The problem with the Addams Family, while more intellectual, the family never left the house! The Munsters on the other hand got out in the world. They went to the bank, the doctor's office, the country club, a drag race, the beach, a camping trip, a fashion show, took jobs at a shipping yard and even flew to Washington DC on a 707, etc, etc... Far more entertaining!
I LOVED the Munsters!!! I remember coming home from school and watching it everyday; never missed an episode! I'm 44 and am trying to explain this to my 14 year old son!
Judging by the closing credits, I think this is from the final first-run episode, where Pat Woodell, who'd left Petticoat Junction the previous year (as the original Bobbie Jo) played Eddie's schoolteacher.
Wow this is my favorite "Munsters" intro. Can listen to this all day long. I always wondered where they were all going? Wherever they are going Lily is hoping for rain...................
hmm , the credits say it was technicolor processing there . was this flim was in color then it went to lets say ?b&w there interesting ? chk out my songs ..
In one of the Simpson's Halloween specials, they do a take off on the Munster's 2nd season opening, and it's very well done. Homer crashes through the door ala Herman, etc. The funniest bit is at the end, when a normally dressed Lisa come through the door as the "Marilyn" character, and she's holding a textbook that says, "Copyright Law."
Much better show opening than season 1. I love the cars, and the Munster's house. Look at the chimney...smoke is always just BOILING out, as if some sinister mischief is being cooked up somewhere inside. Grandpa's car, which was seldom seen in the show itself, is called "Dragula." It and the Munster Koach were made by legendary custom car designer George Barris.
they reaily raced those cars on drag strips across the country during intermission breaks get some 1960 hotrod magazine and you will see what i am talking about.
I loved this show so much better than the Addams family: Herman and Lily as the devoted and loving married couple, Grandpa as the lovable eccentric, Eddie as a mischievous but well-behaved little boy, and Marilyn... poor Marilyn, she was the "weird" one but they loved her anyway. :)
Wow! If you look carefully (0.05), you'll see that poor Fred Gwynne came within a hair of severely twisting & possibly breaking his right ankle when he came crashing through the door. Now there was a man who was willing to suffer for his craft.
i have a hopefully though provoking question, if lily is a lady vampire and herman is a frankenstein monster, why is eddie a werewolf(or at least mostly werewolf)? HMMM?
One of my favorite lines from this show was when Eddie said, "Hey, Mom, Grandpa's in the paper," and Lily says, "Oh no, not in the obituaries again!" That and Herman's laugh used to crack me up!
Marilyn Is Lilly's niece!!! I wish they would've shown what her parents looked like!!! If her mother was normal, then Grandpa has some 'splanin' to do!!! ;oP
I don't know if it's still in the works, but a few years ago, there were talks of a "Munsters" movie, that would be written, and directed by Keenan Ivory, Shawn, and Marlon Wayans!!!
This theme was well written, enthusiastically performed, and captured the 60's sound and hilarity of the show perfectly. One one the top greatest TV show themes for sure. Green Acres is up there too.
One of the greatest pieces of recorded music ever, right along with the one for Hawaii 5-0. Man, those 60s TV shows couldn't be beat for their theme songs!
@drwhotvwam I think she's supposed to have been made as the bride of Frankenstein. So it kinda makes sense that she's married to Herman since he's Frankenstein's monster and Lily is the bride of Frankenstein.
I think the thing I really appreciate about The Munsters over the Addams is that despite being Monsters, the Munsters are a normal family that loves each other and shows sweetness and concern for each other while the Addams' are kind of remote and creepy with each other. Ultimately I like both shows.
OK...who here among us who ever picked up a guitar tried to play the Munster's theme song?? You know you did! We ALL did! If I had a guitar handy, I would roll this video and plink-plink-plink along...especially the slide!
The Musters kicked the Addams Family's BUTT! The Addamses were eccentric, but I wanted to BE the Munsters. Their house rocked; they had a dragon under the steps, they had a kickass car...and their theme song rocked!
