[Rattling]
Oh, Herman, it's you.
Yes, dear. I, uh...
I forgot my key.
I didn't want to break the door down
again. It always makes such a mess.
How were things
at the parlor, dear?
Business has been kind of dead
all week. That's nice. Oh, Herman!
Eddie's been wanting
to talk to you ever since
he got home from school.
He's in the living room.
Hey, Pop! Pop!
Hey, Pop, could we go on a camping
trip? Could we, huh? A camping trip?
Yeah, on account of you never
take me camping. And today in school,
some kids were braggin'
about their parents
takin' them hunting
and fishing in the woods.
And all you ever do is take
me on picnics in the cemetery.
Could we, Pop?
Please! Huh? Well, I, uh...
You know, Herman,
as good parents,
maybe we should take
Eddie on a camping trip.
I guess we could put up with a few
days of fresh air... for Eddie's sake.
Oh, boy, could we,
Pop? Could we? Please!
Well, uh, you know, Lily,
I just might be able to
swing it this weekend at that.
I mean, if any work
piles up down at the shop,
I'll just tell them to
keep it on ice till Monday.
Gee, that's neat, Pop. Wait'll I call
the guys and tell 'em I'm going camping.
Now, Marilyn has to stay
home and study for exams,
but I'm sure Grandpa
will want to go.
He just loves to
get close to the soil.
You know, Lily, I think
we're all gonna enjoy it.
I think it's a good idea once
in a while for the Munsters...
to get out and meet
nature face to face.
Hmm. [Sniffs]
Uh, Lily, Grandpa and Eddie
have the car all loaded up.
They're going to
bring it around front.
Marilyn, are you sure you won't
be frightened staying here alone?
Of course not, Aunt Lily.
How could I be frightened
staying in a friendly
old house like this?
[Car Horn Honks]
Come on, everybody!
Shadow Pine Lake,
here we come. [Laughs]
Come on in, Herman. I'll drive
for awhile; then you can take over.
Good-bye, Uncle
Herman. Good-bye, dear.
Good-bye, Aunt Lily.
Don't forget to feed Spot.
He's no trouble at all...
since he learned to open those
pet food cans with his fangs.
Uh, but, dear,
keep an eye on him.
The last time we left
him alone, he ate the
grandfather's clock, and
he ticked for eight days.
- Okay. I'll watch him.
- [Eddie] So long, Raven.
Good-bye!
Thank you very
much. Enjoy your stay.
That guy looked kinda familiar.
Didn't he camp here a few weeks ago?
You got me. So many people go through
here, one face looks like another to me.
[Backfires]
Thank you, my good man.
Did I say one face
looks like another?
Fourteen years in this park,
I've never seen anything like that.
Maybe I should report this
to Superintendent Haskell.
He always wants to know about any
suspicious-looking characters that show up.
Yeah. Say, uh, you don't think that was
a UCLA debating team on tour, do you?
I don't know, but I'm sure going
to tell Mr. Haskell about them.
[Chuckles]
Herman. Herman, please!
I asked you never to pound
stakes when I'm around.
You know it gives me heartburn.
Oh, uh, sorry,
Grandpa. I forgot.
Pop, when are we
gonna start fishin'?
Uh, in a minute, Eddie. As soon
as I'm finished pitching the tent.
Herman, dear, that tent's right out here
in the open where it's bright and sunny.
You really should have pitched
it in the shadow of those trees.
Then we could take
advantage of the gloom.
You know, you're right, Lily.
I should have thought of it.
You should have
mentioned it earlier, Lily. It's
gonna be quite a nuisance
to move the tent now.
Grandpa, I'll take care of it.
[Chuckles]
[Strains]
[Straining]
- Where do you want it, dear?
- That will be just fine, sweetheart.
[Laughs]
No. No, I think a
little bit to your left.
And now a little forward.
Uh, a little to the
right, Herman.
There!
