The Addams Family (1973 TV series)

The Addams Family
Genre
Created byCharles Addams
Developed byDavid Levy
Directed byCharles A. Nichols
Voices of
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
ProducerIwao Takamoto
Running time30 min.
Production companyHanna-Barbera
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 8 (1973-09-08) –
December 22, 1973 (1973-12-22)
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The Addams Family is an American animated sitcom adaptation of the Charles Addams single-panel comic for The New Yorker. The show was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Saturday mornings in 1973, and was later rebroadcast the following season.[1] Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassidy, who played Uncle Fester and Lurch, respectively, in the 1960s television series, returned in voice-over roles.[2] The cast also included 10-year-old Jodie Foster, who performed the voice of Pugsley Addams.[3] The show's theme music was completely different and had no lyrics or finger snapping, but retained a recognizable part of the four-note score from the live-action series.

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 4–6. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 58–61. ISBN 978-1476665993.