The Addams Family Tree vs The Munsters Family Tree

Narration by Matt Baker:
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Animation by Syawish Rehman:
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Audio Editing by Jack Rackam:
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Intro music "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. Available from incompetech.com

[@rareplaid]

I love the original Addams show the best. Carolyn Jones as Morticia has always been my favorite! 🖤🖤🖤

[@jmulvey371]

She's amazing.

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

How do you feel about Angelica Hustons Morticia Addams?

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

She was hypnotic

[@ArsyaUtomo]

More than Munsters?

[@rosierosefarms]

Yea I have all the original episodes on disc

[@thebandit0256]

Uncle Fester: It's me, Gomez! I've tried to be someone I'm not. I live in shame... and the suburbs! Gomez: But you belong to Debbie! You're Debbie's love toy! You are *Mr. Debbie*! Uncle Fester: I am an Addams! Gomez: Fester! [they embrace:

[@kaleahcollins4567]

That was my favorite part too. Rest in peace Raul Julia

[@Lampebruder]

You forgot about pubert. Pubert is the youngest of the Addams

[@CallieMasters5000]

That's the baby with the mustache, isn't it?

[@Lampebruder]

@@CallieMasters5000 I think so?

[@thebandit0256]

Yes thats Pubert Addams

[@Lampebruder]

@@thebandit0256 I don’t know why I forget he has facial hair

[@choryllis6646]

To be fair, he was only ever in the sequel live action movie. He wasn't an original Addams character and was never seen again, so I can see why he'd be left out. Every other adaptations has the ones mentioned (minus Hester and Ophelia Frump, but those might have been included just because they were direct relations rather than appearing in multiple adaptation).

[@maestroclassico5801]

I wondered about how/why they changed Grandmama from Gomez's mom to Morticia's and changed Uncle Fester became Gomez's brother. I wondered what Charles Addams' original designation was.

[@ЮрійЯкубовський-й3к]

Maybe they are not change?

[@SallyTheWolf]

Maybe they wanted it to make more sense where the weird part of morticia. I acually like the idea that they made uncle fester gomaz's brother cause they wanted to equal how mitch family from both side they show.

[@jmulvey371]

Today's Hollywood has no respect for a classic.

[@ЮрійЯкубовський-й3к]

@@SallyTheWolf He can be BOTH Homer and Morticia uncle. Relative from BOTH sides.

[@SallyTheWolf]

@@ЮрійЯкубовський-й3к fair enough 💁‍♀️

[@patrickstewart3446]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention that the actress who played Hester Frump also played the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz. 🧙‍♀️

[@RaymondHng]

Margaret Hamilton

[@troberts1]

Oh! I thought her face looked a bit familiar.

[@Shindai]

The Addams Family is the bestest. They were as wholesome as the Munsters but it felt more natural and less sitcom-y, the Addamses were more real for it. I think they were more fun anyway, though. Gomez and Morticia will always be peak relationship goals

[@_Abjuranax_]

Ted Cassidy also played Thing, and Fred Gwinn's last role was the Judge in My Cousin Vinny. RIP Fred and Ted.

[@irishdogclock]

Ted Cassidy says "neat", "sweet" and "petite" in the Addams Family theme song, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's Lurch snapping his fingers as percussion.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@irishdogclock Actually, the song itself was done (mostly, aside from the scant "Neat, Sweet, Petite" lyrics sung by Ted Cassidy) by its composer Vic Mizzy (also the composer for the _Green Acres_ theme) with him triple-dubbing his own voice, since the studio either refused to or didn't have the funds to get an actual chorus to sing the title theme.

[@kennybrown_ni]

i prefered the munsters and wish more was done to develope them. What an amazing mash up that would be to Have the Munster and Addams family move in next door. Imagine Wednesday falling in love with the Munsters kid and how the families would interact. I think there is huge scope for an amsing mash up of both shows

[@lejibus]

So you're saying a monster mash?

