The Munsters Vs The Addams Family

[Scary Terry]

I love the Munsters -- but if I have to choose one over the other, I have to say I'm an Addams Family man.  Munsters are goofy fun -- Addams family has a sharper sense of humor -- edgier, more twisted.  Munsters are friendly -- Addams are disturbing.  I'll take disturbing every time.

[michblk]

I prefer Munsters over Addams, but love both shows.  My daughter is the same way except she prefers Addams over Munsters.

BK

[BaronLatos35]

As a kid I watched The Addams Family more so than the Munsters. I like them both but based on nostalgia alone, Addams Family wins for me

Plus Morticia was fine and Gomez was hilarious IMO.

[Monster Bob]

I love the Munsters -- but if I have to choose one over the other, I have to say I'm an Addams Family man.  Munsters are goofy fun -- Addams family has a sharper sense of humor -- edgier, more twisted.  Munsters are friendly -- Addams are disturbing.  I'll take disturbing every time.

Absolutely, positively, beautifully put, Terry.

[chrisnurse]

I loved both as a kid, and still do as an adult,  it would be hard to choose but Grampa was always a hero to me when I was a nipper.

[ChattyLMS]

Addams Family was on Friday nights at 8:30 here in the Detroit area on ABC Channel 7.  Our bedtime was 8:30 the rest of the week.  We were allowed to stay up "late" that one night to see the Addams Family.  My Dad would make a big bowl of buttered popcorn.  When my dad made the popcorn it was about 1/2 popcorn and 1/2 butter.  No wonder his arteries blocked up and he needed a quadruple bypass.

[startrekstuntman]

Definitly the Munsters!

I met Al Lewis years ago in New York as he owned a little restaurant called Grandpa's.

I kid you not,  he really did.

and if you think you have heard every curse word there is in this world and the next, then you have never spoken to Al.

The stories he used to tell out loud in his place would make you want to crawl under the table.

He made Redd Foxx seem  like a choir boy!

also...I forget what movie or it might have been an episode of "Edge of Night" but he played a guy who ratted on the mob and his was taken outside and killed.

I wish I could remember the movie or episode because.....It was my Dad who killed him!

[ChattyLMS]

It was my Dad who killed him!

Wow!  Pretty heavy punishment!  I would have thought a spankin' would have been enough!  Guess you steered clear of him after that show!

[BlackLagoon]

Plus Morticia was fine and Gomez was hilarious IMO.

Oh man Baron! Finer then Lilly!?!?.....Yvonne Decarlo was gorgeous!!...even out of costume, I think she was a gorgeous woman!...Moses made the right choice (a little inside I know)

[packy120353]

We were allowed to stay up "late" that one night to see the Addams Family.  My Dad would make a big bowl of buttered popcorn. /quote]


This reminds me of our "stay up one night a week" when I was young. We got to watch Sea Hunt - with popcorn or chex mix stuff. Where I learned to love knife fights! On the show not my house...

[HARRY HAMMOCK]

Iam a Munster Man.

[hammerfan]

Liked em both, but gotta go with the Addams Family. John Astin was brilliant as Gomez ( as was Raoul Julia)

[Jscareshock]

While I enjoyed the Addams Family, I was a big Munster fan.  There was something diabolical about the Addams Family.  I mean I got the impression people were killed behind the scenes and it was part of the joke.  I'd be afraid to wander the halls of the Addams home for fear of becoming a victim, but with the Munsters it would have been awesome.

[BaronLatos35]

Oh man Baron! Finer then Lilly!?!?.....Yvonne Decarlo was gorgeous!!...even out of costume, I think she was a gorgeous woman!...Moses made the right choice (a little inside I know)

I hear you BlackLagoon, for the record they both were fine, however, Morticia edges this one out though. (If I can be greedy, I'll take both!)

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