Addams Family versus the Munsters!

[Hepcat]

Which TV show do you prefer?

Addams Family







Munsters





Why?

[monsternik]

Love them both and didn't want to choose, but Addams family just cracks me up more. I always wanted to be gomez when i gre up. And morticia is way hotter than lilly.

[Paul L]

Yes, I love them both, but I find the Addams Family funnier & more original.

[Flower]

As a little kid, I'd rather be adopted by the Addams Family then the Munsters.

Also, I found Gomez more attractive than Herman ... I liked Carolyn Jones (R.I.P.) better than Yvonne DeCarlo.

Doing some research, it is sad that Carolyn Jones died of colon cancer at the age of 53 .. I also didn't know that she had been married to Aaron Spelling from 1953 to 1964 .. which sort of made her a pre-stepmother to Tori Spelling ... 

I know that Yvonne De Carlo took the role of Lily Munster due to money issues .. I remembered her from "The Ten Commandments" and the silly film "Band of Angels" ...

I enjoyed Grandpa's Restaurant ... http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/dining-at-grandpa-munsters-on-bleecker-street/  but he was never there when I was .. hmmmm.

May they all rest in peace.

[Hepcat]

Would Grampa's Restaurant have been in Greenwich Village?

[Flower]

Yes .. Bleecker Street .. is one of my favorite streets in Greenwich Village.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleecker_Street

[Haunted hearse]

I love both shows. Both shows have their merits, and I have collectibles from both (Including a 1966 Munster Lunchbox, which is like the one I actually used in school), but if I had to pick one over the other, it's the "Addams Family".  The people who wrote the "Addams Family" also wrote for the Marx Brothers, and there's honestly a sophistication in the Addams family, as opposed to "The Munsters" which was brought to us by the same creative team that gave us "Leave it to Beaver".  Of course, "Leave it to Beaver", was a well loved TV sitcom, and the people who put the Munsters on the air, showed a feeling for putting on TV shows that people still talk about to this day.

[horrorhunter]

The Munsters is a fun show, but The Addams Family is by far my favorite.

[Elisabeth]

It's ADDAMS FAMILY for me, too.    My folks had some volumes of THE NEW YORKER magazine cartoons which were filled with Charles Addams' work.  By the time the TV show came along, I was familiar with the premise....and preferred it.  I did watch THE MUNSTERS occasionally, but it was only for Fred Gwynne...

"E", who is a MAJOR LEAGUE fan of Jackie Coogan

[zombiehorror]

I enjoy both as well but let me be the first to say.....it's The Munsters for me!

[Zackuth]

The Munsters for me as well!!  I enjoy both shows, but the Munsters a bit more.  I just think the Munsters is a funnier show.

[marsattacks666]

Both shows are amazing and fun to watch. Both very different. But......I have to go with the MUNSTERS.

[Mord]

The Addams Family was more original, but I always felt closer to the Munsters. Munsters for me.

[Hepcat]

Hmmmmm. Something strange here. Four members have declared for the Munsters show, yet the Munsters have only three votes....

[Wolfman]

I believe a poll was taken previously, either on the UMA or somewhere else, and the Munsters won hands down. For my money, the Munsters were far superior. The Addams Family was a little too weird, and the characters didn't seem very likable, even for a monster family! lol

JP