The Addams Family Logo the Addams Family Font

Fictional family created past Charles Addams

The Addams Family
One of Charles Addams' original cartoons, An Addams Family Holiday, showing (from left to correct) Pugsley, Wednesday, Gomez, Aristotle the octopus, Fester, and Morticia Addams
Created by	Charles Addams
Original work	The New Yorker cartoons
Owner	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (current rights holder) Orion Pictures (original TV series and 1991 flick) Warner Bros. Entertainment (Hanna-Barbera 1973 & 1992 Television series, Scooby Doo crossover and film) Paramount Pictures (1991 & 1993 films) Disney Platform Distribution (1998 Television set series) Universal Pictures Cyber Group Studios United Artists Releasing (2019 & 2021 films)
Print publications
Comics	Meet below (1938)
Films and boob tube
Film(s)	The Addams Family (1991) Addams Family unit Values (1993) The Addams Family unit (2019) The Addams Family unit ii (2021)
Short moving picture(s)	The Addams Family Fun-House (1973)
Tv series	The Addams Family unit (1964–1966) The Addams Family (1973) The Addams Family (1992–1993) The New Addams Family unit (1998–1999)
Television special(southward)	The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977)
Direct-to-video	Addams Family Reunion (1998) The Addams Family (by Cyber Group Studios)
Theatrical presentations
Musical(due south)	The Addams Family (2010)
Games
Video game(due south)	Listing of video games
Sound
Soundtrack(southward)	The Addams Family unit
Official website
The Addams Family

The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. They originally appeared in a series of 150 unrelated single-panel cartoons, about one-half of which were originally published in The New Yorker over a fifty-year period since their inception in 1938. They have since been adapted to other media, such equally tv set, motion picture, video games, comic books, a musical and merchandising.

The Addamses are a satirical inversion of the platonic 20th-century American family: an odd wealthy aristocratic clan who delight in the macabre and are seemingly unaware or unconcerned that other people find them bizarre or frightening. Start with the 1964 television series, the Addams Family unit consists of Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, shut family members Uncle Fester^[a] and Grandmama,^[b] their butler Lurch, and Midweek'due south pet octopus, Aristotle. The dimly seen Affair (later a disembodied mitt) was introduced in 1954, and Gomez'southward Cousin Itt and Morticia'due south pet king of beasts Kitty Kat in 1964. Pubert Addams, Wednesday and Pugsley's infant brother, was introduced in the 1993 film Addams Family Values.^[c]

In 1964, a live-activeness television series premiered on ABC and ran for two seasons. It subsequently inspired a telefilm titled Halloween with the New Addams Family and cameos from the bandage in other shows. An unrelated blithe series aired in 1973. The franchise was revived in the 1990s with a characteristic movie series consisting of The Addams Family unit (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993). The films inspired a second animated series (1992–1993) which is set up in the same fictional universe. The serial was rebooted with a 1998 direct-to-video film and a spin-off live-action television serial (1998–1999). In 2010, a live musical adaptation featuring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth opened on Broadway and was nominated for two Tony Awards and 8 Drama Desk Awards. The series was again rebooted in 2019 with the animated pic The Addams Family unit, which led to a sequel in 2021.

The franchise has become a staple of popular culture. It has spawned a video game series, academic books, and soundtracks which are based around its Grammy-nominated theme vocal. They have had a profound influence on American comics, cinema and television, and are seen as an inspiration for the goth subculture and its fashion.

History [edit]

Original The New Yorker cartoons (1938–1964) [edit]

Charles Addams began every bit a cartoonist in The New Yorker with a sketch of a window washer that ran on February 6, 1932.^[2] The first Addams Family drawing was published in 1938, in a 1-panel gag format. Charles Addams became a regular contributor to The New Yorker, and drew approximately 1,300 cartoons between and so and his expiry in 1988. 58 of these would characteristic the Addams Family, almost all of which were published in the 1940s and 1950s.^[3]

In 1946, Addams met science fiction writer Ray Bradbury after drawing an illustration for Bradbury's short story "Homecoming" in Mademoiselle magazine, the showtime in a series of tales chronicling a family of Illinois monsters, the Elliotts. Bradbury and Addams became friends and planned to interact on a book of the Elliott Family's consummate history, with Bradbury writing and Addams providing the illustrations, just it never materialized. Bradbury'south Elliott Family unit stories were anthologized in From the Dust Returned (2001), with a connecting narrative, an explanation of his work with Addams, and Addams'southward 1946 Mademoiselle illustration used for the book'due south encompass jacket. Although Addams'due south own characters were well established past the time of their initial encounter, in a 2001 interview, Bradbury states that Addams "went his manner and created the Addams Family and I went my own manner and created my family unit in this book."^[4]

Outside of The New Yorker, Addams also published several collections, the most notable being Love Dead Days: A Family Anthology in 1959. The editor of The New Yorker, William Shawn prevented whatever further Addams family cartoons from being printed after the 1964 launch of the television franchise.^[3]

TV Adaptations and rise to popularity (1964–1977) [edit]

A 1964 television adaptation brought the serial to a much wider audience and was well received. Producer Nat Perrin took a "less evil" approach to the characters and stories than Addams had in the cartoons, emphasizing lighter, more comedic elements. Stephen Cox later referred to the serial as "more than zany than spooky". The pop series, broadcast on the ABC network, ran only ii seasons.

