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BaldJean 
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 Topic: The Munsters or the Addams Family
Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:53 |
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two black & white tv-series featuring quite unusual families. which one is your favorite?
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A Person
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:55 |
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Both.
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Epignosis
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:56 |
 A Person wrote:
Both.
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Finnforest
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:57 |
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Split vote, as a kid I preferred Munsters, now i'd say Addams family.
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SaltyJon
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 21:02 |
Epignosis wrote:
A Person wrote:
Both.
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 21:19 |
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Addams Family rather easily.. though quite a decent silver-age TV show, The Munsters was in the same league as Gilligan's Island (if not as good)
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jammun
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 21:59 |
Sheesh, I grew up watching these. I suppose at the time, The Munsters was a bit more favored. Now that I'm older (much), I'd probably prefer to watch the Addams Family. I think it was a bit more sophisticated, if one can use that term w/r/t these shows.
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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BaldJean
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 22:05 |
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I wanted to see what others say first before uttering my opinion. I think Morticia is a lot more sexy than Lily. and I just love her hobble dress
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jammun
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 22:15 |
BaldJean wrote:
I wanted to see what others say first before uttering my opinion. I think Morticia is a lot more sexy than Lily. and I just love her hobble dress |
Oh, Morticia rocks way more than Lily!
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 22:49 |
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and John Astin was brilliantly mad in that show, nothing like him on TV at the time
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Man With Hat
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 23:42 |
First vote for the Munsters.
Never really got imnto the Addams family. Good but thats all imo.
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JLocke
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Posted: March 11 2010 at 00:01 |
jammun wrote:
Sheesh, I grew up watching these. I suppose at the time, The Munsters was a bit more favored. Now that I'm older (much), I'd probably prefer to watch the Addams Family. I think it was a bit more sophisticated, if one can use that term w/r/t these shows. |
Without a doubt it's more sophisticated. That doesn't make it a better show. 
Munsters for me.
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manofmystery
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Posted: March 11 2010 at 00:24 |
The Munsters was fun enough but it also had several major problems not the least of which being that a John Kerry father and a Vampire mother produced a Wolfman child.
Now, The Addams Family featured John Astin's simply brilliant Gomez
Raul Julia's Gomez was pretty darn good
And Christopher Lloyd was great as "Uncle Fester"
but I suppose the movies aren't part of this discussion
Edited by manofmystery - March 11 2010 at 00:26
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JLocke
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Posted: March 11 2010 at 00:29 |
manofmystery wrote:
. . . a John Kerry father and a Vampire mother produced a Wolfman child. |
Dane Cook stand-up reference, by any chance? Or did you make those observations on your own (the John Kerry comparison in particular I completely agree with)?
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Vompatti
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Posted: March 11 2010 at 00:51 |
Morticia! 
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manofmystery
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Posted: March 11 2010 at 00:52 |
dane cook is the person i'd most like to punch square in the face on this earth right now so no, it is not a dane cook reference and it amazes me that the man was smart enough to see the similarities in appearance between kerry and herman munster (suppose the "punch in the face" line might also be taken as a cook reference as that is how he ends almost every joke).
John Kerry also looks identical to the villain from the film version of ReAnimator by the way:
Edited by manofmystery - March 11 2010 at 00:59
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JLocke
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Posted: March 11 2010 at 01:04 |
manofmystery wrote:
dane cook is the person i'd most like to punch square in the face on this earth right now so no, it is not a dane cook reference and it amazes me that the man was smart enough to see the similarities in appearance between kerry and herman munster (suppose the "punch in the face" line might also be taken as a cook reference as that is how he ends almost every joke).
John Kerry also looks identical to the villain from the film version of ReAnimator by the way:
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That entire post just made me laugh uncontrollably. 
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manofmystery
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Posted: March 11 2010 at 01:17 |
JLocke wrote:
manofmystery wrote:
dane cook is the person i'd most like to punch square in the face on this earth right now so no, it is not a dane cook reference and it amazes me that the man was smart enough to see the similarities in appearance between kerry and herman munster (suppose the "punch in the face" line might also be taken as a cook reference as that is how he ends almost every joke).
John Kerry also looks identical to the villain from the film version of ReAnimator by the way:
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That entire post just made me laugh uncontrollably. |
You know, John Kerry got 2 purple hearts for that role
Edited by manofmystery - March 11 2010 at 01:18
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mystic fred
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Posted: March 11 2010 at 02:19 |
Both excellent but the Munsters were funnier, and great acting from "Thing" 
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npjnpj
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Posted: March 11 2010 at 02:49 |
I prefer the Munsters, especially the first season. Later on they had some slapstick thrown in, which I don't care for all that much.
But I've always had a slight problem with the Addams Family: Alhough it was funny for a while, they always seemed to redo the same story: Unsuspecting stranger comes to the house and has the .... frightened out of him. The Munster stories were much more diverse.
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