The Addams Family is a fictional household created by American cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938. The Addams Family originally included Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, close family members Uncle Fester and Grandmama, their butler Lurch, and Pugsley's pet octopus Aristotle. The dimly seen Thing was introduced in 1954, and Gomez's Cousin Itt and Morticia's pet lion Kitty Kat in 1964. Pubert Addams, Wednesday and Pugsley's infant brother, was introduced in Addams Family Values. The Addamses are a satirical inversion of the ideal 20th-century American family: an odd wealthy aristocratic clan who delight in the macabre and are seemingly unaware or unconcerned that other people find them bizarre or frightening. They originally appeared as an unrelated group of 150 single-panel cartoons, about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker between their debut in 1938 and Charles Addams's death in 1988. They have since been adapted to other media.
| Creator | Charles Addams |
| Original work | The New Yorker cartoons |
| Owner | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (current rights holder (sale to Amazon pending)), Orion Pictures (original TV series and 1991 film), Warner Bros. Entertainment (Hanna-Barbera 1973 & 1992 TV series, Scooby Doo crossover and film), Paramount Pictures (1991 & 1993 films), Disney Media Distribution (1998 TV series), Universal Pictures, Cyber Group Studios, United Artists Releasing (2019 & 2021 films) |
| Comics | See below (1938) |
| Films | The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values (1993) Addams Family Reunion (1998), The Addams Family (2019), The Addams Family 2 (2021) |
| Short films | The Addams Family Fun-House (1973) |
| Television series | The Addams Family (1964–1966), The Addams Family (1973), The Addams Family (1992-1993), The New Addams Family (1998–1999) |
| Television specials | The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972), Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) |
| Direct-to-video | Addams Family Reunion (1998), The Addams Family (by Cyber Group Studios) |
| Musicals | The Addams Family (2010) |
| Soundtracks | The Addams Family |
About The Addams Family
This series follows the lives of a dark but loving family which includes Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Uncle Fester. The show was based on the characters in Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons.
Achievement of The Addams Family
The series eventually spawned two feature film adaptations, in 1991 and 1993.
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Latest information about The Addams Family updated on July 28 2021.
