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Marilyn's boyfriend, Tom Daily, invites the Munster clan to a masquerade. Eddie (Butch Patrick) remains at home with Mrs. Morton as his sitter. Marilyn (Beverley Owen) goes as Priscilla, Lily (Yvonne De Carlo) is Little Bo Peep, Grandpa (Al Lewis) is Napoleon and Herman (Fred Gwynne) is King Arthur in a suit of shining armor. At the party Mr. Daly is dressed and made up as Frankenstein's monster. Herman tells him that he reminds him of someone and adds that it's unfortunate that he isn't wearing a costume at his own masquerade party, angering Mr. Daly. When it is time for the best costume award Herman is asked to take off his helmet. One man (Walter Woolf King) says that Herman should win for wearing one mask over another. Lily is insulted and Marilyn as well is angry with Tom's family. Tom takes Marilyn home, where he finally sees Herman and Lily without their costumes. Tom runs away, but Marilyn is relieved.

Marilyn is depressed because all her boyfriends, including her latest named Jack (Edward Mallory), run away after their date. Grandpa wants to help her. He cooks up a love potion and slips it into Marilyn's oatmeal, but Marilyn skips breakfast and Herman, Lily, and Eddie accidentally eat the love potion. The postman starts to flirt with Lily. Yolanda Cribbins (Claire Carleton), a neighbor who does not like the Munsters, suddenly finds Herman very attractive. Eddie is chased by a bunch of girls, trying to catch him. Grandpa finds out what is happening when Marilyn tells him that she didn't eat the oatmeal that morning. The potion eventually wears off and the postman and Yolanda run off. Marilyn tells Grandpa that she would rather have someone like her for herself.

Note: This was the first of the broadcast episodes to be filmed, although it was the second one aired.

Suffering from insomnia caused by high electrical bills, Herman begins going on midnight walks. When other walkers see him, they are scared and tell the police that a monster is free at the park. There is also a purse snatcher roaming the park. This causes Police Commissioner Ludlow (Barry Kelley) to send Police Chief W.R. Harris to find the culprit under threat of being reassigned to the "most desolate, deserted, law-forsaken part of town." Harris dresses up as a woman and goes out to find the monster. With Herman's help, the purse snatcher is caught. Meanwhile, Grandpa invents an "enlarging machine" in order to help Eddie and other things grow, but he's having some trouble getting it to work properly. Larry J. Blake appears as The Desk Sergeant. Kate Murtagh appears as The Fat Lady. Almira Sessions appears as The Woman. Michael Gordon appears as Patrolman Finkel.

Herman and Grandpa think Lily is pregnant after overhearing her speak with Marilyn. The truth is that Marilyn will care for Dr. Dudley's son, Elmer, who will be visiting Eddie. Herman finds the doctor's card and takes Grandpa with to visit the doctor that night. Herman asks Dr. Dudley whether Lily's expecting a boy, and believing that Herman is talking about Elmer, he says yes. Meanwhile, Lily is thinking about giving Herman a new car for his birthday. Lily tells Herman that Eddie's new playmate has arrived and that he's in the living room. Elmer brought a Frankenstein doll, and when Herman sees it, he thinks that it's his newborn son. Eddie and Elmer explain to Herman that it's only a toy. He faints and later Lilly explains everything to him. But Herman cheer ups after seeing that Lily has bought him a new car, actually, a two-in-one car.

Note: First appearance of the family car, the "Munster Koach".

Workers digging for a gas pipeline 25 feet (7.6 m) underground accidentally reach Grandpa's laboratory in the dungeon of the Munster's house. The workers run off in horror and report what they saw to Borden T. Pike from City Gas. Pike goes to the Munster's home to try and secure rights to run the pipe. Herman later calls Pike and tells him he'll come over to his house to sign the papers. But, not feeling that well, Herman sends Marilyn instead. This causes a problem as Pikes wife thinks he is seeing other women and she slams the door on Marilyn. In the end, and despite some of Grandpas meddling, the deal goes through.

Herman goes on a diet to be able to fit into his old uniform for an army reunion. When Dr. Dudley tells him to lose a hundred pounds in a week, Herman resolves only to consume water and vitamins. Unfortunately, Herman starts his diet just as Thanksgiving is approaching. Everyone asks him to eat something, but Herman insists he can lose the weight. The family straps Herman to a table and then goes out for their Thanksgiving meal. But a hunger-stricken Herman can be potentially dangerous. He escapes and makes his way to a home where a family named Farber are about to have dinner. He breaks into the house and starts eating their turkey. Herman manages to fit into his uniform, but only with the help of a corset.

Eddie has his friend Wilbur (Teddy Eccles) over, and Herman wows the kids with exhibitions of his strength. Wilbur's dad, Duke Ramsey (John Hubbard) is a wrestling promoter. He hears about Herman, calls him and invites him to be a wrestler. Herman decides he must start to put some money aside for Eddie's college education, so he takes a job. But he wants to keep it a secret, so he becomes the Masked Marvel. Grandpa discovers Herman's secret. Herman winds up losing his fights because the other wrestlers all give him a sob story. Ramsey comes up with a gimmick. He will pay by the minute any amateur to fight Herman. But a professional wrestler and his manager plan to pretend to be an amateur and put sleeping pills in Herman's water. Grandpa uses his magic to help Herman win.

