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August 28, 2005
addams vs. munsters
"Tish! French!" "That's Latin, darling." "Oh. Oh well."
One line synopsis: The Addams Family wins.
The Munsters are the working stiff's answer to odd, the "Married with children" of the 60's horror-sitcom genre.
The Addams Family is eccentric where the Munsters are merely strange. They are refined, educated, with no material cares or wants. They have servants. I realize I'm not being a very good proletariat here, but I like their world better. I like Morticia's fashion sense better, too.
They require a little less suspension of disbelief. In the Munsters, no one in the family realizes that Herman looks strange. The Addams also do not realize that they are strange as compared to the people they live amongst, but thier differences are more aesthetic, less blatantly obvious.
Excepting Cousin It, of course...
Posted by lisa at August 28, 2005 04:35 PM
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The Addams Family kicks the Munsters' ass! Even when I was a kid, I loved the Addams Family and disliked the Munsters.
Posted by: Sarah on August 28, 2005 09:04 PM
Do I recall that the Munsters was one networks copycat response to the Addams Family?
Posted by: Phil on August 28, 2005 09:54 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.