The Munsters: Help Wanted - Herman Gets New Jobs
For a guy who worked so many years at a funeral home, Herman Munster sure took on a lot of new jobs.
On classic sitcom The Munsters (1964-66), one constant is that family patriarch Herman Munster is employed by the Mockingbird Heights funeral home Gateman, Goodbury and Graves. However, there are a few episodes where Herman needed—or felt the need—to get a new job. Of course, by episode's end, Herman was back at the funeral parlor and status was once again quo.
Below are some examples of his temporary new jobs …
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Herman Gets Fired
In The Munsters episode “Herman's Raise (1965),” the family convinces Herman to march into the office of his boss and demand a raise--which promptly gets him fired.
Herman spends the following days searching for a new job before his wife, Lily, learns he was fired. But the job hunt doesn’t go well: Herman is hired—and quickly fired—as a sparring partner, dock worker, ship welder, and at the laundry.
Herman Works in a Laundry
When Herman gets a job working with laundry, at first it seems like it might work out. Until the owner trusts Herman alone at the job…
Herman and Lily's Second Job
Sometimes the new job is actually a side job to supplement his income. In The Munsters episode “Happy 100th Anniversary” (1965), the 100th wedding anniversary of Herman and Lily is fast approaching. To buy anniversary gifts, Herman and Lily each secretly take on night jobs—without realizing they're working together.
Herman's New Job as a Wrestler
In The Munsters episode “Herman the Great” (1964), Herman secretly takes on a night job as a professional wrestler—all to save up money for Eddie's college fund.
ABOUT THE MUNSTERS
In the pantheon of sitcom families, there are few (if any) as memorable as The Munsters. With 70 episodes airing on the CBS network across two seasons (1964-1966), the show featured Herman Munster (a patchwork Frankenstein’s Monster) and Lily Munster (the daughter of Count Dracula), portrayed by Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo, Grandpa (Al Lewis), Eddie Munster (Butch Patrick), a werewolf who just wants to be a typical, all-American boy, and Marilyn Munster (first by Beverley Owen, then Pat Priest). Despite airing only two seasons, the show has continued to delight viewers through reruns and a series of reunions, revisits, and reboots.