[@muhammadHassan-kj1jy]

@@lejibus 😂😂

[@josephengel2091]

I think I remember reading a fanfic once where Wednesday meets Eddie when they are in college together and they wind up getting engaged. The story focused on the two characters meeting each other’s respective families.

[@ionracas8743]

Rofl please no. It's bizarre enough that Rob Zombie is remaking The Munsters. Munsters has quite a different comedic style compared to that of The Addams Family and better writing in general. I mean to each their own, but Addams Family is practically "normie" content at this point with how popular it is and the amount of merchandising.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Lisa Loring & Butch Patrick (original sitcom Wednesday Addams & Eddie Munster) did do a mock-wedding that was videotaped at a horror convention years after both goth culture-originating sitcoms had long-since ended.

[@teleriferchnyfain]

Lily Munster had two white streaks in her hair in homage to The Bride of Frankenstein (Elsa Lanchester)

[@CaineDM1955]

3 omissions from the Munsters... 1_) while Lily's hair was an homage to "Bride of Frankenstein", Lily herself harkens back to the film, "Dracula's Daughter" 2_) while "Spot" was always shown as a fire breathing dragon, in one episode he escapes the house, and the local news describes him as "the Loch Ness Monster". 3_) in a different episode, Victor Frankenstein IV revealed that his great grandfather had several "near misses" before 'perfecting' Herman, and one of the "rejects" was Herman's identical brother, Johan, whose childlike personality was like a 3-year-old.

[@joemmac]

You should have mentioned Spot, the Munsters' pet dragon... he was, after all, a member of the family :-)

[@jmulvey371]

He looked so mechanical. As a little kid I never felt like Spot was a real dragon.

[@spirituallyours64whengnats69]

Mop to me.

[@daisyproductions]

Don't forget about Igor, Charlie, and Kitty!

