
The family at 1313 Mockingbird Lane is a little... different. Dad Herman looks like Frankenstein's monster; mom Lily and her dad, Grandpa, are vampires; and son Eddie is a werewolf. Poor Marilyn, their niece, is the odd one out -- she's just a normal girl. And the family doesn't like to call attention to her unfortunate looks.
When Herman is forced to work overtime at the parlor, Lily grows furious and convinces him that he deserves a raise; he is fired when he demands an increase in pay.
Herman drag-races in the family hearse to back up Eddie's boast that his dad is a better driver than his friend's father.
Herman rescues a little boy whose head is trapped in the park railings, but doesn't get all the credit he deserves; Herman strikes up a friendship with the youngster.
Eddie runs away when one of his friends convinces him that all parents are mean.