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by Murfreesboro » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:45 pm
Oh, what a fun topic. I honestly can't choose. I preferred The Munsters as a child, but later realized The Adams Family was somewhat more sophisticated. Haven't watched either show in decades. You all remember details worlds better than I do.
Wasn't The Adams Family based on a series of New Yorker cartoons, maybe by Jules Pfeiffer or some such name? And I think he called them the "Adams" (or Addams?) family as a parody of the Massachusetts Adamses.
I'm originally from Mississippi, so make of that what you will. Hey, Shanda, I am a Tennessee transplant, too! But I live in Middle TN, near Nashville. We are Vandy fans, not UT.
ETA: Never mind. Just did a quick Google check, realized the cartoonist was Charles Addams, so I guess he named them for his own family! Must have been an interesting bunch!