The Munsters Today
The Munsters Today is an American sitcom and a revival of the original 1964–66 sitcom The Munsters that aired in syndication from October 8, 1988, to May 25, 1991.[2][3]
| The Munsters Today | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Directed by | Norman Abbott Bob Claver Bonnie Franklin[1] Peter Isacksen Marlene Laird Lee Lochhead Russ Petranto Scott Redman Doug Rogers |
| Starring | John Schuck Lee Meriwether Howard Morton Hilary Van Dyke Jason Marsden |
| Theme music composer | Jack Marshall |
| Composers | Bill Fulton Larry Groupé |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 73 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Arthur L. Annecharico Bryan Joseph Lloyd J. Schwartz |
| Producer | Bryan Joseph |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production companies | The Arthur Company MCA TV |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Original release | October 8, 1988 – May 25, 1991 |
| Related | |
| The Munsters | |
Plot
The series concerns the day-to-day life of a family of benign monsters, with married couple Herman Munster and vampire Lily Munster. Lily's Father Grandpa, who is also a vampire, lives with the family. Herman and Lily have a son named Eddie, who is a werewolf, and their niece, Marilyn, whom the family deems as strange, but is the only “normal” member of the family, also lives with them.
This sequel series starts with Grandpa creating "Sleeping Chambers," coffins which make the user fall asleep for a selected amount of time, and insisting the entire family try them out. After Grandpa sets the dial for 30 minutes and shuts the door, a flash of light and a falling beam change the dial to "Forever." 22 years later, a man named Mr. Prescott and his assistant explore the Munsters' house with plans to turn it into a parking lot when they unknowingly awaken the Munsters from their Sleeping Chambers. Finding themselves in the 1980s, the Munsters work to adjust themselves to the current time period.
Cast
Main cast
The cast of "The Munsters Today."
Recurring cast
- Mary Cadorette as Dee Dee Nelson
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Howie Buchanan
- Greg Mullavey as Roger Nelson
- Scott Reeves as Dustin Nelson
- Tiffany Brissette as Shannon Margaret Millhouse
- Bijou Phillips as August Chutney Millhouse
Special guest stars
- Kaye Ballard as Mother Earth
- Billy Barty as Genie
- Shelley Berman as Sam Hawkins
- Jonathan Brandis as Matt Glover
- Dr. Joyce Brothers as Mrs. Cousins
- Ruth Buzzi as Dracula's Mother
- Gordon Cooper as Himself
- Bill Daily as Count Strimpkin
- Dustin Diamond as Rob
- Moosie Drier as Andy Graves
- Nancy Dussault as Dr. Sandra Brown
- Nanette Fabray as Dottie
- Norman Fell as Mr. Maurice
- Christopher Fielder as Damien
- Lucy Lee Flippin as Natasha Jones
- Kathleen Freeman as Grandma
- George Furth as Dr. Carver
- Zsa Zsa Gabor as Herself
- Kip King as Burt Fearman
- Dave Madden as Mr. Preston
- Eddie Mekka as Mr. Sweetzer
- Richard Moll as Genghis Khan
- Pat Morita as Mr. Watanabe
- Don Most as Barney Morley
- Lois Nettleton as Jessica Brown
- Daniel Riordan as Headlock Henderson
- Marcia Wallace as Dr. Susan Evans
- Jo De Winter as Katja Dracula
- Yetta as Shirley
Production
Development
This color revival of The Munsters starred John Schuck (Herman), Lee Meriwether (Lily), Howard Morton (Grandpa), Hilary Van Dyke (Marilyn) and Jason Marsden (Eddie), and broadcast 73 episodes from October 8, 1988, to May 25, 1991, giving it more first-run episodes than the original series. The pilot explained the 22-year gap following the original series by showing the family as they were in 1966. They were testing out a machine that Grandpa had created. The machine allows someone to sleep for ages without aging. But then an accident took place; the family then proceeds to sleep for years, only to wake up in 1988.[4]
It was created following a failed attempt to revive the show with most of the original cast (Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis and Yvonne De Carlo) in the 1981 NBC telefilm The Munsters' Revenge.