Herman's twin brother, Charlie (Fred Gwynne, in a dual role), a fast-talking con artist, stays with the Munsters against Herman's wishes. Charlie has 24 hours to pay back a $1000 loan. He tries to bilk Lily out of $5,000 by attempting to sell her a worthless device that he pretends can separate uranium from sea water. Herman won't let Lily buy the machine. Grandpa thinks he broke Charlie's machine when he can't get it to produce any uranium. When Charlie hears that neighbor Mrs. Cartwright (Jean Willes) has lots of money, he sells the machine to her. Knowing the machine is worthless and to protect the Munster name, Herman buys the machine back from Mrs. Cartwright. Grandpa tells Charlie that he fixed the machine, so Charlie buys it back from Herman. But there apparently are still a few bugs in the machine.

Grandpa wants to marry again, because he's feeling lonely. He looks for a fiancée in a matrimonial agency. Herman is against it, but Grandpa gets fascinated with a woman named Lydia Gardner (Linda Watkins). What Grandpa doesn't know is that she is from a fraudulent agency. Lydia makes her living by marrying men and then killing them for their money. Even though Herman refuses to meet Lydia, Lily and Grandpa invite her to stay at the house for a while. Lydia's first attempt to kill Grandpa fails. That evening she sees Herman for the first time, screams and runs out of the house. The police catch her outside and explain to Marilyn what she was up to.

After a midnight visit to the drive-in, Herman falls asleep in the family's Cadillac (not the Munster's Koach). The car is promptly stolen by two thieves named Freddie (Lennie Weinrib) and Al, to be used as a getaway car on a bank job. Lily is worried about Herman's disappearance and reports him missing to the police. They then go searching for him. When Herman awakens, the thieves mistake him for their getaway driver, Big Louie. Meanwhile, the police mistake a drunken Big Louie for Herman and they drop him off at the Munster's house. Confusion ensues until the crooks get caught and Big Louie is returned to the police.

Grandpa has invented a pill that turns water into gasoline. Grandpa sends a sample to an oil company hoping to sell it. Mr. Hadley (Walter Woolf King), the president, is convinced the pill works and sends Dick Prince (Grant Williams) to close the deal with Grandpa. Meanwhile, Marilyn has been suffering from insomnia. Grandpa gives her a magic potion in order to help her get some sleep. But he discovers that he used a Sleeping Beauty potion, and only the kiss of a Prince will break the spell. Herman puts an ad in the paper looking a prince. Two actors come to the house, but run off when they see Herman. When Dick Prince arrives looking for Grandpa, Herman sees that he would be the perfect prince. Grandpa says that he will sign the contract if Prince kisses Marilyn. Prince discovers that Marilyn is a pretty girl, and when he kisses her the spell is broken. Grandpa signs the contract that says he will keep his product off the market. But Lily says that they won't accept any money, as a thank you for Prince and his help.

The Munsters are to be photographed by Event magazine, which has picked them as the "average American family." The prize includes $5,000, and in order to win the money the magazine must send two reporters to spend a couple days with the family. While there, the reporters are to write an article and take some pictures of the family. Every member of the family must appear in the family portrait. Grandpa is offended by the word "average" and hides. Herman and Lily decide to go out and look for him. Meanwhile, Marilyn receives the two reporters in the house. One of them begins to flirt with Marilyn, while the other starts to feel scared. Herman and Lily return without success. During the night, the reporters bump into Herman and Lily and run out of the house. The magazine director tells them to go back and get a picture. The Munsters family portrait appears on the cover of the magazine and says that here is the average family celebrating Halloween.

Guest star: Harvey Korman as Lennie Bates, Fred Beir as Chip Johnson and Roy Roberts as Mr. Morgan

Herman and Grandpa have a fight. Grandpa claims that nobody wants "this broken down old man" and that he'll leave forever. Herman tells Lily that Grandpa's just bluffing. Herman's plan is to act as though nothing is happening when Grandpa says goodbye. Grandpa is only pretending but when he sees that the family doesn't seem concerned, he leaves the house. Eddie sees in the paper that Grandpa's working in a night club as a magician. Herman and Lily go to the club to check on Grandpa. Grandpa attempts a trick where he locks himself in a trunk with chains, and tries to get out unassisted. Things at first don't go well. To save his act, Grandpa opens the trunk after turning into a wolf, then closes it and gets out as himself. Grandpa declines an offer to tour with the wolf-act, because he prefers to come back to his family.

Guest stars: Robert Strauss as the Manager, Iris Adrian as the Woman in the club.

Marilyn is sent home from college because her tuition has not been fully paid. Herman goes to talk to the dean, but is mistaken by Coach Roger Denman (Frank Maxwell) for college basketball recruit Moose Mallory (Robert Easton). Believing he is clearing up the tuition problem, Herman is tricked into signing up. Coach Denman discovers that it was actually Herman he signed up and not Moose, but he'd rather keep Herman. So when the real Moose and his hick father show up, they are sent home by the Coach. When they see Herman's name in the paper, the family realize that he messed up and Marilyn still can't go back to school. The Mallorys also see the paper and they decide to take out their grievance on Herman. Herman manages to convince the Coach to tear up his contract and sign Moose.

