The Munsters Today

• Howard Morton: Grandpa Vladimir Dracula

The series was launched in the United States on October 9, 1988 and ran until the broadcast of the final episode on May 24, 1991 for three seasons and 72 episodes long. As a tribute to the original series of the bias of each episode begins in black and white. From 1990 to 1993, the series was also broadcast on German television.

Framework for action

One of Grandpa Munster's experiments went horribly wrong: He just wanted his new sleeping coffins in which you can set the time you want to sleep, try to yourself and the whole family. However, he has confused the switch on -time controller and so the Munsters not wake up after 20 minutes but after 20 years.

Title song

For family Munster the characteristic theme song was first combined with a text: " We're the Munsters, we're the Munsters. We went to sleep twenty years ago, and we woke up with a brand new show. We're the Munsters. We're the Munsters ... today. "

Episode Index (English original title )

Season 1

Season 3

Season 2

Others

• The idea to revive the Munsters for television in the early 1980s emerged. To this end, in 1981 the television movie was filmed Return of Frankenstein ( The Munsters ' Revenge ) family with the almost complete cast of the original series. The film was a failure and the series that was to follow him, never materialized because, inter alia, lead actor Fred Gwynne then was no longer willing to ever play the role of Herman Munster again.
• Al Lewis was unhappy at the time that he was passed over for the cast of the series. The studio saw Howard Morton as a cheaper substitute.