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Fictional family created by Charles Addams

The Addams Family
1 of Charles Addams' original cartoons, An Addams Family Vacation, showing (from left to right) Pugsley, Wednesday, Gomez, Aristotle the octopus, Fester, and Morticia Addams
Created by	Charles Addams
Original work	The New Yorker cartoons
Possessor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (electric current rights holder) Orion Pictures (original Tv set series and 1991 film) Warner Bros. Entertainment (Hanna-Barbera 1973 & 1992 TV serial, Scooby Doo crossover and film) Paramount Pictures (1991 & 1993 films) Disney Platform Distribution (1998 Tv set series) Universal Pictures Cyber Group Studios United Artists Releasing (2019 & 2021 films)
Impress publications
Comics	Run into below (1938)
Films and television
Film(south)	The Addams Family (1991) Addams Family Values (1993) The Addams Family (2019) The Addams Family 2 (2021)
Brusque film(due south)	The Addams Family Fun-House (1973)
Idiot box series	The Addams Family (1964–1966) The Addams Family (1973) The Addams Family (1992–1993) The New Addams Family (1998–1999)
Television special(s)	The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977)
Direct-to-video	Addams Family unit Reunion (1998) The Addams Family (past Cyber Group Studios)
Theatrical presentations
Musical(due south)	The Addams Family (2010)
Games
Video game(s)	Listing of video games
Audio
Soundtrack(due south)	The Addams Family
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 half of which were originally published in The New Yorker over a 50-year menses since their inception in 1938. They take since been adapted to other media, such as boob tube, pic, video games, comic books, a musical and merchandising.

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

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

The franchise has become a staple of popular culture. It has spawned a video game serial, academic books, and soundtracks which are based around its Grammy-nominated theme vocal. They accept had a profound influence on American comics, movie theater and television receiver, 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 as 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 one,300 cartoons between then and his decease in 1988. 58 of these would feature the Addams Family, about all of which were published in the 1940s and 1950s.^[3]

In 1946, Addams met science fiction author Ray Bradbury later on cartoon an analogy for Bradbury's brusque story "Homecoming" in Mademoiselle magazine, the outset in a series of tales chronicling a family of Illinois monsters, the Elliotts. Bradbury and Addams became friends and planned to interact on a volume of the Elliott Family'due south complete history, with Bradbury writing and Addams providing the illustrations, simply it never materialized. Bradbury's Elliott Family unit stories were anthologized in From the Grit Returned (2001), with a connecting narrative, an explanation of his work with Addams, and Addams's 1946 Mademoiselle illustration used for the book's cover jacket. Although Addams's own characters were well established by the time of their initial encounter, in a 2001 interview, Bradbury states that Addams "went his way and created the Addams Family and I went my own way and created my family unit in this book."^[four]

Outside of The New Yorker, Addams besides published several collections, the nearly notable being Beloved Dead Days: A Family Album in 1959. The editor of The New Yorker, William Shawn prevented whatever farther Addams family unit cartoons from being printed after the 1964 launch of the television franchise.^[3]

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

A 1964 television accommodation 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 after referred to the series as "more zany than spooky". The popular series, broadcast on the ABC network, ran just two seasons.

The franchise remained in the popular consciousness even later on the series concluded, with the "Lurch" dance move remaining popular through the 1960s for example. The television receiver series was frequently re-run through idiot box syndication for years afterward, in some areas continuing to broadcast as late as 1991. Information technology 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 almost of the original cast from the 1964 serial.^[three]

Film series [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-action films were directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and released in the early 1990s, featuring a new cast. While the 1991 film received mixed reviews from critics, it performed reasonably well at the box office. A second picture in 1993, Addams Family Values, had the inverse reception. Information technology was highly regarded by critics but, unexpectedly, performed poorly at the box function, and earned less than half the revenue of its predecessor. This, and the sudden decease of Gomez actor Raul Julia in 1994, prevented Sonnenfeld from producing further films.^[iii] Both received nominations for Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, and Hugo Awards. For her role equally Morticia, Anjelica Huston was twice nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and Raul Julia (as Gomez), Christina Ricci (as Wed), Christopher Lloyd (as Fester), and Joan Cusack (equally Fester'south married woman, Debbie Jellinsky, in the sequel) received multiple Saturn Accolade and American Comedy Award nominations for their portrayals. Following the wave of interest in the franchise, a 1992 blithe television series notably saw John Astin reprise his role as Gomez, almost thirty years later his first advent in the role in 1964. It was nominated for four Daytime Emmy Awards, including 1 for Astin.