Herman has a new Ham radio and picks up two friends of Eddie playing Spacemen on their walkie talkies. Thinking Martians have landed, he is so excited he can't sleep. Herman thinks he is on the verge of the biggest scientific breakthrough in history. Herman and Grandpa go out searching for spaceships using a radio direction finder. They find the two boys who are now dressed up in spacesuits and have a large toy spaceship. The boys are frightened and run away. Herman takes a picture of the spaceship and Grandpa brings it to the Air Force. Grandpa finds out there are no Martians and has to tell Herman.

Guest stars: Herbert Rudley as Captain Halbert, Dort Clark as Mr. Andrews, Ray Montgomery as The 1st Man, Larry Thor as The 2nd Man.

Eddie doesn't want to go back to school. He is upset that his school nickname is Shorty. First, Grandpa tries to teach Eddie boxing, but Herman is against it. Grandpa then figures the solution is to make one of his famous secret potions. He makes one that will make Eddie grow six inches (152.4 mm) in height overnight. It grows him a beard instead. Herman takes Eddie to see Dr. Dudley, but the doctor isn't much help. The family finds a most unusual way to cure Eddie. Herman tells Eddie that it doesn't matter what you look like, it's what kind of person you are that matters.

Eddie needs an impressive pet to take to the school pet fair. Eddie can't take Spot because he won't come out from under the stairs. Grandpa suggests Igor the bat. But, Igor gets insulted by one of Herman's wisecracks and flies away. Grandpa changes himself into a bat to impersonate Igor. At school, Eddie trades him for the weekend for classmate Timmy's squirrel. When Eddie tries to get Grandpa back, he finds out that Timmy's dad took him to a laboratory in Washington. The plan is to send him up into space with a female bat. The family goes to Washington and Herman manages to get into the lab. The only problem is he takes the wrong bat. Grandpa eventually escapes the lab.

Lily asks Herman to go to the bank and withdraw all the money from their tax account. Bank manager Mr. Grover (Maurice Manson) is worried about robbers who have disguising themselves in Halloween masks. So, when Herman and Grandpa arrive at the bank, they're mistaken for the robbers. The frightened cashier gives them all the money in cash. At home, they count the money and come up with $18,300. An angry Lily explains to Herman that the correct amount of money should have been $680. Lily tells Herman to return the money to the bank the next day. Herman knows he won't be able to sleep until the money is returned. He decides to go to the bank during the night with Grandpa. They manage to get into the bank, but when they're inside of the bank safe the door closes accidentally and locks them inside. A couple of crooks arrive and blow off the door without knowing the surprise that they will find inside. The robbers faint and the police are able to capture them later.

Lily finds an invitation inside Marilyn's bureau drawer for a "Parent's Night" taking place at her school. Marilyn says that she didn't mention it as it is a dance party and she knows that Herman isn't a great dancer. Herman finds an ad in the paper about a dance school. Herman goes to the school and has Miss Valentine as his teacher. Herman tells Lily the dance class went so well, that the school director might make him a dance teacher. Miss Valentine has Herman sign a suspicious contract. Grandpa discovers that the contract is nothing but a fraud, with Herman practically signing his life away. The director finds out that the police will be investigating his business and he thinks Herman could be in on it. He tells Herman he has no talent and tears up the contract. Disappointed, Herman decides to not go to the party, and tells Lily and Marilyn to go without him. Lily agrees, but at the porch she pretends to sprain her ankle so she could stay home with Herman.

Herman takes a correspondence course on how to become a detective. Grandpa thinks he's crazy, but Herman's already sent in an application to a local detective agency, calling himself Agent 702. Herman begins to practice, disguising himself in different ways and patrolling the streets during the night. Lily doesn't know about Herman's secret job, and suspects that he is having an affair with some woman. Lily goes to the same agency where Herman's applied for a job and asks to have him followed. But after hearing the creepy description of Herman, the boss doesn't want to use one of his own men on the case. He decides to use Agent 702. Excited by his first case, Herman has Grandpa read the description of the husband and he will sketch a picture of him. The picture looks like Herman, and they find out it was Lily who put in the request. Grandpa comes up with a plan to have Agent 702 file a favorable report on Herman Munster. Everyone is happy and the agency gives Herman another job as a bodyguard for a woman. But problems arise when Lily, out doing charity work, finds Herman at the woman's house.

Lilly won't feed, speak to or let Herman into their bedroom after he comes home from an office party past midnight. Grandpa tells Herman to not give in, Lilly will come around. After four days and nights of this, Marilyn and Grandpa separately encourage Lilly and Herman to see a marriage counselor. They wind up both seeing the same doctor. Lily sees Dr. Harvey Baxter (Elliott Reid) first. He tells her to play the role of peacemaker and forgive and forget. Herman sees the doctor next. Not knowing Lilly is Herman's wife, Dr. Baxter tells Herman he must assume the role of peacemaker first, not the wife. Herman and Lilly have a fight over who will be peacemaker first. Grandpa comes up with a plan to bring the two together.

