The Munsters The Munsters The Munsters is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters starring Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein's monster-type head-of-the-household Herman Munster, Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife, Lily Munster, Al Lewis as Grandpa, the over-the-hill vampire who relishes in talking about the "good old days", Beverly Owen (later replaced by Pat Priest) as their teenage niece Marilyn Munster, whose all-American beauty made her the family outcast, and Butch Patrick as their half-vampire, half-werewolf son Eddie Munster. The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and the wholesome family fare of the
Grandpa (The Munsters) a former girlfriend "Shirley Zlebnik", and his overbearing Mother (played by actress Ruth Buzzi). In the episode "Munster Masquerade", Grandpa describes having been married "167 times", and although his wives are "all dead", he still keeps "in touch with them". Grandpa's wife, Lily's Mother, makes an emotional appearance in "The Munsters Today" series in 1990, in the episode "Once In a Blue Moon" (airdate: September 18, 1990). Grandpa's identity as Count Dracula is also alluded to in both the original series and "The Munsters Today". In the 1965 episode "The Musician", Mr. Gateman refers to him as "Count Dracula" when