The franchise remained in the popular consciousness even later on the series ended, with the "Lurch" dance move remaining popular through the 1960s for instance. The television series was often re-run through television syndication for years subsequently, in some areas continuing to broadcast equally tardily as 1991. It was followed by a 1972 crossover appearance in Scooby-Doo and a 1973 animated series. The animated incarnation featured a new cast except for Felix Silla, who returned as Cousin Itt. A one-shot special, Halloween with the New Addams Family, reunited most of the original cast from the 1964 series.^[3]

Film serial [edit]

The franchise was largely inactive throughout the 1980s. The 1987 retirement of William Shawn allowed a brief return of the cartoons to The New Yorker, though Charles Addams himself died only a year later.

Two live-activeness films were directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and released in the early 1990s, featuring a new cast. While the 1991 moving-picture show received mixed reviews from critics, it performed reasonably well at the box office. A second film in 1993, Addams Family Values, had the inverse reception. Information technology was highly regarded by critics only, unexpectedly, performed poorly at the box part, and earned less than half the revenue of its predecessor. This, and the sudden death of Gomez thespian Raul Julia in 1994, prevented Sonnenfeld from producing farther films.^[3] Both received nominations for Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, and Hugo Awards. For her office as Morticia, Anjelica Huston was twice nominated for the Gilt Globe Award for Best Actress, and Raul Julia (as Gomez), Christina Ricci (as Wednesday), Christopher Lloyd (as Fester), and Joan Cusack (equally Fester'due south married woman, Debbie Jellinsky, in the sequel) received multiple Saturn Award and American Comedy Award nominations for their portrayals. Following the moving ridge of interest in the franchise, a 1992 animated goggle box series notably saw John Astin reprise his part equally Gomez, near thirty years later his beginning appearance in the role in 1964. Information technology was nominated for iv Daytime Emmy Awards, including one for Astin.

A direct-to-video film was produced by Saban Entertainment in 1998 and featured a returning Carel Struycken equally Lurch, though was otherwise unrelated to the Sonnenfeld films and was very poorly received. The film was intended every bit the pilot to a Canadian-produced live-action tv series, The New Addams Family, which aired until the following twelvemonth. Astin, then in his belatedly 60s, returned as Grandpapa Addams, rather than Gomez.

Animated revival [edit]

A Tim Burton stop-movement film was announced in 2010 but never developed. Instead, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated film was announced in 2013. Unlike the Burton version, this would use 3D estimator animation. The flick was somewhen released in 2019, to a moderate box-function reception. A sequel, released in 2021 among the COVID-19 pandemic, was far less successful. Both films received negative audition reception, with the two films scoring 44% and xxx% on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, respectively.

Premise and groundwork [edit]

Gomez and Pugsley are enthusiastic. Morticia is even in disposition, muted, witty, sometimes deadly. Grandma Frump is foolishly good-natured. Wednesday is her mother'due south daughter. A closely-knit family, the real head beingness Morticia—although each of the others is a definite character—except for Grandma, who is hands led. Many of the troubles they have every bit a family are due to Grandma's fumbling, weak grapheme. The house is a wreck, of course, simply this is a firm-proud family unit only the same and every trap door is in good repair. Money is no problem.

—Charles Addams^[one]

The family appears to be a single surviving branch of the Addams association. Many other "Addams families" exist all over the earth. According to the pic version, the family unit ideology is, Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (pseudo-Latin: "Nosotros gladly feast on those who would subdue us"). Charles Addams was first inspired past his hometown of Westfield, New Jersey, an area full of ornate Victorian mansions and archaic graveyards.^[5] In the original comics serial they live in a gothic business firm on Cemetery Ridge. According to the television serial, the residence is a gloomy mansion next to a cemetery and a swamp located in an unspecified American town. In the musical (first shown in Chicago in 2009), the business firm is located in Central Park.^[6] In the 2019 film, the Addamses alive in an abandoned aviary located in the outskirts of the state of New Jersey which is haunted by a disembodied resident who demands the holding to remain undisturbed.

Although about of the sense of humour derives from the fact that they share macabre interests, the Addamses are not evil. They are a close-knit extended family. Morticia is an exemplary mother, and she and Gomez remain passionate towards each other; as established in the telly serial, she calls him "bubbeleh",^[7] to which he responds past kissing her arms, behavior which Morticia tin can also provoke by speaking a few words in French (their meanings are not important; any words in French will practice). The parents are supportive of their children (except in the 2019 film when Midweek arrives home wearing a pink dress). The family unit is friendly and hospitable to visitors; in some cases, it is willing to donate large sums of money to causes (idiot box series and films), despite the visitors' horror at the Addamses' peculiar lifestyle. The characters were unnamed until the advent of the 1964 television adaptation, except for Wed who was first named for a 1962 licensed doll collection.^[3]

Adaptations [edit]

Television [edit]

The Addams Family (1964–1966) [edit]

In 1964, the ABC TV network created The Addams Family unit television serial based on Addams's drawing characters. The serial was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons in 64 one-half-hour episodes (September xviii, 1964 – September two, 1966). During the original television set run of The Addams Family unit television series, The New Yorker editor William Shawn refused to publish whatsoever Addams Family cartoons. However, he continued to publish other Charles Addams cartoons. Shawn regarded his magazine as targeting a more refined readership and he did not want it to be associated with characters who could exist seen on television by the more full general public. After Shawn's 1987 retirement, the characters were welcomed back to The New Yorker.

The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) [edit]

The Addams Family's first animated appearance was on the third episode of Hanna-Barbera'due south The New Scooby-Doo Movies, "Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family unit" (a.m.a. "Wednesday is Missing"), which first aired on CBS Saturday morn, on September 23, 1972. 4 members of the original bandage (John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy) returned for the special, which involved the Addamses in a mystery with the Scooby-Doo gang. The Addams Family unit characters were drawn to the specifications of the original Charles Addams cartoons. After the episode aired, fans wanted more blithe adventures featuring the Addamses, and Hanna-Barbera obliged.

