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Aristus

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3. Exactly.

Reply to whistler162 (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 12, 2022, 10:13 PM

Oct 2022

It always amazes me that people think the family debuted with the TV show.

Despite growing up in the 70’s, I encountered the collected cartoons from the New Yorker first, in books from the library. I didn’t discover the series from the 60’s until later.

In the cartoons, none of the characters had given names or even the family name of Addams. But I loved the dusty, creepy atmosphere of the cartoons, and they remain my favorite way of entering that bizarre but funny world.

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Meaningful commentary about the original Addams Family... [View all] Pluvious Oct 2022 OP

As a kid I wished I was a member of the Addams Family Wicked Blue Oct 2022 #1

You mean the original TV show whistler162 Oct 2022 #2

Exactly. Aristus Oct 2022 #3

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I think we had that book too Nittersing Oct 2022 #7

Just a few around the porch light and the eaves. cksmithy Oct 2022 #8

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And Wednesday and Lurch could cut a rug! TexasBushwhacker Oct 2022 #6