The Addams Family (1964)

Directed by

Sidney Miller, Jerry Hopper, Arthur Lubin, Sidney Lanfield

Genre

sitcom, comedy television series, fantasy television series

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 64 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 444 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy and eccentric family called the Addamses lives in a spooky old mansion. They enjoy strange hobbies and frighten their neighbors, but they are a loving and cheerful family.

quirkywhimsicaldarkly comicnostalgicplayfuloffbeatlivelysilly

What happens

The Addams Family is an American Gothic sitcom based on Charles Addams's New Yorker cartoons. With an ensemble cast, the 30-minute television series took the unnamed characters in the single-panel gag cartoons and gave them names, backstories, and a household setting. The series was spearheaded by David Levy, who created and developed it with Donald Saltzman in cooperation with cartoonist Addams, who gave each character a name and description. Shot in black-and-white, The Addams Family aired for two seasons on ABC from September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966, for a total of 64 episodes — its opening theme was composed and sung by Vic Mizzy. The show was originally produced by head writer Nat Perrin for Filmways, Inc., at General Service Studios in Hollywood, California. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer now owns the rights to the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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