The Munsters

On January 8th, Yvonne De Carlo, better know as Lily Munster, passed away. In her honor, I have decided to do a series of Whatever Happened To… The Munsters.

The Munsters was a sitcom that ran from 1964-1966 for a total of 72 episodes. I remembering watching the show after school in the 70s when it was in syndication. The black and white series concerned a family of “monsters” that lived in a average American neighborhood. The Munsters interacted with the community and had no idea that they were different.

The main characters included Herman Munster, the bumbling Frankenstein-like dad, Lily Munster, his no-nonsense wife who looks like the bride of Frankenstein and Grandpa, who is Lily’s father, is a mad scientist type and can transform into a bat or wolf.

There were also two other characters, Eddie Munster, Lily and Herman’s son who is a werewolf and Marilyn Munster, the daughter of one of Lily’s sisters, who in the family’s view is “quite plain” but in fact looks like an average American girl.

The family’s pet was Spot, a fire-breathing dragon, whose lived in the basement.

A bit of trivia - Bert Lahr (better known as the Lion from The Wizard of Oz) was originally in the running for the role of Grandpa!

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