The Munsters
Munster Masquerade
TV Flash files “Munster Masquerade” as a desk essential hour — The Munsters (1964–1966) on CBS, season 1, episode 1, aired 1964-09-24, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 70 in the The Munsters guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1964-09-24 (30 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “My Fair Munster” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Munster Masquerade”. Munster Masquerade is the 1313 contract: Fred Gwynne's Herman, De Carlo's Lily, Al Lewis's Grandpa, monster makeup as a family sitcom.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Parents of Marilyn's boyfriend are having a costume party and the Munsters are invited to the party so his parents can meet them. Grandpa throws a fit to get invited and tags along.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Munster Masquerade sit in the The Munsters guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 70 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did The Munsters S01E01 air?
Munster Masquerade aired 1964-09-24 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Any Mockingbird Lane hour that puts Herman, Lily, and Grandpa in ordinary suburban mishap is the contract. Makeup plus sitcom bones — no need to serialize.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Munsters puts Universal's creature shop in a working-class living room and plays it straight as a sitcom. Fred Gwynne's Herman, Yvonne De Carlo's Lily, and Al Lewis's Grandpa make 1313 Mockingbird Lane a blue-collar family joke, not a gothic pose. Makeup craft plus Addams-rival lore; the sweetness under the bolts still photographs.
The group chat still wants an Addams vs. Munsters primary, which is adorable, because CBS's *The Munsters* (1964–1966; 70 episodes) was never trying to be gothic pose. Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher put Universal's creature shop in a working-class living room and played it straight as a sitcom. Fred Gwynne's Herman. Yvonne De Carlo's Lily. Al Lewis's Grandpa. Herman works, Grandpa experiments, Marilyn is the 'plain' relative. 1313 Mockingbird Lane as a blue-collar family joke. **Makeup craft plus rival lore; the…
Filed against
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- Yvonne De Carlo as Lily Munster
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- Al Lewis as Grandpa
Al Lewis’s Grandpa put Universal’s creature shop in a working-class living room on The Munsters — Fred Gwynne’s Herman, Yvonne De Carlo’s Lily, 1313 Mockingbird Lane as a blue-collar family joke, not a gothic pose. Makeup craft plus…
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- Pat Priest as Marilyn Munster
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