Saturday 9 : The Addams Family

Each week Sam supplies us with themed  or random questions to answer.
 It's a lot of fun.
On this chilly November day, here is my version.

The Addams Family

The Addams Family (1964)

Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here.

1) One of TV's spookiest families was inspired by a series of New Yorker cartoons. What's the last magazine you flipped through?

I like the New Yorker magazine. But the latest I flipped through was a 1963 Seventeen magazine.

2) The Addams' butler, Lurch, was originally conceived as a mute. But then actor Ted Cassidy ad libbed the line, "You rang?" and Lurch had a voice, and a catchphrase. Can you think of another catchphrase connected to a TV character?

 Homer Simpson's : "Doh!" 
 Joe Friday:             "Just the facts, ma'm"
 Hawaii Five O :     "Book 'em Dano!"

The Munsters

3) Now here's the most important question of the week: Do you prefer The Addams Family or The
Munsters?
Yes, this really is an important question.
I thought the Munsters was  a nicer program as it always had nice values and Herman, the father, was a good  and gentle man.

4) What's the scariest movie you've ever seen?
Village of the Damned.  I hated it.  I think horror films are the result of  abandonment of morality and repentance in human culture.

I can still remember leaving the theater with my girlfriend Vivian.  It was about 4PM , growing dark and it was foggy and cold outside on a fall day.  It just seemed so creepy after seeing that film. It was the last and only one I ever saw. It  was awful and I don't think it's good to fill your head with that sort of junk.


 5) Thursday was Halloween. What goodies did you give the trick or treaters?

Originally I had planned on individual bags of chips, but, I ended up buying a large huge bag of mixed candies.  They went over very well. There are a lot left though there were tons of kids.

6) Are you attending/have you attended any Halloween parties this year?

No parties. Just me handing out candy to visitors.

7) Did you carve a jack o'lantern this year?

No. But I do have a happy faced electric pumpkin.

8) Do you eat candy corn all year around ... only at Halloween ... or never?

I don't eat candy or sweets of any kind. But when I did, I loved candy corn.

9) In 1964, when The Addams Family premiered, one of the most popular store-bought Halloween costumes was Bambi. It came with a plastic mask held on by a thin elastic band. Tell us about a memorable Halloween costume from your childhood.

For dress up, my mother sewed a gorgeous Martha Washington dress for me complete with hoops. It was wonderful. 




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