"The Addams Family" (1964)TV-Serie 1964-1966

Directors:

Stanley Z. Cherry
Arthur Hiller

Drehbuchautoren:

Hannibal Coons (writer) (25 episodes)
Harry Winkler (writer) (25 episodes)

Staffeln:

1 | 2

Premierendatum:

18. September 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Horror

Plot:

The misadventures of a blissfully macabre family.

Plot Keywords:

Dysfunctional Family | Horror For Kids | Macabre | Black Comedy | Goth

Filmpreise:

3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

The Addams Family:Commentary

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 26	8:30 AM	TVLAND	Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor	#1.32
Sun. July 27	8:30 AM	TVLAND	Lurch, the Teenage Idol	#1.33

Besetzung

Carolyn Jones	...	Morticia Frump Addams / ... (64 Folgen, 1964-1966)
John Astin	...	Gomez Addams / ... (64 Folgen, 1964-1966)
Ted Cassidy	...	Lurch / ... (64 Folgen, 1964-1966)
Jackie Coogan	...	Uncle Fester Frump / ... (62 Folgen, 1964-1966)
Marie Blake	...	Grandmama Addams / ... (43 Folgen, 1964-1966)
Ken Weatherwax	...	Pugsley Addams / ... (40 Folgen, 1964-1966)
Lisa Loring	...	Wednesday Friday Addams / ... (40 Folgen, 1964-1966)

Alternativ:

Addams Family, Die (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

30 Min (64 episodes)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-7 (DVD) (2007) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | USA:TV-G

Drehorte:

General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Dies und das:

Even though Gomez would kiss Morticia up and down her arm when she spoke French or called him "bubeleh", we never saw him kiss her on the lips.

Dialogzitate:

Wednesday: Uncle Fester, do you believe in Santa Claus?
Uncle Fester: Well, of course. You kids are talking like children.

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Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Hot Fuzz (2007)

The Addams Family:Commentary

On television,there were two kinds of people that we've loved to see each week,but there were options based on what we liked to watch on certain channels.

There were two kinds of people: People who liked "The Munsters",and people who liked "The Addams Family". You couldn't choose one without the other and to me it made some decency into this because during my childhood around my place of residence it sparked huge debates. However,"The Munsters" was on a rival network-CBS,and it starred Fred Gwynne and Yvonne DeCarlo and produced 63 episodes,all in black and white and was produced by Universal Television and Kayro-Vue Productions and filmed at Universal Studios in Hollywood. That series ran from 1964-1966.

"The Addams Family" starred John Astin and Carolyn Jones was on ABC-TV and ran for two seasons,producing 64 episodes,all in black and white from September of 1964 and ending its run in September of 1966. The show was produced by Filmways Productions in Hollywood. Based on the cartoon characters created by Charles Addams,this series was indeed hilarious but very interesting to captured the surroundings involving the characters in the Addams' household. This was an excellent-counter cultural 60's show. First off,actors John Astin and Carolyn Jones brought Charles Addams' cartoon characters to life in this series in which they brought there own qualities to the characters they portrayed. John Astin brought his Zen Yogi Buddhism and his Shakespeare while Carolyn Jones was just gothically gorgeous with her knitting and great looks not to mention a great sing-songy voice that brings the dialogue to life,and a perfect figure to fit brilliantly into that black widow dress. Astin's character was Gomez Addams,a successfully wealthy tycoon who was happily married,dripping with Old World charm, was very devoted to his loving kids and was very loving to them,kind relatives(who were strange at times),a devoted butler,and the whole family did everything there way,including times where Gomez had the knack to blowing up train sets in his house and other weird stuff! Then,you have the children Wednesday and Pugsley(played with perfection by Ken Weatherwax and Lisa Loring)who were always into something or another,and also the butler Lurch(Ted Cassidy)with his Basso Profundo groan everytime Mr. and Mrs. Addams would pulled the chime that shook the entire house(with a pull cord a full sized hangman's noose)when he would answer,"You rang?" There were other little touches that the show had,which was something that its rival "The Munsters" never had....The coffee table with bundles of $100 bills in the drawer,the torture chamber turned into a play room for the children and for Uncle Fester,the quirky decor of the house and family taking in the moon while others took in the sun. Also there was times when Morticia and Gomez had a implied sex life(and the first sitcom couple to do that...which you would never seen that on other sitcoms during the 1960's)which was rather kinky and outrageously funny.

Then there was the unpredictable Uncle Fester(Jackie Coogan)who was always experimenting on different things,and was the strangest character of them all,but in perspective,Jackie Coogan brought that role to life and the results are absolutely brilliant to what he did with the character. Then,there was the Grandmother or Grand ma-ma,and the strangest characters imaginable...Thing(which was a hand inside a box that delivered the family mail),and not to mention Cousin Itt(a relative of Morticia's with lots of hairy features)who would speak and communicate with unmentionable terms,and by the way,what would Cousin Itt be like without all that hair? something I would not like to find out.

This series came out at the explosion of the youth rebellion that was to come...and this series along with its fierecest competition,"The Munsters",which was on a rival network may have precipitated it at the level of total of the psychedelic movement that was to come after that series went off the air in 1966. The 1960's had a lot of counter culture and developed an impact to the actual culture which sparked an explosion of "hippie" freedom and expression of the mid to late-60's and to the "gothic" look and it can be traced directly to here. Also, to point out there is a lot of subversive dialogue that was in the series on many levels and check out some of the episodes where this has occurred. However,the musical theme by composer Vic Mizzy was brilliant on all levels,since Mizzy was a jazz composer who went big with many of the TV-themes of its era including "Green Acres",and several theatrical features starring Don Knotts from the mid-1960's and composed themes for several Saturday Morning cartoons.

However,when The Addams Family went off the air in 1966,they network executives at ABC-TV brought them back in 1973 for their own Saturday Morning cartoon show featuring John Astin,Carolyn Jones,Jackie Coogan,and Ted Cassidy from the original series which also ran for two seasons from 1973-1975.