The Addams Family 

The misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.

Creator:

David Levy

Stars:

John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Carolyn Jones	...	Morticia Addams / ... 64 episodes, 1964-1966
John Astin	...	Gomez Addams 64 episodes, 1964-1966
Jackie Coogan	...	Uncle Fester 64 episodes, 1964-1966
Ted Cassidy	...	Lurch 64 episodes, 1964-1966
Marie Blake	...	Grandmama 64 episodes, 1964-1966
Lisa Loring	...	Wednesday Addams 64 episodes, 1964-1966
Ken Weatherwax	...	Pugsley Addams 64 episodes, 1964-1966
Thing	...	Itself 64 episodes, 1964-1966

Storyline

The Addams Family is not your typical family: it takes delight in most of the things of which normal people would be terrified. Gomez Adams is an extremely wealthy man and is able to indulge his wife Morticia's every desire, whether it's 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 named Lurch or the helping hand (which is just a disembodied hand named Thing).

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Plot Keywords:

unconventional family | eccentric family | eccentricity | tall man | fish out of water | 

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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:

The Addams Family

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 (64 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmways didn't want to pay singers to record the theme song, so composer Vic Mizzy triple overdubbed his own voice to simulate a trio.

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Goofs

The wire that moves Cleopatra is visible every now and then.

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Quotes

Gomez: I'm quite proud of Mrs. Addams' hothouse. She's raised these plants from tiny weeds.

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Crazy Credits

In later episodes, Jackie Coogan is not listed in the closing credits.

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Connections

Referenced in America's Next Top Model: America's Next Top Model Is... (2008)

User Reviews

AMERICA'S FIRST FAMILY TRUTH BE TOLD!

The Addams Family was supposed to be an odd ball rich excentric family of near monster almost circus type people who instead of be cound by all societies conventions lived by their own values. They were decent wonderful people with hearts understanding compassion the equal of some and, better than most in so called normal society. The Addam's so secure in their sense of self individually and as a family unit were completely unknowing or caring of the reactions of normal polite society. Indeed members of the Addams family to a person / it and, thing were so secure in themselves they oftebn felt it was the people of normal society who were weird and, that was the core of its comedic genius. Yes the props are all old the special effects are all painfully obvious to us sophisicated folk of the new millennium but the jokes the reactions of the people the whole Addams aura is still as alive in each of those episodes as it was they day they were shot.

You can not go wrong buying all these episodes each on a treasure in itself. Never has learning about human psychology and, seeing shallow superfical people for the fools they are ever been so much fun. I can not recommend anything more highly than getting these Addam's family episodes you will never regret it if you know how to laugh at all.

Real america beyond the fake and, plastic families who waste their lives trying to reach today's artifical moving traget ideal are just like the Addams Family. The Addams family said and, did those things that we all think of doing and, want to do if we were free of our conformist shackles of what makes a pretty house, a nice car, a beautiful gardenm, well adjusted children. Some might say the Addam's Family with their odd ways flouted societies conventions where I feel they lived up to each in its fullest.