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

Animated revival [edit]

A Tim Burton stop-motion motion-picture show was announced in 2010 merely never developed. Instead, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer blithe pic was announced in 2013. Dissimilar the Burton version, this would use 3D computer animation. The film was eventually released in 2019, to a moderate box-office reception. A sequel, released in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, was far less successful. Both films received negative audience reception, with the 2 films scoring 44% and thirty% on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, respectively.

Premise and background [edit]

Gomez and Pugsley are enthusiastic. Morticia is fifty-fifty in disposition, muted, witty, sometimes deadly. Grandma Frump is foolishly good-natured. Wednesday is her mother's daughter. A closely-knit family, the existent caput being Morticia—although each of the others is a definite character—except for Grandma, who is easily led. Many of the troubles they have as a family are due to Grandma'south fumbling, weak character. The house is a wreck, of course, merely this is a firm-proud family just the same and every trap door is in expert repair. Money is no problem.

—Charles Addams^[1]

The family unit appears to be a single surviving branch of the Addams clan. Many other "Addams families" exist all over the earth. According to the picture show version, the family credo is, Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (pseudo-Latin: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us"). Charles Addams was first inspired by his hometown of Westfield, New Jersey, an surface area total of ornate Victorian mansions and archaic graveyards.^[5] In the original comics series they live in a gothic house on Cemetery Ridge. According to the television set series, the residence is a gloomy mansion next to a cemetery and a swamp located in an unspecified American boondocks. In the musical (first shown in Chicago in 2009), the house is located in Primal Park.^[6] In the 2019 film, the Addamses live in an abased asylum located in the outskirts of the state of New Bailiwick of jersey which is haunted by a disembodied resident who demands the holding to remain undisturbed.

Although virtually of the sense of humor 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 television serial, she calls him "bubbeleh",^[vii] to which he responds by kissing her arms, behavior which Morticia tin also provoke past speaking a few words in French (their meanings are non important; whatsoever words in French volition do). The parents are supportive of their children (except in the 2019 film when Midweek arrives dwelling wearing a pink dress). The family is friendly and hospitable to visitors; in some cases, it is willing to donate big sums of money to causes (tv series and films), despite the visitors' horror at the Addamses' peculiar lifestyle. The characters were unnamed until the advent of the 1964 tv adaptation, except for Wednesday who was kickoff 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 boob tube series based on Addams's cartoon characters. The series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons in 64 half-hour episodes (September 18, 1964 – September two, 1966). During the original tv set run of The Addams Family television receiver series, The New Yorker editor William Shawn refused to publish any Addams Family cartoons. Notwithstanding, he connected to publish other Charles Addams cartoons. Shawn regarded his magazine every bit targeting a more than refined readership and he did not desire it to exist associated with characters who could be seen on tv by the more full general public. After Shawn'southward 1987 retirement, the characters were welcomed dorsum to The New Yorker.

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

The Addams Family's first blithe appearance was on the third episode of Hanna-Barbera's The New Scooby-Doo Movies, "Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family unit" (a.k.a. "Wednesday is Missing"), which offset aired on CBS Saturday morning, on September 23, 1972. Four 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. Afterwards the episode aired, fans wanted more animated adventures featuring the Addamses, and Hanna-Barbera obliged.

The Addams Family Fun-House (1973) [edit]

In late 1972, ABC produced a pilot for a live-activeness musical multifariousness show which was titled The Addams Family Fun-House. The bandage included Jack Riley and Liz Torres as Gomez and Morticia (the pair also co-wrote the special), Stubby Kaye as Uncle Fester, Pat McCormick as Lurch and Butch Patrick (who had played Eddie Munster on The Munsters) as Pugsley. Felix Silla reprised his office as Cousin Itt, connecting it to the original TV series. The pilot aired in 1973, simply it was not picked up for a serial.^[8]

The Addams Family (1973) [edit]

The beginning animated series ran on Saturday mornings from 1973 to 1975 on NBC. In a difference from the original serial, this series took the Addamses on the road in a Victorian-style RV. This serial as well marked the point where the relationships betwixt the characters were changed so that Fester was now Gomez's brother, and Grandmama was at present Morticia'southward mother (though the old relationships between the characters would be revisited in the 1977 television receiver film, in club 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 phonation talents Lennie Weinrib as Gomez and Janet Waldo every bit Morticia, while a 10-year-erstwhile Jodie Foster provided the voice of Pugsley. Over again, the characters were fatigued to the specifications of the original Charles Addams cartoons. One season was produced, and the 2nd season consisted of reruns. The show'southward theme music was completely different and it had no lyrics and no finger snaps, although it retained a bit of the four-note score from the alive-activeness show.