Episodes
Pilot
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Still the Munsters After All These Years" | John Robins | Lloyd J. Schwartz | Unaired | |
| Series pilot: Grandpa creates "Sleeping Chambers," coffins which make the user fall asleep for a selected amount of time, and insists the entire family try them out. After Grandpa sets the dial for 30 minutes and shuts the door, a flash of light and a falling beam change the dial to "Forever." Twenty-two years later, a developer named Mr. Preston (Dave Madden) and his assistant want to buy the Munsters' home and turn it into a parking lot. While Mr. Preston and his assistant are exploring the house, down in Grandpa's lab, the assistant gets tangled in spider webs and knocks the dial to "off." The Munster family awakens to the world of 1988 and have to figure out a way to buy back their own house which is being foreclosed upon due to 22 years of missed taxed payments and fines. | ||||
Season 1 (1988–89)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Vampire Pie" | Norman Abbott | Barbara Berkowitz | October 8, 1988 | |
| Herman decides to enter a baking contest, using an old family recipe. Too bad there was an ingredient Grandpa forgot... | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "A Little Russian Dressing" | Dick Harwood | Hope Juber & Lloyd J. Schwartz | October 15, 1988 | |
| Grandpa won three wishes from the Transylvania Idiots Clearing Sweepstakes, but what he really wanted was a Bacon Lettuce Tarantula sandwich . | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Flyweight Champion of the World" | Bob Claver | Bryan Joseph | October 22, 1988 | |
| After being bullied, Grandpa mixes Eddie a strong-man formula that inflates Eddie's ego as well as his muscles. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Magna Cum Munsters" | Bob Claver | Ann Gibbs & Joel Kimmel | October 29, 1988 | |
| After feeling useless for not being asked questions in his home, Herman takes night school for Eddie to ask him questions, which leads him to the fourth grade: in Eddie's class. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Designing Munsters" | Peter Isacksen | Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft | November 5, 1988 | |
| Lily becomes interested in the world of fashion, and she leaves all the housework and the cooking to Herman and Grandpa. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Farewell, Grandpa" | Peter Isacksen | Elroy Schwartz | November 12, 1988 | |
| Grandpa is in big trouble when the family finds out he forgot to get a green-card when he came to the country. After Herman breaks him out, only an invisibility potion can save them. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Corporate Munsters" | Bonnie Franklin | Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft | November 19, 1988 | |
| Stock that Herman bought many years ago has accumulated so much that he holds a position in the business. However, he debates keeping the job when it conflicts with Eddie and Father/Son Day. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Herman the Astronaut" | Doug Rogers | Danny Morris | November 26, 1988 | |
| Herman likes the idea that he’s the first astronaut to go to the planet Venus. The bad news is Lily and Grandpa aren’t as thrilled as he is. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Rock Fever" | Peter Isacksen | Ted Bergman & Kathy Joseph | December 3, 1988 | |
| One of Marilyn’s favorite bands, The Lizards turned into real lizards on the day before their live Tv debut . Meanwhile,Lily thinks Herman must’ve forgot their anniversary. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Professor Grandpa" | Lee Lochhead | William Cyr | December 10, 1988 | |
| After Grandpa’s hair tonic destroyed the Munster Manor, he takes a job as a chemistry professor. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Say Ah!" | Doug Rogers | Bryan Joseph | December 17, 1988 | |
| The doctor was more concerned about Herman’s weight than Eddie’s sore throat. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Cereal" | Peter Isacksen | Steven Baum & Neil Alan Levy | December 28, 1988 | |
| After saving a kid, Herman becomes a hero. When a cereal company offers him a deal, he accepts. But once he finds out the cereal is a flop, will he keep on endorsing it? | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Computer Mating" | Lee Lochhead | Hope Juber & Kim Mortensen | February 4, 1989 | |
