Addams Family versus the Munsters!

[Mord]

I think that trick or treating at 1313 Mockingbird Lane would have been just as cool (especially with those two beautiful cars parked out front).

[Hepcat]

Here are my wrappers from the card sets issued on the competing shows in 1964:

[Haunted hearse]

By the way, does anybody know in "The Munsters" why they chose "Mockingbird Lane" as the address?  I've always wondered if it had to do with the title of the Universal Movie "To Kill a Mockingbird".  In the final verse of the song "Listen to the Mockingbird" they mention at the end, how the "Mockingbird's still singing ov'er her grave".

[jimm]

Are either shows currently airing? Thought I saw that somewhere but it's alot to sift thru. I have MeTV and now AntennaTV...

[aura of foreboding]

Someone mentioned Boomerang somewhere, didn't they?

Sadly, they are not on Antenna or Me-TV. 

[Haunted hearse]

Someone mentioned Boomerang somewhere, didn't they?

Sadly, they are not on Antenna or Me-TV.

Fortunately, they are both available on DVD.

[Mord]

Fortunately, they are both available on DVD.

The prices have been drastically lowered on all dvd sets (Munsters are $9.99 per set at Target).

[jimm]

On my way...

[jimm]

As per usual I don't find what I go in looking for at my brand new target, so annoying...

[Hepcat]

Here are my Aurora model kits based on the two rival TV series:

[Mord]

  Man, I can't believe you have sealed copies of those two classics! I had to settle for the Polar Lights reissues.

[Hepcat]

I bought them separately about ten to twelve years ago off Ebay. I think they cost me somewhere between $300 and $500 each at the time.

[Mord]

Those are fantastic prices! I bought the Munsters set, sealed about 25 years ago for $350. Unfortunately, on the drive home from picking it up, my car started to smoke on the freeway. I had to sell it back for $50 less than I paid to pay for the repair to my car.

[Hepcat]

I don't believe prices for Aurora kits have gone up appreciably in the last twenty years or so due to a combination of factors. The Polar Lights and other reissues have reduced demand from kit builders and the existence of Ebay has brought warehouse, old store and forgotten attic stock onto the market.

[Hepcat]

Here's this same poll in the U.K. Telegraph:

The Addams Family vs. the Munsters - The Telegraph