The essential episodes of The Munsters
Watch these 15 in order and you've got The Munsters — each pick states its reason.
- 01
The Parents of Marilyn's boyfriend are having a costume party and the Munsters are invited to the party so his parents can meet them. Grandpa throws a fit to get invited and tags along.
- 02
The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster
Crooks steal the Munsters car, plan a bank robbery, then mistake Herman for Big Louie. The crook that was supposed to have been sent to be the driver for the robbery.
- 03
The Munsters are chosen as the "Average American Family" by a national magazines computers. When Grandpa finds out, he wants no part of it and hides in the house after promising not to go anywhere. Herman and Lily take off to look for him. Marlyn gives the magazine writer and photographer a room while they are gone.
- 04
Eddies friends have new walkie talkie's and they start pretending to be Martians. Meanwhile, Herman is playing with his new ham radio set pestering people world wide and hears the kids pretending. He believes that they are really spacemen and the next day he drags Grandpa in on it.
- 05
Herman insults Igor on take a pet to school day for Eddie so Grandpa changes into a bat to go in his place. Eddie then trades his grandpa for a squirrel.
- 06
A visiting rock-N-roll group attempts to rent the Munster's house to get privacy from their fans.
- 07
Two gangsters pretend to be movie producers and con Herman into believing he is a movie star in an attempt to swindle a insurance company with his death.
- 08
The Munster family wins a free family membership to a local country club. Lily and Grandpa immediately do not like it but Herman and Eddie do and spend a father and son bonding afternoon out on the clubs golf course.
- 09
Eddie boasts to his school buddy that his dad is a better racer. Herman then takes the bet and looses the family car. In order to redeem himself, Grandpa helps him come up with a dragster.
- 10
Lilly practically forces Herman to go into work and demand a raise from MR. Gateman. Herman is promptly fired and is afraid to tell Lily that he lost his job. He tries several jobs but nothing seems to work out for him. It is one disaster after another.
- 11
Yes, Galen, There is a Herman (a.k.a. My Friend Herman)
Herman helps a young boy that he finds trapped in a iron fence then neither Galen's family believes that Herman exists, nor does the rest of the Munster family believe that Galen exists.
- 12
Spot gets upset and runs away, then Herman causes a major crisis when he goes after the family pet.
- 13
Herman urges Eddie to ignore a schoolyard bully who is picking on him and then has to deal with a practical joker at work.
- 14
While reading a detective magazine in bed, Herman discovers a wanted article in it with Grandpa's picture, by a woman who is claiming that he is her long lost husband.
- 15
Eddies school essay on My Parents an Average American Family prompts a visit from his school's principle. Grandpa experiments with the houses electricity again.
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