I love how Herman smashes the door down, looks at it, and then he's like ..""F*CK IT" ,,,laughs and keeps walking !! And then Lily looks from left to right in perfect time to the music !! LMAO
@AtariGuy666 My friend and I met Al Lewis back in the 80's when he owned a restaurant in Greenwich Village. He came over and lit my friend's cigarette. He was a really nice guy.
I loved this show.. I was born in 1982, and didn't get to see this show until 1989 or 1990, and I remember I thought Lilly was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen.. I still do, she was so pretty.. I still like her today lol..
When I was a young li'l bastard in the late '60s I wouldn't eat Muenster cheese because I thought they melted Herman down (the reason the shows were no longer made) and was grossed out by the prospect of finding his neck bolts in my sandwich.
Was this ED'd a bit to punch up the bass drum? Or is this actually the way it sounds from DVD? Either way, it sounds excellent! Surprisingly good frequency response.
I could probably look this up, but I'm curious when this ran on CBS originally, what night and time slot was it in, and what show(s) were it's competition?
@Dimension150 1964-1965 and 1965-1966. I'm not sure about the competition on a weekly basis, but the first-ever airing of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' on December 9th, 1965, pre-empted the Munsters..........
The 2nd season Theme is a lot better then the 1st season theme, plus I liked the @nd season Marilyn Pat Priest she was the more beautifull of the two Marilyn's.
i loved this show as a kid. it was always being re run back in the early 90s on tv here in ireland. i was porobably only about 6 but i can remember laughing my ass off watching this. goes to show how much of a timeless show the munsters is. its still just as funny now as it ever was. brings back some good memories.
This is the Season 2 opening credits and it's the best. Heramn bursting through the door and Eddie with his bat. The theme music sounds a lot better, really more like dance music of the mid 60's. You can literally dance to this. Great show, great memories. Classic TV when TV was better!
@joseph60us You know, that would make an interesting contest: Best TVshow Theme Song of all time. You could even break it down into sub catagories. Balads, Instrumentals, Action, Scifi..
The Munsters were a HELL of a lot funnier than the Addams Family. The AF had some amusing moments, but the Munsters were laugh out loud funny, especially Herman and Grandpa.
@MisterMasterShafter You know, I never thought about that. The Adams Family relied on silly little 'bits' of humor almost like Family Guy does now; one cheesy little site gag after another. Rarely did either show give you a good solid laugh. The Munsters seemed so much more real to me. The situations had more depth to them. Maybe it was the acting or the writing or just better directing.
@Nash1a I think you're exactly right on. A nice analysis of The Munsters and AF, and a great analogy between AF and Family Guy. It's why I also think South Park and The Simpsons both kick ass all over FG, like The Munsters do over AF.
@MisterMasterShafter Agree. I never really like the AF. I remember the episode where Herman is trying to be a big singer and Grandpa gives him something that makes his voice sound real high pitched. The one where Grandpa is making electricity is hilarious too!
@bybeert Yeah, most of them were great. I like the one when Eddie brags how Herman's a great drag racer, so Herman's conned into a drag race and loses the Munster car, then Grandpa has to win it back. And the one where Herman's on a diet and can't take it anymore, so he lurks around the neighborhood looking into neighbors' windows until he finds a family eating a big turkey dinner, and he breaks in to get some. LOL
@MisterMasterShafter yes!! some of the stuff they did was awesome..remember one episode...when herman was breaking through the floor on a tantrum and grandpa goes to go down stairs and lily says to him..where are you going...grand pa says...down to the basement herman will be there in a minute!! LMAO
@DartsRme312 Yeah, that's a great Munster moment. Herman's just a big kid - who happens to be a Frankenstein with super strength. LOL I like the one where Herman goes out looking for Spot in the sewers, then he's seen there and they think Herman's a monster, of course. And also the one where Herman and Grandpa build Eddie a go cart and Herman wrecks it. I love that one.
@batosai370 Was AF more popular? I've never seen the ratings, but both shows went for two years, and I've seen the Munsters a lot more in syndication than I have AF.
@MisterMasterShafter The Munsters was more popular than AF during their initial runs - in their first season, the former show placed in the top 20 of the Nielsens while AF could only muster #24. However, in the middle of the second season, on January 12, 1966, ABC debuted a new series that aired at the 7:30 pm time slot on both Wednesday and Thursday nights: Batman. The Thursday night airing of Batman would place at #5 for the season and spelled virtual doom for The Munsters, which died in May.
