Visible crew/equipment: In the first scene of the episode, a crew member is visible through an open door beside the staircase.
Visible crew/equipment: As Herman goes to stand up from trying to wake Ramon, the top of the set wall is visible, as well as the cut away section of the ceiling.
Visible crew/equipment: As Herman comes over to talk to Dennison, you can see a cord trailing from camera right to his right leg, and a connection hanging out of his pants leg. Possibly for a microphone, or a power cord for the cooling unit in his suit.
Visible crew/equipment: As Lily opens, then closes, the door to the dungeon, the wire to assist in the action is plainly visible on the corner closest to the wall.
Will Success Spoil Herman Munster? - S2-E12
Visible crew/equipment: After Herman pulls the cord to close the coffin phone, as it closes, the shadow of the boom mic is on the wall at the top of the shot.
Herman Picks a Winner - S2-E16
Visible crew/equipment: As Herman approaches the crowd watching him walk down the side, you can see the wires holding him.
Herman Picks a Winner - S2-E16
Visible crew/equipment: As Grandpa the bat flies off, a boom mic is in the scene at the top. Also, when Herman is walking down the building, his shadow plays across the background scenery.
Herman, the Tire Kicker - S2-E28
Visible crew/equipment: As Herman and the salesman walk to the convertible, the shadow of the boom mic can be seen coming toward the camera on the right side of the frame.
Answer: The comedic gimmick of both "The Munsters" and "The Addams Family" television shows in the 1960s was that both families were convinced they were normal and everyone else they encountered was odd. The Addams Family, for example, thought their "normal" visitors were mentally unbalanced because they always fled the Addams' weird home in panic. That was a running gag throughout the entire Addams Family series, so much so that easily half of nearly every episode was devoted to the predictably terrified reactions of their visitors (always accompanied by identical canned laughter). Meanwhile, in the Munsters' universe, the family thought "normal" people were physically deformed and even quite hideous. For example, the Munsters believed that their beautiful niece, Marilyn, was socially handicapped by her ugliness (the exact opposite of the truth); and, in the episode "Just Another Pretty Face" (S2E17), when Herman Munster was temporarily transformed into a "normal" person, his entire family found him utterly repulsive. The family's hidden revulsion to "normal" people was the running gag of The Munsters.
Charles Austin Miller