| Grandpa gets a new girlfriend after feeling lonely. But after finding out his girlfriend has buried a large amount of husbands, Herman and Lily fear for Grandpa's life. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "McMunsters" | Doug Rogers | Patty Gordon & Joy Grdnic | February 11, 1989 | |
| 15 | 15 | "One Flu Over the Munsters' Nest" | Lee Lochhead | Ann Gibbs | February 18, 1989 | |
| 16 | 16 | "Green Eyed Munsters" | Peter Isacksen | Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft | February 25, 1989 | |
| Herman gets jealous when Lily's teacher takes up too much of her time. Will he win her back? | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "The Not So Great Escape" | Bob Claver | Michael Davidoff | March 4, 1989 | |
| Grandpa decided to enter the Houdini Classic Open, and he has two realistic problems: No one likes his magic tricks, and Lily and Herman want him to find a new hobby. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Two Left Feet" | Peter Isacksen | Ann Gibbs & Joel Kimmel | March 11, 1989 | |
| Marilyn’s dream date with her crush was cancelled right after his family became petrified of the Munsters. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Lights, Camera, Munsters" | Peter Isacksen | Adele Styler & Burt Styler | April 29, 1989 | |
| Marilyn gets to make a movie for a project, while the family debates what type of film she should do. Meanwhile, Eddie is doing poor in school, causing panic for the teacher when it turns out that a parent-teacher conference is in order. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Neighborly Munsters" | Norman Abbott | Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft | May 6, 1989 | |
| With new neighbors next door, everyone tries to make a good impression, while the wife tries to do everything to get a fancy pool in her yard (which would dig into the Munsters') except talk with them. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Munster Hoopsters" | Lee Lochhead | Marc Brown | May 13, 1989 | |
| Eddie wants to take up basketball, so that Herman can brag about him. There's only one problem: he cannot sink a shot! | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Don't Cry Wolfman" | Peter Isacksen | Lloyd J. Schwartz | May 20, 1989 | |
| When two burglars hid the fortune in the Munster house, they were asleep. Now that they are awake, they devise a plan: one would pretend to be one of them. Unfortunately, he comes to like the Munsters' ways and even saves them. In the end, the "wolfman" burglar and the Munsters all vote to return the money. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Howling" | Peter Isacksen | Bob Hilgenberg & Billy Riback | May 27, 1989 | |
| 24 | 24 | "Eau de Munster" | Peter Isacksen | Bryan Joseph | June 3, 1989 | |
| When the town wants to demolish Munster Moore for a museum, Herman tries to put a stop to it. There's only one problem: Grandpa accidentally got him with a love potion, which takes effect on the woman running the idea. | ||||||
Season 2 (1989–90)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "Threehundredsomething" | Bonnie Franklin | Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft | October 7, 1989 | |
| Herman and Lily want to spend one romantic weekend together without any chaos involved. Zsa Zsa Gabor guest stars as herself. | ||||||
| 26 | 2 | "There's No Place Like Home" | Lee Lochhead | Leslie Eberhard & Barbara Hobart | October 14, 1989 | |
| After a hurricane ruined their home, the Munsters enjoyed the temporary home of theirs( a fancy apartment complex)until they no longer don’t. | ||||||
| 27 | 3 | "Raging Hormones" | Scott Redman | Jeffrey J. Sachs | October 21, 1989 | |
| Much to Lily and Herman’s confusion and Shannon’s own disgust, Eddie had reached puberty and no longer wears his signature purple suit and prefers jeans and t-shirts to fit in with his classmates. | ||||||
| 28 | 4 | "Murder in Munsterland" | Bob Claver | Ron Jarvis & Philip A. Scorza | October 28, 1989 | |
| 29 | 5 | "The Trial" | Bonnie Franklin | Janice Pieroni & Bruce Teicher | November 4, 1989 | |
| Herman was taken to the courthouse after saving a man from choking at a restaurant to show if he’s really a hero or not. | ||||||
| 30 | 6 | "It's a Wonderful Afterlife" | Bruce Bilson | Michael Davidoff | November 11, 1989 | |