@jsrosa1282 Thanks for the info. I knew that The Munsters were canceled to make room for Batman which was taking off, but I never knew how The Munsters ratings fared compared to the AF, which was on over the exact same time period. 1964-66. I would think The Munsters would be more popular, for the same reason it's been more in reruns. It's funnier and better.
I KNEW AL LEWIS AND SOME TIMES HAD A DRINK OR TWO 'ROUND 1978-1982 OR 3 he was cool there's was a bar called the fat black pussy cat at least i think that it was called that i'am close any how...
In the closing credits it states Processing..TECHNICOLOR CORPORATION.This was added in the credits as a plan for the show producers to have The Munsters in color for it's proposed 3rd season.But CBS cancelled the show.
I believe you are right. I know the Munster house was originally a bit smaller and simpler. They added some structure to the top and enlarged the turret.
@Wellch Well there goes the neighborhood... Almost as weird, Darrin & Samantha Stephens "shared" the same house (exterior, anyway) as Dr. & Amanda Bellows, despite Bewitched being an ABC show and IDOJ being NBC.
The anouncer was from the network. The one from WFLD was always left on there though. All it said was the name of the show, so it must have been cut off in middle. Maybe it would have said what the sponser was.
The problem with the Addams Family, while more intellectual, the family never left the house! The Munsters on the other hand got out in the world. They went to the bank, the doctor's office, the country club, a drag race, the beach, a camping trip, a fashion show, took jobs at a shipping yard and even flew to Washington DC on a 707, etc, etc... Far more entertaining!
Dimension150 1 month ago
"The Addams Family" was great, Morticia was hot, and Gomez was suave, but my heart belongs to Lily Munster and my empty head belongs to Herman!
spookym123 2 months ago
I LOVED the Munsters!!! I remember coming home from school and watching it everyday; never missed an episode! I'm 44 and am trying to explain this to my 14 year old son!
jbeautiful38 2 months ago
Judging by the closing credits, I think this is from the final first-run episode, where Pat Woodell, who'd left Petticoat Junction the previous year (as the original Bobbie Jo) played Eddie's schoolteacher.
jehobden 2 months ago
Thank you for posting the complete opening and closing credits
bedroombody1 3 months ago
This show was SO much better than the Addams family. And the theme music from season 2 rocked compared to the first!
fcatf6 3 months ago
That's the opening of TreeHouse of Horror XI
TheMisterantivirus 4 months ago
Lily reminds of Amy Lee :D
LyannaTargaryen 4 months ago
The Munsters are dope!
cheapcape 4 months ago
@ :08, Herman says,"Eh, feck it!" CLASSIC!
MarkSentMe 4 months ago
one of the best tv shows made, it sucks that it only lasted 2 seasons. and why The Addams family surpassed the munsters, I will never understand
bowlinshaggy 4 months ago
In Dallas, there's a main street named Mockingbird Lne. But no address for 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
QBCNetwork 4 months ago
HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL-o-WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!
and stylish as well. i love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i was 6 years young and this was my favourite tv-show!!!!
cheers to you for this upload!!!!!!
and it shows...you don´t need millions to create a classic!!!!
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Wow this is my favorite "Munsters" intro. Can listen to this all day long. I always wondered where they were all going? Wherever they are going Lily is hoping for rain...................
BruhTV 4 months ago
this is so stupid lol
who ever is reading this is a piece of shit
jolee10123 5 months ago
hmm , the credits say it was technicolor processing there . was this flim was in color then it went to lets say ?b&w there interesting ? chk out my songs ..
johnDenverSINGS 5 months ago
In one of the Simpson's Halloween specials, they do a take off on the Munster's 2nd season opening, and it's very well done. Homer crashes through the door ala Herman, etc. The funniest bit is at the end, when a normally dressed Lisa come through the door as the "Marilyn" character, and she's holding a textbook that says, "Copyright Law."
danj1701d 5 months ago
Much better show opening than season 1. I love the cars, and the Munster's house. Look at the chimney...smoke is always just BOILING out, as if some sinister mischief is being cooked up somewhere inside. Grandpa's car, which was seldom seen in the show itself, is called "Dragula." It and the Munster Koach were made by legendary custom car designer George Barris.
danj1701d 5 months ago
And Spot as Himself.
thetan63 5 months ago
i Boned yvonne de carlo!
donniebrasco24 6 months ago
Didn't Al Lewis run for governor of CA?
