9.0Season 2 • Episode 32
LatestWhen 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. The school principal suggests that Eddie’s wild exaggerations might be motivated by an underprivileged home life. It is decided that a visit to the Munster home is in order.
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
Practical Effects
Herman's Frankenstein makeup took 3 hours—Fred Gwynne suffered beautifully.
Production
The Munster Koach and DRAG-U-LA: custom hot rods built by George Barris.
Acting
Al Lewis as Grandpa—110% committed to vampire grandpa chaos.
Creators
Chris Hayward, Allan Burns, Bob Mosher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fred Gwynne was so typecast as Herman that he wore the costume to his daughter's bring-your-parent-to-school day—and terrified the children.
The Munsters premiered six days after The Addams Family, sparking a bizarre 1964 'spooky family' ratings war that TV historians still argue about.
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