Despite their apparent similarities, they are vastly different. The addams family and the munsters both hit tvs at the exact same time. The addams family and the munsters each aired from 1964 to 1966, but on abc and cbs, respectively. The addams family and the munsters both hit tvs at the exact same time and have come back over and over again, but which came first. The many shades of wednesday addams the new york times. The addams familys starry voice cast and eyecatching animation arent enough to outweigh its saccharine handling of the delightfully dark source material.
Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. The munsters theme song dance liquid feet by liquidfeetdanceteam. Newlyweds hubert and amanda peterson move into their delightful new home, but when they find themselves right next door to the addams estate, they straightaway want out of their oneyear. It was orchestrated by hummie mann and composed by duke ellington, irving mills, marc shaiman and saxie dowell. Its not at all a genuine addams family film, and definitely one to forget. The addams family the new neighbors meet the addams. The computer graphics were unrealistic and purely gratuitous. Both of those films dragged those literary monsters out of the 19th.
Although i liked the addams family quite a bit, the munsters were it for me. You could say that abbott and costello meet frankenstein got there first, but that 1948 classic played the monsters straight, whereas the addams family and the munsters, taking. It was actually constructed in 1946 for the film so goes my love. It was released on december 3, 1991 by capitol records. I am a huge fan of the addams family but had never seen the munsters so i took a chance and glad i did. The addams family meet the munsters idea wiki fandom. The addams family 310 movie clip dinner conversation. The creepy atmosphere of the house, morticias smoldering holiday punch, and lurchs ominous presence. The most iconic vampire movies and tv shows in pop culture. With the amazing cast for this film, it had the potential to be the greatest addams family experience ever. Added to this mix is a crooked accountant and his loan shark and a plot to slip the sharks son into the family as their longlost uncle fester. The munsters origin begins in 1931 with the release of two universal monster movies. The addams family 2019 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
The addams family has led to three feature films, with 0 for the munsters. Addams family and munsters crossover fanfiction archive with over 6 stories. The addams family steps out of charles addams cartoons. The running gag of the series is that the family, while decidedly odd, consider themselves fairly typical workingclass people of the era. That one time the munsters gave us an animated special. The munsters were people who look like monsters, and the addams family were monsters who look like people. In comparison, the munster s frankensteinlike monster always seemed a little lurchlite and the munsters was, after all, cbss attempt to rival the addams family. The munsters live at mockingbird lane in the city of mockingbird heights, a fictional suburb in california.
The addams family have been the subject of animations, books, films, cartoons, broadway plays and, the very enjoyable tv series made by. But the plot lacked cohesion, the delivery lacked polish, and the movie simply lacked quality. Lurch appears in the 2019 film adaption of the addams family voiced by conrad vernon. The addams family meets the munsters is an animated crossover madefortelevision film produced by tba. Which is better, the addams family or the munsters. They live with all of the trappings of the macabre including a detached hand for a servant and are quite wealthy. In 1964, abc introduced the first liveaction addams family television series, which debuted a week before another spooky family sitcom, the munsters. Addams groove by mc hammer was the theme song for the movie and the music video was played prior to the film. Lurch appears in addams family reunion portrayed again by struycken. The addams family soundtrack was produced by hummie mann and marc shaiman. I always liked both, but i do kind of like the addams family better. The munsters come to america to search for hermans brotherinlaw norman hyde, only to find out that he. The addams family is a 2019 american computeranimated black comedy directed by conrad vernon and greg tiernan, written by matt lieberman and pamela pettler, and based on the characters created by charles addams. I felt that he should have been on much more than he was.
The addams family fart fart the munsters can make no such claim. Imagine if you will almost all the 1960s spooks coming together, or sending help from afar that is, these folks. Vintage tv classic addams family postcard set of seven 7 ted cassidy tv retro adams family family tv nostalgia vintage television old shows great tv shows vintage tv. The original tv series 142 the munsters today 3 mockingbird lane 21 other 2 the poll was created at 01. The addams family meets the munsters by lucifertheshort on. The munsters revenge tv movie intro clip by steve rawlinson. The only bad thing about this show is that it is in black and white. The addams family meets the munsters is an animated crossover madefor television film produced. The addams family meet the vips full episode mgm duration. Even more importantly, the addams family led to a wildly fun pinball game, and an obscenely frustrating nintendo game. The addams family was, as noted, based on the cartoons of charles addams that appeared in the new yorker while the munsters took its inspiration from universals classic horror films that. Ive been looking for another addams family film for a long time, not finding any. Currys performance as gomez was outstanding, but no one person could save this bomb. The munsters today is an american sitcom and sequel to the original 196466 sitcom the munsters that aired in syndication from october 8, 1988 to may 25, 1991.
The new neighbors meet the addams family nov 1964 7. Although they ran for the same two seasons, the shows never competed against one another in their respective time slots. The third addams family installment is an complete and utter insult to the addams family name. Addams family munsters collection by gretchen hillstead. The addams family 2019 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. See more ideas about the munsters, adams family and creepy. I have no idea what batch of crap the people behind this rubbish were smoking while doing this, but it was certainly very strong.
It took the tv gods about 20 years after the original runs ended for both shows, but at least it was a movie and not a half hour episode. Morticia and gomez addams, lily munster, captain daniel gregg, wadsworth from clue, and a few not so 1960s interrupting a long storyline. The 30minute television series was created by david levy and donald saltzman and shot in blackandwhite, airing for two seasons on abc from september 18, 1964, to april 8, 1966, for a total of 64 episodes. At the end of the movie, lurch plays happy birthday on the harpsichord for puberts first birthday party. While the munsters and the addams family had us both hooked on those feelgood spooky feelers, both. Marilyn, on the other hand, could have completely disappeared and i would never have noticed.
A pair of bank robbers are welcomed as halloween trickortreaters by morticia and gomez. The addams family 1991 cast and crew when a man christopher lloyd claiming to be fester, the missing brother of gomez addams raul julia, arrives at the addams home, the family is thrilled. Please consider supporting me at and help me make more spooky videos. The addams family began in 1938 as a singlepanel illustration of a macabre life for the new yorker by cartoonist charles addams.
See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. The addams family is an american horrorblack comedy sitcom based on the characters from charles addams new yorker cartoons. The series concerns the daytoday life of a family of benign monsters, with married couple herman munster frankensteins monster and lily munster a vampire. When a wax museum owner attempts to frame the munsters for pulling a jewelry heist, they must both prove their innocence and find out the true thieves. A cartoonist for the new yorker, charles addams introduced what would become the addams family in 1938. This version is an escaped mental patient who gomez, morticia, and thing hit with.
The addams family andor the munsters home theater forum. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the addams family and munsters universe. From there it was seen in a variety of films, including abbott and costello meet. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. It stars the addams family and the munsters from the addams family gomez addams, morticia addams, pugsley addams, wednesday addams, uncle fester, grandmama, lurch, thing, cousin itt. I was talking about the munsters yesterday and somebody said there was an episode or movie about the munsters and the addams family were relatives. None of the cartoons had names until its popularity led to a 1960s. Then they meet back at the addamses house for dinner, barbqued oddments, a tour of the family cemetary, fester and grandpapa get up to some potentially apocalyptic mad scenicing, and the munsters get help shooing the bedsheet people away from their house since moving sucks and the addamss would find their house charmingly rustic with. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Lets start with the munsters 1 the unaired pilot was shot in colour us. Im just not sure if it was a good idea to reference the munsters today i havent seen it yet, but i will after im done watching the original munsters show and the movies munster, go home and the munsters revenge.
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