![]() It kept to the general theme of ghoulishness, but here, the macabre elements seemed more like a schtick than an outward expression of truly twisted souls. Sanitized and satmornized, this series bore only a superficial resemblance to the creations of Charles Addams. The series debuted September 8, 1973, on NBC. The Scooby/Addams crossover appeared in 1972, and made such a hit, Hanna-Barbera produced a regular half-hour Addams Family Saturday morning series. Like I Dream of Jeannie and Batman, its characters were licensed by the Hanna-Barbera studio to guest-star on what was then their leading show, Scooby-Doo. The sitcom, which originally aired from 1964-66, was proving popular in syndicated reruns. The Addams Family came out of a series of panels by Charles Addams, which ran in The New Yorker for several decades, starting in 1937. What's unusual about this one is that the prime-time show it's based on is, itself, based on an earlier cartoon. It happened to Star Trek, The Partridge Family and dozens of ![]() There's nothing odd about a deceased prime-time TV series finding new life as a Saturday morning cartoon. Please contribute to its necessary financial support. If this site is enjoyable or useful to you, ![]()
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