Who are the Munsters?
Running for two seasons on CBS (September 24, 1964 – May 12, 1966), The Munsters was a sitcom that featured a family of working-classic monsters who resided in the fictional town of Mockingbird Heights. Unlike the well-to-do Addams Family (which ran concurrently) Herman Munster, husband and father, worked for the local funeral home while his wife Lily was a home-maker. The Munsters lived in a run-down mansion at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, which featured a dungeon/laboratory, and housed the family’s pet dragon, Spot, under the staircase. The family also had two automobiles, respectively known as the “Munster Koach” and the “DRAG-U-LA”. The show was filmed in black and white and was very much a comedy. Unfortunately it did not perform as well as expected and was eventually dropped from the CBS lineup. In the late 1980s the series was revived with a new cast and plot, airing 72 episodes from 1988 to 1991. There were also several movies made, featuring the original and new casts, including Mun
