![]() ![]() ![]() One of the last American network series to be filmed entirely in black and white - which may well have been a stylistic decision, given the subject matter - the show was not very successful in its original run, but became a cult favorite once it entered syndication, and inspired spin-offs in many media.Ī deliberate inversion of the ideal American Nuclear Family, the Addamses are an obscenely wealthy clan of borderline supernatural beings with a taste for the grotesque and macabre, holding opinions and preferences that are mirror images or inversions of more conventional attitudes. The opening lyrics to the iconic theme song, written and arranged by Vic Mizzy.Ī sitcom based on Charles Addams's ghoulish single-panel cartoons for The New Yorker magazine, The Addams Family was produced by Filmways and aired for two seasons (1964–66) on ABC. ![]()
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