MaxxUS08 6 months ago
@MaxxUS08 No New York on the Green Party.
DarthSideous63 6 months ago
Marilyn >Wednesday
canon21100 6 months ago
OMFG! Billy the Exterminator totally ripped this off.
getsomelead 7 months ago
brilliant dont make em like this anymore xxxx
YvetteBurns1957 7 months ago 2
Good ole' 60s. Period.
tomodachi2all 7 months ago
This was from the last episode
robertmastroianni 7 months ago
This was from the very last episode
robertmastroianni 7 months ago
This has got to be THE coolest theme song for a TV show EVER! (Yes, it even beats "Cheers")
visor109 7 months ago
they reaily raced those cars on drag strips across the country during intermission breaks get some 1960 hotrod magazine and you will see what i am talking about.
ka8gov 9 months ago
Used to watch this EVERY morning before school while eating my fruity pebbles
cake2345678 9 months ago 6
I love how Marilyn was considered the ugly freak of the family...but they still love her like their own. haha
Billinois78 9 months ago
That was great:)
coolgranny09 9 months ago
Pop music makers of today would learn a LOT as to how to write GOOD music, if they listened to this opening theme music...
HypnoToad72 9 months ago 2
I always wanted the bat necklace that Lily was wearing. Finally got one courtesy of Torrid!! Whoo Hoooo!
pinkdogavenger 10 months ago 2
Da piccolo preferivo 1000 volte i mostri alla famiglia addams
maarcoo100 10 months ago
I loved this show so much better than the Addams family: Herman and Lily as the devoted and loving married couple, Grandpa as the lovable eccentric, Eddie as a mischievous but well-behaved little boy, and Marilyn... poor Marilyn, she was the "weird" one but they loved her anyway. :)
ThatsMyNerdGirl 10 months ago 14
A hot-rod hearse and a hot-rod coffin. I never noticed that the second car is a coffin hot-rod driven by Grandpa.
kwv889j 10 months ago
Wow! If you look carefully (0.05), you'll see that poor Fred Gwynne came within a hair of severely twisting & possibly breaking his right ankle when he came crashing through the door. Now there was a man who was willing to suffer for his craft.
drshagstein 10 months ago
I'd probably take Marilyn for a relationship, but definitely Lily for a one-night stand.
773SleepyHollow 11 months ago
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DarthSideous63 11 months ago
dude, i knew that, i was just trying to be funny
slimmdogg2968 11 months ago
LOL!!
i guess they did
slimmdogg2968 11 months ago
i have a hopefully though provoking question, if lily is a lady vampire and herman is a frankenstein monster, why is eddie a werewolf(or at least mostly werewolf)? HMMM?
i think lily has some explaining to do
slimmdogg2968 11 months ago
@slimmdogg2968 Lily and Herman took their honeymoon in London! :)
vccstudents 11 months ago
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tevfikfikret67 11 months ago
@slimmdogg2968 Lily has some werewolf blood too, in fact Lily's brother was a werewolf.
ThatsMyNerdGirl 10 months ago
oh herman.....
Toxiejunkie 11 months ago
One of my favorite lines from this show was when Eddie said, "Hey, Mom, Grandpa's in the paper," and Lily says, "Oh no, not in the obituaries again!" That and Herman's laugh used to crack me up!
vccstudents 1 year ago
Marilyn Is Lilly's niece!!! I wish they would've shown what her parents looked like!!! If her mother was normal, then Grandpa has some 'splanin' to do!!! ;oP
digga2552 1 year ago
@digga2552 Marilyn's father is Dr Jekyll.
DarthSideous63 1 year ago
I like what Lily does at 0:20.
