7.025 minSeason 2 • Episode 30
LatestOphelia visits, upset as usual. He latest boyfriend has left her, as usual, and the family tries to find something she's good at.
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
Acting
Carolyn Jones and John Astin's chemistry is disgustingly romantic.
Production
That iconic living room—a masterclass in set design economy.
Writing
Wit so dry it could preserve a corpse.
Creator
Charles Addams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Charles Addams created the characters for New Yorker cartoons in 1938, and none had names until the 1964 TV adaptation forced him to choose. He picked Gomez for the father because it sounded 'Hispanic enough to be exotic.'
Ted Cassidy (Lurch) improvised 'You rang?' in his first episode—it became the character's signature. He was also the only cast member tall enough to play Frankenstein's monster in an episode, which he did uncredited.
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