Like The Munsters though it only ran two seasons The Addams Family stayed forever in syndication. Unlike The Munsters there was no 'normal' character in there like Marilyn. Everybody in this family would have trouble fitting in.
The nuclear family unit was Gomez Addams wife Morticia aka Tish, and their children Pugsley and Wednesday. John Astin and Carolyn Jones as the parents got a chance to overact outrageously. Astin looked like he was having one great old time as Gomez, the most charmingly ghoulish man you'll ever meet. In that slinky black outfit Carolyn Jones wore, more than folks from the dark side were left drooling. Nothing like seeing Gomez courting Morticia especially when Carolyn Jones spoke French at him.
Jones had that titter whenever she walked. In the history of the show we never saw her feet.
Uncle Fester who lived with them was played by Jackie Coogan who was forever puttering away in his workshop inventing things he thought that every family of ghouls should have. His inventions were usually central to the plot of every episode.
Blossom Rock who was Jeanette MacDonald's sister played Grandma. She was about as helpless as Ruth Gordon in Every Which Way But Loose. No doubt this one sped through Pasadena regularly.
Finally the large ghoulish mansion the Addamses resided in had to have a butler that everyone looked up to. In this case it would be Lurch played by a 7' Ted Cassidy. Before he died, Cassidy and Richard Kiel competed for the same roles. Cassidy's "you rang" would send shivers up anyone's spine.
The Addams family seemed to be in syndication forever. And eventually a feature film was made with a new cast.
But it wasn't a patch on the television series.
The nuclear family unit was Gomez Addams wife Morticia aka Tish, and their children Pugsley and Wednesday. John Astin and Carolyn Jones as the parents got a chance to overact outrageously. Astin looked like he was having one great old time as Gomez, the most charmingly ghoulish man you'll ever meet. In that slinky black outfit Carolyn Jones wore, more than folks from the dark side were left drooling. Nothing like seeing Gomez courting Morticia especially when Carolyn Jones spoke French at him.
Jones had that titter whenever she walked. In the history of the show we never saw her feet.
Uncle Fester who lived with them was played by Jackie Coogan who was forever puttering away in his workshop inventing things he thought that every family of ghouls should have. His inventions were usually central to the plot of every episode.
Blossom Rock who was Jeanette MacDonald's sister played Grandma. She was about as helpless as Ruth Gordon in Every Which Way But Loose. No doubt this one sped through Pasadena regularly.
Finally the large ghoulish mansion the Addamses resided in had to have a butler that everyone looked up to. In this case it would be Lurch played by a 7' Ted Cassidy. Before he died, Cassidy and Richard Kiel competed for the same roles. Cassidy's "you rang" would send shivers up anyone's spine.
The Addams family seemed to be in syndication forever. And eventually a feature film was made with a new cast.
But it wasn't a patch on the television series.