Gimme a Break!

But of course, you can't have the Munsters without the ever-present Grandpa Munster, originally played by old-timey comedian and perpetual New York gubernatorial candidate Al Lewis.

This version of Grandpa was played by Howard Morton, another one of those character actors with a resume that stretches back as far as 1956 in an endless parade of guest star roles on TV and in movies, but would not actually land a regular series role until 1981, when he was part of the long-forgotten Nell Carter sitcom Gimme a Break, where Morton played Officer Ralph Simpson.

Me

fail English? That's impossible!

The voice is more nasal than it is refined.

and the character sometimes seems to be performing for the audience rather than simply existing within the story.

And when the central character of your sitcom is already seven feet tall and has bolts sticking out of your neck, you don't really need to work that hard to get our attention.

My apologies for the rant there, I just want you to know what you're getting yourselves into.

Nell Carter, fantastic singer, incredible comedian.

She was on a TV show called Gimme a Break.

She was the black maid in a very middle-class house, which I was always weirded out that they had a maid.

But there was a young boy in it who was like the youngest son of the family.