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10 Creepy and Kooky Secrets About the Original ‘Addams Family’

You'll never guess who played 'Thing' and what Gomez did with his cigars!

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It’s that time of year when we love digging into everything that’s “altogether ooky,” and who better to celebrate all that kooky than The Addams Family? The original Addams Family — consisting of characters Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandmama, Wednesday and Pugsley Addams — is indeed a creepy, spooky, and altogether ooky clan that has delighted audiences for almost six decades. (Raise your hand if you’ve already got the finger-snapping theme song in your head.)

There have been three TV shows featuring The Addams Family: The original series that ran from 1964-1966, a cartoon version that ran from 1992-1993, and most recently, the hit Netflix show Wednesday. There were also multiple movies: The Addams Family in 1991, followed by The Addams Family Values in 1993, The Addams Family Reunion in 1998, and ending with the cartoon duo The Addams Family in 2019, and The Addams Family 2 in 2021.

(Check out behind-the-scenes secrets about quirky 1960s show with our list of facts about Bewitched)

The beloved classic 1960s iteration set the tone for the franchise with hilariously macabre characters and fish-out-of-water antics that you couldn’t help but laugh along with. And what’s even more interesting is how the goings-on when the camera wasn’t rolling were almost as funny as the show itself. Did you know the show wasn’t the first time audiences actually got a look at Gomez, Morticia, and the rest of their odd family? Or that if the series had aired in color, their dark lifestyle would have appeared a lot less bleak?

Here, 10 fascinating facts below to learn more about the original The Addams Family series, from costume capers to cast secrets, this list has it all!

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