The Addams Family Comic Book [edit]

From 1974 to 1975, Gold Key Comics produced a comic book series in connectedness with the bear witness, but it only lasted three issues. Each effect was adapted from a Tv episode, starting with "In Search of the Boola-Boola" (Oct 1974).^[9]

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

A television reunion movie, Halloween with the New Addams Family unit, aired on NBC on Lord's day, October 30, 1977. It features well-nigh of the original cast, except Bloom Rock, who had played Grandmama. She was still alive but was very ill at the fourth dimension; Jane Rose replaced her. Veteran character actors Parley Baer and Vito Scotti, who both had recurring roles on the original series, likewise appeared in the moving-picture show. The movie has a slightly different version of the theme vocal; the finger snaps are used but not the lyrics.

Gomez and Morticia have had ii more children, Wed Jr. and Pugsley Jr., who strongly resemble their older siblings. Gomez'due south brother, Pancho, is staying with the family unit while Gomez attends a lodge meeting in Tombstone, Arizona. Gomez is jealous of his brother, who once courted Morticia. Halloween is nearly, and Pancho tells the children the fable of the Neat Pumpkin-like character of Cousin Shy, who distributes gifts and carves pumpkins for good children on Halloween night. Wednesday (now called "Wednesday, Sr.") is home from music academy, where she is studying the piccolo (breaking glass with it). Pugsley (at present "Pugsley, Sr.") is home from Nairobi medical school, where he is training to exist a witch medico. The family'southward home has been bugged by a gang of crooks which intends to steal the family'southward fortune. Lafferty, the boss, sends a gang member named Mikey into the firm to investigate. Mikey panics and flees after treading on the tail of Kitty Kat the king of beasts. The crooks employ a simulated Gomez and Morticia to assistance them carry out their plans, along with two strong-arm goons, Hercules and Atlas. Gomez returns home to gloat the Halloween political party and trim the scarecrow. Lafferty poses as Quincy Addams (from Boston) to gain entrance to the house during the party. He has his men tie upward Gomez and Morticia, and his doubles accept their places, confusing Pancho, who is still in love with Morticia, and Ophelia, who is still in love with Gomez. Gomez and Morticia escape (cheers to the "One-time Piccolo Game"), and rejoin the party, but to take Lafferty use 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 cloak-and-dagger passage and steps on Kitty Kat's tail. When the police go far, the crooks gladly surrender. The Addamses are then free to celebrate Halloween happily, ending the night by singing together in welcome for Cousin Shy.

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

The remake series ran on Sat mornings from 1992 to 1993 on ABC later on producers realized the success of the 1991 Addams Family unit movie. 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 Ballad 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 serial, though nevertheless having a passing resemblance to the original cartoons. 2 seasons were produced, with the third year containing reruns. Oddly in this series, Wed maintained her macabre, brooding attitude from the Addams Family unit movies. Yet, her facial expressions and trunk language conveyed the happy-go-lucky, fun attitude of her portrayal in the original tv set prove. The original Vic Mizzy theme vocal, 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 (ane more than than the original Tv series) during the 1998–1999 flavor on the then-newly launched Fox 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 serial, albeit as "Grandpapa" Addams (Gomez'south grandfather, a character introduced in Addams Family Reunion). The cast included Glenn Taranto as Gomez Addams, Ellie Harvie as Morticia, Michael Roberds every bit Fester, Brody Smith equally Pugsley, Nicole Fugere (the only bandage member from Addams Family Reunion to render) as Midweek, John DeSantis as Lurch, Betty Phillips as Grandmama and Steven Fox as Thing.