The manager for a rock group called The Standells pays the Munsters $1,500 to rent the house for one weekend. But the Munsters are unable to adjust to the cleanliness of their hotel, and they return home — to find a wild party.

Note: At the party the Standells perform a cover of The Beatles's "I Want to Hold Your Hand," Herman improvises a beatnik poem, and Lily sings the English folksong "He's Gone Away" while playing the harp. (Yvonne DeCarlo did her own singing in this episode.)

Herman has been promoted to manager of a branch office by his boss. But they'll have to move to Buffalo, New York and the house will have to be sold. The family agrees to sell the house, but Eddie doesn't know about it yet. Various people come to see the house, but all are frightened away. A Mr. Dennison (Bert Freed) shows up and wants to buy the house. Grandpa signs a contract not knowing that he has sold the house to a demolition company. Eddie finds out about moving and refuses to go. Grandpa calls Dennison and tells him they've changed their minds about selling. But Dennison arrives with his bulldozers to destroy the house. Herman finds a way to change Dennison's mind.

A pair of con artists want to stage a phony accident as an insurance scam. The men find Herman, and with one look, they realize they have found the perfect patsy. They tell Herman that he could become a film star if he agrees to work with them. Herman signs a contract without knowing that it's an insurance policy. Herman acts in a bunch of dangerous scenes, but he manages to survive each attempt to hurt him. Meanwhile, Grandpa and Lilly read about the con artists in the paper. They explain everything to Herman.

Leo Durocher, third base coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers, needs a power hitter for his team. He gets conked on the head by one of Herman's line drives from eight blocks away. After finding out who hit the ball, Durocher goes in person to visit Herman and asks him to try out for the team. Obviously, Herman is excited about the offer. However, the dream ends when the other players start to refuse to play with Herman. Many of them got hurt because of the way Herman prevents a man from stealing a base or how hard he throws the ball. The team just couldn't afford all the damage he would do. The family comfort Herman and tell him how much they need him.

The Munsters win a membership to the highly exclusive Mockingbird Heights Country Club. However, the membership board would like to get a close look at the family to see if they meet the club's standards. They first organize a visit for Lily and Grandpa. After Lily see some models talk about and show off what they are wearing, she does the same with her outfit. Meanwhile, Grandpa visits the bar and does some magic tricks for the bartender. Lily and Grandpa come home and tell Marilyn how rude the people were at the club. They tell Herman that they don't want to join. However, Herman and Eddie go to the club to play golf. Herman destroys the golf course with his strong swings and leaves his giant footprints in some areas. The afternoon paper talks about how something has destroyed the golf course. Herman decides he doesn't want to join a club that lets a madman roam the club.

The Munsters receive $180,000 in gold doubloons from Uncle Gilbert in Transylvania. They decide to deposit the treasure in the bank. Alan Benson, from the bank, arrives to pick up the money. Alan and Marilyn are instantly attracted to each other and start dating. Grandpa receives a mysterious call claiming that Alan plans to elope with Marilyn and that he is only interested in Uncle Gilbert's money. Grandpa wants to use a spell on Marilyn to transport her away so they can confront Alan. But everybody except Herman end up in a motel in Kansas City. When Alan arrives, he is frightened off by Herman. Marilyn is disappointed, but Uncle Gilbert arrives to cheer the family up.

Lily asks Herman to pick up Marilyn at the museum. Before he goes, he takes an experimental sleeping pill invented by Grandpa. Herman arrives late to the museum and he gets stuck inside. Looking for a phone, Herman believes that a sarcophagus is actually a phone booth. He gets stuck inside the sarcophagus and falls asleep. Eddie sees in the paper an article about an ancient mummy, with a picture of Herman sleeping inside of the sarcophagus. Lily goes to the museum and claims that the mummy is her husband. The scientists believe that Lily intends to steal their mummy. Later, Herman wakes up and scares one of the scientists. At home, Herman takes another pill. The scientist arrives with the police and Lily says that there's no mummy. But they find Herman sleeping peacefully in the laboratory, and the police take him away. After hearing a joke from one of the policeman, Herman wakes up laughing inside of the museum van and scares the scientist and the policemen.

Feeling useless, Lily wants to do something with her spare time, so she decides to find a job. She applies to various places, but none work out. Lily then applies as a model at Laszlo Brastoff Couturier and gets the job. Herman gets angry and jealous, because he believes that there will be a lot of men flirting with her. Grandpa gives Herman a pill that turns him into a Texas playboy. Then, using his magic potions, Grandpa turns into a beautiful woman, in order to help Herman in a plan to make Lily jealous. They go to the fashion show and Lily sees the two of them. Back at home, Herman tries to convince Lily that the woman was really Grandpa. Grandpa can't prove it because someone drank the rest of the potion. When Eddie comes into the room as a little girl, Lily believes their story.

Eddie volunteers Herman as a performer for his school's talent night. Since Herman has no discernible talent, Grandpa conjures up a pair of magic ballet shoes that will make him a gifted dancer. Grandpa also has a bunch of jars with magic powder for almost every style of dance. Herman agrees to try the slippers and the magic powder, but the spell fails. Eddie comes in and says he volunteered Herman as a magician. Lily asks Grandpa to help Herman, but without him knowing. Herman is a success with Marilyn as his assistant, and he even tells some jokes for his audience. However, he starts to get big-headed about his talent, so Lily and Grandpa have to teach him a lesson.