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@daisyproductions Or Cleopatra (Morticia's carnivorous African Strangler/Venus Flytrap plant hybrid, who's also supposedly part Dandelion, at least according to the 1972 crossover episode of _The New Scooby-Doo Movies_ subtitled "Wednesday's Missing", in which Mystery Inc. serve as reluctant housekeepers for a vacationing Gomez & Morticia), alligator couple Snappy (1992-1993 2nd Hanna-Barbera animated series) X Ally (1973 1st Hanna-Barbera animated series), the family's fish tank of lively piranha, Wednesday's purebred pet spider collection lead by a black widow that the Addams daughter named Homer (indirectly referencing the historical Ancient Greek writer most remembered for _The Iliad & The Odyssey_ featuring stories either set during the Trojan War between the land of Troy & the gladiatorial war nation of Sparta or involving various stereotypical heroic protagonists facing monsters like the one-eyed cyclops, the minotaur inside Crete's island labyrinth, beheading cursed gorgon Medusa, etc.), the Addams' sentient reanimated long-necked dinosaur skeleton appropriately named Brontoslaw (again, from the _Scooby-Doo_ episodic crossover of 1972) & the numerous names for the family pet octopus (Aristotle [1964 sitcom], Ocho [1973 animated series] & Socrates [2019 CGI film & its currently-in-theaters sequel relying on the generic road trip premise of the 1973 animated series to re-establish family bonding between parents Gomez & Morticia and their rebellious adolescent children Wednesday -- the breakout star of the clan across multiple iterations, ranging from the summer camp side plot of the 1993 _Addams Family Values_ sequel to the 1991 live-action theatrical film, the 2010 stage musical directly centered around Wednesday's coming-of-age, Melissa Hunter's unauthorized _Adult Wednesday Addams_ online web series quickly pulled from KZbin just to get reuploaded soon thereafter by those who enjoyed the unofficial content & the forthcoming _Wednesday_ Netflix series helmed by well-known oddball director-producer Tim Burton, whose horror-comedy visual style fits in perfectly to the brand's similar tastes in black comedy humor & gothic Victorian aesthetics, since the post-Christina Ricci portrayal of everyone's favorite "child of woe" with 6 toes on one foot, memorable collared dress frock & immediately iconic double braided hairstyle mirroring a hangman's noose was purposefully further inspired by the slightly younger Ricci's late 80's/early 90's goth child mentor & fellow _Mermaids_ film costar Winona Ryder, presently known for playing Will Byers's consistently concerned mom Joyce on Netflix's 1980's nostalgia thriller-horror series _Stranger Things_ but is probably best most remembered for her originating the role of Lydia Deetz, the age 16 suicidal emo-turned-perky goth teenager with junior photographer aspirations meanwhile simultaneously harboring a death aphrodisiac fetish introduced in Mr. Burton's 1988 cult classic _Beetlejuice_ also starring pre-1990 _Batman_ Michael Keaton as the titular randy con-artist poltergeist falsely promoting himself as an afterlife freelance bio-exorcist, which means he claims he could get rid of the pesky living mortals that move into/take over the haunted home of "nice & stupid" recently deceased ghost couple Adam & Barbara Maitland, before straight up conning Lydia into almost, narrowly marrying him, purely so he could be free to reek havoc on both the realm of the living & the undead bureaucracy of The Neitherworld, which somehow genuinely pays off in _Beetlejuice: The Musical_ starring Alex Brightman trying to fill Michael Keaton's pinstriped suit in this relatively recent musical adaptation, by way of the "green card" excuse, in spite of the musical actively trying to dissuade fans of the BJXLyds/BeetleBabes ship, even though the taboo ethnophile meets necrophiliac pairing is the prevailing reason the _Beetlejuice_ franchise still has a fanbase nowadays to begin with -- and Wednesday's seemingly slow-witted brother Pugsley, behaving as the average troublemaking boy, aside from the atypical fact that Gomez & Morticia are instead quite proud of rather than actually disturbed by their delinquent son, who is known for inheriting bulbously squatty Uncle Fester's fixation with high-end explosives, along with being an avid collector of roadside warning signs, yet it's made painfully obvious that Pugsley intentionally steals these signs simply to bask in the ensuing follow-up spectacular automobile accidents capable of causing possible life-threatening injuries to not just the crashed vehicle's driver & any passengers onboard, but also to any innocent pedestrian bystanders hit by the wreck]).

[@kinyutaka]

Then, they would have had to include Wednesday's pet Kitty Kat (the lion)

[@andrewness]

Here in the UK, the Munsters seem to have got more airtime (at least in the 80s) There was a short lived revival "The Munsters Today" but the less said about that, the better. On a side note, I am glad we pronounce some of the "r"s in "horror" - I thought for a moment you were suggesting that Elvira was something very different.

[@jansmith3613]

The Addams family, (original), was one of my favorite shows. I always wanted to be as gorgeous as Carolyn Jones and live in a big gothic house/mansion. I watched the Munsters on occasion but it didn't keep me as a little kid, entertained as much as Addams Family. Perhaps it was because the suburbs, like it Leave it to Beaver, was not my experience. So many shows in the 60's had a subtle undertheme of accepting people who were different.

[@frankhooper7871]

I watched both of these series back in the '60s when they first came out - don't remember ever confusing the the two of them.

[@TheOnemanmoshpit]

Fester Addams (at least in season 1) is Gomez's uncle, he refers to him as his nephew in at least 2 episodes. Also, Pugsley was the older sibling which is something else they got wrong/changed in the movies.

[@ertgfdcvb1]

In the original show there was a two-part episode flashing back to Gomez and Morticia's wedding and there it is clear that Fester is Morticia's uncle. It's possible to call the spouse of your niece your nephew like you might call the husband of your aunt your uncle.

[@Vyrlokar]

As a kid, watching reruns, I preferred the Munsters, but nothing in that series compares to Lurch's iconic "You rang?"

