The Munsters
The Munsters
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The Munsters

7.9 / 10
1964
2 seasons
70 episodes
ComedySci-Fi & FantasyFamily

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

Seasons

  • Munster Masquerade

    1.Munster Masquerade

    8.0
    24-09-196430m

    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, G...

  • My Fair Munster

    2.My Fair Munster

    8.2
    01-10-196430m

    Grandpa mixes up a love potion designed to make the opposite sex fall madly for anyone who drinks it.

  • A Walk on the Mild Side

    3.A Walk on the Mild Side

    8.0
    08-10-196430m

    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 Lil...

  • Rock-a-Bye Munster

    4.Rock-a-Bye Munster

    7.2
    15-10-1964

    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...

  • Pike’s Pique

    5.Pike’s Pique

    7.0
    22-10-1964

    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...

  • Low-Cal Munster

    6.Low-Cal Munster

    8.0
    29-10-1964

    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...

  • Tin Can Man

    7.Tin Can Man

    8.0
    05-11-1964

    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 pr...

  • Herman the Great

    8.Herman the Great

    8.0
    12-11-1964

    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. He...

  • Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie

    9.Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie

    8.0
    19-11-1964

    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 i...

  • Autumn Croakus

    10.Autumn Croakus

    7.0
    26-11-1964

    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. Sh...

  • The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster

    11.The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster

    8.0
    03-12-1964

    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...

  • The Sleeping Cutie

    12.The Sleeping Cutie

    7.0
    10-12-1964

    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....

  • Family Portrait

    13.Family Portrait

    8.0
    17-12-1964

    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 oppor...

  • Grandpa Leaves Home

    14.Grandpa Leaves Home

    6.0
    24-12-1964

    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, expectin...

  • Herman’s Rival

    15.Herman’s Rival

    8.0
    31-12-1964

    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 ta...

  • Grandpa’s Call of the Wild

    16.Grandpa’s Call of the Wild

    9.0
    07-01-1965

    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...

  • All-Star Munster

    17.All-Star Munster

    9.0
    14-01-1965

    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 baske...

  • If a Martian Answers, Hang Up

    18.If a Martian Answers, Hang Up

    9.0
    21-01-1965

    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-talkie...

  • Eddie’s Nickname

    19.Eddie’s Nickname

    8.0
    28-01-1965

    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 you...

  • Bats of a Feather

    20.Bats of a Feather

    8.0
    04-02-1965

    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 i...

  • Don’t Bank on Herman

    21.Don’t Bank on Herman

    8.0
    11-02-1965

    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...

  • Dance With Me, Herman

    22.Dance With Me, Herman

    8.0
    18-02-1965

    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...

  • Follow That Munster

    23.Follow That Munster

    8.0
    25-02-1965

    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 workin...

  • Love Locked Out

    24.Love Locked Out

    8.0
    04-03-1965

    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 t...

  • Come Back Little Googie

    25.Come Back Little Googie

    7.0
    11-03-1965

    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.

  • Far Out Munsters

    26.Far Out Munsters

    7.0
    18-03-1965

    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 manage...

  • Munsters on the Move

    27.Munsters on the Move

    8.0
    25-03-1965

    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 h...

  • Movie Star Munster

    28.Movie Star Munster

    8.0
    01-04-1965

    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...

  • Herman the Rookie

    29.Herman the Rookie

    8.3
    08-04-1965

    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 belie...

  • Country Club Munsters

    30.Country Club Munsters

    8.0
    15-04-1965

    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 th...

  • Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights

    31.Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights

    8.0
    22-04-1965

    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 instantly falls...

  • Mummy Munster

    32.Mummy Munster

    8.0
    29-04-1965

    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 earlie...

  • Lily Munster, Girl Model

    33.Lily Munster, Girl Model

    8.0
    06-05-1965

    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 entertai...

  • Munster the Magnificent

    34.Munster the Magnificent

    8.0
    13-05-1965

    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 transform...

  • Herman’s Happy Valley

    35.Herman’s Happy Valley

    9.0
    20-05-1965

    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....

  • Hot Rod Herman

    36.Hot Rod Herman

    9.0
    27-05-1965

    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...

  • Herman’s Raise

    37.Herman’s Raise

    8.0
    03-06-1965

    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...

  • Yes, Galen, There Is a Herman

    38.Yes, Galen, There Is a Herman

    9.0
    10-06-1965

    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 Gale...

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