The Addams Family unit Fun-Business firm (1973) [edit]

In tardily 1972, ABC produced a pilot for a live-activeness musical variety show which was titled The Addams Family Fun-Business firm. The cast included Jack Riley and Liz Torres every bit Gomez and Morticia (the pair also co-wrote the special), Chubby Kaye as Uncle Fester, Pat McCormick equally Lurch and Butch Patrick (who had played Eddie Munster on The Munsters) as Pugsley. Felix Silla reprised his role every bit Cousin Itt, connecting it to the original Television set series. The pilot aired in 1973, but it was not picked up for a series.^[8]

The Addams Family (1973) [edit]

The outset blithe series ran on Saturday mornings from 1973 to 1975 on NBC. In a departure from the original series, this series took the Addamses on the road in a Victorian-mode RV. This series also marked the point where the relationships between the characters were inverse so that Fester was now Gomez's brother, and Grandmama was at present Morticia'southward mother (though the quondam relationships between the characters would exist revisited in the 1977 idiot box movie, in order to retain its continuity with the original sitcom). Although Coogan and Cassidy reprised their roles, Astin and Jones did not; their parts were recast with Hanna-Barbera voice talents Lennie Weinrib as Gomez and Janet Waldo as Morticia, while a ten-year-old Jodie Foster provided the vocalisation of Pugsley. Again, the characters were fatigued to the specifications of the original Charles Addams cartoons. One season was produced, and the 2nd flavor consisted of reruns. The show's theme music was completely different and it had no lyrics and no finger snaps, although it retained a fleck of the iv-note score from the live-activeness show.

The Addams Family Comic Volume [edit]

From 1974 to 1975, Aureate Primal Comics produced a comic book series in connection with the prove, just information technology just lasted three problems. Each event was adapted from a TV episode, starting with "In Search of the Boola-Boola" (October 1974).^[9]

Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) [edit]

A television reunion pic, Halloween with the New Addams Family, aired on NBC on Sunday, October 30, 1977. It features most of the original bandage, except Flower Rock, who had played Grandmama. She was even so alive but was very sick at the time; Jane Rose replaced her. Veteran character actors Parley Baer and Vito Scotti, who both had recurring roles on the original series, besides appeared in the pic. The movie has a slightly different version of the theme song; the finger snaps are used but not the lyrics.

Gomez and Morticia have had two more children, Wednesday Jr. and Pugsley Jr., who strongly resemble their older siblings. Gomez'southward blood brother, Pancho, is staying with the family while Gomez attends a club coming together in Tombstone, Arizona. Gomez is jealous of his brother, who once courted Morticia. Halloween is nigh, and Pancho tells the children the legend of the Bang-up Pumpkin-like character of Cousin Shy, who distributes gifts and carves pumpkins for good children on Halloween dark. Wednesday (now chosen "Wed, Sr.") is habitation from music academy, where she is studying the piccolo (breaking glass with it). Pugsley (at present "Pugsley, Sr.") is dwelling from Nairobi medical schoolhouse, where he is training to exist a witch doctor. The family unit's dwelling house has been bewitched by a gang of crooks which intends to steal the family's fortune. Lafferty, the boss, sends a gang member named Mikey into the house to investigate. Mikey panics and flees later on treading on the tail of Kitty Kat the panthera leo. The crooks employ a fake Gomez and Morticia to assistance them carry out their plans, forth with two strong-arm goons, Hercules and Atlas. Gomez returns habitation to celebrate the Halloween political party and trim the scarecrow. Lafferty poses as Quincy Addams (from Boston) to gain archway to the house during the party. He has his men tie up Gomez and Morticia, and his doubles have their places, confusing Pancho, who is still in love with Morticia, and Ophelia, who is nonetheless in love with Gomez. Gomez and Morticia escape (thank you to the "Onetime Piccolo Game"), and rejoin the party, only to take Lafferty apply various methods to try to get rid of them. Lurch scares off the thugs and terrifies Lafferty's other assistant. Fester, trying to be squeamish, puts Lafferty on the rack. Lafferty tries to escape through the surreptitious passage and steps on Kitty Kat'south tail. When the police arrive, the crooks gladly surrender. The Addamses are then gratuitous to celebrate Halloween happily, catastrophe the night by singing together in welcome for Cousin Shy.

The Addams Family: The Animated Serial (1992–1993) [edit]

The remake series ran on Saturday mornings from 1992 to 1993 on ABC after producers realized the success of the 1991 Addams Family moving picture. This series returned to the familiar format of the original series, with the Addams Family facing their sitcom situations at home. John Astin returned to the role of Gomez, and celebrities Rip Taylor and Carol Channing took over the roles of Fester and Grandmama, respectively. Veteran voice actors Jim Cummings, Debi Derryberry, Jeannie Elias and Pat Fraley did the voices of Lurch, Wednesday, Pugsley and Cousin Itt, respectively. New artistic models of the characters were used for this series, though notwithstanding having a passing resemblance to the original cartoons. Ii seasons were produced, with the third year containing reruns. Oddly in this series, Wednesday maintained her macabre, brooding attitude from the Addams Family unit movies. Even so, her facial expressions and trunk linguistic communication conveyed the happy-become-lucky, fun attitude of her portrayal in the original tv set show. The original Vic Mizzy theme song, although slightly different, was used for the opening.