[@jedgar63]

The character was not supposed to speak, but when Ted Cassidy ad-libbed "You rang?", it worked so perfectly, that changed.

[@patrickwilliams3108]

Addams family for me. I watched both as often as possible (in their original runs), but the Addams family prompted me to go to the library and look up the cartoons in old issues of the New Yorker.

[@kathyjohnson2043]

You overlooked the musical "Adams family" with Nathan Lane. My favorite Munsters scene is where dad tells his son that it is ok that some people look different and all people should be treated with respect...referring of course to those who looked "normal" but the message to the audience was clearly a reference to the racial tension and issues of the day ..quite an amazing thing for a situational comedy to do at that time.

[@mathieuleader8601]

I liked how John Astin came back in the 90's tv show as Great-Great grandad Addams

[@CommissarMitch]

My mother loves The Addams Family. Gonna share this with her

[@david2869]

That's odd, because my mother loved the Munsters but thought the Addams Family was silly.

[@gwen4148]

I grew up on the 1990’s adaption of the Addams Family so those are my favourite adaptions

[@kinyutaka]

I simply can not decide if I like John Astin as Gomez better or worse than Raul Julia, though.

[@margarettburns7544]

I knew they changed Foster's position in the movies. In the movies he was Gomez's brother, but in the TV show he was Morticia's uncle.

[@rickmitton6971]

The only thing you missed, being Canadian and all, was a look at "Hilarious House of Frightenstein"! Great video, Addams Family for me

[@Wallyworld30]

I grew up in the 80's and watched a ton of the Munsters in syndicated reruns. I love the actor that played Herman (Fred Gwynne) in My Cousin Vinny as the Judge and the movie Pet Semetary. He's the type of guys when you here his voice you instantly know who that is.

[@donnawarriner6849]

And in Car 54 Where Are You before The Munsters

[@BodywiseMustard]

'80s **

[@irishdogclock]

The Munsters were on CBS, not NBC. It's too bad NBC didn't follow through, thus creating a perfect network trifecta. Great chart as usual Matt! Thanks for the Halloween Special.

[@Wosiewose]

Original 1960s Addams Family for me. "Tish! You spoke French!!" is absolutely classic. :D

[@kylemays1085]

The Munsters is my favorite. Used to watch it before school in the mid 90's.

[@paulkoza8652]

Interesting. Growing up, we could not get NBC on our antenna, so I am partial to the Addams family. There is a treasure trove of KZbin clips on both families with interesting side notes. Thanks for the Halloween treat, Matt.

[@RabenFlueh]

As a child, I loved to watch both, but quickly grew more invested in the Addams Family. Now I know why: Unlike the Munsters, the Addamses lived within a very modern mindset, where both parents behaved in equal, respectful, and adoring manners, complementing each other in harmonious ways, as the rest of the members did too. They never put anyone else down, preferring an open and sincere communication when possible, going many times over and beyond to help those they felt were in need. Which doesn't mean that they didn't have their fair share of disagreements, even anger when confronted with unfairness. Meanwhile, the Munsters followed a more traditional family dynamic (with a twist) as the rest of their TV contemporaries, reminding me sometimes of the early Simpsons. The only character I always got excited about was Granpa Munster, In contrast to adoring every and each character of the Addams, including the cheeky house and fence. They were allowed to shine as a unit. ... (By the way, the Addams came first into television, but the Munsters were already deep in the making when they first aired. Having learned how Morticia would look like, the makers of the Munsters changed Lily's appearance to avoid getting both confused.) ... Thanks for the beautiful chart work, and the quick overview. 🖤🌹🖤

[@susanpatterson7088]

I loved both of them. Never missed a show. Eddie Munster and Wednesday Addams were my favorites.

[@tajjej3649]

Lily's hair is a take on the bride from "The Bride Of Frankenstein", who has white streaks in her hair.

