The Munsters — S01E09 — Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie

1964 · 25 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · DIR. Lawrence Dobkin

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Overview

Herman has a twin brother Charlie who is a con-artist. He comes to town and ends up stays at the Munster home, which doesn’t make Herman too happy. Charlie claims to have made an invention that takes uranium from seawater, he’s looking for an investor. Herman thinks that the whole thing is a scheme to get a Lily’s $5000 inheritance, he ends up being right.

ComedySci-Fi & FantasyFamily1960s

Dialogue Timeline — 359 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:05 Morning, dear. Well, finally.
00:01:26 I knew it was gonna be one of those days.
00:03:24 And Lily, this is for you.
00:04:21 Of course not, Charlie. He loves you.
00:05:09 See? Good old everyday garden variety seawater.
00:06:19 Well...
00:07:18 Charlie Munster is a scoundrel and a con artist from way back.
00:08:06 I keep telling you... Charlie's always been the white sheep in this family.
00:09:04 Well, thank you very much for the advice, Mr. Kraus.
00:09:58 And Grandpa's testing the machine. He saw it work.
00:11:05 - Grandpa, this is nothing but sand. - Sand? Plain sand?
00:12:31 Oh, Charlie, I'm afraid the answer is still no.
00:13:24 - A widow? - Yes. Poor dear.
00:14:19 Custom made. You see, I made an investment recently...
00:15:15 Lily, that machine is just what I told you it was... a phony.
00:16:16 So you see, Mrs. Cartwright, the machine is actually worthless.
00:17:03 I know. I know.
00:17:51 Cheers.
00:19:09 But I didn't change my clothes.
00:19:49 Water is thicker than blood.
00:20:35 but, you see, I've changed.
00:21:25 Don't forget your old Uncle Charlie.
00:22:25 Look, Pop, the quarter's fake too.
00:23:41 The machine's still got a few bugs in it.

Cast & Characters

Fred Gwynne Herman Munster Yvonne De Carlo Lily Munster Butch Patrick Eddie Munster Al Lewis Grandpa Beverley Owen Marilyn Munster Mike Mazurki Leo 'Knuckles' Kraus Jean Willes Mrs. Cartwright

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed359
Dialogue density14.4 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line00:23:41

Production Record

DirectorLawrence Dobkin
LanguageEnglish

Factoids

Episode

The Munsters, season 1, episode 9: Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1712/season/1/episode/9
Runtime

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