Herman purchases 10 acres (40,000 m) in Happy Holiday Valley through a crooked magazine ad. It turns out to be a patch of wasteland in a broken-down ghost town, so the Munsters absolutely adore it. But the con artists want to get the land back when they can strike a deal to sell the area for use as a missile site. The men offer the Munsters double their money if they sell the land back to them. But, Lily says they wouldn't leave for any price. So, the crooks decide to scare the Munsters off, but nothing they do seems to bother the family. It's actually Herman who frightens the men away. In the end, Herman sells the land to the company that wanted to build the missile site.

Eddie tells his friend Sandy Baylor that his father can beat Mr. Baylor, a professional racer, at the Mockingbird Heights drag strip. After Lily laughs at the idea, Herman agrees to race. Herman ends up losing the Munsters Koach on a bet with Mr. Baylor. Determined to win it back, Grandpa constructs his own roadster, the Drag-u-la, to beat 'Leadfoot' Baylor at his own game and win back the family's beloved Koach. But at the race track Baylor tries to sabotage the Drag-u-la. Despite this, Grandpa wins.

Herman has been working extra hours at the parlor without receiving extra money. Egged on by Lily, Herman demands a raise from his boss Mr. Gateman. He is promptly fired. Fearing Lily's reaction, Herman makes up a story that his boss will take a few days to think about it. Herman pretends to be going to work, when he is actually trying out new jobs. He tries a boxer, sewer worker, boat welder and the laundry industry. Lily finds out about Herman's situation and decides to talk personally with his boss. She tugs at Gateman's heartstrings and he gives Herman his job back plus the raise.

Herman saves the life of a young boy named Galen Livingston Stewart, by bending the bars of a fence that his head is stuck between. At first Herman has a hard time convincing his family that the boy is real. They become close friends, but Galen's parents think 'Uncle Herman' and his family are a figment of the boy's imagination. The Stewarts even hire a German psychiatrist, Dr. Siegfried Leinbach, to examine their boy. Leinbach suggests that he have Galen show him this imaginary house and family. After Leinbach meets the Munsters, he believes he's in a bad dream.

Guest stars: Brian Nash as Galen Stewart, Harvey Korman as Dr. Leinbach, Marge Redmond as Mrs. Stewart, Walter Brooke as John Stewart.

Eddie's friend Charlie Pike tells him that all parents are mean. Charlie says he's going to run away from home and convinces Eddie to do the same. Herman uses a little child psychology and encourages Eddie, which naturally backfires. Eddie leaves, finds out that Charlie was only bluffing, and goes somewhere on his own. Lily sends Herman out to look for Eddie. Herman finds a bear cub that escaped from the local circus in a cave, believes it's Eddie and brings it home. At home, Herman learns that Eddie is already there and goes to return the cub. Herman befriends the mother bear from the circus and winds up dancing with her.

The Munsters are off for a picnic at Paradise Cove. While out scuba diving, Herman is caught in the net of Soviet Fishing Trawler #47. The Russians think they've caught a missing link between man and fish. Herman has a good time entertaining the crew. Moscow, however, is convinced Herman is a new kind of American spy. The Americans intercept the Moscow message and print in the paper that they believe that it is just a Soviet hoax. The Commissar tells the crew they must get rid of Herman, but the crew like him. Grandpa and Lily show up at the boat and find the crew giving Herman a farewell party with singing and dancing. An angry Lily drags Herman off the boat.

Guest stars: Val Avery as The Commissar, Edward Mallory as The Young Man, John Zaremba as Charlie, Howard Wendell as John, Edwin Reimers as The Announcer.

Eddie's misguided regard for his father's natural abilities prompts the young Munster to enter Herman in the bucking bronco contest at the local rodeo. The organizers think Herman must be a great rider and they don't want anybody to ride off with the $500 prize money they are offering. To be on the safe side, they want to put Herman on Volcano, a horse nobody can ride. Scared and nervous, Herman asks Grandpa for help. Grandpa decides to turn himself into a horse so Herman at least knows whom he'll be riding. But at the rodeo, they can't make the switch and Herman winds up riding Volcano. Much to the family's relief, Herman manages to stay on the horse and win the prize.

Herman has taken up photography as a new hobby and inadvertently snaps a picture of two bank robbers leaving the scene of the crime. Herman is too dumb to see what he's taken, so it's explained to him by Grandpa and Lily. The next day there is a front page story of the holdup and a report that an unidentified man was seen in the area taking pictures. The robbers soon locate the Munster's house by searching for the Munster's Koach. They hope to get their hands on the incriminating evidence. The crooks decide to hole up with the Munsters until the heat is off. Grandpa comes up with a plan to get the crooks captured.

Eddie is called "Lead Foot" by the other kids on his track team. Herman decides to coach his boy to enter the big spring track meet, but the rest of the family are not very impressed with Herman's training methods. So, Grandpa cooks up some special 'a-go-go' pills for Eddie. But, by the day of the meet, there are no more pills left. Eddie still wins several events. Turns out Eddie stopped taking the pills after the first day and he hid them.