[@In_Our_Timeline]

i didn't knew that i need this in my life but know i do thanks useful charts

[@yorgunsamuray]

In the late 80s there was this Munsters reboot, The Munsters Today. I liked it the best. The 60s original were not aired where I was at, but the original Addams family was. Though I saw that after the movies of the 90s.

[@bunnyincloudrecesses9590]

I grew up with the 90s Addams films but later fell in love with the original series, mostly due to Carolyn Jones. There's just something about that series that made it seem more realistic compared to other iterations and also compared to the Munsters. I did enjoy the Munsters but they never captivated me like the Addams family.

[@AngeliqueFlippenHarris]

I was named after Angelique from the 60's Gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows. That would be a wonderful fictional family tree. ❤️

[@RaymondHng]

Family trees from any of the daytime dramas will be so convoluted.

[@fairycat23]

That's how I got my middle name!

[@ertgfdcvb1]

Well, you can search for Dark Shadows family tree. I like those where Laura shows up three times.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

I'm a Collins so Darkshadows have always been semi autobiographical the more I find out family history. Fun fact my father's name is David Edward

[@thisismyCoolFace]

Munsters had the better opening theme. Surfer rock!

[@milleijones2828]

We had an "Addams Family" cult when I was a kid. Imagine a bunch of 8-year olds singing "duh-de-dum, duh-de-dum, duh-de-dum,( snap, snap)" all day long. Parents wanted to plug their ears. We liked" The Munsters", too, but It didn't have the same hold on us.

[@david2869]

I suspect that part of the reason for the Munsters original TV success was due to the fact the show was aired on NBC, which was available to more homes than the Addams, which aired on ABC.

[@chirapornroblee37]

Love both shows! Just went to theater to see “The Addams Family 2”

[@daniellereid7576]

I like both they all made u laugh and people that love goth luv them hands down

[@SpriteGuard]

I grew up with the Addams cartoons more than anything else, and the movies second, but I missed out on the show. I still have a kind of purist love for the cartoons; they often had subtleties that would go by too fast in a show or movie, and they had some very clever jokes.

[@Lorgrom]

In case you were unaware. Rob Zombie is currently filming a new live action of The Munsters'. Rebuilt the entire block to make it as similar as the original.

[@Kolbnitz]

Regarding fictional characters charts I still hope for a “Dune”-chart-video. Not to forget: I liked the old Munsters series but loved Ricci’s Wednesday … soo macabre

[@Siansonea]

Ricci's Wednesday stole the second movie.

[@fiatmortem5128]

In the New Yorker, she was the older sister who relentlessly tortured her little brother, sometimes physically. Pugsley, however, liked it, and was a straight up sadist himself. In one strip, Morticia is at the back door while Wednesday is sitting outside on a mound. Morticia just says "Dig up your brother, its time for dinner."

[@GabyGeorge1996]

I hope you realize that within the universe of Dune, the Atreides family traces its roots all the way back to Ancient Greece. That’s a Helluva long family tree

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@fiatmortem5128 Actually, in the New Yorker, Wednesday was the younger sister & Pugsley was the older brother. This was changed following the early 90's movies, with most subsequent adaptations keeping Wednesday as the older sibling.

[@cordeliacullen2621]

The Addamses are a delight, I love them and their vibe so much.

[@ladyolinden]

Growing up on The Munsters, how could I have missed that werewolves came from a vampiric common ancestor? In middle school, I should’ve pulled that card when the great “vampires or werewolves” debate waS happening cuz of twilight XD

[@LamangoKaijura]

Everyone forgets the 90s series.

[@grahamrankin4725]

I grew up in Dallas Texas when Ted Cassidy was a local DJ before Adana Family

[@wasteyelo1]

The Munsters was on UK TV in the 80s so, until the 90s films come out, I was all about Eddie Munster. As I got older it quickly became more about Lily or Morticia. I decide on both.