The New Addams Family (1998–1999) [edit]

The New Addams Family was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and ran for 65 episodes (one more the original Television serial) during the 1998–1999 flavour on the then-newly launched Fob Family Channel. Many storylines from the original series were reworked for this new series, incorporating more modern elements and jokes. John Astin returned to the franchise in some episodes of this series, albeit equally "Grandpapa" Addams (Gomez'southward gramps, a graphic symbol introduced in Addams Family Reunion). The cast included Glenn Taranto as Gomez Addams, Ellie Harvie as Morticia, Michael Roberds every bit Fester, Brody Smith as Pugsley, Nicole Fugere (the only cast member from Addams Family Reunion to render) every bit Midweek, John DeSantis equally Lurch, Betty Phillips as Grandmama and Steven Fox as Thing.

Wednesday (TBA) [edit]

In 2021, Netflix announced a alive-action TV series adaptation based on the character of Wed Addams, starring Jenna Ortega as the title character. Information technology will be produced by MGM Telly, with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar equally showrunners and Tim Burton equally serial manager in his offset televised directorial try.^[10] Wednesday, a student at Nevermore Academy, solves mysteries using her psychic ability. These include murders and a 25-yr-old mystery involving her family.^[xi] Luis Guzmán will star as Gomez,^[12] and Catherine Zeta-Jones will star as Morticia.^[13] Hunter Doohan, Georgie Farmer, Moosa Mostafa, Emma Myers, Naomi J. Ogawa, Joy Sun, Percy Hynes White, Thora Birch, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane and Gwendoline Christie were added to the cast as series regulars.^{[14] [15]}

Feature films [edit]

Crew/detail	Films			Reboots
	The Addams Family unit (1991)	Addams Family Values (1993)	Addams Family Reunion (1998)	The Addams Family (2019)	The Addams Family ii (2021)
Director	Barry Sonnenfeld		Dave Payne	Conrad Vernon Greg Tiernan	Conrad Vernon Greg Tiernan Co-directed by: Laura Brousseau Kevin Pavlovic[16]
Producer	Scott Rudin		Mike Elliott	Gail Berman Conrad Vernon Alex Schwartz Alison O'Brien	Gail Berman Conrad Vernon Danielle Sterling Alison O'Brien
Author(s)	Caroline Thompson Larry Wilson	Paul Rudnick	Rob Kerchner Scott Sandin	Screenplay by: Matt Lieberman Story by: Matt Lieberman Erica Rivinoja Conrad Vernon	Screenplay by: Dan Hernandez Benji Samit Ben Queen Susanna Fogel Story by: Dan Hernandez Benji Samit
Based on	The Addams Family by Charles Addams
Composer	Marc Shaiman		Amotz Plessner	Mychael Danna Jeff Danna
Cinematography	Owen Roizman	Donald Peterman	Christian Sebaldt	N/A
Editor(s)	Dede Allen	Arthur Schmidt Jim Miller	J. J. Jackson	David Ian Salter	Ryan Folsay
Production visitor	Paramount Pictures Scott Rudin Productions	Scott Rudin Productions	Saban Entertainment	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bron Creative Nitrogen Studios Cinesite Studios The Jackal Group	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bron Creative Nitrogen Studios Cinesite Studios The Jackal Group Glickmania
Distributor	Paramount Pictures (U.s.a. and Latin America) Columbia Pictures (International)[17]	Paramount Pictures	Warner Home Video	United Artists Releasing (The states) Universal Pictures (International)
Runtime	99 minutes	94 minutes	91 minutes	87 minutes	93 minutes
Release date	November 22, 1991	November nineteen, 1993	September 22, 1998	October eleven, 2019	October 1, 2021

The Addams Family (1991) [edit]

In the 1990s, Orion Pictures (which by then had inherited the rights to the series) adult a picture show version, The Addams Family unit (released on November 22, 1991). Because of the studio'south financial troubles at the time, Orion sold the U.s.a. rights to the motion-picture show to Paramount Pictures. On October i, 2019, Paramount Pictures^[xviii] released double feature of Addams Family and Addams Family Values on Blu-ray in the The states.

Addams Family Values (1993) [edit]

Upon the last motion picture's success, a sequel followed: Addams Family Values (released on November nineteen, 1993, with worldwide distribution past Paramount). Loosened content restrictions allowed the films to employ far more grotesque humour that strove to keep the Addams cartoons' original spirit (in fact, several gags were lifted straight from the single-panel cartoons). The two films used the same cast, except for Grandmama, played by Judith Malina and Ballad Kane in the first and second films, respectively. A script for a third motion picture was prepared in 1994, only was abased after the sudden death of actor Raul Julia that year.

Addams Family unit Reunion (1998) [edit]

Some other picture show, Addams Family Reunion, was released straight-to-video on September 22, 1998, this fourth dimension past Warner Bros. through its video segmentation. Information technology has no relation to the Paramount movies, beingness in fact a total-length pilot for a second live-action television version, The New Addams Family, produced and shot in Canada. The third moving picture'south Gomez, played by Tim Back-scratch, follows the style of Raul Julia, while the new sitcom'southward Gomez, played by Glenn Taranto, is played in the style of John Astin, who had played the character in the 1960s. The only actors in this Warner Bros./Saban Amusement production to take played in the previous Paramount films were Carel Struycken as Lurch and Christopher Hart as Thing.

