The Munsters Trivia

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Beverley Owen played Marilyn for the first 13 episodes and Pat Priest replaced her for the remainder of the series. (imdb.com)

There was only one Drag-U-La (Grandpa's coffin car,) built for the show. It now hangs from the ceiling in Planet Hollywood in Atlantic City. There have been several replicas built since. (imdb.com)

The uncredited voice of The Raven was supplied by Mel Blanc. On the rare occasions Blanc was unavailable, the Raven's voice was supplied by Bob Hastings. (imdb.com)

The Munster Koach, and the Dragula car were both built by Hollywood car customizer George Barris. (imdb.com)

Fred Gwynne also played Herman's twin brother Charlie and a reject creation of Doctor Frankenstein's named Johann. (imdb.com)

For the first 13 episodes, in which Beverley Owen played Marilyn, Fred Gwynne appeared last in the opening credits. When Owen was replaced by Pat Priest and the sequence had to be re-shot, Gwynne appeared first in the credits. Since there were no further cast changes for the second season, the credits remained in that order for the remainder of the series. (imdb.com)

Lily Munster's original first name was Phoebe in the pilot. (imdb.com)

Grandpa's Drag-u-la racer was only used in one episode, despite being shown in the end credits of every 2nd season episode. (imdb.com)

The pilot of the series was in color. (imdb.com)

Beverley Owen, who played Marilyn Munster in the first 13 episodes, is a natural brunette. She wore a wig, and her hairline was often covered up by a headband. Pat Priest, who played Marilyn for the remainder of the series, is a natural blond, so that is her natural hair. (imdb.com)

This show and its "rival" series The Addams Family both debuted within a week of one another in September 1964. At the end of that year's TV season, this show ranked #18 in the Nielsens, with a rating of 24.7, while The Addams Family came in at #23, with a 23.9 rating. At the time, Nielsens indicated what percentage of American TV households tuned in to any given program. By the end of the following year, both series were cancelled. (imdb.com)

Eddie's pet dragon that lived under the stairs was named Spot. (imdb.com)

Grandpa's pet bat was named Igor. (imdb.com)

Other member's of the Munster family were Lily's brother (and Grandpa's son) a werewolf named Lester and Uncle Gilbert, the Creature from the Black Lagoon. (imdb.com)

The Munsters lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights. (imdb.com)

Grandpa wasn't Grandpa Munster. He was Lily's father, and their family name was "Dracula". (imdb.com)

This series' title was supposedly derived from combining the words "fun" and "monsters". (imdb.com)

Beverley Owen's final episode was "Family Portrait". (imdb.com)

Bill Mumy was the original choice for Eddie Munster, but his parents didn't approve of the extensive makeup that would be used for his character. He would eventually guest on the episode "Come Back, Little Googie", playing an incorrigible brat, during the first season. (imdb.com)

Eddie's full name was Edward Wolfgang Munster. (imdb.com)

The name of the funeral parlor that Herman worked for was Gateman, Goodbury and Graves. (imdb.com)

Contrary to popular belief, The Munsters were not the first couple on TV to share a bed. It was real-life couple Mary Kay Stearns and John Stearns on their show Mary Kay and Johnny in the late 1940s. (imdb.com)

The character 'Herman Munster' was ranked #19 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue). (imdb.com)

The house that would later become Munster House first made an appearance in an episode of Leave It to Beaver. Producers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher created both series. (imdb.com)

The show was shot in black and white because the studio did not want to pay an extra $10,000 per episode for color. (imdb.com)

The occasional role of Mr. Gateman was played by John Carradine. (imdb.com)

After the pilot was filmed, CBS execs insisted on re-casting the role of Lily Munster. Initially, both Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis balked at the notion of the part going to Yvonne De Carlo. However, later both Gwynne and Lewis agreed De Carlo was a great comedic actress. (imdb.com)

The Munster coach was actually a combination of two cars that Lily had especially built as a gift for Herman's birthday. (imdb.com)

The first season opening credits were an outrageous parody of the opening credits of The Donna Reed Show, which always began with Donna Reed lovingly passing out lunches to her departing family members as they left the house one by one. Yvonne De Carlo, as Lily Munster, did the same thing. (imdb.com)

Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster) recorded a pop record to the tune of "The Munsters" theme in the early '80s called "What Ever Happened to Eddie?" as Eddie and the Monsters. (imdb.com)

Joan Marshall was replaced as Lily, as it was thought that she looked too much like Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams. (imdb.com)

Nate Derman was replaced because his portrayal of Eddie was thought 'too aggressive'. (imdb.com)

The set of dishes used on the show are called Willow (or Blue Willow) and were designed in England in the late 18th century. (imdb.com)

The Munsters' house now appears on the set of Desperate Housewives. (imdb.com)

Although Bud Westmore is credited as make up artist on each installment of The Munsters, he merely supervised Universal's makeup department at the time. The actual, uncredited work was done by Karl Silvera (Herman's make-up and appliances) Perc Westmore (Grandpa), Abe Haberman (Lily) and 'Mike Westmore (I)' (Marilyn and Eddie). (imdb.com)

Besides being cast as father and daughter, Grandpa (played by Al Lewis, born in 1923) was one year younger than his "daughter" Lily (played by Yvonne De Carlo, born in 1922). Herman was the youngest adult (played by Fred Gwynne, born in 1926). (imdb.com)