The Worst Episodes of The Munsters

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Grandpa Leaves Home

   S1:E1412/24/1964

   Grandpa feels neglected and decides to depart the Munster Family. In the beginning Lily and Herman believe this is just a ploy to get attention and they let Grandpa leave, expecting he’ll soon come back. Shortly afterwards, they begin to miss him and try to track him down. The find out he’s doing a magic act at a local nightclub.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - Pike’s Pique

   S1:E510/22/1964

   The gas company wants to run a pipeline 25 feet under the Munsters’ house. However, at that depth it would run through Grandpa’s dungeon lab...

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - Autumn Croakus

   S1:E1011/26/1964

   Grandpa is feeling lonely and depressed so he contacts a matrimonial agency to find a mate. The agency sends over a nice looking elderly woman who find Grandpa to be delightful. She turns out to be the Black Widow: she makes her living by marrying her suitors, getting them to sign a life insurance policy naming her as beneficiary, and then murdering them.

   Director:Lawrence Dobkin

   Writer:Tom Adair

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   Writer:Tom Adair
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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - 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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   Writer:Tom Adair
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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - Come Back Little Googie

   S1:E253/11/1965

   Grandpa is under the impression that he’s turned Eddie’s friend Googie into a monkey. The truth is that the little boy is hiding to fool the Munsters.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - 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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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - Herman’s Child Psychology

   S2:E19/16/1965

   Eddie is upset that his family does not treat him cruelly because he thinks this means they don’t care about him. When Eddie decides to run away from home, Herman employs a little child psychology, which naturally backfires. Various circumstances eventually lead to Herman’s getting involved with a dancing bear.

   Director:Ezra Stone

   Writer:Bob Mosher

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   #8 - Bronco-Bustin’ Munster

   S2:E39/30/1965

   In yet another example of Eddie’s misguided regard for his father’s natural abilities, the young Munster enters Herman’s name in the bucking bronco contest at the local rodeo. Lily is unable to talk Herman out of such a dangerous task: he is intent on being a hero to his son in spite of the fact that he’s scared stiff. Meanwhile, the promoters plan to have Herman ride a horse that is guaranteed to break every bone in his body.

   Director:Ezra Stone

   Writer:Bob Mosher

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Happy 100th Anniversary

   S2:E610/21/1965

   Herman and Lily want to buy each other an elaborate gift for their 100th Anniversary. Without telling each other, they both take night jobs as ship welders. Since the job requires them to wear protective helmets that conceal their faces, they don’t realize whom they’re dealing with when they start flirting with each other.

   Director:Ezra Stone

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - John Doe Munster

    S2:E911/11/1965

    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. Until he restores his memory, he is treated as Eddie’s brother John.

    Director:Earl Bellamy

    Writer:Richard Baer

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Underground Munster

    S2:E1312/9/1965

    The Munsters’ pet Spot runs away from home 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. The Mayor vows to rid the city of these menaces by using TNT.

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    Writer:Bob Mosher

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Grandpa’s Lost Wife

    S2:E202/3/1966

    A lady in Sioux City, Iowa, has placed an advertisement offering a reward for the return of her lost husband, who is Grandpa. Grandpa claims to have never seen this woman before in his life – but when he discovers that she’s filthy rich, he’s ready to sign an affidavit stating that she is his spouse.

    Director:Ezra Stone

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Musician

    S2:E243/3/1966

    Grandpa’s magic transforms Eddie from a rotten trumpet player into a classical music virtuoso. But when he needs to duplicate the potion for a command performance for Herman’s boss, Grandpa can’t remember the exact formula. Eddie is accidentally turned into a jazz-playing, jive-talking hipster.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Eddie’s Brother

    S2:E273/24/1966

    Eddie longs for the companionship of a younger brother, so Grandpa builds him a robot named Boris. Eddie becomes resentful of this silent, mechanical boy who is so considerate and well-behaved that he garners all of Herman’s attention and admiration.

    Director:Ezra Stone

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Rock-a-Bye Munster

    S1:E410/15/1964

    Herman and Grandpa overhear Lily and Marilyn talking and somehow get the idea that Lily is pregnant. What’s really happening is Dr. Dudley’s son, Elmer, is coming to stay with the Munsters while Dr. Dudley and his wife are on vacation.

    Director:Norman Abbott

    Writers:Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly

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    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Munster Masquerade

    S1:E19/24/1964

    Marilyn’s boyfriend, Tom Daily, invites the Munster clan to a masquerade. Eddie remains at home with Mrs. Morton as his sitter. Marilyn goes as Priscilla, Lily is Little Bo Peep, Grandpa is Napoleon and Herman is King Arthur in a suit of shining armor.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin

    Writers:Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #19 - 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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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - 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

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Tin Can Man

    S1:E711/5/1964

    Thanks to a recommendation from an investigator of The Board of Education, Eddie is in danger of being expelled from school. The only way he can stay is if he makes an excellent project for the school’s Science Fair, so Grandpa helps him make a robot.

    Director:Earl Bellamy

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    #22 - 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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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie

    S1:E911/19/1964

    Herman has a twin brother Charlie who is a con-artist. He comes to town and ends up stays at the Munster home, which doesn’t make Herman too happy. Charlie claims to have made an invention that takes uranium from seawater, he’s looking for an investor. Herman thinks that the whole thing is a scheme to get a Lily’s $5000 inheritance, he ends up being right.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin

    Writer:Unknown

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster

    S1:E1112/3/1964

    After going to the car to find something Herman falls asleep in the back of his car with the keys in the ignition. The car is then stolen by bank robbers who don’t know that Herman is sleeping in the back seat. When Herman wakes up he wanders into their hideout and is thought to be Big Louie, a gang member who has taken twenty years of beatings in the boxing ring. Herman winds up as an accomplice in a bank robbery.

    Director:Ezra Stone

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Family Portrait

    S1:E1312/17/1964

    The Munsters have been chosen by Event Magazine as the average American family. Grandpa is insulted by being labeled “average”. He disappears, jeopardizing the family’s photo opportunity and the large amount of prize money that came with it. When a journalist and photographer arrive at the Munster home, Herman and Lily think they are burglars.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin

    Writer:Tom Adair

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