| Herman feels disappointed in himself after a short reunion with his former assistant at the funeral parlor. | ||||||
| 31 | 7 | "The Eyes Have It" | Scott Redman | Mark Cassutt | November 18, 1989 | |
| Eddie followed Grandpa’s advice to seek revenge on one of his school bullies(with his patented evil eye), too bad he got caught redhanded by a teacher and got detention for harassment. | ||||||
| 32 | 8 | "It's a Sad, Sad World" | Bonnie Franklin | Bryan Joseph | November 25, 1989 | |
| Herman takes his lonely coworker who complains about everything in his life under his wing, and Lily invites him over for dinner. | ||||||
| 33 | 9 | "The Melting Pot" | Bonnie Franklin | Andrew Borakove | December 2, 1989 | |
| Every year, every Munster gets his or her wish granted. Grandpa gets a sneaky idea to make his wishes come true via dealing with the devil. | ||||||
| 34 | 10 | "Once in a Blue Moon" | Bonnie Franklin | Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft | December 9, 1989 | |
| Grandpa’s favorite and final wife Katja Dracula visits the Munsters, just to spend more time with her ex-husband. But Lily was much concerned about her voodoo dolls. | ||||||
| 35 | 11 | "Drac the Ripper" | Peter Isacksen | Robert Schechter | December 16, 1989 | |
| Rumors in a newspaper claim Grandpa was a killer, prominently known as Jack the Ripper. Meanwhile, Shannon was made fun of after Eddie accidentally showed off her bra, so she decides to buy him XL underwear as her revenge. | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | "Gateman and Son" | Bonnie Franklin | Bryan Joseph | January 27, 1990 | |
| 37 | 13 | "Reunion" | Scott Redman | Lisa DeBenedictis & Daryl Rowland (s) Leslie Eberhard & Barbara Hobart (t) | February 3, 1990 | |
| There’s a wedding going on in The Munster Manor, much to the family’s confusion. And what’s even worse is that the family won’t leave until after the party. | ||||||
| 38 | 14 | "Pants on Fire" | Peter Isacksen | Andrew Borakove | February 10, 1990 | |
| Herman, Eddie, and Marilyn try to make good excuses from household chores just to go to a baseball game, but Lily outright found out about their scam. | ||||||
| 39 | 15 | "Munstergeist" | Lee Lochhead | Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft | February 17, 1990 | |
| Eddie was forbidden to watch inappropriate movies, so Grandpa invented a TV remote-like device to keep him from watching anything horrible, but the young werewolf got sucked into the Tv set, and Shannon agreed to fix the situation, despite her love for adult rom com. | ||||||
| 40 | 16 | "Never Say Die" | Bonnie Franklin | Michael Davidoff | February 24, 1990 | |
| One of Grandpa’s old friends Leonard the Skeleton was brutally attacked by a pack of neighborhood dogs, and he doesn’t know what to do with him. | ||||||
| 41 | 17 | "It's a Baby" | Scott Redman | David Carren & J. Larry Carroll (s) Scott Redman (t) | March 3, 1990 | |
| To pass a little time, Herman and Lily reminiscent over the time of Eddie’s birth, with whom Lily was pregnant for 24 hours. | ||||||
| 42 | 18 | "Tell 'Em Herman Sent You" | Bonnie Franklin | Paul Lander | April 28, 1990 | |
| Similar to the episode of the 1960’s series Herman’s Raise, The upset Herman wants to own his own mortuary after Mr Gateman allegedly fired him! | ||||||
| 43 | 19 | "Thicker Than Water" | Lee Lochhead | Andrew Borakove & Michael Davidoff | May 5, 1990 | |
| Grandpa was outraged after reading a book about vampires and threatened to give the author a piece of his mind. | ||||||
| 44 | 20 | "Misadventures in Time" | Bonnie Franklin | Carol Hatfield Sarasohn & Lane Sarasohn | May 12, 1990 | |
| Herman and Grandpa traveled back in time to when kids ruled the universe. But two young stowaways followed them back to 1990. Shannon learned Herman used to be in a rock band, and soon heavy metal turned her into an unusually dysfunctional Punk Rods fangirl. | ||||||
| 45 | 21 | "Will the Real Herman Munster Please Stand Up?" | Bonnie Franklin | Donna Blinder & Laura Glendinning (s) Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft (t) | May 19, 1990 | |
| Lily and Grandpa find help from Dr Frankenstein in hopes he can cure Herman’s illness. If it all fails, he’s one step closer to death. | ||||||
| 46 | 22 | "Deadlock" | Lee Lochhead | Janice Pieroni & Bruce Teicher | May 26, 1990 | |
| Herman and Grandpa were summoned to jury duty, but Herman’s verdict was keeping everyone from going home. | ||||||
