The Addams Family (1964–1966)

The misadventures of a blissfully macabre family.

Stars:

Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Ted Cassidy

3 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Carolyn Jones	...	Morticia Frump Addams (64 episodes, 1964-1966)
John Astin	...	Gomez Addams (64 episodes, 1964-1966)
Ted Cassidy	...	Lurch (64 episodes, 1964-1966)
Jackie Coogan	...	Uncle Fester Frump (61 episodes, 1964-1966)
Ken Weatherwax	...	Pugsley Addams (40 episodes, 1964-1966)
Lisa Loring	...	Wednesday Addams (37 episodes, 1964-1966)
Marie Blake	...	Grandmama Addams (35 episodes, 1964-1966)

Storyline

The Addams Family is not your typical family: they take delight in most of the things that "normal" people would be terrified of. Gomez Adams is an extremely wealthy man, and is able to indulge his wife Morticia's every desire: be it cultivation of poisonous plants, or a candlelit dinner in a graveyard. People visiting the Addams Family just don't seem to appreciate the 7 foot tall butler "Lurch" or the helping hand (which is just a disembodied hand named "Thing").

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Plot Keywords:

addams family | tall | butler | macabre | disembodied hand | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Horror

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 September 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Los locos Addams

Filming Locations:

General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmways Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (64 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the beginning of the series, Pugsley is eight years old and Wednesday is six years old.

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Goofs

While Kitty is consistently referred to with female pronouns throughout the series, the lion that plays Kitty is a male lion.

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Quotes

Grandmama Addams: Fester, You're not cheating!
Uncle Fester: Sorry.

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Crazy Credits

In the closing credits, Thing is credited as "Itself"

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Connections

Referenced in Sea of Love (1989)

User Reviews

this proves that macabre can be funny

The Addamses are a delightfully ghoulish family. Father Gomez (John Astin) clears his throat with a sword, mother Morticia (Carolyn Jones) owns several carnivorous plants, and servant Lurch (Ted Cassidy) somberly replies "You rang?" whenever someone rings the bell. And of course, there's their pet, a severed hand named Thing. The family spends their days engaging in activities that most would find weird (to be certain, everything that's normal to us is weird to them). For example, Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan) likes to rest on a bed on nails. They go through their everyday lives (uh, lives?) doing the sorts of things that most people do, just differently (to say the least).

Among other things, "The Addams Family" was actually better than "The Munsters" (it was cleverer and not so silly). This truly represented a break from the "ideal American family" mold that had previously dominated TV, especially since Gomez and Morticia often got slinky with each other. Definitely watch it whenever it's on (TV Land is currently rerunning it).