`  == Correction ==   ``The Munsters`` were not a relief of melodramtic soap operas such as ``Dark Shadows`` as the later series did not debut until 1966A.D. The only ``suspense`` soap opera that could have come close was ``The Edge of Night``.  Rather, it was more a tongue-in-cheek send-up to the low-budget horror moviess perliferating in the fifties and sixties.  The characters themselves bore this out, obviously!  With sister-themed show ``The Addams Family``, and competitive sit-coms ``Bewitched`` and ``I Dream of Jeannie``, this formula became a winning mantra that departed from the typical family situation comedies, and droll western series!    Veryverser`