[@nsowers194]

Fall Out Boy’s “Uma Thurman” samples The Munsters’ theme song in their song. I instantly recognized it, and my teenage daughter said, “Who are ‘The Munsters’?” 😁

[@slickchick5811]

Cousin phantom of the opera in the Munster Movie, along with other aunts and such. Unnamed wives of grandpa, Lily's mom.

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

The Addams family was not the only sitcom to feature actors named Jones and Cassidy. The Partridge Family did too...

[@CallieMasters5000]

I'm disappointed you couldn't divulge Cousin It's questionable lineage. I'm sure there's quite a story there. 😳

[@kstormgeistgem461]

same. i was also surprised that while the actors for all the Other characters were listed of, the actors for Cousin It, whatever the boy from the Munsters' name and Thing were left unmentioned. nor was the fact that Morticia had more than one actress portraying her. i mean sure, this is cool that they did the family trees but that seems kind of a sloppy oversight to leave those things out.

[@jeffcook3747]

Also, Lilly's hair reflects the shock of white hair seen on the Bride of Frankenstein

[@jasonwiggins6137]

There's a Munsters live action movie being filmed by director Rob Zombie. He recently released a few photos from the movie online.

[@suzysixx9973]

I love both shows because they are different.

[@Ana36377]

I discovered Addams family on accident after watching Addams Family Values back in 2010 (or something) and basically grew up with it ever since. I’ve never heard of the Munsters before. My favourite character is Gomez. I’ve no idea why, I just like him a lot.

[@DragonMama-yt3zs]

Please check In the original opening sequence for the Munsters it is shown that Lily is a descendent of The Creature from the Black Lagoon, the character on which she was actually based.

[@romo9122]

Angelica as Morticia is iconic! Her icy dark smoldering personality is so captivating

[@jamesr2164]

Love both, but my favorite is the 60s TV sitcom "The Addams Family."

[@BillGreenAZ]

YES! YES! YES! Thanks so much, Matt, for taking up my suggestion that I made over a year ago to put together the Addams Family family tree. One character left out of the video: Spot, the dragon under the staircase on the "Munsters" show. Any idea as to his ancestors? ;-)

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

If you're gonna include Spot, you'd have to include the Addams' sentient plant life (Cleopatra the African Strangler) & exotic pets, too (a tank full of piranha, the family octopus [which goes by various names: Aristotle, Ocho, and Socrates], an alligator couple [Snappy & Allie], Wednesday's purebred black widow spiders, multiple vampire bats in the tower belfry [one of which was given to them by Count Dracula, whom the children have cited as a distant uncle of theirs in the 1973 animated series], the family feline Kitty the Lion, the living brontosaurus skeleton Brontoslaw from the _New Scooby-Doo Movies_ 1972 episodic crossover, various reptiles [snakes & lizards, primarily], Uncle Fester's late pet vulture, multiple deadly insect varieties, etc.).

[@darkserpentcat3309]

I loved both shows as a kid watching them on TV Land but it was rare to see because I was usually in school when they were on unless it was summer or I was sick. I think I used to like the Munsters better because they were actual monsters which made it more fun at the time, but the Addams Family Movies, and by this I only mean Addams Family and Addams Family Values as well as The New Addams Family show were what made me shift to prefer Addams Family over Munsters. It’s actually a shame how little decent attention has been given to the Munsters since their original show. I know there were attempts to, but they never panned out. By the way thank you for the family tree, I always wondered how a vampire and Frankenstein’s monster had a werewolf child, although I am also wondering how Marilyn is apparently human.

[@MaverickZ3r0]

I actually grew up with the TV show The New Addams Family in the 90s. It was pretty good; I keep meaning to watch the original at some point. I think I remember Morticia being my favourite. She was always so cool and collected.

[@scottwiley8547]

That was fun....thanks for doing that.

[@mikepiesczynski4590]

Honestly i liked them both. Reason being is that i love Halloween and anything related.

