Addams Family versus the Munsters!

[Anthony Caranci]

I love the Munsters. I did watch the Addams Family, but I haven't gone out of my way (and still won't), to purchase the DVDs of the show. I'm a straight up Universal Studios Monster guy. Frankenstein was (and still is) my favorite Monster. When the DVDs of The Munsters came out - I was all over it! I was so happy to be able to own a copy of all the episodes. I still love to watch that show. Even at 61 years of age!

I have nothing against The Addams Family. But if it came down to a "you can only pick one to watch for the rest of your life" - then it's The Munsters all the way.

[Haunted hearse]

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

The Addams Family vs. the Munsters - The Telegraph

Some people voted "other". I wonder if the other votes were for the Brady Bunch?

[Mord]

Some people voted "other". I wonder if the other votes were for the Brady Bunch?

Maybe the Partridge Family.

[Joeynines]

I love the Munsters. I did watch the Addams Family, but I haven't gone out of my way (and still won't), to purchase the DVDs of the show. I'm a straight up Universal Studios Monster guy. Frankenstein was (and still is) my favorite Monster. When the DVDs of The Munsters came out - I was all over it! I was so happy to be able to own a copy of all the episodes. I still love to watch that show. Even at 61 years of age!

I have nothing against The Addams Family. But if it came down to a "you can only pick one to watch for the rest of your life" - then it's The Munsters all the way.

I agree, The Munsters all the way, loved that show big time.

[monsterloco]

Yeah the munster is my fav but uncle fester was a riot. I wasnt around for when they aired on tv im 26 so i kind of just picked it up one day and watched it  i was able to watch the munsters over and over but the addams i watched maybe twice mostly for uncle fester jokes

[monsterloco]

Watch "The Addams Family funny scene" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/1OnJt98B6Oc

My fav scene

[John Pertwee]

Two great shows, but The Munsters just feels more like family to me. They both over used the same gags, but The Munsters did it a little less.

[Mord]

Two great shows, but The Munsters just feels more like family to me. They both over used the same gags, but The Munsters did it a little less.

That's exactly how I feel. I get a warmer feeling from the Munsters. I feel at home in 1313 Mockingbird Lane (rain & all).

[Haunted hearse]

Two great shows, but The Munsters just feels more like family to me. They both over used the same gags, but The Munsters did it a little less.

That shouldn't be surprising, considering the same creative forces behind the Munsters, we're also behind "Leave it to Beaver".  The Addams family in all honesty felt every bit as much a family as the Munsters to me.  That some prefer one to the other, is a testament to the quality that was evident in both series.

[horrorhunter]

That shouldn't be surprising, considering the same creative forces behind the Munsters, we're also behind "Leave it to Beaver".  The Addams family in all honesty felt every bit as much a family as the Munsters to me.  That some prefer one to the other, is a testament to the quality that was evident in both series.

I love both shows as most Monsterkids do, but I prefer the Addams Family a little more because of the actors and characters. Carolyn Jones and John Astin are big fun as Morticia and Gomez, and Morticia easily got the hottie nod over Lily.

[gillmanjoe]

I love both shows as most Monsterkids do, but I prefer the Addams Family a little more because of the actors and characters. Carolyn Jones and John Astin are big fun as Morticia and Gomez, and Morticia easily got the hottie nod over Lily.

Yvonne de Carlo was drop dead gorgeous, much more so than jones. imo.

[Hepcat]

But Yvonne de Carlo was not only past her prime at the time, she wasn't really into her role on the Munsters. And it showed. Meanwhile the sexual electricity between Gomez and Morticia was as big part of the appeal of the Addams Family show, at least to adults.

[Haunted hearse]

Morticia seemed the more seductive of the two.  Maybe Lily and Herman shared the same bed, but in all honesty, I really believe  that Gomez and Morticia did more than sleep together. 

[Mord]

Morticia seemed the more seductive of the two.  Maybe Lily and Herman shared the same bed, but in all honesty, I really believe  that Gomez and Morticia did more than sleep together.

Herman & Lily did manage to conceive a werewolf child. That in itself is some sort of achievement, isn't it?

[horrorhunter]

Yvonne de Carlo was drop dead gorgeous, much more so than jones. imo.

Yvonne de Carlo was getting a little long in the tooth when The Munsters aired. She wished she still looked like that first picture you posted when she was Lily. She still looked alright but she was a little past hot. And, all of this is just opinion. My hot may be your not.