The Addams Family is one of the most successful
comedy series created by
Charles Addams. Based on different horror figures,
The Addams
are categorized by their weird looks and scary antics. Gomez Alonso
Addams is the patriarch of the family, a charming, handsome, and
successful man. Morticia Addams, the wife of Gomez, with a pale skin
and gothic performance. Pugsley and Wednesday are the two children of
Gomez and Morticia.
Pugsley is designed as a diabolical,
malevolent child next door, while Wednesday, as described in the
Monday's Child nursery rhyme, somewhat pathetic child, full of woe.
Uncle
Fester is a bald, fat, barrel-shaped man with dark, sunken eyes and a
devilish grin. Grandmama, or sometimes Granny, is a witch that deals
with different hexes and spells. Lurch is a Frankenstein's-monster like
butler who serves to the Addams family. Thing is the disembodied hand
that crawls around and sometimes playing with the Addams. Cousin Itt is
Gomez hairy cousin.
The Addams family TV series ran from September 18, 1964 to April 8, 1966 on
ABC network.
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