[Laughs]
[Tweets]
If there's anything I hate,
it's a smart-aleck robin!
Before I go off
duty, Mr. Haskell,
I thought you should know about a party
that came in the east gate this morning.
Suspicious-looking bunch?
Well, they sure looked weird.
Rough-looking man,
woman with a cape,
some old fella looked like a
warmed-over zombie and a kid.
I'll have the boys keep
an eye out for them.
We caught a wild-looking crowd like that
last year trying to break into the inn.
What kind of a car did they
have? Fancy hot rod. All hopped-up.
I'll put the word out.
Might be a new kind of
middle-aged juvenile delinquents.
Eddie, if you two men are going to catch
some fish for lunch, you better hurry.
Yeah, Pop. Show me how to cast.
All right, son. Come on.
Now, to really get distance,
you lean back like this...
and really let her go!
[Line Running]
[Whistles]
Ah! They should be ready
in about a minute, Frank.
Let's go tell the girls.
Uh-Uh-Uh, that was
just one of my short ones.
Boy, that was neat, Pop! You
can't even see where it went.
Reel it in, Pop. See
if you get anything.
All right, Eddie.
Keep pulling, Pop.
I do believe I have something.
Boy, that's the
neatest-looking fish I ever saw.
Mm. A-And it seems to be cooked. I guess
they have a lot of hot springs around here.
Cast the line again,
Dad. Over that way.
All right, Eddie.
All right, Lily.
We're ready to eat.
- Did you catch three more fish?
- No, we did better than that.
- Look!
- Oh!
Barbecued chicken.
Oh, how thoughtful!
It looks delicious.
I knew the game commission
was stocking the lakes,
but this is the best
fishing spot I've ever seen.
- Where are you going?
- Well, we've got the chicken,
now I'm going to try
for some dumplings.
Good night, Mom. If there's any thunder
and lightning, be sure to wake me up.
I wouldn't want
to miss it. I will.
Now close up your sleeping bag.
[Wood Creaks, Claps]
Here you go, dear.
Oh, thank you.
[Thunder Crashing] Oh,
Herman, isn't it a lovely night?
Yes. Uh, I hope the moon
doesn't come out and spoil it all.
You know, Lily, Herman,
getting out like this is great.
It reminds me of those wonderful nights
in the Black Forest back in the old days.
That's the trouble with you,
Grandpa. You live too much in the past.
Well, I had a lot of good
friends back in Transylvania.
[Howling]
Oh, that sounds
like one of them now!
Oh, I wish how I
was out with the boys.
Grandpa, you know
that here in America,
you just can't go running around at
night with a pack of good-for-nothings.
Of course not. Besides,
you always come home
with your paws all muddy.
Rules, rules. We're supposed
to be on a vacation, aren't we?
You'd think I'd be allowed
at least one night out to howl.
You just stop that kind of talk.
The last time you felt like this, you ended
up in Kansas City with that police dog.
I'm sorry, but I'm
just so homesick...
for my four-footed
friends, that's all.
[Yawns]
Well, I, for one,
am going to bed.
And then I'm getting up bright
and early with my rod and reel...
and catch me an omelet
or a pizza or something.
[Laughs] Come on, Lily.
Oh, Grandpa, you coming?
I'll be going to
bed pretty soon.
I just want to sit here a few minutes
longer and listen to the call of the wild.
Well, bonne nuit.
Bonne nuit.
[Howling]
Oh, you're so right.
That's what I always say.
Oh, if you had been with
me in the Old Country...
I could tell you stories
that would break your heart.
[Howling]
[Clears Throat]
[Howling]
Herman. Herman, wake up!
Hmm? What? Oh. Oh!
Uh-Uh-Uh, good morning, Lily.
Herman, Grandpa's gone.
Gone? What do you mean?
I went to wake him up this morning,
and his sleeping bag was still rolled up.
He never went to bed last night.
