The Munsters vs The Addams Family

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Re: The Munsters vs The Addams Family

Post by JimC » Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:03 am

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Re: The Munsters vs The Addams Family

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Re: The Munsters vs The Addams Family

Post by hadespussercats » Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:28 pm

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:15 pm

I had a Fester t-shirt. :tut:
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Re: The Munsters vs The Addams Family

Post by Sean Hayden » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:18 pm

I think I'm a Munster. But I'd definitely marry into the Addams Family.
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Post by Mysturji » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:23 pm

The Addams Family vs. The Munsters is like Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris: You only think the latter can win if you've never seen the former.
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Post by Coito ergo sum » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:43 pm

Charles Addams cartoons are the best:

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:45 pm

And how. :awesomecat:
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Post by Hermit » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:51 am

I encountered both The Addams Family and The Munsters when they were re-broadcast by rival Australian TV networks in the late 1960s and early 70s. It didn't take me long to stop watching the latter. To me they were a pallid, tepid and lame parody of the soporific, conformist 50s and early 60s, while the former were bubbly, stylish and a slightly more edgy satire of the same period. The Munsters seemed depressingly under the yoke of the environment they parodied, while the Addams family were jubilantly independent from, and above it.
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Post by orpheus » Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:19 am

Hermit wrote:I encountered both The Addams Family and The Munsters when they were re-broadcast by rival Australian TV networks in the late 1960s and early 70s. It didn't take me long to stop watching the latter. To me they were a pallid, tepid and lame parody of the soporific, conformist 50s and early 60s, while the former were bubbly, stylish and a slightly more edgy satire of the same period. The Munsters seemed depressingly under the yoke of the environment they parodied, while the Addams family were jubilantly independent from, and above it.
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Re: The Munsters vs The Addams Family

Post by Bella Fortuna » Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:20 am

:hehe: You can't really trump Al Lewis, can you?
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Re: The Munsters vs The Addams Family

Post by Robert_S » Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:59 am

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...but Morticia Addams was kinda hot. :ask:
Their theme song was a lot better too!
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Re: The Munsters vs The Addams Family

Post by padraic » Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:23 am

Adams Family by a country mile. The Munsters were as subtle as a kick in the nuts.

Always felt sorry for erstwhile mega-famous child actor Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester.


As for The Munsters, I did always like Fred Gwynne

What's a 'yoot'?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVjbf-dHjW0

Jackie Coogan in"The Kid" (2.45 minute clip)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKp_Vi2PvGw

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