Cancelled film [edit]

In 2010, it was announced that Illumination Entertainment, in partnership with Universal Pictures, had caused the underlying rights to the Addams Family drawings.^[19] The film was planned to exist a stop-motion animated motion-picture show based on Charles Addams's original drawings. Tim Burton was set to co-write and co-produce the film, with a possibility to direct.^[20] In July 2013 withal, it was reported that the picture show was cancelled.^[21]

Reboot [edit]

On October 31, 2013, it was announced in Multifariousness that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer volition exist reviving The Addams Family unit equally an blithe film with Pamela Pettler to write the screenplay and Andrew Mittman and Kevin Miserocchi to executive produce the film and they were in terminal negotiations with BermanBraun'due south Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun to produce it.^[22] By October 2017, Conrad Vernon had been hired to directly the film, which he will as well produce along with Berman and Alex Schwartz, based on a screenplay written by Pettler, with revisions by Matt Lieberman.^[23] The motion-picture show was released on Oct 11, 2019.^[24] On October 8, 2020, MGM announced that a sequel is in the works with an announcement trailer.^[25] The original cast set to return. Bill Hader and Javon "Wanna" Walton have besides been cast to vocalization. Bill Hader will play a new character named Cyrus, while Javon volition replace Finn Wolfhard equally the voice of Pugsley Addams. Directors Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon are fix to return as directors. The picture is released on October 1, 2021.^[26]

Homages and adaptations [edit]

• An animated television homage was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist, a family of fictional characters inspired by The Addams Family appeared on the Snagglepuss and Snooper and Blabber animated television series showtime in 1959 and information technology also starred in its own comic volume.
• Comedian Melissa Hunter wrote the web series Adult Wednesday Addams, which is a comedic adaptation of the franchise.^[27] Hunter was forced to remove the series due to legal activeness.
• In an episode of Horrible Histories a song titled "The Borgia Family" was created in reference to the Addams Family Theme.
• In 1964, the yr The Addams Family unit debuted, Hanna-Barbera introduced Weirdly and Creepella Gruesome and family unit, based in role on Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist and in part on the Addamses, as recurrent characters on The Flintstones. ^[28]

Video games [edit]

X video games released from 1989 to 2021 were based on The Addams Family.

• Fester's Quest (1989) was a superlative-down hazard game that featured Uncle Fester.
• The Addams Family unit LCD Video Game by Tiger Electronics was a handheld unit released in 1991.
• The Addams Family Pinball was a arcade pinball auto released by Midway in 1992
• In 1992, two versions of The Addams Family were released past Ocean Software based on the 1991 flick: an 8-bit version for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Male child, Sega Chief System, Sega Game Gear, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, and a 16-flake version released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Atari ST and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. ICOM Simulations published The Addams Family video game for the TurboGrafx-CD in 1991.
• The games' sequel, The Addams Family unit: Pugsley'southward Scavenger Hunt (1993), also past Ocean Software, was based on the ABC animated serial and was released for NES, SNES, and Game Boy (although the latter two were simply 8-bit remakes of the start SNES game, swapping Pugsley'south and Gomez's roles).
• Addams Family Values (1994) by Bounding main was based on the moving-picture show'southward sequel and returned to the mode of gameplay seen in Fester's Quest.
• A Game Male child Color game was released in the 1990s for promotion of The New Addams Family. The game was titled The New Addams Family Serial. In this game, the Addams mansion had been bought past a fictional company called "Funnyday" that wanted to tear downward the firm and surrounding grounds to make room for an amusement park.
• An arcade shocker, The New Addams Family Electrical Shock Machine (likewise known as Electrifying), was released by Eurocom and Nova Productions in 1999.
• A 2019 mobile game for Android and iOS, The Addams Family Mystery Mansion, released by Animoca.^[29]
• The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem, a flick necktie-in game for Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation iv, Xbox and Google Stadia developed past PHL Collective and published past British publisher Outright Games, was released on September 24, 2021.

Pinball [edit]

A pinball game by Midway (nether the Bally characterization) was released in 1992 shortly subsequently the pic. It is the best-selling pinball game of all time.^[30]

Books [edit]

The Addams Family unit [edit]

This commencement novelisation of the television serial, written by Jack Sharkey, was released nearly the end of the show'southward second flavour. The book details the family unit's inflow in their new home and explains how it got its bizarre décor. The inflow and origins of Thing are explained. Each chapter reads every bit a self-contained story, like episodes of the television show. The novel concludes with the Addams family discovering that their lives volition be the basis for a new television serial. It was published in paperback by Pyramid Books in 1965.^[31]

The Addams Family Strikes Back [edit]

The Addams Family Strikes Dorsum by West.F. Miksch tells how Gomez plans to rehabilitate the image of Benedict Arnold by running for the local school board. The tone and characterizations in this volume resemble the TV characters much more closely than in the outset novel. Cousin Itt appears equally a small-scale character in this story, but every bit a tiny, three-legged animate being rather than the hairy, derby-hatted grapheme seen on telly and in the movies. The novel was published in paperback grade past Pyramid Books in 1965.^[31]

The Addams Family: An Evilution [edit]

The Addams Family: An Evilution is a book about the "evilution" of The Addams Family characters, with more than 200 published and previously unpublished cartoons, and includes text by Charles Addams and H. Kevin Miserocchi, Director of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation. Pomegranate Press published the volume in 2010.

