r/AddamsFamily

Though the series was created to harness the success of the 1991 movie the series itself wasn't a movie tie in but rather the reboot of the original 60s TV show with some new flavour of the 90s and it worked Thus series doesn't feel like you watch some cartoon but rather the original 60s sitcom in the animated form and without the laugh track You can feel it right from the start because the iconic intro song is back baby. And the new rendition is as good as the original .of course some things were tomed down ( like Gomez live for cigars is omitted) but it doesn't make the show more childish and dumb it's quite the opposite the animated form helps the show to shine even more showing more crazy shenanigans and slapstick which the live action format couldn't allow .

The characters are also great thanks to the great actors who portray them. I even can't use the term voice but rather play or portray because they don't just voice the characters they acct like it is an actual live action show . John Astin is back to play Gomez nearly 30 years after the 60s live action ended and boy he's having a blast being Gomez again though he sounds a bit different than in the 60s series but he still has the same energy of naive childlike Gomez we now and love Morticia is portrayed by Nancy Linari and she fits her role like a glove. Carolyn would be proud of how good her chemistry with John's Gomez is. Than there's uncle Fester my 2nd favourite character after Gomez played by Rip Taylor 2nd best TV series Fester ater the goated Jacke Coogan from the original show. ( I didn't mention Christopher Lloyd because I compared Festers from TV shows) Love his crazy inventions and personality. Granny Frump here is portrayed by the legendary Carol Channing. She actually has a real business un this shiw doing fortune telling via her "psychic hotline" while trying to find a boyfriend. If course they're Wednesday and Pugsley ( played by Debi Derryberry & Jeannie Elias) with their crazy shenanigans they managed to avoid the fate of many kid characters in the cartoon remaining very entertaining and not annoying.. And if course Addsms loyal butler Lurch portrayed by Jim Cummings. There are also a set of the original characters who serve as the antagonists. The Normanmeyers. An absolutely normal family portrayed by Rob Paulsen,Edie McClurg and Dick Beals. While Norman & Normina despise Addams for their freaky & spooky nature and try by all means to get rid of them their son NJ likes them and befriend Wednesday and Pugsley . He tries to convince his parents to leave Addams alone .

The episodes themselves tell various story from Spooky family everyday life . My fave one is"Thr Day Gomez failed" when he tried to fail at anything as his new challenge because he found out that he simply couldn't fail at anything . I also like "Dead and Breakfast" where the family turned their house into hotel as part of Wednesday 's and Pugsley's school project and had to deal wit the health inspector ( sent by Normanmeyers) and an actual hotel robber as their guests .

Overall thus show us perfect if you want to watch a proper Addams Family tv show but you don't like black & white shows or you liked the original sitcom and want to see a mire modern take on it.

WB does no justice to tge 1992-93 TV series . The one which truly feels like a slightly lighter animated reboot of the original Live Action series with John Astin AKA the original Gomez back in action ( and you can hear he's having a blast being Gomez again) with other legends like Rip Taylor and Carol Channing joining him ( too bad Carolyn already wasn't with us by that time) . 1973 series actually got the official streaming and home video but not a 92 one. That's just odd

I recently posted (on Tumblr) an idea for the plot of another Addams Family movie, and I decided to repost it here with some new additions since I thought it would be fun and I want to see what y'all think:

We start with Gomez and Morticia walking down the street and discussing what to do for their ??th anniversary. Suddenly, Gomez is hit by a truck. Cut to the funeral, where Morticia is doing her “grieving widow” thing, when Gomez walks in perfectly fine. Morticia throws off her veil and says “oh finally, you're back. Now we can continue planning for our anniversary.”

One of the family members interrupts and says there's some bad news about that. Cut to G&M in an office, where Cousin Itt (who is apparently a lawyer in this) is sitting at a desk in front of them. He speaks in his usual gibberish, but there's subtitles. That, or G&M’s responses let the viewers know the basics. Anyway, because Gomez was legally declared dead, he and Morticia are technically no longer married. Till death do us part and all that. Also, bureaucracy. Gomez is briefly devastated, but then Morticia realizes that they have an opportunity for the perfect anniversary. They can get married again. They both excitedly strut out of the office together. Cut to title card. This all happens in the first 5~ minutes.

