Retro Cartoons and TV Shows: The Addams Family

The Addams Family was an American television series (known in Spain as The Addams Family and in Latin America as Los Locos Addams) that aired from 1964 to 1966. The series, based on the cartoons of Charles Addams that he published in the New Yorker, It consists of 64 30-minute episodes, filmed in black and white and broadcast on ABC from September 18, 1964 to April 8, 1966. It is often compared to its CBS rival, The Munsters.1 This series It is the first adaptation of the characters of the Addams family to include the tuning of the Addams family.

The Addams with a family with macabre interests and supernatural abilities. At no point in the series is an explanation given of his powers.

The very wealthy and enthusiastic Gomez Addams (Homero Addams in Latin America) (John Astin) is hopelessly in love with his refined wife Morticia (Carolyn Jones). Along with his daughter Wednesday (Merlina in Latin America) (Lisa Loring), his son Pugsley (Pericles in Latin America) (Ken Weatherwax), Uncle Fetid (Uncle Lucas in Latin America) (Jackie Coogan) and Grandmother (Blossom Rock), they reside at 0001 Cemetery Lane, in an ornate, leafy mansion with two servants: Largoh (Ted Cassidy), a butler, and Thing (credited as "Thing / Fingers", but the character was played by Cassidy and Jack Voglin) , a disembodied hand coming out of a wooden box. Some relatives who appear in some episodes include Primo Eso (Felix Silla), Morticia's older sister,

Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan) and Lurch (Ted Cassidy)

The humor of the series derives from the cultural clash between them and the rest of the world. Normal visitors are entertained with much courtesy, despite their evil intentions. They are often surprised by the negative reactions they have when they are good and behave normally. A recurring theme in the epilogue is that the Addams receive news from their visitor of the episode, either by mail, phone or in the newspapers. In the end, the visitor ends up being admitted to a madhouse, changes jobs, leaves the country and similar things that change their lives in a negative way. Addams always end up misinterpreting the message, believing it was for the best.

The tone was decided by producer Nat Perrin, who was a close friend of Groucho Marx and writer of several Marx Brothers films. Perrin provided the ideas for the stories, directed an episode, and rewrote all the scripts.