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The Addams Family (1973 TV Series)
''The Addams Family'' is an American animated sitcom adaptation of the Charles Addams single-panel comic for ''The New Yorker''. The show was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Saturday mornings in 1973, and was later rebroadcast the following season. Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassidy, who played Uncle Fester and Lurch, respectively, in the 1960s television series, returned in voice-over roles. The cast also included 10-year-old Jodie Foster, who performed the voice of Pugsley Addams. The show's theme music was completely different and had no lyrics or finger snapping, but retained a recognizable part of the four-note score from the live-action series. Plot The Addams Family consists of husband and wife Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, as well as Grandmama, Uncle Fester, Thing, Cousin Itt, and their butler, Lurch. The Addamses are a close-knit extended family with decidedly macabre interests and supernatural abilities. No explanation for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animated Sitcom
An animated sitcom is a subgenre of a television sitcom that is animation, animated instead of being filmed live-action, and is generally made or created for adult animation, adult audiences in most cases. ''The Simpsons'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''South Park'', and ''Family Guy'' are four of the longest-running American animated sitcoms. History Early history ''The Flintstones'', which debuted in 1960, is considered the first example of the animated sitcom genre. A similar cartoon, ''The Jetsons'', which took place in the future rather than the past, followed in 1962. Marc Blake argued it started the "science fiction sitcom sub genre". Animated sitcoms have been more controversial than traditional cartoons from the onset. ''The Flintstones'' was originally oriented at parents, as an animated version of ''The Honeymooners'', though it was primarily popular with children. David Bennett argued that when it was originally released, it was aimed at an adult audience, and called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Caine
Howard Caine (born Howard Elmer Cohen; January 2, 1926 – December 28, 1993) was an American character actor, probably best known as Gestapo Major Wolfgang Hochstetter in the television series ''Hogan's Heroes'' (1965–71). He also played Lewis Morris of New York in the musical film ''1776'' and Everett Scovill, a thinly disguised portrait of Charles Manson's attorney Irving Kanarek, in the television movie '' Helter Skelter''. He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Early life Howard Elmer Cohen was born on January 2, 1926, in Nashville, Tennessee, into a Jewish family. At the age of 13, Cohen moved with his family to New York City, where he began studying acting. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1944 to 1946, fighting the Japanese in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, Caine studied drama at Columbia University, where he graduated summa cum laude. Career Caine appeared on Broadway in ''Wonderful Town'', '' Inheri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Albee
Josh Albee (born September 19, 1959) is an American former child actor, best known for his role as the young, mute boy Caleb in the film '' Jeremiah Johnson''. Albee remained active in acting through the early 1980s. His later work was mostly as a television actor. ''''. Retrieved 30 December 2009. Filmography * '''' (1972) (TV series) * '''' (2 episodes, 1971–1972) (TV) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cousin Itt
Cousin Itt is a fictional character in the '' Addams Family'' television and film series. He was developed specifically for the 1964 television series and is a regular supporting character in subsequent motion-picture, television and stage adaptations. Character background Cousin Itt is a diminutive, hirsute being, his visible form composed entirely of floor-length hair. He is often attired in bowler hat and round sunglasses, and speaks in a high-pitched gibberish that is understood only by his family. As he was created specifically for the television series, illustrations of the character by cartoonist Charles Addams followed the show's debut, first in a single-panel sketch showing Itt on the telephone ("This is It speaking"), and later in family-portrait artwork. He drives a '' Messerschmitt Kabinenroller''. Appearances Television Cousin Itt is introduced in the television series as the cousin of family patriarch Gomez Addams. He is an occasional guest in the Addams home, enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thing (The Addams Family)
Thing T. Thing, often referred to as just Thing, is a fictional character in ''The Addams Family'' series. The Addamses call it "Thing" because it is something that cannot be identified, being originally an unseen creature in the original cartoons. Starting with the live-action television series, it was settled to be a disembodied hand. It is known as "Mãozinha" (Little Hand) in Brazil, "Cosa" (Thing) in Spain, "Dedos" (Fingers) in Hispanic America, "Mano" (Hand) in Italy, "La Chose" (the Thing) in French-speaking countries, "eiskaltes Händchen" (icecold little hand) in German, "Rączka" (Small hand) in Polish, and "Izé" (Whatchamacallit, Thingamajig) in Hungarian. Appearances In ''The Addams Family'' media (The) Thing was the creation of Charles Addams, who drew the Addams Family cartoons in ''The New Yorker'' magazine beginning in the 1930s. The Thing first appeared in Addams' 1954 book ''Homebodies''. According to Phil Hore, Addams was inspired by Phil Harris's 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandmama (The Addams Family)
