The Munsters

1964–1966 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family · 2 seasons · ★ 7.9

Ended

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Synopsis of The Munsters

The Munsters lives at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, in the fictional town of Mockingbird Heights, California. The family members are clearly strange, but they see themselves as a fairly typical hardworking family of the 1960s. Herman, the father, is the only one with a steady paycheck, while Lily and Grandpa occasionally try to make money, though their schemes never last long. The household also includes Eddie, the son, and Marilyn, Lily's niece, who is the only one who doesn't fit the monstrous mold of the others. The family sitcom was created by Chris Hayward, Bob Mosher and Allan Burns and aired on CBS. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo and Al Lewis lead the cast of a series that plays on the gap between what the family is and what it believes itself to be.

2seasons

70episodes

25 minper episode

7.9audience scoreTMDB · 490 votes

7.8IMDb rating18,919 votes

Seasons of The Munsters

Season 11964 · 38 eps · ★ 8.0

Season 21965 · 32 eps · ★ 8.0

Cast by The Munsters

Fred GwynneHerman Munster70 episodes

Yvonne De CarloLily Munster70 episodes

Butch PatrickEddie Munster70 episodes

Al LewisGrandpa70 episodes

Pat PriestMarilyn Munster46 episodes

Claire CarletonYolanda Cribbins38 episodes

Beverley OwenMarilyn Munster13 episodes

Bob HastingsThe Raven (voice) (uncredited)4 episodes

Harvey KormanLennie Bates3 episodes

Paul LyndeDr. Edward Dudley3 episodes

Mel BlancThe Raven (voice) (uncredited)3 episodes

Bill QuinnMr. White2 episodes

Jane WithersFanny Pike2 episodes

Bryan O'Byrne2 episodes

Val AveryThe Commissar2 episodes

Gary Owens2 episodes

John Hoyt2 episodes

Marge Redmond2 episodes

John Carradine2 episodes

Helen Kleeb2 episodes

Edward MalloryJack2 episodes

Dennis Cross2 episodes

Henry Beckman2 episodes

Joyce Jameson2 episodes

Walter Woolf KingGeorge Washington2 episodes

Elsie BakerGrandma Farber2 episodes

Pat Harrington Jr.Sonny Harkness2 episodes

Frank MaxwellThe Desk Sgt.2 episodes

Ronnie Dapo2 episodes

Richard ReevesThe First Policeman2 episodes

Willis BoucheyThe Judge2 episodes

Herbie FayeEpisode 1

Vito ScottiEpisode 1

Bonnie FranklinEpisode 1

Tommy FarrellEpisode 1

Paul 'Mousie' GarnerEpisode 1

Walter BrookeEpisode 1

Forrest LewisEpisode 1

Zalman KingEpisode 1

Stuart NisbetEpisode 1

Technical Details

Created by: Chris Hayward, Bob Mosher, Allan Burns
Address: Ezra Stone, Norman Abbott, Joseph Pevney, Earl Bellamy, Lawrence Dobkin
Writing: Bob Mosher, Tom Adair, Richard Baer, Ed Haas, Joe Connelly
Music: Jack Marshall
Photography: Enzo A. Martinelli, Fred Mandl, Benjamin H. Kline, Lionel Lindon, John L. Russell
Production: Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly
Executive Producer: Irving Paley
Production companies: Universal Television, Kayro-Vue Productions, Universal Television Entertainment
Network or Platform: CBS
Country: United States
Original Language: English
Premiere: September 24, 1964
Last Episode: May 12, 1966 (2x32)
Status: Ended
Type: Fiction
Awards: 5 nominations in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB · Official Website

Trivia about The Munsters

The idea of a family of comedic monsters was first pitched to Universal Studios by animator Bob Clampett, who developed it as an animated series between 1943 and 1945.

Allan Burns acknowledged that the team borrowed the idea from the Charles Addams cartoons published in The New Yorker, and that Universal kept its own characters from Frankenstein and Dracula.

Before the series, MCA Television shot a live-action color pilot titled "My Fair Munster" for CBS in 1964.

The first actor to play Eddie was Nate Derman, who was replaced by Butch Patrick for the show's third pilot.

Butch Patrick blamed the show's cancellation on Batman, the ABC series, which he claimed took away their ratings.

In 1965, the show was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Television Series, but it lost to The Rogues.

The theme song lyrics, written by Bob Mosher, were never broadcast on CBS, and the instrumental music was nominated for a Grammy in 1965.

The single "Dragula" by Rob Zombie, released in 1998, takes its title from the DRAG-U-LA dragster that Grandpa drives on the show.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)