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"Zombo" is about Eddie Munster's winning an appearance on The Zombo Show and a number of prizes. It also involves Zombo the character displacing Herman for Eddie's affections.

Though a comic episode, as one may expect, the episode plays much like something out of "Leave It To Beaver," in that we get to see Eddie receive a life lesson: That what one sees on television with actors isn't quite what one expects in real life.

And "Zombo" also illustrates something that happened with local television in the 1950s and '60s (and even later): Local programming, including children's productions. Here, we get to see comedian Louis Nye as the title character, and the set used for his show. We do get to see Eddie's disappointment and his life lesson, but in 2020, we also get to see a piece of broadcasting that long ago passed into history.

Make sure you get to see the complete, uncut version of this outing. It's worth watching!

Eddie idolizes a TV horror host Zombo and Herman is jealous.

Another funny well written episode, the show was turning out one good episode after another at this point. Zombo is played by comedian Louis Nye, made up like Lon Chaney in London After Midnight but with a blond wig. Eddie wins a contest to be on his show. After Herman gets jealous, Grandpa gives him a potion that makes him hairier with fangs, Eddie is not impressed. Funniest scene is when Eddie meets Zombo without the makeup and exposes him as a fake on TV. Zombo is grateful however, saying he is an actor made for better things like Hamlet, Macbeth, My Mother The Car.