to Herman's getting involved with a dancing bear. | ||||||
40 | 2 | "Herman the Master Spy" | Ezra Stone | Douglas Tibbles | September 23, 1965 | |
A Russian fishing trawler picks up a scuba-diving Herman in its haul of fish and mistakes him for the missing link. Note: The scene that shows an exterior shot of the KNXT-TV studios (the station's call sign is now KCBS-TV) and Herman reading a story about the trawler was removed for syndication until 2011. | ||||||
41 | 3 | "Bronco Bustin' Munster" | Ezra Stone | Story by : Richard Conway Teleplay by : Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | September 30, 1965 | |
Eddie's misguided regard for his father's natural abilities prompts the young Munster to enter Herman in the bucking bronco contest at the local rodeo. | ||||||
42 | 4 | "Herman Munster, Shutterbug" | Earl Bellamy | Richard Conway | October 7, 1965 | |
Herman accidentally snaps a picture of two men escaping from a bank robbery. The robbers track him down and decide to hole up with the Munsters until the heat is off. | ||||||
43 | 5 | "Herman, Coach of the Year" | Norman Abbott | James Allardice & Tom Adair | October 14, 1965 | |
When Eddie is called "Lead Foot" by the other kids on his track team, Herman offers to become his coach. Guest star: Emmaline Henry as Gwendoline | ||||||
44 | 6 | "Happy 100th Anniversary" | Ezra Stone | Douglas Tibbles | October 21, 1965 | |
Herman and Lily want to buy each other elaborate gifts for their 100th anniversary. Without either telling the other, they both take night jobs as ship welders to earn extra money. Guest stars: Vinton Hayworth as Bank Manager, Foster Brooks as Admiral | ||||||
45 | 7 | "Operation Herman" | Norman Abbott | Story by : Richard Conway Teleplay by : Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | October 28, 1965 | |
When Herman visits the hospital to see Eddie, who is having his tonsils out, he is mistaken for an accident victim and is immediately given a dose of laughing gas. | ||||||
46 | 8 | "Lily's Star Boarder" | Ezra Stone | Douglas Tibbles | November 4, 1965 | |
Herman becomes jealous of Chester, a boarder whom Lily has brought into the household. | ||||||
47 | 9 | "John Doe Munster" | Earl Bellamy | Richard Baer | November 11, 1965 | |
A 300-pound safe drops on Herman's head, causing him to develop amnesia. In order to get him released into her custody, Lily petitions the court to adopt Herman as her son. | ||||||
48 | 10 | "A Man for Marilyn" | Ezra Stone | James Allardice & Tom Adair | November 18, 1965 | |
To provide Marilyn with a future husband, Grandpa tries to turn a frog into a prince. Conveniently, he chooses a nearsighted frog who will not be put off by Marilyn's "hideous" looks. | ||||||
49 | 11 | "Herman's Driving Test" | Ezra Stone | Richard Conway | November 25, 1965 | |
Herman gets promoted to hearse driver and has to renew his driver's license. This requires him to take a road test, which he flunks. | ||||||
50 | 12 | "Will Success Spoil Herman Munster?" | Ezra Stone | Story by : Lou Shaw Teleplay by : Lou Shaw and Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | December 2, 1965 | |
Eddie borrows a tape recorder belonging to the disc-jockey father of one of his friends. Herman records a song that the disc jockey plays on his radio show the next day, becoming an unexpected hit. Guest star: Gary Owens as Dick Willet | ||||||
51 | 13 | "Underground Munster" | Don Richardson | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | December 16, 1965 | |
The Munsters' pet Spot runs away and is mistaken for a dangerous monster when he is sighted in the sewer. When Herman goes down the manhole to search for Spot, he too is mistaken for a dangerous monster. | ||||||
52 | 14 | "The Treasure of Mockingbird Heights" | Charles R. Rondeau | George Tibbles | December 23, 1965 | |
