10 Things You Didn't Know About The Addams Family Original TV Show

[trinaq]

Gomez and Morticia are total couple AND parent goals. Not only do they have a loving, supportive marriage, but they encourage their children to embrace their weirdness.

[TheoRae]

I love John Astin so much. Not only did he give us such an iconic character but he helped raise Sean Astin to be the gentle, kind man we know and love.

[MrWoodMan]

One of the greatest original feel-good family tv shows... ever.

[wstine]

Minty should've dressed as Fester Addams.

[legoseanland]

I’m currently watching all of the Munsters in order. Crazy how iconic these shows were considering their very brief runs

[robertjames]

I've seen many researchers say that the Addams Family and the Munsters actually had the best family interactions of any sitcom of the period. They were healthy, non toxic and always empathetic and honest. Shame all that got lost with people focusing only on the macabre aspects of the shows.

[miketalife]

First thing is first Minty. That's a DOPE Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hoodie

[Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat]

Thanks, minty. On Wednesday's name: it's from an old rhyme about the day you're born on, "Mondays child is fair of face, Tuesdays child is full of grace, Wednesdays child is full of woe, Thursdays child has far to go..."❤

[nimblehealer]

*sigh* they don't make quality shows like this anymore.

[beckyowens]

John Astin said that he discovered that "wild eyed" look for Gomez when he first moved to New York. He lived in a dangerous neighborhood and not having a car, had to ride the subway or walk everywhere. He learned that if he looked crazy, people would leave him alone. So whenever he was on foot in the neighborhood, he'd adopt those wild eyes and mutter to himself. He never got mugged or harassed.

I'm told enough to remember the show when it was on. Both my parents would have been kids. I always liked the Munsters too, but they had a REASON for being ghoulish. They were just monsters. The Addams were just regular people who were also ghoulish. That spoke to my little, gothic heart as an adolescent. I was 8, the same age my Dad was, when the movies came out. I was Wednesday one year for Halloween. My mother still wonders why I "turned out" the way I did. Oh, I duno, Mom. Maybe because you were addicted to horror movies and I pretty much kept The Crow on repeat. I have sense made the typical evolution from goth to modern vintage lol. I still know how to decorate with safety pins though lol.

[TracyC-njtq]

Ted Cassidy ad-libbed the words, "You rang, " the first time he appeared on set alongside John Astin. EVERYONE, cast and crew, laughed UPROARIOUSLY! That's how those two words became Lurch's signature line.

[zuitsuit]

“The Addams Family” has been noted in discussions about the Civil Rights, Gay Rights and Women’s Rights movements of the time. In the 1960s, desegregation was increasing and the typical suburban status quo was changing. People across the country suddenly had new and different neighbors. The Addams represented these “awkward intrusions” as funny and relatable for both sides. The American marriage was also becoming more egalitarian and openly sexual. Gomez and Morticia treat each other as equals and express tons of healthy sexuality and love. They raise their children (and accept their strange cousins) without judgement.

[MrCrazypops]

Our family dressed up as the Adams family for Halloween years ago. We had a speaker in my suit jacket playing the theme and we still use the BW pics we took as decorations every Halloween. My son had a cigar and my daughter had a rubber hand for Thing. We looked great

[bigjermboktown]

Yeah my little girl loves that Wednesday show too! So much we even had a Wednesday Addams themed birthday party for her and it is actually pretty good

[fatkidgames]

So glad you're standing you're ground and not naking shorts to conform!!!

[ciscodeer]

John Austin is also the second riddler in the Batman 60s Batman TV series (I think)

[ApocryphalDude]

They're both so beloved that on programming blocked in syndication they were often shown back-to-back.

[williampetersen]

References to The Addams Family popped up in two sitcoms:

The Dick Van Dyke Show episode: The Man From My Uncle. In Richie's bedroom you can see a Morticia and Uncle Fester hand puppet on the wall to the right of the door.

Gilligan's Island episode:
Ring Around Gilligan.
Towards the end of the episode, Dr. Balinkoff (as played by Vito Scotti - who also appeared a few times on The Addams Family, ) is telling the castaways how to behave, uses the words Neat, Sweet, Petite.

[Jammo]

I've just Googled Charles Samuel Addams and his wives did resemble Morticia😂😂😂

[DCMarvelMultiverse]

The boiling oil gag was depicted in the 1991 film.