I can’t believe Christa never watched this when it was in syndication.

Growing up, I always preferred Addams Family to the Munsters.  So much so that although I loved Fred Gwyne, I used to switch off the Munsters.  Their show was very much a sitcom that relied heavily on the gimmick, and was always quite “cute” about the family.

Whereas the Addams Family, stemming from Charles Addams’ voice in his series of comics, seemed to be slightly more subtle.  Still a sitcom with laugh track and all, somehow the Addams family seemed more interesting to me.  Most especially memorable is John Astin’s performance as Gomez, easily one of the best television characters of all time.  And boy howdy did I wanna mount Morticia. 

The Addams family were always well-meaning, even though they had distaste for normal people and their disgusting lack of anything disgusting. 

They were also rich and had a much better house than that lunch-pail swinging Herman and his fat wife. 

Anyway, this show is one of the best of all time.  The movies paled in comparison.