Addams Family

Approval Rate: 81%

81%Approval ratio

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    ayn9b559

    Thu Apr 16 2009

    Funny that the show, despite being about "freaks," still had the obligatory morals , family values and upright citizen thing of the era.

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    ejdiii

    Thu Apr 24 2008

    this show made goth cool! and optimistic! (wow , how that has changed!). gomez and Morticia had that rare chemistry as in get smart and the Avengers. gomezes crazed eyes, orticias seductive slinking around and droll talk. Uncle fester and Lurch where excellent. blows the lame musnsters out of the water, this stuff was well written, great atmosphere as well.

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    spike65

    Wed Aug 22 2007

    The Addams Family was aimed to a bit older audience than the Munsters. I remember preferring The Munsters as a kid since it featured cool cars and the monster motif. As an adult I much prefer the Addams Family when watching T.V. Land.

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    ahmad12

    Tue Aug 21 2007

    i was in love with morticia. otherwise, not that great.

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    jeremy00081

    Mon Sep 18 2006

    Very corny stuff. One and a half stars

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    virilevagabond

    Mon Sep 04 2006

    For some reason that I can't really put my finger on, I never could get into "The Addams Family". As a child, I recall watching both this series and its rival "The Munsters", and I always enjoyed the latter better. The Addams clan seemed less animated than the Munsters (who also seemed to have more interaction with the "real world"), but I will admit that this show had more sophisticated humor. The theme song also sounded dated even then when compared to the Munsters almost 60's surf sounding theme. The bottom line is that "The Addams Family" loses stars both based on subjective tastes and in comparisons with other shows on this list.

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    candy_kane

    Mon May 15 2006

    Cousin ITT made the show what it was. He/She/It was a riot. Loved the way Morticia slithered around in her tight dress. Uncle Fester was a bit of an idiot though. And Pugsly had no acting ability whatsoever. Wasn't surprised that Wednesday grew up to star in porn. She was very pretty even as a little girl.

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    genghisthehun

    Sun Jan 08 2006

    This was based on the New Yorker Addams Family Cartoon. This was a strange but amusing show with the weird characters.

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    djahuti

    Wed Nov 30 2005

    A classic with a supreme cast.Much better than the movies made 20 years later!

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    cjmyers41

    Mon Oct 03 2005

    "Thing", "Cousin it", "Uncle Fester", American TV icons. I used Gomez's kissing up the arm move..more than once.

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    johnsteed

    Sat Aug 27 2005

    tish i love it when you speak french-better than the munsters

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    adc103051

    Thu May 19 2005

    Couldn't hold a candle to the Munsters.

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    irishgit

    Sat Mar 26 2005

    Very clever, very funny. Makes the Munsters look like the unimaginative crap it was.

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    1sailormoonfa_n

    Wed Jul 07 2004

    In my opinion, The Addams Family beats the Munsters. I love its comedy and tbe cast was awesome! I have always admired Morticia's beauty! And I love Lurch! YOU RANG? yes, Lurch, I rang, and I'll ring some more for the Addams Family on TVLAND!

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    rick18

    Wed Jul 07 2004

    Morticia is a HOT BABE!

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    ansgard

    Tue Jun 08 2004

    lovely...still like them

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    handy16f

    Sun Jun 06 2004

    This is a fun and clever show. I like Uncle Fester and Cousin Itt and Lurch the best. Gomez is very funny. And Morticia is very sexy and beautiful. It's a great cast and great comedy.

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    icanrate

    Thu Jun 03 2004

    i always loved the addams family just awesome

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    classictvfan47

    Sun Mar 21 2004

    A good, unrealistic sitcom. But, not as good as The Munsters, IMO.

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    4real59d

    Tue Mar 09 2004

    True to the man who inspired it, this program was an early example of entertainment that works on two levels: Funny for the kiddies and campily sexual for adults. Gomez's smile was not just a grimace, it was also a fixed leer. I also enjoyed the sly sardonic undertone in most episodes. And Morticia was a darkly sensual babe, no doubt about it!

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    1313f096

    Wed Feb 25 2004

    The Munsters out rated their rivals 'The Addams Family' in the US TV ratings throughout 1964 - 1966; the years both shows ran for. Sorry Addams Family fans! www.fiftiesweb.com/tv-ratings-60s.htm

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    classictvfan50_7

    Fri Jan 23 2004

    The Addams Family is a clever sitcom with great imagination and creativity in expressing characters of sorts and wonderful storylines that one can relate to. This show is almost as good as its revival, The Munsters.

