Addams Family Series Cast
What is the best variation of the Addams Family and why?
I am asking this thinking about the movie cast (The Addams Family/Addams Family Values), the original cast, and the revival series (The New Addams Family).
Any opinions?
I would appreciate also knowing what you do and don’t like about both casts, not just whats the best.
I think that John Astin from the 60’s TV show was the best Gomez because of his fantastic facial expressions and body language (and also for the Groucho Marx styled jokes he always delivered).
Carolyn Jones from the TV show was my favourite Morticia just because she was so beautiful and innocent but also very sexy. But Anjelica Huston gave a more sinister feel to the character which I also liked.
Jackie Coogan was the best Uncle Fester because of his high voice, but the gags did get a little repetitive at points. I didn’t really like Christopher Lloyd’s Uncle Fester in the films because of the voice.
Ted Cassidy is the only Lurch in my opinion. He invented the ‘You rang?’ expression so I’ll always love him for that. As for Grandma Addams I think Blossom Rock was adorable. Oh, and I didn’t like the movie’s Thing because it could get out of the box and walk around which for some reason isn’t as funny as an arm that mysteriously travels from box to box.
I think that I prefer Christina Ricci and Jimmy Workman as Wednesday and Pugsley because they were actually quite frightening in comparison with the cute TV versions of the characters. Also, because they were older, they were more talented than their television counterparts.
So, I think overall I liked the 1960’s cast more. The movies were funny, just not as funny as the TV show.
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