(Credit to my younger sibling for thinking up some of the opening sequence, since I originally just had "they decide to have another wedding on their anniversary", but my sib suggested one of them dies and comes back, and they need to get remarried because of it. Also the idea of Cousin Itt being a lawyer)

So, in order to help with the wedding preparations, G&M hire a husband-wife duo who are wedding planners.

But little do they know, the wedding planners are actually serial scammers who set up fake businesses (venues, caterers, florists, boutiques, etc.) and convince the couples to get the most expensive stuff or just overcharge them. Secretly, all the money goes into the wedding planners’ bank account. And on the day of the wedding, the wedding planners run off with the money. An important thing to know is that the wedding planners are at a rocky point in their marriage, and have lost faith in love (may partially be due to seeing a lot of dysfunctional couples). This will be important later. 

The wedding planners did not plan for Addams-esque weirdness, so all their fake stuff follows more traditional wedding aesthetics. They frequently separate Gomez and Morticia and lie to them about what the other wants for the wedding. For example, one wedding planner takes Morticia dress shopping and tells her that Gomez thinks she would look best in a white dress, but didn’t tell her because he wasn’t sure how she’d feel about that.

G&M are both confused by this since it seems out of character, but don’t question it too much. They both personally would rather not do a lot of the traditional wedding stuff, but don’t want to shut the other down, so they initially go along with it. Now, because G&M are Couple Goals™, they would usually talk with one another about this and express their feelings/concerns. However, every time one of them tries to bring it up, the wedding planners pull off some wacky shenanigans that prevent them from getting to talk. One example of this is Gomez going to talk to Morticia, but a trap-door opens from under him

My mom suggested that at the end, the entire wedding goes “wrong” with a lot of chaos and crazy hijinks that “ruin” everything. However, everything that’s “ruined” becomes 10x more Addams in the process. The flowers catch on fire. Morticia’s dress keeps getting parts of it stained black by different stuff over the course of the day until it’s completely black by the time she gets to walk down the aisle. 

There’s a subplot where one of the planners tries to make Wednesday the flower girl (which she obviously does not want), but Uncle Fester ends up accidentally becoming the flower girl at the last minute (which he secretly wanted to be. Don’t ask why. I don’t know. The explanation is definitely bizarre and funny, though). They probably use teeth instead of petals, though. Pugsley spends most of the movie planning out a fireworks display that contributes to the chaos of the climax. Grandma probably helps him. The cake definitely explodes.

Idk what Thing and Lurtch are doing, but they're probably having a subplot around the marriage certificate.

The order of events in the wedding will likely be switched around, since I want to save the vows for last. Please ignore the weird order. There was probably a mistake during the wedding planning process. Anyway, G&M look around at the “ruined” wedding and immediately say that it’s perfect, and they are extremely happy. They are both briefly confused since they thought the other wanted a traditional wedding. They realize the miscommunication before they laugh it off and start making out.

The wedding planners see how in love G&M are, and this reminds them of why they (the wedding planners) fell in love in the first place: they’re both assholes who scam people for the love of the game. But over time, it became less about the beauty of ruining a couple’s happy day, and more about just the money. They are re-inspired and decide to start creating more scams, as they realize the true meaning of marriage: spending your life with someone who makes you happy. The wedding planners profess their love to one another and share a passionate kiss.

G&M congratulate them and wish them the best, and the wedding planners run off into the sunset or something, idk. G&M do their vows in the wreckage of the venue, and it’s very cute. After the wedding, G&M are alone together, and Gomez asks Morticia how she wants to end their perfect day. Morticia looks at him, raises an eyebrow, and lifts a pair of handcuffs up into frame. The Addams Family theme starts to play. Gomez smirks flirtatiously and they do their classic “cara mia, mia mor” exchange. Cut to them in silhouette with their backs facing the camera as they embrace and start making out. Pan up to the moon above them before things get too suggestive for the PG-13 rating. End.

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I honestly might do a full write-out and put the script on AO3, but this is the basic premise. So, what do you think?

...is to hate life itself.

LUMPY FOREVER.