♪♪ [Rock] Hey, I found
a station on the radio.
I didn't think it would
work out here in the woods.
Oh, never mind that, Eddie. Your
grandfather disappeared during the night.
Uh, where could he have gone? When we went
to bed, he was sitting right by the fire.
I don't know. He kept
talking about the call of
the wild, and he had
that funny look in his eye.
[Man On Radio] We interrupt this
program for a local news bulletin.
Forest rangers in the Shadow
Pines area report the capture...
of a full-grown wolf
during the night.
While several wolves are
known to inhabit this region,
the one now held at the
Shadow Pines Ranger Station...
is a rare species whose native
habitat is the wilds of Transylvania.
Officials are baffled
as to how this animal...
Oh! There's no doubt
about it, Herman.
They're talking about my father.
Mom, can I go to the ranger
station and pat Grandpa?
Oh, Eddie! Herman, this is
terrible. What are we going to do?
Lily, I don't know what you're
going to do, but I'm going fishing.
He's a grown man,
several hundred years old.
So why should I let
him spoil my vacation?
I-I mean, if he can't control himself, he
ought to sign up with Werewolves Anonymous.
Well, if you won't
do anything, I will.
I'm going to that ranger
station and claim him.
[Door Opens,
Closes] [Engine Starts]
Lily...
Yes, Willard?
I just thought I'd tell you
we patrolled the entire area...
and there's no sign of
those suspicious-looking
people we had the
report on earlier.
[Vehicle Approaching] So I've...
What in the world is that?
I think those jets are
buzzing the park again.
The wildest-looking
car I ever saw.
There's something
getting out of it.
It's a woman. Looks like
she's still in her sleeping bag.
Yes, miss. May we help you?
I understand from the radio...
you picked up a
Transylvanian wolf last night.
That's right. He's out
back in one of our cages.
I'd like to claim
him. He's mine.
- He's your wolf?
- No, he's my father.
I don't quite understand, but perhaps
we better go out and have a look at him.
Did you hear what she
said? She called it her father.
I've heard of people treating
pets as one of the family,
but this is a new one.
[Whining]
That's him.
Well, aren't you ashamed of
yourself? You've had us so worried.
Y-You know you’re too
old for this sort of thing.
Well, what have you
got to say for yourself?
- [Whines]
- Oh!
Excuses. Always excuses.
You and your childish
pranks. If it isn't a wolf, it's a bat.
Now, you change yourself
back into a person this instant...
and then you drive me
back to camp. [Whines]
- What?
- [Whines]
[Scoffs] What do you
mean you forgot how?
Grandpa, you've been changing yourself
into a wolf and back for years.
I-I can't understand it.
It's like riding a bicycle... once
you learn, you never forget.
Well...
I guess I'll just have
to take him home as is.
Would you happen to
have a leash I could borrow?
I'm afraid, miss, this wolf is in the
custody of the Park Department right now,
and we couldn't possibly
turn him over to you.
Not turn him over
to his own daughter?
I-I can't believe that the Park Department
would try to break up a happy family.
It's positively un-American.
I'm sorry, but the wolf is being shipped
to the New York Zoo tomorrow morning...
[Grandpa Whines] when the matter,
thank heavens, will be out of my hands.
I've never heard anything
like this in all my lives.
Believe me, you haven't
heard the last of this.
I'm going right back to camp this
instant and inform my husband.
- See ya later.
- [Whines]
What do you think, Mr. Haskell?
Why couldn't the Park Department
have assigned me to Squirrel Valley...
where all the nuts
are up in the trees?
Li... Lily.
You want me to go trespassing on government
property and steal Grandpa? Hmph!
What do I look like, some
kind of thug? Oh, Herman.
We've got to get him
out of his cage tonight.
Tomorrow they're shipping
him off to the New York Zoo.
Yeah, you gotta get Grandpa.
Some kids are always braggin'
about their grandpas in heaven.