Bradat26 1 year ago
If I could only watch 10 TV sitcoms for the rest of my life, the Munsters would be one of them!
Dimension150 1 year ago
Your right, I'm so glad I found this video. This theme music is the best from the first.
I can't stop playing it over and over...I'm addicted! Great old show!
lasurvivor47 1 year ago
The Munster house is still used on Wisteria Lane in Desperate Housewives.
You can recognise the roof structure easily.
Freshairwork2 1 year ago
I like what Lily does at 1:25
RockinReed97 1 year ago
Best TV theme ever.
robertmofford 1 year ago
Herman's giggle is hilarious..
XxLiveBaitxX 1 year ago
I don't know if it's still in the works, but a few years ago, there were talks of a "Munsters" movie, that would be written, and directed by Keenan Ivory, Shawn, and Marlon Wayans!!!
MrJP75 1 year ago
@MrJP75 Just what we need, a black Munsters. Didnt we learn from the black Honeymooners?
spicnspanish 1 year ago
This theme was well written, enthusiastically performed, and captured the 60's sound and hilarity of the show perfectly. One one the top greatest TV show themes for sure. Green Acres is up there too.
RallenMan 1 year ago
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DarthSideous63 1 year ago
the adams family never had bad ass hotrods like the munsters.
dizzypilots1 1 year ago
love how surfy second season's version is! Huge sign of the times!
PatrickMcBride65 1 year ago
One of the greatest pieces of recorded music ever, right along with the one for Hawaii 5-0. Man, those 60s TV shows couldn't be beat for their theme songs!
Teetee33 1 year ago
Grandpa's Eyebrows were arched to the GAWDS
BarrettTV 1 year ago
Man, those Munster Hot Rods are so Bad Ass....I wish I could Win the Lottery and get one of them.
EvilFingers 1 year ago 13
@EvilFingers
YES, YOU ARE SO CORRECT, The grandpa mobile was cool, HOWEVER, HERMAN'S was the best. NASCAR had nothing against that thing ;-)
bobbycv64 10 months ago
this fred and all at there best
MERRILL718 1 year ago
To be a kid in the 60's again! The music is classic!
darrellinyvr 1 year ago
Groovy 60's music oh to be a kid again!
darrellinyvr 1 year ago
My favorite show of the 60s:)
Dustinluva07 1 year ago
Flashback
MassacreKyle 1 year ago
Herman and Grandpa where the best not to mention the funniest
glowsticksgonewild 1 year ago
This was a great classic TV show from the 1960s. It would really be cool if there were to be a classic marathon of this show on Halloween.
Wolf251982 1 year ago
@Wolf251982
There is a Munsters marathon on The Hallmark Channel today!
MrGeno502 1 year ago
I met Al Lewis once when I was little no joke he was a real fun person may he R.I.P.
JOHN11HOT 1 year ago
ive often wondered was lily meant to be a vampire or a zombie. i will probable get some sarcastic reply for this lol im stupid i know
drwhotvwam 1 year ago
@drwhotvwam I think shes a vampire her dad was Dracula so yes
danbroad9 1 year ago
@danbroad9 And yet for some unexplained reason, their son is a werewolf. Hmm, maybe it's best if we don't think about it too hard. :-p
ShawnRavenfire 1 year ago
@danbroad9 thanks :)
drwhotvwam 1 year ago
@drwhotvwam I think she's supposed to have been made as the bride of Frankenstein. So it kinda makes sense that she's married to Herman since he's Frankenstein's monster and Lily is the bride of Frankenstein.
Hope this helps drwhotvwam. :)
MyKari2009 1 year ago
@MyKari2009 it does thank you :) another mystery solved lol. happy new year :)
drwhotvwam 1 year ago
@drwhotvwam no problem, glad to help out ^_^. Have a great 2011!
MyKari2009 1 year ago
@MyKari2009 Lily is Grandpa's daughter so that makes her a vampire too.
DarthSideous63 1 year ago
In seson 1 and 2 I love the twidly part at 0:17
danbroad9 1 year ago
I think the thing I really appreciate about The Munsters over the Addams is that despite being Monsters, the Munsters are a normal family that loves each other and shows sweetness and concern for each other while the Addams' are kind of remote and creepy with each other. Ultimately I like both shows.
