List of The Munsters episodes

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The following is an episode list for the CBS sitcom The Munsters. The series broadcast on September 24, 1964, and ended on May 12, 1966. A feature length film, Munster, Go Home!, was released on June 15, 1966, as a spin-off from the main series. A second spin-off, called The Munsters' Revenge, went to theaters 15 years later on February 27, 1981, but with the same three leads.

Interestingly, 31.4% of the show's episodes included the actual word "Munster" in their titles.[1]

Contents

[edit] Pilot Episodes

Airdate Title Overview
Unaired My Fair Munster[1][2] Filmed in color.
Unaired My Fair Munster A second version of the pilot. This story later became the second episode of the first season.

[edit] Seasons

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD volume DVD release date
1 38 19641965 1 August 24, 2004
2 32 19651966 2 October 25, 2005
Munster, Go Home! September 26, 2006
(3) 1 1981 The Munsters' Revenge

[edit] Season 1 (1964–1965)

# Total Title Original airdate
1 1 "Munster Masquerade"  September 24, 1964

Marilyn's boyfriend invites the Munster clan to a masquerade. Marilyn goes as Priscilla, Lily is Little Bo Peep, Grandpa is Napoleon and Herman is King Arthur in a suit of shining armor.

Guest Star: Mabel Albertson 
2 2 "My Fair Munster"  October 1, 1964

Concerned over Marilyn's difficulty in keeping boyfriends, Grandpa cooks up a love potion and slips it into her oatmeal. But when Marilyn doesn't eat breakfast, the potion ends up in the wrong mouth.

Guest Star: John Fiedler 
3 3 "Walk on the Mild Side"  October 8, 1964
Suffering from insomnia caused by high electrical bills, Herman begins going on midnights walks while a prowler is on the loose. Meanwhile Grandpa invents an "enlarging machine". 
4 4 "Rock-A-Bye Munster"  October 15, 1964

Herman and Grandpa eavesdrop on Lily and Marilyn and get the impression that Lily is pregnant. But the playmate she's expecting for Eddie is just Dr. Dudley's son, Elmer.

Guest Stars: Paul Lynde (Dr. Dudley) and Sid Melton (Diamond Jim) 
5 5 "Pike's Pique"  October 22, 1964

The city's gas department wants to run a pipeline 25 feet under the Munsters' house. Unfortunately, at that level it runs straight into Grandpa's laboratory.

Guest Stars: Richard Deacon and Pat Harrington 
6 6 "Low-Cal Munster"  October 29, 1964

Herman wants to attend a reunion of his army buddies, but can't fit into his uniform. Lily doesn't want him to go, so they make a deal that if Herman can lose enough weight to fit into the uniform, she'll let him go.

Guest Star: Paul Lynde 
7 7 "Tin Can Man"  November 11, 1964
Eddie is in danger of being expelled from school. His only chance to prevent this is doing a great project for the school's science fair. 
8 8 "Herman the Great"  November 12, 1964
Herman becomes a professional wrestler, the Masked Marvel, after he demonstrates his superhuman strength for Eddie's friend, the son of a pro wrestling manager. 
9 9 "Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie"  November 19, 1964

Herman's twin brother Charlie, a fast-talking con artist, comes to town and ends up staying at the Munster home against Herman's wishes.

Guest Star: Mike Mazurki 
10 10 "Autumn Croakus"  November 26, 1964

Feeling lonely, Grandpa contacts a matrimonial agency that promises to find him a mate. The agency sends over an attractive elderly woman who's not quite as harmless as she looks.

Guest Star: Neil Hamilton 
11 11 "The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster"  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 aren't aware that Herman is lying in the back seat.

Guest Star: Maxie Rosenbloom 
12 12 "The Sleeping Cutie"  December 10, 1964

In an attempt to cure Marilyn of insomnia, Grandpa accidentally gives her a Sleeping Beauty potion and she can't wake up until she is kissed by a prince.

Guest Star: Gavin MacLeod 
13 13 "Family Portrait"  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. Factoid: This is the last episode with Beverly Owen as Marilyn.

Guest Star: Harvey Korman 
14 14 "Grandpa Leaves Home"  December 24, 1964

Grandpa feels neglected and decides to move out. Lily and Herman think it's just a ploy to get attention, expecting he'll soon come slinking back.

Factoid: This is the first episode with Pat Priest as Marilyn. 
15 15 "Herman's Rival"  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"  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. The next morning, Grandpa is missing. 
17 17 "All-Star Munster"  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 
18 18 "If a Martian Answers, Hang Up"  January 21, 1965

When Herman fools around with a ham radio in Grandpa's dungeon, he thinks he's contacted Martians.

Guest Star: Herbert Rudley 
19 19 "Eddie's Nickname"  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 overnight.

Guest Star: Paul Lynde 
20 20 "Bats of a Feather"  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 
21 21 "Don't Bank on Herman"  February 11, 1965
Herman and Grandpa go to the bank to make a withdrawal, but they are mistaken for bank robbers and handed $18,000 in cash. 
22 22 "Dance With Me, Herman"  February 18, 1965

In order to accompany Marilyn to her school dance, Herman decides to take up dancing lessons.

Guest Star: Don Rickles 
23 23 "Follow That Munster"  February 25, 1965
Herman sneaks out each night to train to become a detective. Lily suspects he's having an affair and hires the detective agency where Herman is working to have him followed. 
24 24 "Love Locked Out"  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"  March 11, 1965

Grandpa is under the impression that he's turned Eddie's friend Googie into a monkey.

Guest Star: Billy Mumy 
26 26 "Far Out Munsters"  March 18, 1965

A rock group, the Standells, pays the Munsters an exorbitant fee to use their house for the weekend. When the Munsters can't adjust to the cleanliness of their hotel, they return home to find a wild party.