[@kingbeauregard]

Heresy! Herman Munster is the reanimated corpse of Officer Muldoon of "Car 54, Where Are You?" Grandpa Munster got to know him shortly after coming to America, when he wasn't yet properly established so he had to masquerade as Officer Schnauser for the opportunistic kills it allowed him. During this period, Grandpa's daughter Lily became smitten with the handsome Officer Muldoon, and when he was killed in the line of duty, Grandpa couldn't resist Lily's pleas to reanimate him.

[@greenrobot5]

It's unfair to not mention The New Addams Family show from the 90's, some of us had that show as our first introduction to the Addams as a TV series

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

No, it's not. That version was a bad sitcom retread failing to resurrect the popularity the 1964 original sitcom brought to the table.

[@MistbornPrincess]

I like both! I still don’t understand how a reanimated corpse and a vampire could reproduce...and he’s a werewolf. Could he have been adopted? Yes, yes, it’s fiction...

[@Odanti]

I loved the Addams family. And, Carolyn Jones as Morticia I loved. I liked "Thing" in the original show. Fabulous show. I have watched every show that they did. I'm 68 now,, and I was 11 years old in 1964. 🤗

[@perezfamilyadventures3514]

The 90’s Addams family played by Raul was my favorite. He was the best actor! The munster I remember it but it was meh back then. I liked their son I guess.

[@anthonybarcellos2206]

Another vote for Carolyn Jones as Morticia. A delightfully odd character. And John Astin was a great partner for her. Having said that, an honorary mention of Christina Ricci as Wednesday in the movies is well deserved.

[@OliverKuiz]

Great video, however, in the Addams family there is also 'Uncle Nicknack'. And I was curious to know why Marilyn was a Munster and not a Dracula?

[@thunderstruckgypsy9848]

Good catch, considering she was the daughter of Lily's sister. Perhaps Herman and Lily adopted her, giving her the Munster name.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@thunderstruckgypsy9848 Her real last name could've easily been Harker (referencing newlyweds Jonathan & Mina from Bram Stoker's novel) or even Van Hesling, if we want to tie the vampire hunter to the Munster & Dracula bloodline.

[@donnawitteried3213]

I loved the (the original tv show) Addams Family! It was clever and sarcastic. The Munsters seemed cuter and for a younger crowd. Thanks for the video!

[@yousaywhatnow2195]

Personally, I loved the 90s Adam’s family tv show (the one on ABC family). Always felt it was super underrated.

[@andromeda331]

What a fun video! I always loved the Addams family best.

[@hannibalwolf1205]

I loved John Astin on Night Court, when he played Harry's dad.

[@patrickstewart3446]

“But I’m much better now.” 😁

[@alarkhar]

I liked the Munsters the best because it was, well, the concept of the Addams turned upside down. Rather than have a bunch of normal(ish) people acting ghoulish and weird, we had a normal suburban family that happened to be composed of creatures from beyond: Herman was no rich (anti)socialite, but rather a down-to-earth 9-to-5 worker (9 being 9 PM, of course)... as a matter of fact, he was LITERALLY down to earth... he was an undertaker. Lily, despite being, well, a vampire, was a social butterfly (bat?), and Eddie was in the baseball team at his local school (seriously, can you imagine Wednesday OR Pugsley holding a bat and NOT going postal on their classmates?). The only thing the two families had in common was an unusual pet: the Addams had Kitty, a lion, while the Munsters had Spot, the "thing under the stairs", which was suspected to be (and in the videogame, actually revealed as) a HUGE dragon.

[@angelcat2865]

Personally I still prefer the Munsters over the Addams. Though I was lucky enough to grow knowing difference between the two shows, I'd be lying if said a younger didn't confuse one for the other at first 😅 but they're both still pretty cool in their own right 🙂

[@AI4QT]

Just an FYI, "The Munsters" aired on CBS and was actually a CBS production, not NBC as was mentioned. The show was later distributed by NBC Universal Television, but it was not an NBC property at the beginning.