Gevalle808 1 year ago
I never realized how much of a surf song this theme is.
fezmovies 1 year ago
OK...who here among us who ever picked up a guitar tried to play the Munster's theme song?? You know you did! We ALL did! If I had a guitar handy, I would roll this video and plink-plink-plink along...especially the slide!
MarkSentMe 1 year ago
The Musters kicked the Addams Family's BUTT! The Addamses were eccentric, but I wanted to BE the Munsters. Their house rocked; they had a dragon under the steps, they had a kickass car...and their theme song rocked!
MarkSentMe 1 year ago
Isn't this from the last episode? I remember Pat Woodall (Petticoat Junction) played Eddie's teacher.
east215 1 year ago
I love how Herman smashes the door down, looks at it, and then he's like ..""F*CK IT" ,,,laughs and keeps walking !! And then Lily looks from left to right in perfect time to the music !! LMAO
MVR326 1 year ago 3
Eddie laid down a bunt.
jln55 1 year ago
Grandpa!!!
AtariGuy666 1 year ago
@AtariGuy666 My friend and I met Al Lewis back in the 80's when he owned a restaurant in Greenwich Village. He came over and lit my friend's cigarette. He was a really nice guy.
Spartacus217 1 year ago
@Spartacus217 Cool story!
AtariGuy666 1 year ago
definatly better than the addams family by billions of miles, fantastic stuff! :D
aajj7101 1 year ago
I loved this show.. I was born in 1982, and didn't get to see this show until 1989 or 1990, and I remember I thought Lilly was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen.. I still do, she was so pretty.. I still like her today lol..
miguel0523 1 year ago
Excellent.
nycolas1712 1 year ago
When I was a young li'l bastard in the late '60s I wouldn't eat Muenster cheese because I thought they melted Herman down (the reason the shows were no longer made) and was grossed out by the prospect of finding his neck bolts in my sandwich.
reprobacious 1 year ago 10
@reprobacious LMAO!
vccstudents 1 year ago
you my friend did too too much what ever you took..
but umm..
can you get me some of it???
: ) ) )
orangie84 11 months ago
Was this ED'd a bit to punch up the bass drum? Or is this actually the way it sounds from DVD? Either way, it sounds excellent! Surprisingly good frequency response.
FlingsPooAtTheZoo 1 year ago
@FlingsPooAtTheZoo I have the DVD sets and yes, it sounds like this with the bass punched up a bit. Does sound good, doesn't it!
Dimension150 1 year ago
I could probably look this up, but I'm curious when this ran on CBS originally, what night and time slot was it in, and what show(s) were it's competition?
Dimension150 1 year ago
@Dimension150 1964-1965 and 1965-1966. I'm not sure about the competition on a weekly basis, but the first-ever airing of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' on December 9th, 1965, pre-empted the Munsters..........
joseph60us 1 year ago
I used to get called Herman at school! Ah happy days..... :-?
MrAnglomania 1 year ago
@MrAnglomania I don't mean any offense by asking, but because of looks or intellect? :-)
reprobacious 1 year ago
@reprobacious Looks AND height! I was that 6 foot tall teenager experiencing difficulties fitting in....but you should see me now, ha!!!
MrAnglomania 1 year ago
The 2nd season Theme is a lot better then the 1st season theme, plus I liked the @nd season Marilyn Pat Priest she was the more beautifull of the two Marilyn's.
Astraldragon1 1 year ago 3
i loved this show as a kid. it was always being re run back in the early 90s on tv here in ireland. i was porobably only about 6 but i can remember laughing my ass off watching this. goes to show how much of a timeless show the munsters is. its still just as funny now as it ever was. brings back some good memories.
eddyreck 1 year ago
This is the Season 2 opening credits and it's the best. Heramn bursting through the door and Eddie with his bat. The theme music sounds a lot better, really more like dance music of the mid 60's. You can literally dance to this. Great show, great memories. Classic TV when TV was better!