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    brianjoseph

    Sat Nov 15 2003

    A good show, especially liked the sets, read an article that said the network sent people out to buy all sorts of bad looking furniture and other wacky stuff for the house.(what a fun job this must have been, go to some used furniture place and tell them you want to buy a bunch of terrible looking stuff for your home!).

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    mikeluvslucy

    Fri Oct 31 2003

    I must admit, I do enjoy "The Addams Family" a lot but it isn't as a good as it's sister show, "The Munsters".

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    tvtator

    Mon Oct 27 2003

    Very wacky, but very clever and funny.

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    moosekarloff

    Wed Jul 23 2003

    Very clever, well-written show. Great Art Direction. The Addams Family had a great house, such alluring decor. Loved those maneating plants in the greenhouse, the doorbell, the cigar store Indian that dispensed already-lit Cubans, Gomez at the controls of his model trains, and especially Cousin Itt. Much funnier and inventive than that cheap knock-off on CBS, The Munsters.

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    getback

    Thu May 08 2003

    insane still funny today

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    bonnieblue

    Mon Feb 24 2003

    I enjoyed this show as a child - and even more now in reruns, now that I'm old enough to appreciate the passion between Gomez and Morticia ("Meet me in the arboretum.") The rival spooky-family show, The Munsters, was b-o-r-i-n-g dreck by comparison.

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    leanne030

    Mon Dec 16 2002

    This show was very entertaining, it is way better than the new Addams family shows that are coming out now a days.

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    freakonaleash

    Wed Sep 11 2002

    This show was revolutionary, It was the first show to break out of the mold of 50's sitcoms and actually provide some original content. The munsters were a pale imitation created just to compete, but unfortunatly their writers had no idea how to be spooky and macabe without resorting to clones of classic movie monsters.

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    radiogman

    Thu Aug 15 2002

    This is a fun show to watch. I hate to see it compared to The Munsters, two very different shows.

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    quincy

    Thu Jun 27 2002

    This show was macabre in ways The Munsters never even imagined. It was so brilliantly hilarious that not even the worst cable remake can taint its memory.

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    ajktpt

    Mon Feb 04 2002

    John Astin has always been an extremely "hip" actor.

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    becky222

    Thu May 31 2001

    Just the greates fun show.

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    mschleisner

    Sun May 13 2001

    yep, uncle fester, so funny, and mr addams was such a great husband, sure wish mine was more like him.

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    tntimber

    Sun May 13 2001

    I like this much more than the Munsters!

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    castlebee

    Sun Apr 08 2001

    A very wacky, funny show which successfully employed a very unique and sophisticated camp never seen on TV before it came along. In an odd way it also seemed to foreshadow the times just ahead of it the often scarier now campy late 1960's. The Munsters were an obvious attempt to cash in on the success of this much more original show and the writing and acting paled by comparison. John Astin was wonderful as Gomez as was Carolyn Jones as Morticia. It really seemed to be ahead of it's time and I absolutely loved it!

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    callmetootie

    Thu Apr 05 2001

    I'm not saying that The Addams Familt is a bad show, but it isn't one of my favorites. I never thought of the show as funny, but imaginative. I rarely see this as it is not seen on Tv Land anymore, but my library has episodes to watch. The show is filled with lots of goofy, slapstick humor, and will appeal to fans of The Munsters.

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    kramnor

    Mon Mar 19 2001

    SECOND ONLY TO THE MUNSTERS IN "SPOOK FAMILY" SHOWS.

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    markianna

    Wed Feb 14 2001

    The Addams Family was one of the best tv shows ever made. Extremely original and funny! The new versions and movies, just don't do the original justice!

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    angel859500

    Thu Dec 14 2000

    I always loved this show! I was like obsessed with it! I thought that each character was hilarious and Perfect! I still smile with fondness whenever I watch it!

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    call8629om

    Sat Jul 15 2000

    Grew up Wathing this most times funny show Saw the column in the new Yorker And Still Enjoy It on Nick at night

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    alicat

    Mon Jul 10 2000

    I used to like this show. I even had the attention span for the show when it was in black and white but I am not sure why now that I look back on it. I liked cousin It. I really didn't like the Hand. The mom and dad were always malling each other which was kind of gross the way they did it. There were some really weird and twisted sub plots in the show.

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    wiggum

    Mon Jul 10 2000

    I just never really got into this show like other people did. I guess it was mildly entertaining, but what's the big deal? Although I do think the Addams Family had some kind of edge over the Munsters, for whatever reason. Maybe it was because the Addams family didn't have to explain why Frankenstein and a vampire would have a werewolf for a son.

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    wild8266om

    Sat Jul 08 2000

    It wasn't on long enough but I enjoyed watching the original series for many years. Why they remade this (on Fox) over again is beyond me. Why redo something that was already great!