Advertising [edit]

In 1994, the actors cast every bit the Addamses in the get-go 2 films (sans the recently deceased Raul Julia) were in several Japanese television spots for the Honda Odyssey.^[32] The Addamses are seen speaking Japanese—about prominently Gomez (for whom a vocalism actor was used to impersonate Julia while footage from Addams Family Values was seen) and Morticia.^[33]

In 2007 and 2008, the Addams Family appeared as Yard&M'due south in an advertising entrada for Grand&M's Dark Chocolate.^[34]

Soundtrack [edit]

A theme song for the 1964 TV series as well as a soundtrack album the side by side year were released, both equanimous by Vic Mizzy and the latter containing all of his compositions for the series entitled Original Music From The Addams Family.^[35]

Musical [edit]

The Addams Family [edit]

In May 2007, it was announced that a musical inspired by The Addams Family drawings by Charles Addams was being developed for the Broadway stage. Broadway veterans Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice wrote the book, and Andrew Lippa wrote the score. Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott (Improbable theatre founders) directed and designed the product, with choreography by Sergio Trujillo.^[36] A workshop and private industry presentation was held August 4–8, 2008. Featured in the bandage were Bebe Neuwirth every bit Morticia, Krysta Rodriguez as Wednesday, and Nathan Lane as Gomez. In improver, Kevin Chamberlin played Uncle Fester and Zachary James played Lurch.

The musical opened in previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway on March 8, 2010, with an official opening on Apr eight,^[37] afterwards an out-of-town tryout in Chicago at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts from November 13, 2009, to Jan 10, 2010.^{[38] [39]} The cast includes Lane equally Gomez, Neuwirth every bit Morticia, Terrence Mann as Mal Beineke, Carolee Carmello as Alice Beineke, Chamberlin equally Uncle Fester, Jackie Hoffman equally Grandma, Zachary James equally Lurch, Krysta Rodriguez as Wednesday, and Wesley Taylor every bit Wednesday'south beloved involvement, Lucas Beineke.^[forty] The Broadway production ran for 22 months, closing on December 31, 2011, subsequently 35 previews and 722 performances.^[41]

On September 5, 2016, information technology was announced that the musical would premiere in the United kingdom, on a major UK and Ireland bout produced by James Yeoburn and Stuart Matthew Price for United Theatrical.^[42] The product was directed past Matthew White and information technology opened at Edinburgh Festival Theatre on April 20, 2017, starring Samantha Womack, Les Dennis and Carrie Hope Fletcher.^[43]

Bandage and characters [edit]

Prove	Gomez Addams	Morticia Addams	Pugsley Addams	Wed Addams	Uncle Fester	Grandmama	Lurch	Thing	Cousin Itt
The Addams Family (1964–66)	John Astin	Carolyn Jones	Ken Weatherwax	Lisa Loring	Jackie Coogan	Bloom Rock	Ted Cassidy	Ted Cassidy / Jack Voglin	Felix Silla
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972)	John Astin	Carolyn Jones	Jodie Foster	Cindy Henderson	Jackie Coogan	Janet Waldo	Ted Cassidy		John Stephenson
The Addams Family Fun-House (1973)	Jack Riley	Liz Torres	Butch Patrick	Noelle Von Sonn	Chubby Kaye		Pat McCormick		Felix Silla
The Addams Family (1973–74)	Lennie Weinrib	Janet Waldo	Jodie Foster	Cindy Henderson	Jackie Coogan	Janet Waldo	Ted Cassidy		John Stephenson
Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977)	John Astin	Carolyn Jones	Ken Weatherwax	Lisa Loring	Jackie Coogan	Jane Rose	Ted Cassidy	Ted Cassidy	Felix Silla
The Addams Family (1991)	Raul Julia	Anjelica Huston	Jimmy Workman	Christina Ricci	Christopher Lloyd	Judith Malina	Carel Struycken	Christopher Hart	John Franklin
The Addams Family unit (1992–1993)	John Astin	Nancy Linari	Jeannie Elias	Debi Derryberry	Rip Taylor	Carol Channing	Jim Cummings		Pat Fraley
Addams Family unit Values (1993)	Raul Julia	Anjelica Huston	Jimmy Workman	Christina Ricci	Christopher Lloyd	Carol Kane	Carel Struycken	Christopher Hart	John Franklin
Addams Family Reunion (1998)	Tim Back-scratch	Daryl Hannah	Jerry Messing	Nicole Fugere	Patrick Thomas	Alice Ghostley	Carel Struycken	Christopher Hart	Phil Fondacaro
The New Addams Family (1998–99)	Glenn Taranto	Ellie Harvie	Brody Smith	Nicole Fugere	Michael Roberds	Betty Phillips	John DeSantis	Steven Fox	David Mylrea / Paul Dobson
The Addams Family (musical) (2010)	Nathan Lane	Bebe Neuwirth	Adam Riegler	Krysta Rodriguez	Kevin Chamberlin	Jackie Hoffman	Zachary James	Fred Inkley	Fred Inkley
The Addams Family (2019)	Oscar Isaac	Charlize Theron	Finn Wolfhard	Chloë Grace Moretz	Nick Kroll	Bette Midler	Conrad Vernon		Snoop Dogg
The Addams Family 2 (2021)	Oscar Isaac	Charlize Theron	Javon "Wanna" Walton	Chloë Grace Moretz	Nick Kroll	Bette Midler	Conrad Vernon		Snoop Dogg

Legacy [edit]

The family unit has had a profound influence on American comics, cinema and television,^{[44] [45] [46]} and it has also been seen equally an inspiration for the goth subculture and its fashion.^{[47] [48]} Co-ordinate to The Telegraph, the Addamses "are one of the most iconic families in American history, upward at that place with the Kennedys".^[49] Similarly, Time has compared "the relevance and the cultural reach" of the family unit with those of the Kennedys and the Roosevelts, "so much a part of the American mural that it's difficult to talk over the country's history without mentioning them".^[l] For TV Guide, which listed the characters in the top ten of The sixty Greatest TV Families of All Fourth dimension, the Addamses "provid[ed] the blueprint for cartoonish clans to come, like the Flintstones and the Simpsons".^[51] Owing to their popularity, the first characteristic-length adaptation has been identified as a "cult picture",^[52] while Addams Family unit Values was listed as one of The fifty All-time family films by The Guardian ^[53] and nominated for the American Moving-picture show Found's 100 Years...100 Laughs at the turn of the century.^[54] Ricci'south portrayal of Wednesday in the film series was ranked one of The 100 Greatest Picture show Characters by Empire,^[55] and in 2011 AOL named Morticia ane of The 100 Near Memorable Female TV Characters.^[56]

See also [edit]

• The Munsters – A franchise based on a sitcom with a similar premise.

