About This Quiz
They may look like monsters, but the members of the Munster family weren't that different from other sitcom families of the day. Take our quiz to test your knowledge of the spooky sitcom!The spooky series hit the airwaves on Sept. 24, 1964, the same week as "The Addams Family."
The show ran for 72 episodes over two seasons, but it lived on in TV movies and reboots long after it was canceled.
The Munsters reside at 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the town of Mockingbird Heights.
Advertisement
Fred Gwynne plays Herman Munster, who bore a close resemblance to the classic Frankenstein movie monster.
Yvonne De Carlo played the Bride of Frankenstein-esque Lily Munster.
Butch Patrick played Eddie, a young werewolf with pointed ears like his mother.
Advertisement
Poor Marilyn was often pitied by the family for her plain looks.
Al Lewis played the vampire Grandpa Munster, who often slept suspended from the ceiling like a bat.
The pair played Officers Muldoon and Schnauser on "Car 54" before playing family members on "The Munsters."
Advertisement
In early pilots, Lily was known as Phoebe, and the role was played by Joan Marshall.
During season one, Herman's twin brother Charlie visits the family and tries to swindle them out of money.
The vampire Lily is visited by her brother, the Wolf Man, in a season one episode.
Advertisement
After the kids at school start calling Eddie "Shorty," Grandpa gets to work on a potion to help the child grow.
The classic car, with its blood red interior, was built using the bodies of three Ford Model T's.
Herman works various jobs at the Gateman, Goodbury and Graves funeral home.
Advertisement
They get jobs as welders at a shipyard but don't recognize each other behind their welding masks.
A falling safe lands Herman in the hospital with amnesia, and Lily must adopt him to get him released.
Eddie's fire-breathing pet, Spot, resides in an understair lair.
Advertisement
A stray lightning bolt from one of Grandpa's experiments turns Herman from a monster to normal — much to his dismay.
While Herman and Grandpa use the money to create crazy inventions, Lily and Marilyn use the windfall to open a beauty shop.
When Dr. Frankenstein IV comes to town, he brings Herman's monstrous cousin Johann, who promptly goes on a rampage.
Advertisement
Grandpa loves to work in his basement laboratory, where he comes up with wacky inventions and questionable potions.
Grandpa Munster is the proud owner of a Transylvania-born bat named Igor.
The family owns a pet raven whose favorite word is "nevermore." The bird was sometimes voiced by Mel Blanc.
Advertisement
Dr. Dudley can't see a thing without his glasses, which may explain why he doesn't notice anything strange about the Munster family.
Herman works for Mr. Gateman, who is played by John Carradine.
Clyde Thornton, played by Chet Stratton, pranks Herman mercilessly until the monster puts him in his place.
Advertisement
In the episode "Hot Rod Herman," Grandpa builds a drag strip car he christens DRAG-U-LA.
After a failed experiment in Grandpa's lab, the family went off the air until 1988, when the series was brought back for 72 new episodes.
The reboot, which starred Jerry O' Connell as Herman, aired as a Halloween special, but the series was never picked up.
Advertisement