Addams Family versus the Munsters!

[Hepcat]

I also remember that in the 1960's Mad magazine had both shows as representative of the garbage found on Television.  Of course they also hated "Hogan's Heroes....

Don't be silly. Mad magazine wasn't serious enough to hate anything. Mad delightfully satirized everything separately but equally.

[Cerebus]

Both of those were great shows.  Tim Conway Jr. has said that naval enlistment shot way up because of McHales Navy.

They were airing McHale's Navy on one of the cable channels for a while, brought back memories. So, I haven't seen HH in a longer amount of time. I'm dying to see them. Why do they not play these great old shows on all the cable channels I'm paying for??

[Haunted hearse]

Don't be silly. Mad magazine wasn't serious enough to hate anything. Mad delightfully satirized everything separately but equally.

We'll they may have hated Hogans Heroes more then a lot of things.  The piece they did was continuoulsy droaning on and on about how making light of Nazi's and their prison camps was not funny, and concluded the article, where the network's idea of an even funnier show would be taking place in a death camp.  Interestingly enough, two of the shows stars, had been Nazi survivors. Robert Clarie (Labeau) and John Banner (Sgt Shultz),  Banner was always shown wearing long sleve shirts to cover up the number tatoo the Nazi's had given him.

[Hepcat]

Each and every one of Mad's movie and TV satires left me with the impression that the underlying show was sheer unadulterated drivel. That's why they were so good!

[aura of foreboding]

They were airing McHale's Navy on one of the cable channels for a while, brought back memories. So, I haven't seen HH in a longer amount of time. I'm dying to see them. Why do they not play these great old shows on all the cable channels I'm paying for??

McHale's Navy airs on Antenna TV -- over-the-air, free, digital substation
Hogan's Heroes is on Me-TV -- over-the-air, free, digital substation

Cable is a ripoff.   

[Flower]

Werner Klemperer and his family fled Germany in 1935 .. his father was Jewish .. converted to Catholicism and then back to Judaism but told reporters that he was Jewish.

From Wikipedia ...

Klemperer, conscious that he would be playing the role of a German officer during the Nazi regime, agreed to the part only on the condition that Klink would be portrayed as a fool who never succeeded. When Klemperer's father, the famous conductor, saw his first episode of Hogan's Heroes, he said to his son, "Your work is good . . . but who is the author of this material?" In addition to the character's bumblings, Klink was also remembered for his horribly screechy violin playing, spoofing Klemperer's talent for the violin. For his performance as Klink, Klemperer received six Emmy Award nominations for best supporting actor, winning in 1968 and 1969.

[Cerebus]

McHale's Navy airs on Antenna TV -- over-the-air, free, digital substation
Hogan's Heroes is on Me-TV -- over-the-air, free, digital substation

Cable is a ripoff.   

Got ANT-TV, don't have ME-TV.

[Haunted hearse]

Each and every one of Mad's movie and TV satires left me with the impression that the underlying show was sheer unadulterated drivel. That's why they were so good!

My favorite part of their "Loused up in space" article, was where their version of "Space Family Robinson" is in danger of suffocation from the spaceship they're on board traveling through space, until the robot sugests they open a window, thus saving them all.

[robodog]

This was actually a fairly difficult decision for me. In the end I went with The Addams Family. One of my favorite Christmas memories put it over the top. Watching an Addams Family marathon with my grandfather on Christmas eve a couple years before he died.

[dlhenderson]

Addams Family was the "smarter" show, but The Munsters had some beautiful art direction.

[Hepcat]

Here are the TV intros to help those who still can't decide:

The Addams Family Intro Theme Song 1964 - 1966

The Munsters - Original 1964 Theme!

[CreepysFan]

  Addams Family all the way.  Love both, but bigger Addams fan.

[aura of foreboding]

Here are the TV intros to help those who still can't decide:

The Addams Family Intro Theme Song 1964 - 1966

The Munsters - Original 1964 Theme!

That actually helped me decide.  I voted for The Munsters.

[Wolfman]

What I think helps the Munsters is the fact that their family is actually made up of Universal monsters. Herman/Frankenstein, Grandpa/Dracula, Eddie/Wolfman, while the Addams family are just a bunch of creeps (in a good way of course). My vote went to the Munsters.

JP

[Flower]

The Addams Family is just so cool and creepy and at this time of year (Halloween approaching), they just seem 'right' .. I would've loved to go trick or treating at their mansion.