The Best Episodes of The Munsters

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   8.2/10(306 votes)

   #1 - Herman the Rookie

   S1:E294/8/1965

   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. He tracks Herman down and asks him to try out for the team. After Herman demonstrates his powerful force as a batter, Durocher comments: “I don’t know whether to sign him with the Dodgers or send him to Vietnam.”

   Director:Jerry Paris

   Writer:Bob Mosher

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   8.2/10(250 votes)

   #2 - Just Another Pretty Face

   S2:E171/13/1966

   Herman is struck in the head by a bolt of lightning from one of Grandpa’s experiments. It causes him to become so disfigured that he ends up resembling officer Francis Muldoon from CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? (or how Fred Gwynne looks without makeup). Lily hopes to restore Herman’s old face with plastic surgery.

   Director:Gene Reynolds

   Writer:Richard Baer

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   Director:Gene Reynolds

   Writer:Richard Baer
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   8.0/10(206 votes)

   #3 - A Visit From the Teacher

   S2:E325/12/1966

   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. 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.

   Director:Ezra Stone

   Writer:Bob Mosher

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   Writer:Bob Mosher
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   7.9/10(263 votes)

   #4 - Hot Rod Herman

   S1:E365/27/1965

   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 like Marlon Brando in his Wild One days, Herman loses his car in a drag race. In a rematch, Grandpa races in the Dragula, a motorized coffin on wheels.

   Director:Norman Abbott

   Writer:Bob Mosher

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   Director:Norman Abbott

   Writer:Bob Mosher
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   7.9/10(216 votes)

   #5 - Herman’s Driving Test

   S2:E1111/25/1965

   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. He turns out to be extremely correct.

   Director:Ezra Stone

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.9/10(210 votes)

   #6 - The Fregosi Emerald

   S2:E212/10/1966

   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. Herman doesn’t believe in such a silly superstition; he is intent on proving that the ring does not bring about bad luck. He quickly regrets trying to do this.

   Director:Ezra Stone

   Writer:Richard Baer

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   Writer:Richard Baer
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   7.9/10(233 votes)

   #7 - Zombo

   S2:E222/17/1966

   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. But his efforts to impress his son fail. Eddie eventually learns that Zombo is not a real person but a phony character played by an actor.

   Director:Ezra Stone

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.9/10(204 votes)

   #8 - Herman, the Tire-Kicker

   S2:E283/31/1966

   Herman buys a convertible for Marilyn from a fly-by-night used-car dealer named Fair Deal Dan. Once he gets it home, it explodes into a piece of junk. Herman later finds out that the car is a stolen piece of junk when he is placed under arrest.

   Director:Ezra Stone

   Writer:Tom Adair

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   Writer:Tom Adair
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   7.8/10(240 votes)

   #9 - Yes, Galen, There Is a Herman (a.k.a) My Friend Herman

   S1:E386/10/1965

   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 Galen’s parents think Uncle Herman is a figment of the boy’s imagination. They take him to a psychiatrist, played by Harvey Korman with a broad German accent.

   Director:Norman Abbott

   Writer:Bob Mosher

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   Writer:Bob Mosher
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    7.8/10(210 votes)

    #10 - Will Success Spoil Herman Munster?

    S2:E1212/2/1965

    Eddie borrows a tape recorder belonging to the disc-jockey father of one of his friends. Herman records a version of DRY BONES, accompanying himself on the guitar. The following day, the disc jockey plays the song on his radio show – and it becomes an instant hit. Herman identifies himself as the mystery singer and quickly turns into an egomaniacal would-be celebrity. Grandpa comes to the rescue with his Nothin’ Muffins.

    Director:Ezra Stone

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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    7.8/10(222 votes)

    #11 - The Most Beautiful Ghoul in the World

    S2:E191/27/1966

    With inheritance money from Cousin Wolverine, Grandpa and Herman develop an invention for transporting an electrical current without wires. Lily and Marilyn use the rest of the money to operate their own beauty salon. Both endeavors turn out to be disasters, causing various parties to take legal action.

    Director:Ezra Stone

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.8/10(190 votes)

    #12 - A House Divided

    S2:E294/7/1966

    A massive argument erupts between Grandpa and Herman after Herman accidentally destroys a go-cart the two of them constructed for Eddie. Since Grandpa claims to own half of the house, Herman draws a white line down its center and insists that Grandpa remain on his side of the line.