AmericanEvita 1 year ago
i love the munsters
kandy011400 1 year ago
I used to love The Munsters. Does anyone know where I can watch full episodes online of the show?
dancebrat13 1 year ago
5 episodes in latin spanish language on 1 dvd , people interest contact me
reliquias1980 1 year ago
The Addams family is very cool... BUT the Munsters are BADASS!!!
trappa 1 year ago
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danj1701d 1 year ago
AWESOME JAM LOL
weederfly 1 year ago
i could be dancing to this one in a go-go cage:)
sexymama1966 1 year ago
I've been to Al Lewis's restaurant in New York for my mom's birthday. Grandpa Munster kissed my mom on the cheek. :)
ac120479 1 year ago
Yes -one of the best themes ever !!!!.
1Bandit455 1 year ago
@1Bandit455 A fellow TA fan?
reprobacious 1 year ago
@reprobacious - yes - I 've owned several ie. a 74 SD455 T/A etc. .
1Bandit455 1 year ago
The Munsters' second season theme is the best television theme song ever. Ever.
joseph60us 1 year ago 36
@joseph60us You know, that would make an interesting contest: Best TVshow Theme Song of all time. You could even break it down into sub catagories. Balads, Instrumentals, Action, Scifi..
Nash1a 1 year ago
@Nash1a I agree! Fantastic idea! I vote for The Munsters second season for instrumentals......
joseph60us 1 year ago
Agree, love the song.
69FOSTER 1 year ago
@joseph60us
like the surf music feel
wrw1066 1 year ago
The Munsters were a HELL of a lot funnier than the Addams Family. The AF had some amusing moments, but the Munsters were laugh out loud funny, especially Herman and Grandpa.
MisterMasterShafter 2 years ago 56
@MisterMasterShafter You know, I never thought about that. The Adams Family relied on silly little 'bits' of humor almost like Family Guy does now; one cheesy little site gag after another. Rarely did either show give you a good solid laugh. The Munsters seemed so much more real to me. The situations had more depth to them. Maybe it was the acting or the writing or just better directing.
Nash1a 1 year ago
@Nash1a I think you're exactly right on. A nice analysis of The Munsters and AF, and a great analogy between AF and Family Guy. It's why I also think South Park and The Simpsons both kick ass all over FG, like The Munsters do over AF.
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago
@Nash1a i agree....the munsters were heads and shoulders above the adams family
DartsRme312 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter Agree. I never really like the AF. I remember the episode where Herman is trying to be a big singer and Grandpa gives him something that makes his voice sound real high pitched. The one where Grandpa is making electricity is hilarious too!
bybeert 1 year ago
@bybeert Yeah, most of them were great. I like the one when Eddie brags how Herman's a great drag racer, so Herman's conned into a drag race and loses the Munster car, then Grandpa has to win it back. And the one where Herman's on a diet and can't take it anymore, so he lurks around the neighborhood looking into neighbors' windows until he finds a family eating a big turkey dinner, and he breaks in to get some. LOL
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter yes!! some of the stuff they did was awesome..remember one episode...when herman was breaking through the floor on a tantrum and grandpa goes to go down stairs and lily says to him..where are you going...grand pa says...down to the basement herman will be there in a minute!! LMAO
DartsRme312 1 year ago
@DartsRme312 Yeah, that's a great Munster moment. Herman's just a big kid - who happens to be a Frankenstein with super strength. LOL I like the one where Herman goes out looking for Spot in the sewers, then he's seen there and they think Herman's a monster, of course. And also the one where Herman and Grandpa build Eddie a go cart and Herman wrecks it. I love that one.
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter Definitely! I'll never understand why the Addam's Family was more popular.
batosai370 1 year ago
@batosai370 Was AF more popular? I've never seen the ratings, but both shows went for two years, and I've seen the Munsters a lot more in syndication than I have AF.