Grandmama is a fictional character in the ''The Addams Family, Addams Family'' television and film series. First appearing in the works of cartoonist Charles Addams, she is a supporting character in the film, television, and stage adaptations. Character background Grandmama Addams is an aged Witchcraft, witch who concocts potions and Spell (paranormal), spells, and dabbles in fortune telling and knife throwing. She is the grandmother of the Addams children, Pugsley Addams, Pugsley and Wednesday Addams, Wednesday, although her relationship to the other family members is less consistent. Grandmama first appeared along with the then-unnamed Addams family in Charles Addams' original cartoons published in ''The New Yorker'', in which she was regularly illustrated with shoulder-length frizzy hair and a fringed shawl. Grandmama and Granny Frump When asked to name his characters for the then upcoming The Addams Family (1964 TV series), 1964 TV adaptation, Charles Addams, creator of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wednesday Addams
Wednesday Friday Addams is a character from the Addams Family multimedia franchise created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. She is typically portrayed as a morbid and emotionally reserved child that is fascinated by the macabre, often identified by her pale skin and black pigtails. Wednesday has been portrayed by several actresses in various films and television series, including Lisa Loring in the television series ''The Addams Family'' (1964–1966) and in the television film '' Halloween with the New Addams Family'' (1977); Christina Ricci in the feature films ''The Addams Family'' (1991) and '' Addams Family Values'' (1993); Nicole Fugere in the direct-to-video film '' Addams Family Reunion'' (1998) and in the television series '' The New Addams Family'' (1998–1999); and Jenna Ortega in the streaming television series ''Wednesday'' (2022). Origin Addams Family members were unnamed in ''The New Yorker'' cartoons that first appeared in 1938. The character that wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morticia Addams
Morticia Addams (née Frump) is a fictional character from the '' Addams Family'' multimedia franchise created by American Charles Addams in 1933. She plays the role of the family's reserved matriarch. Morticia Addams has been portrayed by several actresses in various ''Addams Family'' media, including Carolyn Jones in the television series ''The Addams Family'' (1964–1966), Anjelica Huston in the feature films ''The Addams Family'' (1991) and '' Addams Family Values'' (1993), and Catherine Zeta-Jones in the streaming television series ''Wednesday'' (2022). Cartoons Morticia first appeared in Charles Addams's newspaper cartoons as the stern, aloof matriarch of the family. She often appeared with the rest of the family, and was, along with Gomez and Grandmama, one of the few members to actually speak in the cartoons. Background Morticia is the wife of Gomez Addams and mother of Wednesday, Pugsley and Pubert Addams. The character originated in the Charles Addams carto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomez Addams
Gomez Addams is the patriarch of the fictional Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams for ''The New Yorker'' magazine in the 1940s and subsequently portrayed on television, in film, and on the stage. Cartoons In Charles Addams's original cartoons, Gomez was the nameless patriarch of the family. He had a somewhat grotesque appearance, with a tubby body, a snub nose, a crooked tooth, and a receding chin. He was often depicted reading in the den or lounging on the windowsill. Origin of the name In the Charles Addams cartoons, Gomez—as with all of the members of the family—had no given name. When ''The Addams Family'' television series was being developed, Charles Addams suggested naming the character either Repelli or Gomez. Addams left the final choice up to portrayer John Astin, who chose Gomez. Because "Gómez" is originally a Spanish surname, the character's name was changed to "Homero" ("Homer") in Spanish speaking translations. In Spain, where t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finger Snapping
Snapping (or clicking) one's fingers is the act of creating a snapping or clicking sound with one's fingers. Primarily, this is done by building tension between the thumb and another (Middle finger, middle, Index finger, index, or Ring finger, ring) finger and then moving the other finger forcefully downward, so it hits the palm of the same hand at a high speed. A Georgia Institute of Technology study in 2021 analyzed finger snapping, and found that a given audible snap sound occurs in just seven milliseconds. For reference, the Blinking, blink of an eye takes place in 150 milliseconds. In culture In Ancient Greece, snapping of fingers was used by musicians and dancers as a way to keep the rhythm and it was known with the words "ἀποληκέω" (''apolekeo''), "ἀποκρότημα" (''apokrotema'') (from the verb "ἀποκροτέω" - ''apokroteo'', "to snap the fingers") and "ἐπίπταισμα" (''epiptaisma''). Finger snapping is still common in modern Greece. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pugsley Addams
Pugsley Pubert Addams is a member of the fictional Addams Family, created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. Cartoons Pugsley is depicted as a devious, young, brilliant boy in Charles Addams's original cartoons. He is often shown releasing sailboats in the park with other children, except his boats were macabre in nature. Depictions and characteristics Pugsley was represented as being the oldest child of Morticia and Gomez Addams in the original series: he is a young boy (his age is given as eight years old in the pilot episode, ''The Addams Family Goes to School'', but is changed to 10 years old in the second episode) who is almost always seen wearing a striped T-shirt and shorts. Originally unnamed (as were all of the family members), the character who was apparently the prototype for Pugsley first appeared in the Charles Addams cartoons in ''The New Yorker'' during the 1930s. In this first incarnation, he was portrayed as a deviant child with a vicious nature, shown co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