    Director:Ezra Stone

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.8/10(205 votes)

    #13 - Herman’s Sorority Caper

    S2:E304/14/1966

    To cure Herman of his hiccoughs, Grandpa puts him into a trance with the Transylvanian Brain Freeze. Meanwhile, a couple of fraternity pledges are sent to spend a night in the Munster house as part of their initiation. Thinking that sleeping Herman is a dummy, they bring him to a sorority house, where he awakens from his trance.

    Director:Ezra Stone

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.7/10(450 votes)

    #14 - My Fair Munster

    S1:E210/1/1964

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

    Director:David Alexander

    Writers:Ed Haas, Norm Liebmann

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    Director:David Alexander

    Writers:Ed Haas, Norm Liebmann
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    7.7/10(407 votes)

    #15 - A Walk on the Mild Side

    S1:E310/8/1964

    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 Lily would prefer if Herman would stay home. What she doesn’t know is that the monster is Herman!

    Director:Norman Abbott

    Writers:Ed Haas, Norm Liebmann

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    Writers:Ed Haas, Norm Liebmann
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    7.7/10(352 votes)

    #16 - Low-Cal Munster

    S1:E610/29/1964

    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 lose enough weight to fit into the uniform, he can go...

    Director:Norman Abbott

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.7/10(324 votes)

    #17 - Herman the Great

    S1:E811/12/1964

    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. Herman uses the extra cash to save for Eddie’s college education. However Herman is so nice and gullible his opponents can take advantage of him.

    Director:Earl Bellamy

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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    7.7/10(305 votes)

    #18 - The Sleeping Cutie

    S1:E1212/10/1964

    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. Lily and Herman advertise for a prince in classified section the newspaper, but this only attracts a couple of out-of-work actors. Meanwhile, Grandpa is negotiating with an oil company for the rights to use his magic pill that turns water into gasoline.

    Director:Norman Abbott

    Writer:Tom Adair

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    7.7/10(271 votes)

    #19 - All-Star Munster

    S1:E171/14/1965

    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 basketball star who is expected for a tryout. Herman amazes the coach with his superhuman abilities and is offered a contract to play for the college team.

    Director:Earl Bellamy

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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    7.7/10(243 votes)

    #20 - Follow That Munster

    S1:E232/25/1965

    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 working for to have Herman followed. In a Plot twist Herman gets the assignment to follow himself.

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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    7.7/10(324 votes)

    #21 - Far Out Munsters

    S1:E263/18/1965

    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 manager pays an exorbitant fee to the Munsters to use their house for the weekend. The Munsters pack up and relocate to a hotel, but they can’t get adjusted to its cleanliness and normality. When they arrive home prematurely, they find The Standells singing, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, and throwing a wild party filled with far-out beatniks and hipsters. The Munsters are initially shocked, but soon find that they fit in with these freaky people – who never once question their unusual appearance.

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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    7.7/10(247 votes)

    #22 - Movie Star Munster

    S1:E284/1/1965

    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 that looks as if it’s been in an accident. When they stumble upon Herman, they realize they’ve found the perfect guy. Posing as a couple of movie producers, they get him to sign an accident policy by pretending it’s a movie contract for a remake of DOUBLE INDEMNITY. As the crooks devise various ways to kill off their leading man, Herman becomes a stuck-up actor.

    Director:Jerry Paris

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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    7.7/10(242 votes)

    #23 - Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights

    S1:E314/22/1965

    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 instantly falls in love with Marilyn. Grandpa and Lily do their best to encourage the romance, not realizing that this gentleman is only after Marilyn for her doubloons.

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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    7.7/10(243 votes)

    #24 - Mummy Munster

    S1:E324/29/1965

    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 earlier takes effect. A pair of museum curators open the box the next day and mistake the sleeping Herman for an ancient mummy. When Lily reads about their supposed scientific discovery in the newspaper, she goes to the museum and requests that the curators put Herman in a cab and send him home as soon as he wakes up.

    Director:Ezra Stone

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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    7.7/10(250 votes)

    #25 - Lily Munster, Girl Model

    S1:E335/6/1965

    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 entertains fantasies about the suave men she’s liable to mingle with. With Grandpa’s help, Herman transforms himself into a swinging playboy. Grandpa, in a disguise, poses as his beautiful blonde girlfriend.

    Director:Earl Bellamy

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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