In the episode, Lily thinks that Herman has lost his life savings, but he actually lent it to Lester, who Grandpa describes as “a born loser.” Similar to Uncle Gilbert, Lester doesn’t appear on screen until the final scene. The introduction of Lily’s werewolf younger brother, Lester Dracula, implies that Lily has recessive werewolf genes. The oft-mocked logistics of a Frankenstein monster and a vampire spawning a werewolf son were inadvertently explained by “Herman’s Rival” (season 1, episode 15). Incidentally, Jeff Daniel Phillips’s take on Herman appears to wear similar wardrobe in Rob Zombie’s The Munsters. Johann communicates via grunts, is afraid of fire, and dons a fur tunic reminiscent of the monster’s vest in Son of Frankenstein. John Abbott, whose legacy includes voicing the wolf in The Jungle Book, appears as Dr. Fred Gwynne pulls double duty as both Herman and Johann. Hijinks predictably ensue when Lily mistakes the uncivilized Johann for her husband before a romantic weekend away. (As such, it may be more accurate to call him Herman’s brother, but he’s officially referred to as his cousin.) He was discovered six months prior to the events of the episode living in the woods on the ancestral Frankenstein estate in Germany. Frankenstein’s original creation from 1815. Herman has a twin brother, Charlie, introduced in “Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie” (season 1, episode 9), as well as a cousin, Johann, as seen in “A Visit from Johann” (season 2, episode 26). Herman Munster is, canonically, Frankenstein’s monster, created in a lab in Germany in the 1800s – but he’s not the only one. The character will return in Rob Zombie’s The Munsters, although the actor in the creature suit has not yet been revealed.
Uncle Gilbert is played by Richard Hale, an opera singer turned character actor who appeared in the likes of To Kill a Mockingbird, Julius Caesar, and Star Trek. Unlike the Gill-man depicted in the movies, Uncle Gilbert has the ability to speak – and, in fact, refers to himself as the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Not much is known about Uncle Gilbert, but Herman mentions that he used to be a politician. This inciting incident sets the plot in motion, but Uncle Gilbert doesn’t show up until the episode’s final moments. In “Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights” (season 1, episode 31), Uncle Gilbert sends the family $180,000 worth of gold doubloons from the old country for safekeeping until he arrives to visit.
The reason is simple: he’s the Gill-man from the Creature from the Black Lagoon franchise. The Munsters are, by design, a comedic reinvention of the classic monsters – Herman is Frankenstein’s monster, Lily is a vampire, Grandpa is Count Dracula, and Eddie is a werewolf – but other interpretations of iconic creatures occasionally made appearances.īefore TV’s first family of fright returns in Rob Zombie’s The Munsters, let’s look back at six classic monsters that have appeared in The Munsters Universe up to this point.ĭespite only appearing on screen for about a minute and a half, Uncle Gilbert is perhaps the most memorable member of the Munsters’ extended family.
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