Mary Ellen Dunbar

And finally, the Munster's fully human niece, Marilyn, who, despite her natural beauty and fawning from others, was always seen as the ugly one amongst family members.

Originally played by both Beverly Owen and Pat Priest in the 60s, Miss Marilyn was played by Hilary Van Dyke, following Mary Ellen Dunbar's appearance in the original, unaired pilot.

What's that? There was an unaired pilot before the rest of the series took shape? Of course there was.

You didn't think studios and syndicators would just haphazardly greenlight a TV show sight unseen just because a known property was already attached to it, did you? And if you're going to revive a TV series 22 years after it ended, you've got a few options.

And since this was a syndicated show, you had to check your local listings to catch the return of America's favorite family of freaks whose name wasn't Adams.

Now with a new and more modern-looking Marilyn, played by the aforementioned Hilary Van Dyke.

wearing clothes that are in tune with the era, as opposed to Mary Ellen Dunbar's Marilyn, who was trapped in the 1960s both in clothing and in hairstyle.

Okay, so they got one thing fixed with no explanation.