Notes [edit]

1. ^ There are canonical differences between the diverse incarnations of Fester Addams. In the ii live-action feature films, both animated series, the 1998 television film, and the 2019 animated picture show, he is portrayed as Gomez's brother. In the 1964 idiot box series, however, he is portrayed as Morticia's maternal uncle (via her mother, Hester Frump).
2. ^ Simply like Fester, there are canonical differences between the various incarnations of Grandmamma Addams. In the 2 live-action feature films, both animated series, and the 1998 television set motion-picture show, she is portrayed as Morticia's mother. In his notes for the original cartoons, Charles Addams even refers to her every bit Grandma Frump, rendering her Wednesday'southward and Pugsley'due south maternal grandmother.^{[ane] : 2} In the 1964 television set series and the 2019 animated film, however, she is portrayed as Gomez's mother.
3. ^ In Halloween with the New Addams Family, Gomez and Morticia have a second son, Pugsley Jr., and a second daughter, Wednesday Jr. Meanwhile, in Addams Family unit Values, Gomez and Morticia welcome a tertiary son, Pubert Addams. To this mean solar day, no released media has featured Pugsley Jr., Wednesday Jr., and Pubert together.

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} Miserocchi, H. Kevin; Charles Addams (March 31, 2010). The Addams Family: An Evilution. Pomegranate Books. ISBN978-0-7649-5388-0.
2. ^ Maslin, Janet (October 26, 2006), "In Search of the Dark Muse of a Main of the Macabre", The New York Times, p. E9, retrieved Oct 26, 2006
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} Sauer, Patrick. "The Cultural History of 'The Addams Family'". Smithsonianmag.com . Retrieved December fourteen, 2021.
4. ^ Grant, Gavin J. (2000). "Ray Bradbury Interview Part 1". IndieBound. Archived from the original on September 28, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
5. ^ Potter Kass, Christy (October xiii, 2010). "Westfield Native Charles Addams Still Very Much a Role of his Hometown; Addams Family unit Online Cartoon Competition Ends October 20th". TheAlternativePress.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
6. ^ Jones, Chris (December 10, 2009). "'The Addams Family unit' at Oriental Theatre: In need of more than 'Family' time". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved November xvi, 2010.
7. ^ Austro-Bavarian/Yiddish: Lit. "piffling boy"
8. ^ MemorableTV.com. "The Addams Family Fun-House". MemorableTV.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
9. ^ Bill Ziegler (p), Nib Ziegler (i), Bill Ziegler (let).Hanna-Barbera The Addams Family unit In Search of the Boola-Boola (1974), Aureate Key Comics
10. ^ "Netflix Wins Tim Burton's 'Addams Family unit' TV Series 'Wednesday'". What's on Netflix. Feb 12, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
11. ^ Rose, Michelle. "'Glory Dating Game': Zooey Deschanel and Michael Bolton to host ABC game show". Television receiver Media. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
12. ^ Petski, Denise (August 6, 2021). "Wed Addams Netflix Series Casts Luis Guzmán As Gomez". Borderline Hollywood.
13. ^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (Baronial ix, 2021). "Catherine Zeta-Jones Tapped To Play Morticia Addams For Netflix 'Midweek' Serial". Deadline Hollywood.
14. ^ Petski, Denise (Baronial 27, 2021). "'Wednesday': Thora Birch, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane & Hunter Doohan Among 10 Cast In Tim Burton'southward Addams Family Netflix Serial". Deadline Hollywood.
15. ^ Petski, Denise (September 15, 2021). "'Wed': Gwendoline Christie Joins Tim Burton'due south Addams Family Netflix Series". Deadline Hollywood.
16. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (Oct 8, 2020). "'The Addams Family two': Beak Hader & Javon "Wanna" Walton Join Vocalism Cast". Deadline . Retrieved December 14, 2021.
17. ^ "The Addams Family (1991)". BBFC . Retrieved July 19, 2021.
18. ^ "Addams Family & Addams Family Values Double Feature". Blu-ray.com.
19. ^ Mike Fleming (March 18, 2010). "Tim Burton'south Side by side 3D Blithe Picture? Da Da Da Da, Snap Snap: 'The Addams Family unit'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved July 10, 2010.
20. ^ Fleming, Mike (Baronial 19, 2010). "Tim Burton Reunites With 'Ed Wood' Scribes For 'Addams Family' And 'Big Eyes'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved November sixteen, 2010.
21. ^ Debruge, Peter (July 17, 2013). "Illumination Principal Chris Meledandri Lines Upwards Originals for Universal". Diversity . Retrieved July eighteen, 2013. At the same time, Illumination has scrapped a number of planned picture ideas. "Waldo" and a Tim Burton-helmed, stop-motion "The Addams Family" are expressionless. The company abased a Woody Woodpecker picture, and couldn't fissure "Clifford the Big Red Canis familiaris."
22. ^ Dave McNary (October 31, 2013). "'Addams Family' Reborn Every bit Blithe Movie at MGM (Exclusive)". Diversity.
23. ^ Kit, Borys (October 12, 2017). "'Sausage Party' Director Tackling 'The Addams Family' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 14, 2017.
24. ^ "Oscar Isaac in Talks to Phonation Gomez Addams in Animated 'Addams Family unit'". Variety Magazine. December xv, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
25. ^ "THE ADDAMS Family unit 2 | In Theaters Halloween 2021 | Official Proclamation". youtube. October 8, 2020. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021.
