The Munsters
Happy 100th Anniversary
TV Flash files “Happy 100th Anniversary” as hour 44 of 70 in the TV Flash guide — The Munsters (1964–1966) on CBS, season 2, episode 6, aired 1965-10-21, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E06: listed hour 44 of 70 in the The Munsters guide, hour 6 of 32 in season 2. It aired 1965-10-21 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Herman, Coach of the Year” (S02E05). Next is “Operation Herman” (S02E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Herman and Lily both take part time jobs to buy each other 100th Anniversary presents.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Happy 100th Anniversary sit in the The Munsters guide?
S02E06 is listed hour 44 of 70 — hour 6 of 32 in season 2, season 2 episode 6.
When did The Munsters S02E06 air?
Happy 100th Anniversary aired 1965-10-21 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.
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- Al Lewis as Grandpa
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