While searching for a fuse box in the dungeon, Herman and Grandpa discover a secret chamber and a clue to the pirate treasure hidden on the Munsters' property. Upon finding the treasure, they end up fighting over its ownership, and Lily has to intervene. This was the only episode with no actors other than the five regular cast members, not even uncredited extras.[4] | ||||||
53 | 15 | "Herman's Peace Offensive" | Ezra Stone | Douglas Tibbles | December 30, 1965 | |
Herman advises Eddie to turn the other cheek when he gets pushed around by a bully. Then Herman is the victim of a practical joke at work. Grandpa takes the situation in hand by teaching both Eddie and Herman how to box. | ||||||
54 | 16 | "Herman Picks a Winner" | Ezra Stone | Richard Conway | January 6, 1966 | |
Trying to teach Eddie about the folly of gambling, Herman bets the money in Eddie's piggy bank on a long shot. When the horse comes in a winner, it ruins Herman's lesson and entangles him in organized crime. Guest stars: Charlie Callas as Lefty, Barton MacLane as Big Roy | ||||||
55 | 17 | "Just Another Pretty Face" | Gene Reynolds | Richard Baer | January 13, 1966 | |
A lightning bolt from one of Grandpa's experiments strikes Herman in the head, disfiguring him so severely that he ends up resembling a normal person. The "disfigured" Herman is actually Fred Gwynne minus the monster makeup. This episode was remade for The Munsters Today, starring John Schuck as Herman. Guest star: Dom DeLuise as Dr. Dudley | ||||||
56 | 18 | "Big Heap Herman" | Ezra Stone | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | January 20, 1966 | |
The Munsters are heading for a vacation in Buffalo Valley when Herman gets off for a rest stop at Indian Flats. He wanders into the village of a Native American tribe where he is mistaken for an ancient spirit. | ||||||
57 | 19 | "The Most Beautiful Ghoul in the World" | Ezra Stone | Ted Bergman | January 28, 1966 | |
With inheritance money from Cousin Wolverine, Herman and Grandpa develop an invention for transmitting wireless electricity while Lily and Marilyn open their own beauty salon. Both endeavors turn out to be disasters. | ||||||
58 | 20 | "Grandpa's Lost Wife" | Ezra Stone | Douglas Tibbles | February 3, 1966 | |
A lady in Sioux City, Iowa, has placed an advertisement offering a reward for the return of her lost husband, Grandpa. Grandpa claims to have never seen the woman before in his life. | ||||||
59 | 21 | "The Fregosi Emerald" | Ezra Stone | Richard Baer | February 10, 1966 | |
Eddie gives Marilyn a ring he found in the attic as a birthday present. Grandpa recognizes it as the Fregosi Emerald, a centuries-old ring with a Transylvanian curse. Guest star Paul Reed reunites with series regulars Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis, all 3 having starred in Car 54, Where Are You? from 1961-1963. Guest star: Paul Reed as Henry J. Fregosi | ||||||
60 | 22 | "Zombo" | Ezra Stone | Dennis Whitcomb | February 17, 1966 | |
Eddie, an avid fan of ghoulish TV host Zombo (Louis Nye), becomes the winner of the 'Why I Like Zombo Contest' and gets to be on The Zombo Show. Herman becomes jealous of Eddie's new hero and wants to appear equally outlandish. Guest stars: Gary Owens as Announcer for The Zombo Show | ||||||
61 | 23 | "Cyrano de Munster" | Joseph Pevney | Douglas Tibbles | February 24, 1966 | |
After Herman has his poetry published in The Mortician Monthly, a shy co-worker named Clyde (Chet Stratton) asks him to compose love letters to help him attract the attention of a young lady named Clara (Joan Staley). | ||||||
62 | 24 | "The Musician" | Ezra Stone | Richard Baer | March 3, 1966 | |
Grandpa's magic transforms Eddie from a rotten trumpet player into a classical music virtuoso. But when Eddie needs to duplicate the performance for Herman's boss, Grandpa cannot remember the exact formula of the potion. Guest star: John Carradine as Mr. Gateman | ||||||
63 | 25 | "Prehistoric Munster" | Joseph Pevney | Douglas Tibbles | March 10, 1966 | |