Herman and Lily want to buy each other elaborate gifts for their 100th anniversary. Thinking the other has completely forgotten about it, both of them withdraw $1,000 from their bank account, and both checks bounce. Still wanting to surprise the other with an amazing gift, Herman and Lily individually acquire part time jobs at the Cleaver Employment Agency. Working as welders at the Crosby Shipyards, but not recognizing each other because of the welder's masks, Herman and Lily start flirting with each other. Things become awkward when the couple simultaneously discover each others 'secret' identity. Grandpa brings the upset couple back together.

Eddie comes home upset, saying he will never talk to anyone again. Apparently the school nurse said he needs to have his tonsils out and he doesn't want to do it. Eddie has the operation and everything goes well. The doctor doesn't think Herman should visit Eddie as he might cause a scene. That night Grandpa and Herman sneak out and go to the hospital. Herman is mistaken for an accident victim and is immediately given a dose of laughing gas. Grandpa finds him and brings him home. Lily thinks he's drunk, but Grandpa explains what happened.

Against Herman's wishes, Lily has decided to rent the spare room. Out of 27 applicants, only one man is willing to cross the front door. Chester Skinner seems nice enough, only he refuses to explain his profession. Herman immediately gets jealous because everyone really likes Chester. After finding a gun and surveillance equipment in Chester's room, Herman and Grandpa are convinced their guest is on the wrong side of the law. Herman calls his neighbor Mr. Lewis to let him know he's being spied on. Turns out Mr. Lewis is a crook and he decides to pack up and leave. When Chester comes home, Herman and Grandpa tie him up. They then learn that Chester is a Police Lieutenant. To make up for their mistake, Herman catches the crooks for Chester.

A 300-pound safe drops on Herman's head, causing him to develop amnesia. The police take him into protective custody and rename him 'John Doe'. In order to get him released into her custody, Lily petitions the court to adopt Herman as her son. Herman starts acting like a child. He still doesn't show any sign of recognition after ten days. Lily and Grandpa come up with a plan to shock him back into Herman by having Grandpa disguise himself as Rock Hudson and pretend to woo Lily. Grandpa says he must have taken some old pills because he looks more like Rudolph Valentino. The plan doesn't work. But when Herman sees Eddie on the roof trying to fly a kite, it brings back his memory.

To provide Marilyn with a future husband, Grandpa tries to turn a frog into a prince. Conveniently, he chooses a nearsighted frog who will not be put off by Marilyn's "hideous" looks. When the rest of the family is out to the drive-in, Marylin accidentally locks herself in her room. A young man named Ted passes by and mistakenly thinks she is being held prisoner. The rest of the family assume Ted is the frog, turned into a prince, and promptly tie him up in the basement while getting Marylin's black wedding gown ready. Ted talks Eddie into untying him and leaves. Herman and Grandpa find the frog and assume the spell wore off. Ted tells the police about Marilyn. The police investigate and believe the Munsters and the house are all part of a college fraternity prank.

Herman gets promoted to hearse driver and has to renew his driver's license. Herman flunks the test, so Grandpa helps him study. The next time he passes but then crashes into the driving instructor's car. Grandpa suggests that Herman go to some small town and try to pass the test there. They go to tiny Groverville. There they meet near-sighted and disoriented Charlie, who tests Herman and gives him his license. But, it turns out that the hearse Herman will drive is horse driven.

Eddie borrows a tape recorder belonging to the disc-jockey father of one of his friends. Herman records his own version of 'Dry Bones' as a lark on a tape recorder. The disc jockey plays it on his radio show the next day. The family hears the song on the radio not knowing it's Herman and thinks it's awful. However, the song is an over-night sensation and the radio station is offering a 5 year recording contract to the mystery singer. Herman starts acting conceited and the family wants to stop his music career. Grandpa hopes to ruin Herman's voice with "nothin' muffins", which turn everything good into nothing.

Spot runs away from home after Herman scolds it for leaving mud prints all over the house. He is mistaken for a dangerous monster when he is sighted in the sewer. Marilyn goes to city hall to claim Spot, but is turned away by the Mayor. Herman then goes down into the sewer to look for Spot, but gets lost himself. Soon local newspaper men have branded Spot a giant lizard monster, and Herman its 'mate'. The Mayor, who is facing reelection, decides to bomb the sewers in order to get rid of the creatures once and for all. Lily and Grandpa rush to stop that from happening. But an explosion actually brings Spot and Herman together.

While searching for a fuse box in the dungeon, Herman and Grandpa discover a secret chamber and a clue to Henry Morgan's pirate treasure hidden on the Munsters' property. Lily and Marilyn are touched to see the two men working so closely together to find it. But as soon as the treasure is found, their companionship turns to suspicion and rivalry. Then they start fighting over its ownership, and Lily has to intervene. But, when they continue fighting, Lily tells them she gave the treasure to the Rescue Mission.