Wed (TBA) [edit]

In 2021, Netflix appear a live-action Tv series accommodation based on the character of Wed Addams, starring Jenna Ortega as the championship graphic symbol. Information technology will be produced past MGM Television, with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar as showrunners and Tim Burton as series manager in his start televised directorial effort.^[10] Wednesday, a pupil at Nevermore Academy, solves mysteries using her psychic ability. These include murders and a 25-year-former mystery involving her family unit.^[11] Luis Guzmán volition star as Gomez,^[12] and Catherine Zeta-Jones volition star every bit Morticia.^[13] Hunter Doohan, Georgie Farmer, Moosa Mostafa, Emma Myers, Naomi J. Ogawa, Joy Sunday, Percy Hynes White, Thora Birch, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane and Gwendoline Christie were added to the cast as series regulars.^{[14] [fifteen]}

Feature films [edit]

Crew/detail	Films			Reboots
	The Addams Family (1991)	Addams Family Values (1993)	Addams Family unit Reunion (1998)	The Addams Family unit (2019)	The Addams Family 2 (2021)
Managing director	Barry Sonnenfeld		Dave Payne	Conrad Vernon Greg Tiernan	Conrad Vernon Greg Tiernan Co-directed past: 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
Writer(south)	Caroline Thompson Larry Wilson	Paul Rudnick	Rob Kerchner Scott Sandin	Screenplay past: Matt Lieberman Story by: Matt Lieberman Erica Rivinoja Conrad Vernon	Screenplay by: Dan Hernandez Benji Samit Ben Queen Susanna Fogel Story past: Dan Hernandez Benji Samit
Based on	The Addams Family unit by Charles Addams
Composer	Marc Shaiman		Amotz Plessner	Mychael Danna Jeff Danna
Cinematography	Owen Roizman	Donald Peterman	Christian Sebaldt	Northward/A
Editor(due south)	Dede Allen	Arthur Schmidt Jim Miller	J. J. Jackson	David Ian Salter	Ryan Folsay
Production company	Paramount Pictures Scott Rudin Productions	Scott Rudin Productions	Saban Entertainment	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bron Creative Nitrogen Studios Cinesite Studios The Jackal Grouping	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bron Artistic Nitrogen Studios Cinesite Studios The Jackal Group Glickmania
Benefactor	Paramount Pictures (United States and Latin America) Columbia Pictures (International)[17]	Paramount Pictures	Warner Home Video	United Artists Releasing (Usa) Universal Pictures (International)
Runtime	99 minutes	94 minutes	91 minutes	87 minutes	93 minutes
Release date	Nov 22, 1991	Nov xix, 1993	September 22, 1998	October xi, 2019	October i, 2021

The Addams Family unit (1991) [edit]

In the 1990s, Orion Pictures (which by then had inherited the rights to the series) developed a flick version, The Addams Family unit (released on November 22, 1991). Because of the studio's financial troubles at the time, Orion sold the United states of america rights to the pic to Paramount Pictures. On October one, 2019, Paramount Pictures^[18] released double feature of Addams Family and Addams Family unit Values on Blu-ray in the The states.

Addams Family Values (1993) [edit]

Upon the last film's success, a sequel followed: Addams Family Values (released on November 19, 1993, with worldwide distribution by Paramount). Loosened content restrictions immune the films to employ far more than grotesque humor that strove to proceed the Addams cartoons' original spirit (in fact, several gags were lifted straight from the unmarried-panel cartoons). The two films used the same bandage, except for Grandmama, played by Judith Malina and Carol Kane in the commencement and second films, respectively. A script for a third motion-picture show was prepared in 1994, but was abandoned after the sudden decease of thespian Raul Julia that year.

Addams Family unit Reunion (1998) [edit]

Some other film, Addams Family unit Reunion, was released direct-to-video on September 22, 1998, this fourth dimension by Warner Bros. through its video sectionalisation. It has no relation to the Paramount movies, being in fact a full-length pilot for a 2nd alive-action idiot box version, The New Addams Family unit, produced and shot in Canada. The third moving-picture show's Gomez, played by Tim Curry, follows the manner of Raul Julia, while the new sitcom's 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 Entertainment production to have played in the previous Paramount films were Carel Struycken equally Lurch and Christopher Hart every bit Thing.

