TV Quote of the Day (‘The Munsters,’ With Grandpa Interrupted on a Crucial Project)

Herman Munster [played by Fred Gwynne]: [shouting] “Grandpa, chow time!”

Grandpa [played by Al Lewis]: [shouts back over the noise of his machinery] “Just start without me. I'm inventing a machine that's going to achieve world peace!”

Lily Munster [played by Yvonne De Carlo]: “We're having broiled shark and tossed centipede salad.”

Grandpa [to himself]: “Well, the world waited this long, it can wait a bit longer." —The Munsters, Season 2, Episode 17, “Just Another Pretty Face,” original air date Jan. 13, 1966, teleplay by Richard Baer, directed by Gene Reynolds