What are they gonna say when
I tell 'em my Grandpa's in a zoo?
Herman, forget your scruples.
Think with your heart.
All right. All right, Lily, I'll
go. And I'll get the big dummy.
I'll ruin my vacation,
spoil Eddie's good time.
I'll go get him.
But I'll tell you one
thing... from now on, the
most dangerous thing
Grandpa's gonna turn into...
is a one-way street.
[Grandpa Howling]
Sounds almost human
at times, doesn't he?
He sure does.
That woman who was here before... do
you think she could have any connection...
with those suspicious-looking
people the ranger at the gate reported?
Willard, I know she was
dressed kind of weird,
and she did talk to the wolf,
but this is the tourist season.
Gotta get used
to these oddballs.
Grandpa? [Whistles]
[Rattling Continues]
It's just one of those silly
park bears looking for food.
Yeah, he's a big one. They
just look bigger in the dark.
Get a dishpan and something
to pound on and get rid of him.
Yeah, right away. They're
all just big babies, huh?
Grandpa, will ya
knock it off. [Whining]
I've come to get you. [Stops]
[Whines Softly]
Good Grandpa. [Laughs]
Grandpa, this is no
time to get sloppy.
[Banging] What was that?
Scat!
Was it a bear?
Yeah. He took the wolf in his
arms and ran through that fence.
Willard, may I remind you
that one of the prime rules
of the forestry service
is "no drinking on duty."
[Man On Radio] The rare species
of wolf captured yesterday...
was released from its cage last night by
what was first reported to be a large bear.
Well, that's silly. There were no
bears around there last night. Just me.
[Man] Further investigation of the
scene now leads park authorities...
to suspect a man
wearing a mask...
or some sort of disguise.
Rangers at part exits are
stopping all cars as the search...
Oh, this is terrible! [Whines]
Grandpa, how do I know if the
food's good in the New York Zoo?
Will you get in the
car and lie down while I
figure some way to
get you out of this park!
Come on, Grandpa.
I got a biscuit for you.
Come here, Grandpa.
Come here, Grandpa.
Now let me see...
[Exhales]
Okay. Nothin' here.
Thank you. You can drive on.
Well, that's the th car we've checked
today so far. Still no sign of any wolf.
Uh-oh. Here comes that crazy
lookin' bunch that came in the other day.
Better really check this one.
Good morning. Good to see you.
Uh, we've enjoyed
your park immensely.
Fine. Mind if we
take a look inside?
Not at all. Uh, be our guest.
Hi there. Hi.
Is that a kid? Well,
it's not quite a wolf.
Okay. You can go.
Oh, uh, thank you.
Good day. [Chuckles]
Lily, i-i-it's all right.
W-We're safe now. [Laughs]
All right, Grandpa. You can
let go of your tail now. [Whines]
Easy does it, Grandpa.
Grandpa! [Whining]
Easy does it. Easy-Easy
does it. That's right.
[Whines] Grandpa, I am not going
too fast. And don't be a front seat driver.
And then your Uncle Herman
got Grandpa out of his cage,
but the rangers were looking for him,
so we had to smuggle him out of the park.
Oh, that's a shame,
Aunt Lily. So many
annoying little things
can happen on a picnic.
Did you find anything, Herman? Yes,
I found Grandpa's de-wolfing potion.
This ought to do the trick. Sure
hope it turns him back again.
Certainly hope so.
I'd hate to have to take Grandpa out for
a walk every night for the rest of my life.
[Whining] What did he say?
He said, "I'll drink to that."
Well, go ahead,
Grandpa. Get with it.
- [Meows]
- [Barking]
What happened?
One minute I'm out in the woods,
next thing I'm
here chasing a cat.
Uh, well, you see,
Grandpa... Herman.
Don't tell him. It's too awful.
Uh, all I can tell you is...
that if you ever pull
a stunt like this again,
your zip code address is
gonna be the Central Park Zoo!