[@lostfan5054]

BRILLIANT WORK

[@dodec8449]

I only know the Addams Family and my favourite adaptation is that amateur web series about Wednesday Addams on KZbin (that was taken down because of digital right issues)

[@victoriaodegaard1]

The real question is, if Grandpa's last name is Dracula and thus Lily married into the name "Munster", why is Marilyn's last name "Munster"?

[@boldone3517]

Sir, a very good video, just a couple of things to note. The Munsters was broadcast on CBS on Thursday nights, not NBC. NBC at the time was owned by RCA and had no relationship with Universal Corp. other then to purchase shows they produced. I watched both shows at the time, both only ran for two years, and were very funny. Keep up the great work.

[@friedokra4645]

My vote goes for The Addam's Family & Morticia. Carolyn's first husband was Aaron Spelling.

[@williampennjr.4448]

The strangest episode of the Adams family I think is when they had their mansion moved rather than let it get demolished by the town to build a highway. The strangest episode of the Musters was when Herman got hit by lightening and turned human. As I recall there was an episode where he got hit on the head and it turned him into a super genius.

[@JustAnotherMutant]

Rome remains unsacked, so the modern Goths are mostly Lazygoths. Wednesday might be an exception. Lurch bears no resemblance to Frankenstein, however does seem to vaguely resemble Frankenstein's creation.

[@primetimecollector619]

I love The Munsters. Great show with great message for today’s youth

[@alisakomendova3514]

Since this is the first time I'm hearing about the Munsters Family, it's pretty easy to say that the Addams family is my favorite :D

[@julianaylor4351]

Marilyn Munster looked normal, but as the audience found out in one episode when she goes out with a potential boyfriend, she turns out to be every bit as eccentric as her family.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

She could've been a witch of the Samantha or Sabrina variety, but strangely left unmentioned due to the running joke of her being the odd one out/the black sheep of the family.

[@maytodec]

I always will love Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia from the musical :)

[@Shaden0040]

Note the Addams Family movies got it wrong. Uncle FEster is Morticia's blood uncle not Gomez's uncle.

[@ЮрійЯкубовський-й3к]

He can both.

[@ginagaladriel]

Always had a soft spot for the Munsters!

[@sparklingbluestars]

There's also an Addams Family musical where Gomez was played by Nathan Lane. Really good actually!

[@marztar]

The age of THE THREE FRANKENSTEINS is near.

[@aceflashheart2523]

If the copyrights can be cleared, I’d like to see a crossover between The Addams Family and The Munsters.

[@jmulvey371]

Or a 'Family Feud.'

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Lisa Loring & Butch Patrick did do a mock wedding at a horror convention years ago & the video was online for a spell, but it has since vanished into the ether, likely due to copyright legalities.

[@elh93]

Every time you said Frankenstein, all I could think of was "It's pronounced Fronk-en-stein"

[@jakubpociecha8819]

"Froadrick Fronkensteen"

[@Solitaire001]

Something to mention: They were going to do an modern reboot of The Munsters named "1313 Mockingbird Lane" (their mailing address). In it, they explained why Marilyn Munster was living with the Munsters: She was going to be eaten by her mother, and the Munsters rescued her. The pilot has been released on KZbin.

[@KristenRowenPliske]

I watched both but The Addams Family was my favorite. Maybe because of the originality. Also, Lily’s niece shouldn’t have the last name Munster; if she did, that would have made her belong to the dad ‘s side of the tree. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@aarontaylor2808]

I've always been a fan of the Munster's , the Universal creatures and their monster features were my lay me to rest bedtime stories, but the Addams family site gags were the most humorous. To date only the two motion pictures of the 90's and the most recent versions seems to translated well.🌚🌛💀🧛🦇🦇🦇 Happy Halloween ya'll 👻🌩️

[@eon001]

I always got these 2 shows mixed up

[@NiamhCreates]

In one of the movies from the 90s, Gomez and Morticia have another baby, Hubert.