Guest Stars: The Standells (as themselves) and Zalman King 
27 27 "Munsters on the Move"  March 25, 1965
In order to accept a promotion, Herman has to shuffle his family off to Buffalo. Eddie refuses to go. Grandpa has already sold the house to a wrecking company, so the Munsters have no choice but to wage war. 
28 28 "Movie Star Munster"  April 1, 1965

A pair of con artists wants to stage a phony accident as an insurance scam. When they stumble upon Herman, they realize they've found the perfect patsy.

Guest Star: Jesse White 
29 29 "Herman the Rookie"  April 8, 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 believes he has his man.

Guest Star: Leo Durocher (as himself) 
30 30 "Country Club Munsters"  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"  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"  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 and Pat Harrington 
33 33 "Lily Munster, Girl Model"  May 6, 1965

Feeling useless, Lily searches for a job. She lands a position as a fashion model, causing Herman to become wildly jealous and transform himself into a swinging playboy.

Guest Star: Roger C. Carmel 
34 34 "Munster the Magnificent"  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 
35 35 "Herman's Happy Valley"  May 20, 1965
Herman purchases 10 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. 
36 36 "Hot Rod Herman"  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"  June 4, 1965

Egged on by Lily, Herman demands a raise from his boss Mr. Gateman. He is promptly fired. Afraid of Lily's reaction, he pretends that he is still going to work, when he's actully trying out new jobs.

Guest Star: John Carradin and Benny Rubin 
38 38 "Yes, Galen, There Is a Herman"  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 Star: Brian Nash and Harvey Korman 

[edit] Season 2 (1965–1966)

# Total Title Original airdate
1 39 "Herman's Child Psychology"  September 16, 1965
Eddie thinks his family doesn't love him because they don't 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. 
2 40 "Herman the Master Spy"  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. 
3 41 "Bronco Bustin' Munster"  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. 
4 42 "Herman Munster, Shutterbug"  October 7, 1965
Herman takes up photography and 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. 
5 43 "Herman, Coach of the Year"  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 
6 44 "Happy 100th Anniversary"  October 21, 1965

Herman and Lily want to buy each other elaborate gifts for their 100th Anniversary. Without telling each other, they both take night jobs as ship welders to make extra money.

Guest Stars: Vinton Hayworth and Foster Brooks 
7 45 "Operation Herman"  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. 
8 46 "Lily's Star Boarder"  November 4, 1965
Herman becomes insanely jealous of Chester, a mysterious boarder whom Lily has bought into the household in yet another of her schemes to make a little extra cash. 
9 47 "John Doe Munster"  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. 
10 48 "A Man for Marilyn"  November 18, 1965
To provide poor, unfortunate Marilyn with a future husband, Grandpa tries to turn a frog into a prince. Conveniently, he chooses a nearsighted frog who won't be put off by Marilyn's hideous looks. 
11 49 "Herman's Driving Test"  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 fails. Grandpa convinces him that he'd have better luck taking the test in a one-horse town. 
12 50 "Will Success Spoil Herman Munster?"  December 9, 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. It becomes an instant hit.

Guest Star: Gary Owens 
13 51 "Underground Munster"  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. 
14 52 "The Treasure of Mockingbird Heights"  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. 
15 53 "Herman's Peace Offensive"  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. 
16 54 "Herman Picks a Winner"  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 and Barton MacLane 
17 55 "Just Another Pretty Face"  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 the actor Fred Gwynne from Car 54, Where Are You?

Guest Star: Dom DeLuise 
18 56 "Big Heap Herman"  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 an Indian tribe where he is mistaken for an ancient spirit. 
19 57 "The Most Beautiful Ghoul in the World"  January 28, 1966
With inheritance money from Cousin Wolverine, Grandpa and Herman develop an invention for transmitting wireless electricity while Lily and Marilyn open their own beauty salon. Both endeavors turn out to be disasters. 
20 58 "Grandpa's Lost Wife"  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. 
21 59 "The Fregosi Emerald"  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. 
22 60 "Zombo"  February 17, 1966

Eddie, an avid fan of ghoulish TV host Zombo, 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 Star: Louis Nye 
23 61 "Cyrano de Munster"  February 24, 1966
After Herman has his poetry published in The Mortician Monthly, a shy co-worker named Clyde asks him to compose love letters to help him attract the attention of a young lady. 
24 62 "The Musician"  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 can't remember the exact formula of the potion.

Guest Star: John Carradine 
25 63 "Prehistoric Munster"  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 and George Petrie 
26 64 "A Visit from Johann"  March 17, 1966
Dr. Victor Frankenstein IV from Germany visits Mockingbird Heights and brings with him Johann, Herman's look-alike cousin who is far less civilized than Herman. 
27 65 "Eddie's Brother"  March 24, 1966
Eddie longs for the companionship of a younger brother, so Grandpa builds him a robot named Boris. Eddie becomes resentful when Boris' good behavior garners all of Herman's attention and admiration. 
28 66 "Herman, the Tire Kicker"  March 31, 1966

Herman buys a convertible for Marilyn from a fly-by-night used-car dealer. 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.

Guest Star: Frank Gorshin 
29 67 "A House Divided"  April 7, 1966
A massive argument erupts between Grandpa and Herman after Herman accidentally destroys a go-cart the two of them constructed for Eddie. 
30 68 "Herman's Sorority Caper"  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 think he's a dummy and bring him to a sorority house.

Guest Stars: Bonnie Franklin and Ken Osmond 
31 69 "Herman's Lawsuit"  April 21, 1966
When Herman gets hit by a car, he's unscathed but the car is totaled. 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. 
32 70 "A Visit from the Teacher"  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. 

[edit] References

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