26. ^ "James Bail: 'No Fourth dimension To Die' Release Engagement Delayed to Fall". The Hollywood Reporter. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
27. ^ "'Adult Wednesday Addams' Is Only Incredible". Bloody Disgusting!. February 16, 2015.
28. ^ The Gruesomes , retrieved Oct 23, 2019
29. ^ "Addams Family Mystery Mansion Mobile Game for iOS & Android".
30. ^ Porges, Seth (August 5, 2008). "Superlative 8 Most Innovative Pinball Machines of All Time". Popular Mechanics . Retrieved December 5, 2010.
31. ^ ^{a b} "Publication: The Addams Family". www.isfdb.org . Retrieved Jan 15, 2018.
32. ^ Pollack, Andrew (October 17, 1994). "Honda Set to Play Catch-Upwards in Mini-Van Market place". The New York Times . Retrieved December 4, 2010.
33. ^ paulafromtwoson (March 25, 2007). "Japanese Car Commercials". Addamses: The Addams Family Archive. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
34. ^ TV Serial Finale (April 30, 2007). "The Addams Family: A Spooky Yet Sweet Return". TV Series Finale. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
35. ^ "Vic Mizzy – Original Music From The Addams Family". discogs . Retrieved October 15, 2019.
36. ^ Jones, Kenneth (May 21, 2007). "Get, Go, Go Gomez! Addams Family Musical, by Lippa, Brickman and Elice, In Development". Playbill. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
37. ^ Jones, Kenneth (December 29, 2009). "Zaks Is New Patriarch of Addams Family unit; Previews Volition At present Begin March 8". Playbill. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
38. ^ Jones, Kenneth; Gans, Andrew (August iv, 2008). "Lane, Neuwirth, Chamberlin, McCarthy and Arden Featured in Addams Family Reading". Playbill. Archived from the original on August fifteen, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
39. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Addams Family unit Sings Together in NYC Workshop of New Musical, With Lane and Neuwirth" Archived August 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, playbill.com, January 2009
40. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Addams Family Musical to Star Lane, Neuwirth, Carmello, Hoffman, Chamberlin and More", playbill.com, May eleven, 2009
41. ^ Winer, Linda (August 24, 2011). ""Addams Family" to close". Newsday . Retrieved Baronial 24, 2011.
42. ^ "The Addams Family Musical Comedy | UK Tour". The Addams Family . Retrieved December 27, 2020.
43. ^ "The Addams Family musical to tour Uk". whatsonstage.com.
44. ^ Kelly, Stephen (Dec 3, 2016). "The Addams Family: Book I". Pop Matters . Retrieved May nine, 2017. The Addams Family left an enduring mark on pop culture was an obvious influence on future popular culture icons gained a loyal cult following, and influenced the piece of work of future ghoulmeisters like Tim Burton.
45. ^ Mankoff, Bob (March 11, 2010). "Charles Addams". The New Yorker . Retrieved May ix, 2017. I think [Charles Addams]'s influence is, like the man, largish. In cartooning, you can see the direct influence of his work in someone like Gahan Wilson, and his influence extends beyond the horror genre, to humor
46. ^ Healy, Patrick (January 5, 2010). "That Old Black Magic, And then Hard to Recapture". The New York Times . Retrieved May 11, 2017. Addams'due south influence is reflected not only in the piece of work of generations of cartoonists only too in movies like "A Nightmare on Elm Street," and those past Wes Craven, and television receiver shows similar The Simpsons.
47. ^ Copeland, Libby (July xiv, 2016). "Goth at xl: The Enduring Appeal of Bleakness and Black Lipstick". The Washington Mail service . Retrieved May 9, 2017.
48. ^ "Inspired by Alexander Wang's Walk on the Dark Side, Style'south Favorite Goths". Faddy. February xv, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
49. ^ Chilton, Martin (December 9, 2014). "The Addams Family 5 The Munsters". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
50. ^ Cosgrove, Ben (September 16, 2014). "'Addams Family' Hopefuls: Photos From Auditions for a Classic TV Prove". Time. Archived from the original on April iii, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
51. ^ Fretts, Bruce (June 11, 2013). "The lx Greatest TV Families of All Time". TV Guide . Retrieved May 9, 2017.
52. ^ Silverman, Rosa (November sixteen, 2014). "I based Morticia Addams on Jerry Hall, says Anjelica Huston". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved May ix, 2017.
53. ^ Docter, Pete; Peterson, Bob (October eleven, 2010). "The 50 All-time Family Films". The Guardian . Retrieved May viii, 2017.
54. ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs Nominees" (PDF). afi.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2011.
55. ^ "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters". Empire. March 6, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
56. ^ Potts, Kim (March 2, 2011). "100 Most Memorable Female person TV Characters". AOL Idiot box. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2012.

External links [edit]

• The Addams Foundation website
• The Addams Family unit (1937) at Don Markstein'due south Toonopedia. Archived from the original on March xiii, 2012.
• The Addams Family UK (musical website)
• The Addams Family unit on TVLand.com
• The New Addams Family at IMDb
• The Addams Family unit Musical at the Net Broadway Database

andersonbaccough.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Addams_Family

Share this post