Notes: Created in a German laboratory by Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Herman was the mad scientist's first creation to have a civilized personality rather than a barbaric one. Although he spent his childhood in three separate jars and is 150 years old, Herman displays the childlike innocence, enthusiasm and intellect of an average fourth-grader. In spite of his immaturity, Herman possesses deep wisdom that he regularly imparts on his son Eddie.
Herman works as a gravedigger for the Gateman, Goodbury and Graves Funeral Parlor. Although he tries hard to be an upstanding citizen, his wife Lily often worries that his irresistible good looks will tempt him into two-timing her.
Seven feet three inches tall and weighing three spins on the bathroom scale, Herman has a habit of destroying furniture, walls and mantelpieces in his cobwebbed house. But the damage is so swiftly repaired by the prop manager that it really doesn't make any difference.
Comments: The Munsters was developed, written, and produced by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, both writers for The Amos & Andy Show who teamed up to create, write and produce Leave It to Beaver. The Munsters debuted on CBS on September 24, 1964 and completed its original prime-time run on September 1, 1966.
