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