Herman believes that Lily's expecting a child.Herman believes that Lily's expecting a child.Herman believes that Lily's expecting a child.
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Did you know
- TriviaFirst appearance of the iconic family car, the "Munster Koach". Only one Koach was built and it was made from three 1926 Ford Model T chassis. The custom hearse body was handmade, as were the brass radiator and fenders. It had a blood red interior and black pearl painted exterior. The Munster Koach appeared in over 20 episodes throughout the series' two-year run.
- Quotes
Grandpa: [Herman is talking to Dr. Dudley who has misplaced his glaces and is unaware of Grandpa's presence] Eh, doctor, could you answer a question?
Dr. Edward Dudley: Well how do you like that, when I don't have my glasses on I hear double.
Herman Munster: Eh, no, no, this is Grandpa.
Dr. Edward Dudley: [slowly turns his head and tries to size up grandpa with his poor eyesight] Oh. Looks rather like a tall penguin, doesn't he?
- ConnectionsReferences The Body Snatcher (1945)
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The danger of eavesdropping
While testing out Grandpa's television-based invention that allows them to spy on others in the house, Herman overhears a snippet of conversation between Lily and Marilyn that he interprets as Lily being pregnant. We know from the start, however, that Lily and Marilyn are simply discussing watching their doctor's child as a favor for him while he's on vacation.
That sets the stage for the episode, which primarily consists of Herman trying to subversively gain more information about his expected child while he attempts to leave himself open for Lily to drop the bomb. It's a classic sitcom scenario based on misinterpretation, which stems back to pioneering series such as "I Love Lucy" (1951) and "The Honeymooners" (1955).
"The Munsters" often had subplots, and the writers obtain one here in a subtly unusual way--by instead having characters trying to achieve conflicting aims while in the midst of an interlocking main plot. While Herman is trying to position himself into receiving full revelations about his new son or daughter, Lily is trying to prepare for his birthday. Herman's birthday present is a doozy--what we later came to know as the Munsters family car; it's probably my favorite car from the entire world of film and television.
In addition to containing a very funny cameo from comic actor Paul Lynde, Rock-A-Bye Munster features Fred Gwynne at the top of his Herman Munster game, as he demonstrates just how humorously and bizarrely out of it Herman can be.
That sets the stage for the episode, which primarily consists of Herman trying to subversively gain more information about his expected child while he attempts to leave himself open for Lily to drop the bomb. It's a classic sitcom scenario based on misinterpretation, which stems back to pioneering series such as "I Love Lucy" (1951) and "The Honeymooners" (1955).
"The Munsters" often had subplots, and the writers obtain one here in a subtly unusual way--by instead having characters trying to achieve conflicting aims while in the midst of an interlocking main plot. While Herman is trying to position himself into receiving full revelations about his new son or daughter, Lily is trying to prepare for his birthday. Herman's birthday present is a doozy--what we later came to know as the Munsters family car; it's probably my favorite car from the entire world of film and television.
In addition to containing a very funny cameo from comic actor Paul Lynde, Rock-A-Bye Munster features Fred Gwynne at the top of his Herman Munster game, as he demonstrates just how humorously and bizarrely out of it Herman can be.
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- BrandtSponseller
- Aug 9, 2006
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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