Marilyn wants to sculpt a clay bust in Herman's likeness. When she tells her art professor that the sculpture represents a living person, he plans to make a bundle from his discovery of a missing link. Guest stars: Harvey Korman as Professor Fagenspahen, George Petrie as Professor Hansen | ||||||
64 | 26 | "A Visit from Johann" | Gene Reynolds | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | March 17, 1966 | |
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, IV (John Abbott), from Germany visits Mockingbird Heights and brings with him Johann (Fred Gwynne, in a dual role), Herman's look-alike cousin, who is far less civilized than Herman. Note: Johann's idiot savant behavior is similar to that of Boris Karloff's in the 1931 film version of Frankenstein complete with a fear of fire. | ||||||
65 | 27 | "Eddie's Brother" | Ezra Stone | Richard Conway | March 24, 1966 | |
Eddie longs for the companionship of a younger brother, so Grandpa builds him a robot named Boris. But Eddie becomes resentful when Boris' good behavior garners all of Herman's attention and admiration. | ||||||
66 | 28 | "Herman, the Tire Kicker" | Ezra Stone | James Allardice & Tom Adair | March 31, 1966 | |
Herman buys an old Chevrolet convertible for Marilyn from disreputable used-car dealer Fair Deal Dan (Frank Gorshin). Once he gets it home, it turns out to be a piece of junk. Herman later finds out that the piece of junk is also stolen. | ||||||
67 | 29 | "A House Divided" | Ezra Stone | Richard Conway | April 7, 1966 | |
An argument erupts between Herman and Grandpa after Herman accidentally destroys a go-cart the two of them constructed for Eddie. | ||||||
68 | 30 | "Herman's Sorority Caper" | Ezra Stone | Douglas Tibbles | April 14, 1966 | |
To cure Herman of his hiccups, Grandpa puts him into a trance. When a couple of fraternity pledges are sent to spend a night in the Munster house, they mistake him for a dummy and bring him to a sorority house. Guest star Ken Osmond had appeared as "Eddie Haskell" in Leave It to Beaver, whose creators/producers Joseph Connelly and Robert "Bob" Mosher also produced The Munsters. Guest Stars: Bonnie Franklin as Janice, Ken Osmond as John | ||||||
69 | 31 | "Herman's Lawsuit" | Ezra Stone | Douglas Tibbles and Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | April 21, 1966 | |
When Herman gets hit by a car, he emerges unscathed while the car is destroyed. The driver assumes she has disfigured Herman, and her attorney suggests that she try to settle with him for $10,000. Herman assumes that this is the amount he owes for the damage to the car. | ||||||
70 | 32 | "A Visit from the Teacher" | Ezra Stone | Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher | May 12, 1966 | |
When Eddie reads a school composition entitled "My Parents: An Average American Family" to his class, his teacher believes the boy is exhibiting symptoms of an overactive imagination. |
Special (1965)
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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"Marineland Carnival" | Bob Lehman | Charles E. Andrews with Bill Gamme | April 18, 1965 | |
The family visits Marineland of the Pacific in Palos Verdes, California, to get a new pet for Eddie. [5][6] A kinescope copy is kept by the Paley Center in New York. |
References
- "The Munsters: The Complete First Season". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
- Bonus Unaired Pilot Episode. The Munsters The Complete First Season (DVD). Universal Studios Home Entertainment. 2004. ISBN 1-4170-1528-4.
- Nick at Nite's Classic TV Companion, edited by Tom Hill, copyright 1996 by Viacom International, p. 359
- Nick at Nite's Classic TV Companion, edited by Tom Hill, copyright 1996 by Viacom International, p. 380
- "Munsterland". Retrieved 2017-09-19.
- "Pop Colorture". Retrieved 2017-09-19.
External links
- The Munsters – list of episodes at IMDb
- The Munsters at TV.com
- The Munsters at epguides.com