Cancelled film [edit]

In 2010, it was appear that Illumination Amusement, in partnership with Universal Pictures, had acquired the underlying rights to the Addams Family drawings.^[19] The film was planned to be a stop-movement animated film based on Charles Addams's original drawings. Tim Burton was set to co-write and co-produce the movie, with a possibility to direct.^[twenty] In July 2013 even so, information technology was reported that the pic was cancelled.^[21]

Reboot [edit]

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

Homages and adaptations [edit]

• An animated tv homage was produced past Hanna-Barbera Productions. Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist, a family unit of fictional characters inspired past The Addams Family appeared on the Snagglepuss and Snooper and Blabber animated television series beginning in 1959 and information technology also starred in its ain comic book.
• 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 action.
• In an episode of Horrible Histories a song titled "The Borgia Family" was created in reference to the Addams Family Theme.
• In 1964, the twelvemonth The Addams Family unit debuted, Hanna-Barbera introduced Weirdly and Creepella Gruesome and family, based in function on Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist and in part on the Addamses, as recurrent characters on The Flintstones. ^[28]

Video games [edit]

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

• Fester's Quest (1989) was a top-down run a risk game that featured Uncle Fester.
• The Addams Family LCD Video Game by Tiger Electronics was a handheld unit released in 1991.
• The Addams Family unit Pinball was a arcade pinball automobile released by Midway in 1992
• In 1992, 2 versions of The Addams Family were released past Ocean Software based on the 1991 movie: an 8-bit version for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Sega Master Organisation, Sega Game Gear, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, and a 16-chip version released for the Super Nintendo Amusement 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: Pugsley's Scavenger Chase (1993), also by Sea Software, was based on the ABC animated serial and was released for NES, SNES, and Game Boy (although the latter two were just 8-bit remakes of the first SNES game, swapping Pugsley'due south and Gomez's roles).
• Addams Family unit Values (1994) by Bounding main was based on the movie's sequel and returned to the mode of gameplay seen in Fester'due south Quest.
• A Game Boy 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 down the house and surrounding grounds to brand room for an amusement park.
• An arcade shocker, The New Addams Family Electric Shock Machine (also known every bit Electrifying), was released by Eurocom and Nova Productions in 1999.
• A 2019 mobile game for Android and iOS, The Addams Family Mystery Mansion, released past Animoca.^[29]
• The Addams Family unit: Mansion Mayhem, a movie tie-in game for Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation iv, Xbox and Google Stadia developed by PHL Commonage and published by British publisher Outright Games, was released on September 24, 2021.

Pinball [edit]

A pinball game by Midway (under the Bally label) was released in 1992 shortly later on the movie. It is the best-selling pinball game of all time.^[30]

Books [edit]

The Addams Family unit [edit]

This first novelisation of the tv series, written past Jack Sharkey, was released well-nigh the finish of the bear witness'due south second season. The book details the family unit's arrival in their new abode and explains how it got its bizarre décor. The arrival and origins of Thing are explained. Each chapter reads every bit a self-independent story, like episodes of the television testify. The novel concludes with the Addams family discovering that their lives volition exist the footing 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 Back by West.F. Miksch tells how Gomez plans to rehabilitate the prototype of Benedict Arnold by running for the local school board. The tone and characterizations in this book resemble the TV characters much more closely than in the starting time novel. Cousin Itt appears equally a small graphic symbol in this story, merely equally a tiny, iii-legged creature rather than the hairy, derby-hatted character seen on telly and in the movies. The novel was published in paperback form by Pyramid Books in 1965.^[31]

The Addams Family: An Evilution [edit]

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

Advertising [edit]

In 1994, the actors cast as the Addamses in the first two films (sans the recently deceased Raul Julia) were in several Japanese idiot box spots for the Honda Odyssey.^[32] The Addamses are seen speaking Japanese—most prominently Gomez (for whom a voice histrion was used to impersonate Julia while footage from Addams Family Values was seen) and Morticia.^[33]

In 2007 and 2008, the Addams Family unit appeared equally M&M's in an advertising campaign for G&M's Dark Chocolate.^[34]

Soundtrack [edit]

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

Musical [edit]

The Addams Family [edit]

In May 2007, information technology was appear that a musical inspired by The Addams Family drawings by Charles Addams was existence 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 individual industry presentation was held August four–8, 2008. Featured in the cast were Bebe Neuwirth every bit Morticia, Krysta Rodriguez every bit Midweek, and Nathan Lane as Gomez. In addition, 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 April 8,^[37] afterwards an out-of-town tryout in Chicago at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts from November 13, 2009, to January x, 2010.^{[38] [39]} The cast includes Lane as Gomez, Neuwirth equally Morticia, Terrence Mann equally Mal Beineke, Carolee Carmello as Alice Beineke, Chamberlin as Uncle Fester, Jackie Hoffman equally Grandma, Zachary James as Lurch, Krysta Rodriguez as Wednesday, and Wesley Taylor as Wednesday's dearest interest, Lucas Beineke.^[40] The Broadway product ran for 22 months, closing on December 31, 2011, later 35 previews and 722 performances.^[41]

