Munsters VS Addams Family

[Wolf Man]

I really can't believe though they only ran two seasons each while Lost in Space got three.  I think both these shows should have gotten at least another year and I would have hoped for even more.

[Monster Bob]

Wolf Man (and others)...please stop posting in colors- use black. This old guy uses the light blue background because my eyes suck. Most of your posts come up "blank"!

[Monster Bob]

I liked the New Addams family series.  Certainly a great deal better a revival then "Munsters Today".  I'll take the Addams family over  the Munsters, although I have  a fondness for "The Munsters."

I would like the "new" series on DVD. While no where near the classic the original was, it was still twice as entertaining as most else that is on. I thought it an odd choice that they chose to "remake" the old series episodes, though.

[BHorrorMayhem]

I had trouble picking a favorite for a while, until one day my wife and I were talking about it and she made a pretty solid observation concerning the two. Based on this observation I think I prefer the Addams Family. The observation being thus: The Addams Family fully embrace their "weirdness" and find "normal" people's actions to be bizarre. Where The Addams Family have a kind of disdain for the "atomic family," The Munsters try to maintain a cookie-cutter atomic family dynamic and appearance, and seem like they would be horrified to discover their actual "weirdness." They're both great shows that I love, but those underlying themes are the distinguishing factor that show the intrinsic difference to me.

[Wolf Man]

Wolf Man (and others)...please stop posting in colors- use black. This old guy uses the light blue background because my eyes suck. Most of your posts come up "blank"!

Hey Monster Bob, I hope you can see this.  I too have eye trouble, especially getting older but since I use the black background or the default background of the UMA I use the colors because they show up very bright and I can read them better.  I have observed though that only certain colors show up bright like the orange, lime green, beige and white.  Those come out really bright on the black background. 

Have you tried experimenting with the other colors and backgrounds to see if it works better for you?  Just wondering because for me at least, I like the black background with the bright colors, I can see them well and they often give it a Halloween feel. 

I am sorry though if it makes it difficult to read using your background.  I completely understand the eye situation.  As my eyesight worsens and I am supposed to be using reading glasses I refuse to do it because I keep trying to make my eyes work for it as a form of exercise.  I was prescribed reading glasses four years ago but I am still not wearing them unless I am studying for a test in which case I have no choice.  I am happy that I can still read things for the most part if I am far enough away but there are those frustrating times when it simply doesn't work. 

Using the black font is not an option for me as it would not show up at all. 

[Dr. Madd]

I think Lily was hot.

Morticia was pretty but not my type.

I loved both families, though

[Wolf Man]

I had trouble picking a favorite for a while, until one day my wife and I were talking about it and she made a pretty solid observation concerning the two. Based on this observation I think I prefer the Addams Family. The observation being thus: The Addams Family fully embrace their "weirdness" and find "normal" people's actions to be bizarre. Where The Addams Family have a kind of disdain for the "atomic family," The Munsters try to maintain a cookie-cutter atomic family dynamic and appearance, and seem like they would be horrified to discover their actual "weirdness." They're both great shows that I love, but those underlying themes are the distinguishing factor that show the intrinsic difference to me.

That is a very good observation!  As I read your post that really hit home about both series.  That may be a factor that draws me more to the Munsters.  I like that they "think" they are the normal red blooded American family and your are right, would be horrified to realize they are different.  Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the Addams Family quite a bit too.  It is just the Universal Monsters of the Munsters that draw me to them more.  But I do love that observation.

[Monster Bob]

The Munsters are more slapstick, the Addams are more cerebral.

[Haunted hearse]

I'm a huge Marx brothers Fan, and one of the head writers on "The Addams Family", wrote for the Brothers when they were at the top of their game. "The Munsters" was brought to us by the same creative team that brought us "Leave it to Beaver."  "Leave it to Beaver was a good sitcom, and included some good comedy.  The Marx Brothers starred in some great comedies, and included some great comedy.  My opinion?  The Munsters were good, but the Addams Family was great.  No doubt, however, some find "Leave it to Beaver", funnier than the Marx brothers, but again this is just my opinion.

[Monster Bob]

Bob Mosher and Joe Conelley wrote many of The MUNSTERS' episodes, and they also worked on several TV episodes of AMOS N' ANDY, which I think is one of the funniest TV series ever produced, along with CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? (Which also featured Fred Gwynne and costarred Al Lewis). While they both showcase Gwynne and Lewis, CAR 54 is more funny, more often, than THE MUNSTERS, but in the case of CAR 54, it's a combination of good writing coupled with good actors. In THE MUNSTERS, the writing is only average to a little above average, and it's the actors that raise the bar and also raise the material. [The MUNSTERS win in the coolness factor over CAR 54, however.]   

[jerod]

I know I'm missing Gomez and Morticia (maybe I'll add later), but thought this previoulsy made image fit this thread:

[Halloween Jeff]

"Addams Family", hands down....

Bizarro Jeff

[Haunted hearse]

I know I'm missing Gomez and Morticia (maybe I'll add later), but thought this previoulsy made image fit this thread:

Charles Addams most identified himself with the bald guy who was finally named (By Addams) "Uncle Fester" and his New Yorker cartoons were a big inspiration for what developed into "The Munsters", where as "Lurch" was inspired by Boris Karloff, who's "Frankenstein's Monster", was a large part of the reason for the Universal films being a hit, and of course the second big inspiration for "The Munsters" TV show.  Your photo, just as it is, is perfect.

[marsattacks666]

I know I'm missing Gomez and Morticia (maybe I'll add later), but thought this previoulsy made image fit this thread:

Awesome picture. The truth of the matter is.......both shows were great. Funny, well written. I just have more loyalty towards the Munsters

[MoreGore]

The Munsters for me