Eddie is being bullied at school by Jack McGinty, and Herman is continuously being tricked by practical joker Clyde Thornton at work. Herman advises his son to turn the other cheek, but when both come home with a black eye, they decide it's time to retaliate when provoked. Grandpa helps Eddie and Herman learn how to box. The next day at school, Eddie punches Jack. Clyde is about to play another joke on Herman. But when he sees how strong Herman is, he changes his mind. Clyde apologizes for what he did and Herman is able to play a small practical joke on him. That evening, Herman and Eddie brag to Grandpa about what they did. Lily over hears and tells them she will not tolerate violence.

Trying to teach Eddie about the folly of gambling, Herman bets the money in Eddie's piggy bank on a long shot. He places the bet at a local dry cleaning store that is also a bookie joint. When the horse comes in a winner, it ruins Herman's lesson. But Herman decides to continue the lesson and take his winnings and bet it on another long shot. That horse also winds up winning. Believing Herman has inside information, the bookies want Herman to work for them. Lily finds out that it was Grandpa that magically caused those horses to win. The bookies get Herman to pick a horse for them and they prevent him from leaving until the race is over. The horse loses, but Grandpa helps Herman escape.

Grandpa claims to be working on a machine that will bring about world peace. Herman sneaks into the laboratory that night and starts to play with it. A lightning bolt strikes Herman in the head, disfiguring him so severely that he ends up resembling a normal person. Lily takes Herman to Dr. Dudley to ask if anything can be done with plastic surgery. The Doctor tells them that no plastic surgeon would change Herman back to the way he was. Grandpa gets out Herman's original blue prints, which were a gift from Dr. Frankenstein. The attempt turns Herman into a female version of his old self. When Herman steps outside into a rain storm, he is hit by another bolt of lightning and restored to his former self.

Note: The "disfigured" Herman is actually Fred Gwynne minus the monster makeup. This episode was remade for The Munsters Today, starring John Schuck as Herman.

Despite everyone else wanting to vacation at the beach, Herman decides on Buffalo Valley. The Munsters, minus Marilyn, head for Buffalo Valley by train. Herman gets off at a rest stop at Indian Flats while the family is asleep. He then falls asleep himself, causing him to miss the train and end up all alone. He wanders into the village of a Native American tribe where he is mistaken for an ancient spirit. The tribe wants Herman to pretend to marry an Indian girl to bring in tourists. Meanwhile, the rest of the family starts looking for him. When the family finds Herman, Lily puts a stop to the marriage.

The Munsters receive $10,000 inheritance money from Cousin Wolverine. Herman and Grandpa use their half to develop an invention for transmitting wireless electricity. While Lily and Marilyn use their half to open their own beauty salon. Both endeavors turn out to be disasters. Herman and Grandpa's invention blows up in their faces. The town is fining them for destroying municipal property. Lily and Marilyn's first two customers sue them over the results of their makeover. Mrs. Harkness and her daughter demand to be restored to their original beauty. But after coming a second time, they leave bald. In the end, there is a money making use for Grandpa's machine, but he has already destroyed it.

A lady in Sioux City, Iowa, has placed an advertisement in a magazine offering a $1000 reward for the return of Grandpa. Herman writes a letter to the woman wanting to claim the reward, but Lily talks him out of mailing it. Herman then calls Pamela Thornton to ask why she is looking for Grandpa. She says that she is Grandpa's wife. Grandpa claims to have never seen the woman before in his life. Turns out Eddie mailed the letter. Pamela arrives at the Munster home. When Lily won't tell where Grandpa is, Pamela hires a lawyer. Grandpa goes to see Pamela and believing that she is rich, he signs a paper stating he is her husband. Grandpa then finds out it is all a scam so that Pamela can gain an inheritance.

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. Marilyn has several bad things happen to her while she is out on a date. Herman doesn't believe in the curse and has Lily wear the ring the next day. While Lily is wearing the ring, bad things happen at breakfast. Still not convinced, Herman puts on the ring. After another mishap, Herman finds he can't remove the ring from his finger. Grandpa discovers the curse can only be removed by a living member of the Fregosi family, the last of which lives in Detroit and runs Amalgamated Motors. Grandpa, Herman and Lily go to see Henry J. Fregosi. At first Henry denies knowledge of the ring. But then he brings the three into his hidden laboratory in his office and removes the curse.

Note: Guest star Paul Reed reunites with series regulars Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis, all 3 having starred in Car 54, Where Are You? from 1961-1963.

Eddie, an avid fan of ghoulish TV host Zombo (Louis Nye), 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. Even Lily and Marilyn comment on how good looking Zombo is. Grandpa gives Herman a potion so he will appear as equally outlandish as Zombo and hopefully Eddie will consider his dad a hero again. However, Eddie and his friends are not impressed with the way Herman looks. Lily and Eddie go to the TV studio. Eddie is disappointed when he sees Zombo without his make-up. When on the show, Eddie tells everyone that Zombo is a fake. Zombo is actually happy, as he wanted to get out of his contract anyway.

After Herman has his poetry published in The Mortician Monthly, a shy co-worker named Clyde (Chet Stratton) asks him to compose love letters to help him attract the attention of a young lady named Clara (Joan Staley) that he met on a bus. Grandpa tells Herman to be careful that Lily doesn't find the letters. Lily finds a letter in the dungeon and becomes suspicious. When Clara finds out that Herman is the one who has been writing the wonderful poetry, she sets out to hook up with him. Lily decides to go to Clyde's house to see if Herman is meeting a woman there. Herman starts to believe that it's Lily that Clyde met on the bus. Clara shows up at Herman's house and after seeing Herman, she runs away screaming. Lily and Clyde show up and Herman explains everything to Lily.

