Carolyn Jones (Morticia) was strikingly beautiful

Re: Carolyn Jones (Morticia) was strikingly beautiful

I caught the same marathon the other night, however I don't agree with your position on the Munsters. I do believe it was a better show than the Addam's Family but they were both good. It's not like we get a good dosage of horror shows these days.
A DVD Collection for Addams would be awesome and I can't wait to pick up The Munsters DVDs.

BTW...Morticia is HOTT!!!

I love the original series of the Addams family. I got quite a fex eps on VHS but a nice dvd box set wouldn't hurt...

I agree with you on Carolyn Jones, she was amazingly beautiful. A quality the later Morticias didn't really share.

Fuck you all...Yvonne DeCarlo was hotter and The Munsters ruled.

Ditto, Yvonne made the unlife FOXEY.

I feel so young, I don't think I've ever seen an ep of either show!

Most of you guys probably know this already but if you want to see a younger Carolyn Jones, check out House of Wax from 1953 with Vincent Price.. She plays a blonde in it but has the most annoying laugh.

I have a tape of Halloween with the new Addams Family from 1977.. Despite the title, it has the original cast except for grandmama. Should watch that again..

I taped 29 of the Addams Family episodes without commercials and will go back and get the rest of the episodes once TV Land reruns them.. Stayed up until 3:30am, but couldn't make it any longer!

Yeah, it was great, for 48 hours I always knew something good was on to watch.

As for the Munsters, while I liked the show and will probably pick up the DVDs, I'm in the Addams family camp on this one.

And never thought Yvonne DeCarlo was all that hot on the Munsters. In some older movies such as Criss Cross, yes, but Lily didn't do it for me.

Morticia on the other hand, is my kinda girl.

never seen 'em? you're a frigging infant, for crying out loud!

morticia was hot, though. damn hot.

I can't believe no television network has done a "young" Addams Family show along the lines of "Smallville". 20-something Gomez and Morticia: seems like a natural.

I'm rather glad they didn't.

I'm firmly in the Addams camp. I don't think Munsters sucked but I prefer Addams Family by far....

When I was 16 or 17 I remember CBC aired Addams Family at 4pm after school and Munsters was on at 5 on a local Ottawa station - I used to race home for both, but after awhile I just got bored with the Munsters. Addams family always seemed a little darker with its humour and Morticia was (and still is) hotter

Munsters owned Addams, and Yvonne DeCarlo was waaaaaay more beautiful than the Morticia woman.

Carolyn Jones was foxier than Yvonne DeCarlo. Morticia is the quintessential classy Goth girl. I think Christine Ricci looks (facially) quite a bit like Carolyn Jones.

I've always loved the Addam's Family. I often wanted to belong to their family rather than mine (which is also amusing because my name is Adam).

actually, Morticia was like those goth women who use the convenient black/white contrast to highlight their eyes and simultaneously draw attention away from rest of face... (all faces are beautiful when the eyes are the center of attention)

whereas DeCarlo was stunning with or without makeup.

To each his (her/it) own. I think Jones was better looking than DeCarlo, and I liked Morticia's character better than Lily. Lily struck me as a Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement) or Kirstie Alley (Cheers) type of gal (not that there's anything wrong with that), while Morticia was a delightfully morbid Audrey Hepburn.

I'll admit that Morticia had the better character.

But Munsters had the mighty Fred Gywnne, and thus wins.

I don't know 'bout that...

Fred Gwynne vs. John Astin - pretty damn close. Both were wonderful. I have a bias toward Gomez, but I'll concede a tie.

Jackie Coogan vs. Al Lewis - again, I think it's pretty close. I actually have a slight favor towards Grandpa (though the Uncle Fester in the films is too fucking cool; I *love* Christopher Lloyd), but the difference is so slight I again have to call it a tie.

Or, shall we say my bias toward Gomez is negated by my bias toward Grandpa, so we're even-steven so far.

Lisa Loring & Ken Weatherwax (Wednesday & Pugsley) vs. Butch Patrick & Pat Priest (Eddie & Marilyn) - Munsters have a clear advantage here. The kids were a bit dull in the Addam's Family TV show (though my wife thought Wednesday was so fucking cute, which she was), really coming into their own in the film (well, Ricci did in spades, though the Pugsley actor never really came alive for me). The Munsters kids were better realized, especially Marilyn, who not only was a babe, but it was so funny that this family of monsters and freaks had this normal, beautiful daughter. Advantage, Munsters.

Ted Cassidy & Felix Adams vs. ...? - Addam's Family had Lurch, Thing, and Cousin It. Munsters had nothing (I think they had a raven or something, but nothing special). Addam's Family also had Grandma, but she's was usually outshined by Lurch & Thing. Strong advantage, Addam's Family.

At this point I'd say Addam's Family nudges past the Munsters by the strength of the minor characters. Add the better Morticia character, and I'd say that Addam's Family wins.

Munsters Got Served!

For what it's worth, I watched and enjoyed the Munsters, too.

Addam's Family is still better, though.

nothing? dude! You forget Spot from behind the stairs. MAJOR minor character.

and Gywnne gave that role his all, sticking his ass out and flapping his hands in the patented Herman tantrum.

and theme tunes... I got you beat on theme tunes.

Ted Cassidy as Lurch was by freaking far the best thing about The Addams Family. Did you know that in most scenes on the show that was his hand playing Thing? While both shows were good, The Munsters is the clear better. The "Hot Rod Herman" episode alone is better than the Addams' entire run. Hell, the opening credits during the second season with the surf rock theme music and Herman crashing through the door made Addams Family look quite poor in comparision. Lilly was not meant to be seen as the sex symbol of The Munsters, but as a vampire housewife; looking good was Marilyn's job.

I can't believe this debate is so split down the middle. The Adams Family is far more watchable than those damn Munsters!!!

I like the Addam's Family theme song!

But, you're right, the Munster's theme is a little better...

I like the Addams Family set design, but still feel the Munsters is a better show. And the Munsters theme rocks your socks off.

But Morticia is way hotter than Lily.

Addam's Family theme was catchy, but too merry/singalong for my liking. And I hated those random sounds they put in like the scratchy thing and the wheezy thing.

The Munsters theme was just cooler... Like an evil version of the old Elephant Walk tune.