The Addams Family (1964 TV series)/YMMV


 * Adaptation Displacement: Of the original cartoons by the TV series.
 * Crosses the Line Twice: Mostly in the original New Yorker cartoons.
 * Ear Worm: Come on, be honest. What do you remember most about The Addams Family? Lurch's "you rang?" Fester's lighting a lightbulb in his mouth? Thing? Wrong. Anyone who's only ever even heard of The Addams Family will perk up at any mention of that famous "duh-nuh-nuh-nuh * snap snap* ."
 * Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: John Zmirak once explained his tongue-in-cheek theory that the Addams clan represents "(A)n aristocratic, trad-Catholic homeschooling family trapped in a sterile Protestant suburb".
 * Fetish Fuel: Morticia's black dress is a Hobble skirt.
 * Gomez and Morticia, full stop. Especially the auction scene.
 * In-universe, everything Morticia does is this to Gomez.
 * And vice-versa, really.
 * Freud Was Right: Charles Addams' original name for "Pugsley" was "Pubert," but the TV network wouldn't allow the name. It was used as the baby's name in the second Addams Family film.
 * The Problem with Licensed Games: Played straight with the console versions, but the first film also lended itself to a superb pinball machine (featuring magnetic elements and new speech from the film actors). It's the best-selling pinball machine of all time and considered one of the greatest ever made.
 * Recycled Script: Most of the episodes of The New Addams Family were recycled from the original series.
 * Seinfeld Is Unfunny: Many of the TV Family's "weird" affectations (home computing, alternative medicine, being Goth).