On September 5, 2016, it was appear that the musical would premiere in the Great britain, on a major UK and Ireland tour produced by James Yeoburn and Stuart Matthew Price for United Theatrical.^[42] The production was directed by Matthew White and it opened at Edinburgh Festival Theatre on Apr 20, 2017, starring Samantha Womack, Les Dennis and Carrie Hope Fletcher.^[43]

Cast and characters [edit]

Show	Gomez Addams	Morticia Addams	Pugsley Addams	Wednesday Addams	Uncle Fester	Grandmama	Lurch	Thing	Cousin Itt
The Addams Family (1964–66)	John Astin	Carolyn Jones	Ken Weatherwax	Lisa Loring	Jackie Coogan	Blossom Stone	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	Stubby 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 unit (1977)	John Astin	Carolyn Jones	Ken Weatherwax	Lisa Loring	Jackie Coogan	Jane Rose	Ted Cassidy	Ted Cassidy	Felix Silla
The Addams Family unit (1991)	Raul Julia	Anjelica Huston	Jimmy Workman	Christina Ricci	Christopher Lloyd	Judith Malina	Carel Struycken	Christopher Hart	John Franklin
The Addams Family (1992–1993)	John Astin	Nancy Linari	Jeannie Elias	Debi Derryberry	Rip Taylor	Ballad Channing	Jim Cummings		Pat Fraley
Addams Family 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 Curry	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 Fob	David Mylrea / Paul Dobson
The Addams Family unit (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 has had a profound influence on American comics, picture palace and television,^{[44] [45] [46]} and it has also been seen every bit an inspiration for the goth subculture and its manner.^{[47] [48]} According to The Telegraph, the Addamses "are one of the most iconic families in American history, up there with the Kennedys".^[49] Similarly, Fourth dimension has compared "the relevance and the cultural reach" of the family with those of the Kennedys and the Roosevelts, "so much a function of the American landscape that information technology's hard to talk over the country'due south history without mentioning them".^[50] For Tv set Guide, which listed the characters in the top ten of The 60 Greatest TV Families of All Time, the Addamses "provid[ed] the blueprint for cartoonish clans to come, like the Flintstones and the Simpsons".^[51] Owing to their popularity, the first feature-length adaptation has been identified every bit a "cult film",^[52] while Addams Family Values was listed as one of The 50 Best family unit films past The Guardian ^[53] and nominated for the American Film Institute'south 100 Years...100 Laughs at the turn of the century.^[54] Ricci'south portrayal of Wednesday in the film series was ranked ane of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters by Empire,^[55] and in 2011 AOL named Morticia one of The 100 Nigh Memorable Female Television receiver Characters.^[56]

See besides [edit]

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

Notes [edit]

1. ^ There are canonical differences between the various incarnations of Fester Addams. In the two live-activity characteristic films, both animated series, the 1998 television film, and the 2019 blithe moving picture, he is portrayed as Gomez'south brother. In the 1964 television serial, however, he is portrayed as Morticia's maternal uncle (via her mother, Hester Frump).
2. ^ Just like Fester, there are canonical differences between the various incarnations of Grandmamma Addams. In the two live-action characteristic films, both animated serial, and the 1998 television flick, she is portrayed as Morticia's female parent. In his notes for the original cartoons, Charles Addams fifty-fifty refers to her as Grandma Frump, rendering her Wednesday'due south and Pugsley'due south maternal grandmother.^{[1] : 2} In the 1964 television series and the 2019 animated film, yet, she is portrayed every bit Gomez's mother.
3. ^ In Halloween with the New Addams Family unit, Gomez and Morticia have a second son, Pugsley Jr., and a 2d daughter, Wednesday Jr. Meanwhile, in Addams Family Values, Gomez and Morticia welcome a tertiary son, Pubert Addams. To this day, no released media has featured Pugsley Jr., Wednesday Jr., and Pubert together.

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External links [edit]

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

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