The Munsters is an American sitcom about the home life of a family of benign monsters that aired from 1964 to 1966. The series stars Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein's monster, Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife Lily, Al Lewis as Grandpa the aged vampire Count Dracula. The show was canceled after ratings had dropped to a series low in the face of competition from ABC's Batman. A spinoff series ensued, as well as several films, including one with a theatrical release and several attempts to reboot it.
The Munsters are a Transylvanian-American family living in fictional city of Mockingbird Heights. The running gag is that the odd-looking family with strange tastes considers itself to be an average American family. Other than Marilyn, the characters' costumes and appearances were based on classic monsters of Universal Studios films of the 1930s and 1940s.