
The Munsters(1964)
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.


“When we’re together, every night is Halloween.”
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.

Carolyn Jones
Morticia Addams

John Astin
Gomez Addams

Jackie Coogan
Uncle Fester

Ted Cassidy
Lurch

Marie Blake
Grandmama

Lisa Loring
Wednesday Addams

Ken Weatherwax
Pugsley Addams
The Addams Family is a comedy, family series that first aired in 1964 exploring themes of parent child relationship, butler, vampire, haunted house, marriage, satire. Created by Charles Addams, it stars Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan. A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
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