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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Munsters Season 2 Episode 1 - Herman’s Child Psychology
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Herman’s Child Psychology

    S2:E1

    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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  2. The Munsters Season 2 Episode 3 - Bronco-Bustin’ Munster
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Bronco-Bustin’ Munster

    S2:E3

    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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  3. The Munsters Season 2 Episode 6 - Happy 100th Anniversary
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Happy 100th Anniversary

    S2:E6

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Munsters Season 2 Episode 9 - John Doe Munster
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - John Doe Munster

    S2:E9

    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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  5. The Munsters Season 2 Episode 12 - Will Success Spoil Herman Munster?
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Will Success Spoil Herman Munster?

    S2:E12

    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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  6. The Munsters Season 2 Episode 13 - Underground Munster
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Underground Munster

    S2:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Mosher

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  7. The Munsters Season 2 Episode 19 - The Most Beautiful Ghoul in the World
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Most Beautiful Ghoul in the World

    S2:E19

    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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  8. The Munsters Season 2 Episode 20 - Grandpa’s Lost Wife
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Grandpa’s Lost Wife

    S2:E20

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Munsters Season 2 Episode 24 - The Musician
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Musician

    S2:E24

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Munsters Season 2 Episode 27 - Eddie’s Brother
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Eddie’s Brother

    S2:E27

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 9 - Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie
    7.1/10(297 votes)

    #11 - Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie

    S1:E9

    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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  12. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 14 - Grandpa Leaves Home
    7.2/10(274 votes)

    #12 - Grandpa Leaves Home

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 22 - Dance With Me, Herman
    7.3/10(247 votes)

    #13 - Dance With Me, Herman

    S1:E22

    In order to accompany Marilyn to her school dance, Herman decides to take dancing lessons. He goes to Happy Havemeyer’s Dancing School, where he is suckered into signing a ten-year contract for 1500 lessons (at $7.50 a lesson). Herman is under the wrong impression that he is going to become a dancing instructor for the school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 24 - Love Locked Out
    7.3/10(239 votes)

    #14 - Love Locked Out

    S1:E24

    After Herman attends an office party that goes on until the wee hours of the morning, Lily locks Herman out of their bedroom and makes him sleep on the sofa. When they are unable to reconcile, Lily and Herman each see a marriage counselor independently.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tom Adair

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  15. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 25 - Come Back Little Googie
    7.3/10(244 votes)

    #15 - Come Back Little Googie

    S1:E25

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 27 - Munsters on the Move
    7.3/10(244 votes)

    #16 - Munsters on the Move

    S1:E27

    In order to accept a promotion, Herman has to shuffle his family off to Buffalo. Eddie, who happens to be doing great on the baseball team, throws a temper tantrum. Since Grandpa has already sold the house to a wrecking company, the Munsters have no choice but to wage war.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writers:George Tibbles, Bob Mosher

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  17. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 1 - Munster Masquerade
    7.5/10(582 votes)

    #17 - Munster Masquerade

    S1:E1

    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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  18. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 5 - Pike’s Pique
    7.5/10(363 votes)

    #18 - Pike’s Pique

    S1:E5

    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...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 10 - Autumn Croakus
    7.5/10(311 votes)

    #19 - Autumn Croakus

    S1:E10

    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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  20. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 11 - The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster
    7.5/10(290 votes)

    #20 - The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster

    S1:E11

    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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  21. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 15 - Herman’s Rival
    7.5/10(277 votes)

    #21 - Herman’s Rival

    S1:E15

    Lily thinks that Herman has lost all his savings through a bad investment – when in fact he loaned it to her brother, the Wolf Man. She decides to build-up the family’s funds by taking a palm-reading job in a tea room. In a plot twist Grandpa and Herman suspect that Lily is sneaking out of the house to have a love affair.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 16 - Grandpa’s Call of the Wild
    7.5/10(280 votes)

    #22 - Grandpa’s Call of the Wild

    S1:E16

    Herman takes the family on a camping trip in a national park. After a dinner by the campfire, Grandpa hears the howls of the wolves and remembers his days in the old country. The next morning, Grandpa is missing. Lily realizes that he changed himself into a wolf to roam the woods with his canine friends. When she hears a news report about the capture of a rare Transylvanian wolf, Lily goes to the authorities to reclaim her father.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Bob Mosher

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  23. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 19 - Eddie’s Nickname
    7.5/10(257 votes)

    #23 - Eddie’s Nickname

    S1:E19

    Eddie wants to quit school because all the kids there call him Shorty. Grandpa helps by fixing a potion to make Eddie grow six inches overnight. Instead, the potion causes the young Munster to grow a full beard and mustache.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Richard Baer

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  24. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 20 - Bats of a Feather
    7.5/10(255 votes)

    #24 - Bats of a Feather

    S1:E20

    Eddie needs an impressive pet to take to the school pet fair, but Spot, the fire-breathing monster, is too shy to come out of hiding. Eddie decides to take Igor the bat, but Igor is insulted by one of Herman’s wisecracks and flies away. Without Eddie’s knowing, Grandpa changes himself into a bat to impersonate Igor. This causes trouble when Eddie gives Grandpa to another student whose father wants to send him to outer space on a scientific mission.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Munsters Season 1 Episode 21 - Don’t Bank on Herman
    7.5/10(250 votes)

    #25 - Don’t Bank on Herman

    S1:E21

    When Herman and Grandpa go to the bank to make a withdrawal, they are mistaken for bank robbers and handed eighteen thousand dollars in cash. When Herman gets home and realizes the wrong he’s done wrong, he can’t rest until he returns the money. When trying to bring it back in the middle of the night, Herman and Grandpa wind up locked in the bank’s vault.

    Director:Ezra Stone
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Herman’s Child Psychology" is the worst rated episode of "The Munsters". It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Ezra Stone and written by Bob Mosher, it aired on 9/16/1965. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Bronco-Bustin’ Munster".