The Addams Family (Ep. 79)

In this very spooky (and slightly belated) episode of Adapt or Perish we're celebrating Halloween with a look at the creepiest and kookiest family of them all—The Addams Family.

In this episode we discuss:

• Charles Addams' original New Yorker cartoon.
• The Addams Family (ABC, 1964–1966), created by David Levy, starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy.
• The Addams Family (Paramount, 1991), directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson, and starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, and Christina Ricci.
• Addams Family Values (Paramount, 1993), directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Paul Rudnick, and starring Julia, Huston, Lloyd, Ricci, Joan Cusack, David Krumholtz, Peter MacNicol, and Christine Baranski.
• Addams Family Reunion (Saban, 1998), directed by Dave Payne, written by Rob Kerchner and Scott Sandin, and starring Tim Curry, Daryl Hannah, Kevin McCarthy, Estelle Harris, and Ed Begley, Jr.
• The New Addams Family (Saban, 1998–1999), starring Glenn Taranto and Ellie Harvie.
• The Addams Family (2010), music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, original Broadway cast including Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth.
• The Addams Family (MGM, 2019), directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, written by Matt Lieberman, and starring Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Nick Kroll, and Allison Janney.

Footnotes:

• The 1973 and 1992–1993 Hanna-Barbera cartoons
• The Addams Family pinball machine (1992)
• A short taste of Rip Taylor
• The Craft (Columbia, 1996)
• Return to Oz (Disney, 1985)
• Roger Rees singing "Happy/Sad" from The Addams Family on Broadway
• Dark Shadows the show vs. Dark Shadows the movie
• Nick Kroll: Coach Steve vs. Fester

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