| 47 | 23 | "Take This Job and Shovel It" | Lee Lochhead | Robert Schechter | June 2, 1990 | |
| Herman and his fellow morticians were thrown into jail after they found themselves into a whole lot of trouble! Haunted by the arrest, Herman turned himself into a TV junkie. | ||||||
| 48 | 24 | "That's Gratitude" | Bonnie Franklin | Michael Davidoff | June 9, 1990 | |
| Herman meets an old widow after burying her late husband, and she gets the Munsters into more trouble than they can handle. Now it’s all up to Grandpa to teach the little old lady a lesson in gratitude. | ||||||
Season 3 (1990–91)
Eddie wished upon Grandpa’s shamrock on his birthday to meet teenage pop star Alicia. Shannon decides to make new friends, worried about the fact Eddie ruined their friendship. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Overall_Episode_Number:74&Episode Number2: Unknown _= Title: Munsters go to The Super Bowl Directed by Bonnie Franklin ]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 1 | "The Silver Bullet" | Russ Petranto | Andrew Borakove | October 6, 1990 | |
| Eddie entered the same music video contest as his handsome but annoying nemesis Matt Glover since kindergarten, but if he wants to win, he needs Shannon’s help. However, she’s entering a different contest to win free dinner for two and a movie. | ||||||
| 50 | 2 | "The Reel Munsters" | Russ Petranto | Alan Moskowitz | October 13, 1990 | |
| The Munsters sued a famous game show announcer after he accidentally caused a stir in the household. | ||||||
| 51 | 3 | "Wishing You Were Here" | Russ Petranto | Robert Schechter | October 20, 1990 | |
| Eddie wished upon Grandpa’s shamrock on his birthday to meet beautiful teen model Alicia. Unfortunately, he regrets it as soon as she takes advantage of everyone. Shannon decides to make new friends out of Marilyn and Grandpa, worried about the fact Eddie ruined their friendship. | ||||||
| 52 | 4 | "Three Munsters and a Baby" | Russ Petranto | Michael Lyons & Kimberley Wells | October 27, 1990 | |
| While Lily and Marilyn were out shopping at Walmart, the rest of the group want to watch football, until the TV turned off and a neighbor asks them to babysit her child. | ||||||
| 53 | 5 | "It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To" | Russ Petranto | Mark Miller | November 3, 1990 | |
| The Munsters plan the perfect 417th birthday party for Grandpa to remember, and invited his old pals. | ||||||
| 54 | 6 | "Makin' Waves" | Russ Petranto | Andrew Borakove | November 10, 1990 | |
| After Grandpa saved a young bystander’s life, a handsome surfer dude angel pays him a visit to offer him a trip to Heaven. | ||||||
| 55 | 7 | "Just Another Pretty Face" | Russ Petranto | Howard Friedlander & Ken Peragine | November 17, 1990 | |
| Remake of an original episode from the 1960s series. After Herman turned into a human by Grandpa’s body recycling machine, Shannon and her latest boyfriend Bailey Lawrence, who’s an exchange student from England, weren’t that pleased, so they conceived a potion, only to accidentally turn the male Munsters into girls. | ||||||
| 56 | 8 | "Kiss Kiss" | Russ Petranto | Andrew Borakove | November 24, 1990 | |
| After being rejected by the boys in her class, Marilyn decides to make her own boyfriend with the help from Grandpa. Meanwhile, Eddie and Shannon have sex together in the bathroom. | ||||||
| 57 | 9 | "Mind Reader" | Russ Petranto | Mark Miller | December 1, 1990 | |
| 58 | 10 | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" | Marlene Laird | Janice Pieroni & Bruce Teicher | December 8, 1990 | |
| Fed up with being the butt of his coworkers’ jokes, Herman took his personality a little too seriously. | ||||||
| 59 | 11 | "A House Divided" | Scott Redman | Mark Cassutt | January 19, 1991 | |
| This is Herman’s biggest blunder when he sold the Manor for the offer to move to California, and the Munsters have to take back their home. | ||||||
| 60 | 12 | "A Matter of Trust" | Jerry Ross | Jeffrey Russel | January 26, 1991 | |
| Herman and Lily give Eddie his first credit card, while Shannon gets her own first purse, but little did these two teenagers know is that even shopping has its dark side. | ||||||
| 61 | 13 | "Large" | Russ Petranto | Alan Moskowitz (t) & Robert Schechter (s) | February 2, 1991 | |
| Eddie and Shannon were forced to babysit the 8-year-old son of one of Herman’s bosses. However, they have a problem when he aged up to 10 years with Grandpa’s age accelerator. | ||||||