Mr. Gateman tells Herman that every child should learn a musical instrument. Eddie is not thrilled about it. Grandpa's magic transforms Eddie from a rotten trumpet player into a classical music virtuoso. Herman invites Mr. Gateman over for dinner. But when Eddie needs to duplicate the performance for Herman's boss, Grandpa cannot remember the exact formula of the potion. A classical music buff, Mr. Gateman is surprised when Eddie plays jazz music. Gateman fires Herman. Coming back later, Gateman apologizes and gives Herman his job back. Gateman would also like to hear Eddie play again, but because the potion has worn off, he is subjected to Eddie's rotten playing.

Eddie sends in Herman's picture to a Father Of The Year contest. Marilyn sculpts a clay bust in Herman's likeness for her art class. She tells Art Professor Fagenspahen that the sculpture represents a living person. He shows a picture of the sculpture to Theodore Hansen, Professor of Anthropology. Fagenspahen tells Hansen that the sculpture is of Marilyn's Uncle Herman. They plan to make a bundle from their discovery of a missing link. When they send a letter to Herman for him to come in to be examined, Herman thinks he won the contest. Herman later learns that he didn't win the contest and then throws his tantrum. The professors are fired because the school thought their story about Herman being the missing link was a hoax.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, IV (John Abbott), from Germany visits Mockingbird Heights. He brings with him Johann (Fred Gwynne, in a dual role), Herman's look-alike cousin, who is far less civilized than Herman. Victor would like Herman to help Johann become more cultured. But Herman must do it secretly. Herman agrees to take Johann home to teach him some manners with the help of Grandpa. Unfortunately, Lily mistakes Johann for her husband and takes him to the Happy Valley Lodge for the weekend. When Grandpa and Herman call Lily, she tells them Herman is with her and they should stop playing practical jokes. Grandpa and Herman then ask Victor for help. Things are eventually explained to Lily and Victor takes Johann back to Germany.

Guest stars: Forrest Lewis as The Motel Manager, Helen Kleeb as The Manager's Wife.

Eddie longs for the companionship of a younger brother. Herman tries to be Eddies pal and play with him, but things don't go well. So Grandpa builds him a robot named Boris. But Eddie becomes resentful when Boris' good behavior garners all of Herman's attention and admiration. Eddie runs away in his pajamas. The family finds him outside and tells Eddie how much they love him. Eddie now gets along with Boris. Boris moves to Death Valley to live with relatives. Eddie makes friends with a girl named Sally, who likes the same things he does.

Herman buys an old Chevrolet convertible for Marilyn from disreputable used-car dealer Fair Deal Dan (Frank Gorshin). Once he gets it home, it turns out to be a piece of junk. Lily tells him to take the car back and demand his money back. Herman tries to return the car but Fair Deal Dan is long gone. Herman later finds out that the piece of junk is also stolen. The police suspect Herman and arrest him. The family comes to bail him out. While they are waiting, the police bring in a drunken Fair Deal Dan. Dan sees Herman and confesses.

Herman comes home with a bad case of the hiccups after a scary movie at the drive-in. To cure Herman of his hiccups, Grandpa puts him into a trance. A couple of fraternity pledges are sent to spend a night in the Munster house, thinking it to be abandoned. Mistaking the frozen Herman for an elaborate dummy, they sneak him out of the house to leave him at the Alpha Kappa Sorority as a prank. Herman awakes from his trance in a girl's closet at the sorority house. He tries to leave, but there are girls everywhere. Herman manages to call home, but when Lily finds out where he is, she hangs up on him. He escapes by jumping out the window after Grandpa rescues him, but Grandpa then gets caught.

Note: Guest star Ken Osmond had appeared as "Eddie Haskell" in Leave It to Beaver, whose creators/producers Joseph Connelly and Robert "Bob" Mosher also produced The Munsters.

When Herman gets hit by a car, he emerges unscathed while the car is destroyed. The driver of the vehicle thinks she has disfigured Herman for life and offers him a cash settlement by mail in the hopes he won't sue her for everything she has got. Herman and the family get confused when they get the offer and think that they owe the woman $10,000 for the damage to the car. When the woman offers to double her cash settlement offer, Herman thinks he owes even more. Lily learns the true nature of the cash settlement after a talk with the woman who hit Herman. Meanwhile, afraid that he could never raise the money, Herman abandons his family and runs away. He tries to take part-time jobs all over to support himself. Lily teams up with Grandpa to find Herman and get him back home.

Grandpa invents a machine that stores electricity from lightning bolts, but it doesn't work as well as it should. Eddie reads a school composition entitled "My Parents: An Average American Family" to his class. His teacher and principal think what he has written is the product of an overactive imagination. They decide to head over to the Munster house to see for themselves. Once there, they realize everything Eddie said about his family was true and they leave quite frightened. Giving up on his electricity machine, Grandpa tries to create his own water supply. This invention also doesn't work too well.

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