The Munsters

TV Series
1964–1966
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

17K

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POPULARITY

830

Yvonne De Carlo, Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick, and Pat Priest in The Munsters (1964)

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A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

17K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

830

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 nominations

Episodes72

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Trivia
The first season opening credits were an outrageous parody of the opening credits of The Donna Reed Show (1958), which always began with Donna Reed lovingly passing out lunches to her departing family members as they left the house one by one. Yvonne De Carlo, as Lily Munster, did the same thing.

Goofs
In the first season's re-shoot of the opening credits, in order to introduce Pat Priest, as Fred Gwynne/ Herman is bending over to kiss Lily, it's possible to see Butch Patrick/ Eddie's legs moving, on the right balcony (upper right-hand screen corner), as he positions himself to come down the staircase for his introduction.

Quotes
Lily: Eddie! You better start dawdling, or you're going to be on time for school!

Crazy credits
The episode titles are shown on screen following the opening credits sequence. Even in modern sitcoms, this is rare.

Connections
Featured in The Wonder Years: Buster (1991)

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A TV treasure

Being only 27 years old I was not around when this series was actually being made but I remember watching this series in the eighties when I was around 9-12 years old. I remember enjoying every minute of it.

The catchy theme tune, the spooky house, the dinosaur under the stairs, Grandpa's experiments and the brilliant central performance from Fred Gwynne all added up to a terrific half hour comedy.

Watching it ten years on it seems a little more cheesy than I first remember it to be - but it is one of those shows I will always fondly remember.