Addams Family were better
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toking65000 — 13 years ago(January 20, 2013 01:37 PM)
The Addams' Family was funny in its own right, it's just mainly to do with the way they SAY things, and deliver their lines, AND I thought their storylines were a little better thought out.
The Munsters were funny mainly b/c of the SHOCK value of their appearance.
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everymedia — 13 years ago(January 23, 2013 07:30 PM)
You make it sound like the Munsters cast had no nuance in their delivery of dialog.
What thought-out storylines in the Addams Family? Someone comes to the house for some reason, the family is acting loopy and somehow it's so maddening, the guests run out. Episode after episode. -
toking65000 — 13 years ago(March 11, 2013 05:30 AM)
Well for one, I thought in the episode My Son the Chimp, about how they thought Pugsley was trapped in another dimension was kinda deep. Thats one that comes to mind.
The Addams just had an air of sophistication about them.
I liked the Munster but they got their laughes from just shock factor more.
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everymedia — 13 years ago(March 11, 2013 06:31 AM)
I don't know what you mean by shock factor when it comes to the Munsters. People's reaction to them? That pretty much the humor of the Addams Family. With the Munsters, it was verbal interplay and situations with each other and people outside the family which varied more than it did on the Addams Family. I'm not particularly impressed by the writing on the Addams Family, despite how "sophisticated" it's claimed to be.
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luigislawyer — 11 months ago(April 29, 2025 08:25 PM)
Some Karen on Twitter slammed the Munsters and said the Addams Family had "brilliant" humor. Lmao is this brilliance in the room with us now?
How every Addams "joke" goes:
Addams child: Mother, Father, bad is good.
Morticia: And good is bad. C'est la vie.
Gomez: TiSh ThAt's FrEnCh -
GeneticSugarKane — 13 years ago(March 09, 2013 01:04 PM)
Addams Family/Addams Family Values films > Munsters tv show > Addams Family tv show
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gullwing592003 — 11 years ago(July 14, 2014 01:53 AM)
The Munsters was better, I've watched both shows & the Munsters is just more fun & funnier because The Munsters you can relate to & connect with. They were a working middle class family with typical normal situations & problems. I saw The Munsters in primetime & I had a Munsters lunchbox in 1965. The Addams Family were strange & cooky & fun but lacked any elements of normality unlike The Munsters. The Addams Family was more sophisticated & stuck up & full of themselves which made them hard to relate to & connect with.
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cynic2all — 11 years ago(August 18, 2014 03:39 PM)
It's been a while since I've chimed in on this, but I liked
The Munsters
better simply because it was more flagrantly funny. The M's were not without repetitive humor, but the A's thrived on it one ep after another every one they would mention needing Lurch for something and within a few feet would be the hangman's noose they would 'ring' and Lurch would immediately appear and say, "Youuu rangggg?", and there would be that sound and Morticia would say "Ah! the mail's in" and 'Thing' would arise with the mail. Were we supposed to laugh at these
every time
, as the laugh track prompt us?
I suppose it comes down to: do you like satire [Addams Family] or spoof [Munsters]? For me, it's spoof, and therefore
The Munsters. -
MsIris — 11 years ago(December 25, 2014 05:04 PM)
As a child, I was never afraid of Herman except when he turned into the hairy monster in the Zombo episode. On the other hand, I couldn't watch The Addams Family very much because Lurch gave me nightmares. He reminds me of today's Slender Man, who I find terrifying to look at as an adult.
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joe_538 — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 04:47 PM)
I like them both, but The Addams Family was too dependent on the same gags (the tortoise has two heads, that's unusual. We get it), and I never understood why anyone would be so rattled by Gomez playing with his trains.
The Munsters left the house on a regular basis, and didn't rely on catchphrases. -
luigislawyer — 1 year ago(February 08, 2025 07:14 PM)
Nope. Addams Family was a cheap knockoff of the Munsters' jokes. Even on Wednesday they're still ripping them off.
Also, this is a fan board for the Munsters. Nobody cares about your goth Republicans. Take it to their own board.