The Addams Family 

The misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.

Creator:

David Levy

Stars:

John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan

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:

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 (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

The pet Kitty Cat is a male lion with a massive mane, but is several times referred to by the main characters as "she."

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Morticia: [siren] Mail's in.

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Crazy Credits

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

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Connections

Referenced in Animaniacs: Taming of the Screwy (1993)

User Reviews

A work of art.

The Addams Family was, in its own strange way, the healthiest TV family ever presented. The mother and father are utterly smitten with one another. They dote on their children and pay meticulous attention to their upbringing. The children, for their part, are respectful of their elders but brim-full of curiosity and mischief. The grandmother and uncle are loved and respected. Extended family members are admired and included. The butler shows great devotion to his employers, who repay him by providing a loving family. Thing (whatever it is) is appreciated for his omnipresent helpfulness. And visitors are always welcome and treated with the utmost courtesy.

The macabre touches are fun, and provide the fish-out-of-water running gag of outsiders trying to cope with the Addams' ghoulish world, but it's the relationships that make The Addams Family tick. Current sit-coms, with their focus on deception and underhanded tricks, would do well to emulate the Addamses.