# The Addams Family (1973)

> A ghoulish, deadpan animated family comedy following the eccentric Addams household through gentle gags about their macabre everyday life.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 16
- Episode runtime: 30 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, family
- Created by: David Levy
- Network: NBC
- Cast: Ted Cassidy, Jackie Coogan, Cindy Henderson, Lennie Weinrib, Jodie Foster, Janet Waldo
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069554/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: subtle
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: deadpan, macabre, whimsical, warm, playful

## What critics say

Audiences rate the single animated season as a mixed but warm, fondly remembered take on the Addams family.

## Synopsis

The Addams Family (1973) is an American animated family comedy series created by David Levy and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. Adapting Charles Addams's macabre cartoons, the series follows the ghoulish Addams household, including the mansion-dwelling Gomez and Morticia, the morbid Wednesday and Pugsley, the bald Lurch and the scheming Uncle Fester. Many of the original 1960s live-action cast returned to voice their characters, with Ted Cassidy as Lurch, Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester, Janet Waldo as Morticia and Lennie Weinrib as Gomez among the principal voices. Each half-hour episode is a self-contained case of the week built around everyday family routines that turn gleefully grotesque, from odd hobbies to neighborhood misunderstandings. The engine is simple: the family's bizarre traditions collide with ordinary outsiders who fail to appreciate their charm. The tone is deadpan, warm and playfully spooky, with a gentle Halloween flavor and little real menace. Its single season of sixteen episodes makes it a compact entry in early Saturday morning animation. Fans of The Munsters, the 1964 live-action Addams Family and The Flintstones will find resonance in its gothic family humor and gentle sitcom rhythm.

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