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter The Munsters was more popular than AF during their initial runs - in their first season, the former show placed in the top 20 of the Nielsens while AF could only muster #24. However, in the middle of the second season, on January 12, 1966, ABC debuted a new series that aired at the 7:30 pm time slot on both Wednesday and Thursday nights: Batman. The Thursday night airing of Batman would place at #5 for the season and spelled virtual doom for The Munsters, which died in May.
jsrosa1282 1 year ago
@jsrosa1282 Thanks for the info. I knew that The Munsters were canceled to make room for Batman which was taking off, but I never knew how The Munsters ratings fared compared to the AF, which was on over the exact same time period. 1964-66. I would think The Munsters would be more popular, for the same reason it's been more in reruns. It's funnier and better.
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter your damn right!
dizzypilots1 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter thanks commpadre and amen.
dizzypilots1 1 year ago
Herman Monster reminds me of myself i act jusst like him except Iam not as tall as him
lilrob792 2 years ago
I love this show it was so much more funny the nthe adams family. Its sad that most of these actors are no long with us today.
Socoolscienceshow 2 years ago 2
I totaly agree with you I also think this show was funnier than the adams family
lilrob792 2 years ago 2
And yet this show only lasted 2 seasons what a mixed up world we live in where a less funny show can run longer.
Socoolscienceshow 2 years ago
I agree Man Its Funny how they get rid of all the funny shows yet they bring back the stupid once who arent even worht watching
lilrob792 2 years ago
@Socoolscienceshow And be more well known.
daggettbeaverforever 1 year ago
I loved Yvonne DeCarlo! She was so good in this! Along with Silent Scream and American Gothic! A true actress. Great show!
joshg123 2 years ago
I KNEW AL LEWIS AND SOME TIMES HAD A DRINK OR TWO 'ROUND 1978-1982 OR 3 he was cool there's was a bar called the fat black pussy cat at least i think that it was called that i'am close any how...
RENTAMOB1 2 years ago
Did we have "The Program Exchange" logo from around 1991 or 1992?
CraigFoye80 2 years ago
I loved the show and I think it was great they dressed up Herman to resemble the Universal 1930's Frankenstien Monster that Boris Karloff played.
Astraldragon1 2 years ago 2
I always used to think that house was so cool, still do.
VelvetRope1992 2 years ago 2
LOVED THIS SHOW WHEN I WAS A KID!!!!
carrotpeeler101 2 years ago 2
todo un clasico de los 60's ...
lennon304 2 years ago
In the closing credits it states Processing..TECHNICOLOR CORPORATION.This was added in the credits as a plan for the show producers to have The Munsters in color for it's proposed 3rd season.But CBS cancelled the show.
vintageboobtube 2 years ago
A third season in color would have been groovy, and very similar to "Munster, Go Home" I'm sure........
jed6271 2 years ago
A book about the Munsters said they made "Munster Go Home" to raise money for a third season.
britfrenir 2 years ago
What the hell,what was wrong with season 1's intro?????
Oh well no matter what the intro,the show is still superior that sorry knock-off they call Addams Family
Warriorcats64 2 years ago
I think that at the University Studio Lot, the Munsters and the Cleavers house were actually next to each other.
Wellch 2 years ago
I believe you are right. I know the Munster house was originally a bit smaller and simpler. They added some structure to the top and enlarged the turret.
dallaskeffer 2 years ago
@Wellch "University Studio lot" LOL!
I think you meant "Universal Studio lot".
And yes, I think they are.
visor109 1 year ago
@visor109 ---guess I was half asleep when I wrote that. :-)
Wellch 1 year ago
@Wellch Well there goes the neighborhood... Almost as weird, Darrin & Samantha Stephens "shared" the same house (exterior, anyway) as Dr. & Amanda Bellows, despite Bewitched being an ABC show and IDOJ being NBC.
reprobacious 1 year ago
Hey! No MCA-TV bug!
vinylrecord68 2 years ago
One time I heard an anoucer say the Munsters on WLD in chicago, but it was cut off though and they never had it again.
britfrenir 2 years ago
WFLD
mrtelevision 2 years ago
The anouncer was from the network. The one from WFLD was always left on there though. All it said was the name of the show, so it must have been cut off in middle. Maybe it would have said what the sponser was.
britfrenir 2 years ago
@britfrenir I meant WFLD.
britfrenir 1 year ago
there making a movie of this
KINGIBYM 2 years ago
they already did.
Luigifan1091 2 years ago