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Derived from characters found in New Yorker cartoons written by Charles Addams, The Addams Family was a hilarious television series that ran from 1964 until 1966 to huge audiences on ABC TV. Always shot in black and white, there are 64 episodes that continue to delight audiences today. The Addams family had supernatural powers but it never is explained how or from where they got them. A close family with some pretty macabre interests, each family member has his or her own unique super natural power. Gomez Adams (played by John Astin) is extremely wealthy and quite adept at hanging from chandeliers, also very much in love with his wife, Morticia (actress Carolyn Jones) who is cultured and refined. Other eccentric characters include Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan) is the electric uncle who makes light bulbs glow by placing them in his mouth and Lurch (Ted Cassidy) is the butler who grunts responses the family interpret in many different ways. A huge bell atop the house is rung to summon Lurch and each time it shakes the entire house. Thing T. Thing is a hand that magically transports itself among containers, keeping everyone guessing.

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