| 62 | 14 | "Genie from Hell" | Russ Petranto | Bryan Joseph | February 9, 1991 | |
| After Marilyn met and befriended a magical genie whilst cleaning his lamp, the rest of the Munsters compete for his attention. Will she make a wish to set him free from slavery? | ||||||
| 63 | 15 | "Lotsa Luck" | Russ Petranto | Bryan Joseph | February 16, 1991 | |
| The down on his luck Eddie finds a magical coin which belonged to Grandpa that protects him from harm, while his friends weren’t lucky. | ||||||
| 64 | 16 | "If I Only Knew Now" | Scott Redman | Craig Kellem (s) & Alan Moskowitz (t) | February 23, 1991 | |
| After Eddie gets a superpower to predict the future, this excites Herman and they open a father and son record company. | ||||||
| 65 | 17 | "Beating of Your Heart" | Russ Petranto | Andrew Borakove | March 2, 1991 | |
| The principal announces the career aptitude tests were coming up. After Eddie said he wants to be a music producer and Marilyn wants to be a model, they used Grandpa’s Time Machine to see if they’re right, but this is not the future they had in mind. But in the end, they learned a lesson about listening to their hearts. | ||||||
| 66 | 18 | "Parenthood vs. Childhood" | Marlene Laird | Neil Rosen & George Tricker | March 9, 1991 | |
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Herman and Lily were fighting with Eddie and Marilyn, so Grandpa suggested they switch places for the week. After having a dream she’s pregnant, Shannon wants to ask Eddie to be her child’s father , but she’s afraid to tell her parents the truth | ||||||
| 67 | 19 | "Das Trunk" | Russ Petranto | Andrew Borakove (t) & Ann Gibbs (s) & Bryan Joseph (t) & Joel Kimmel (s) | March 16, 1991 | |
| The entire Munster clan took huge advantage of a relative who’s a real prankster! | ||||||
| 68 | 20 | "A-Camping We Will Go" | Russ Petranto | Mark Miller | April 27, 1991 | |
| Marilyn wants her family to go on an exciting camping adventure, and they have to obey the laws of Mother Nature (Kaye Ballard). | ||||||
| 69 | 21 | "Breaking the Chain" | Peter Isacksen | Mark Cassutt | May 4, 1991 | |
| After reading Lily’s old letters, Herman refuses to mail them, but wants to learn what’s going on with her. | ||||||
| 70 | 22 | "Diary of a Mad Munsterwife" | Russ Petranto | Mark Miller | May 11, 1991 | |
| Lily reunites with her sorority sister( Marcia Wallace) who persuades her to write a novel about her life as a housewife. | ||||||
| 71 | 23 | "The Bet" | Russ Petranto | Janice Pieroni & Bruce Teicher | May 18, 1991 | |
| Grandpa’s latest antic was a bet with his friends and Eddie to see if Herman can or can’t commit a dishonest act in the neighborhood. | ||||||
| 72 | 24 | "Family Night" | Russ Petranto | James Gates | May 25, 1991 | |
| Lily learns that the family has various problems, so she takes them to a local psychiatrist to discover that honesty isn’t always the best policy in the household. | ||||||
Reception
The series lasted three seasons in syndication, and proved popular with international audiences.
In the United States, reruns aired on digital subchannel Retro Television Network from August 2008 until their distribution agreement with NBCUniversal expired in June 2011.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Won | Outstanding Achievement in Makeup | Gilbert A. Mosko and Carlos Yeaggy |
| 1991 | Won | Outstanding Achievement in Makeup | David Abbott, Gilbert A. Mosko and Carlos Yeaggy | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling | Jody Lawrence | |||
| 1989 | Young Artist Awards | Nominated | Best Syndicated Family Drama or Comedy Series | – |
| Best Young Actress in a Family Syndicated Show | Hilary Van Dyke | |||
| Best Young Actor in a Family Syndicated Show | Jason Marsden | |||
| 1990 | Nominated | Best Young Actress in an Off-Primetime Family Series | Hilary Van Dyke | |
| Best Young Actor in an Off-Primetime Family Series | Jason Marsden | |||
| Best Off-Primetime Family Series | – | |||
| 1991 | Nominated | Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series | Jason Marsden | |
| Best Young Actress Starring in an Off-Primetime Series | Hilary Van Dyke | |||
| Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Primetime Series | Jason Marsden | |||
| Best Off-Primetime Family Series | – |
Stations
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