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| The Addams Family | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Cartoon series |
| Created by | Charles Addams |
| Developed by | David Levy |
| Directed by | Charles A. Nichols |
| Voices of | Josh Albee Ted Cassidy Jackie Coogan Jodie Foster Pat Harrington, Jr. Cindy Henderson Bob Holt Don Messick John Stephenson Herb Vigran Ken Weatherwax Lennie Weinrib |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Iwao Takamoto |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 8, 1973 – May 11, 1974 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Addams Family |
| Followed by | Halloween with the New Addams Family |
| Related shows | The New Scooby-Doo Movies |
The Addams Family was an animated adaptation of the Charles Addams cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1973.
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Scooby-Doo appearance
The Addams Family's first animated appearance was on Episode SDC-3 of Hanna-Barbera's The New Scooby-Doo Movies, "Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family" (a.k.a. "Wednesday is Missing"), which first aired on CBS Saturday morning September 23, 1972. Four of the original cast (John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy) returned for the special which involved the Addamses in a mystery with the Scooby-Doo gang.
Character designs
The Addams Family characters were drawn to the specifications of the original Charles Addams comics. After the episode aired, fans wanted more animated adventures featuring the Addamses, and Hanna-Barbera responded in kind.
The Addams get their own show
The first animated series ran on Saturday mornings from 1973–1975 on NBC. In a departure from the original series, this series took the Addamses on the road in a Victorian-style RV. This series also marked the point where the relations between characters were retconned so that Fester was now Gomez' brother, and Grandmama was now Morticia's mother (though the old relations would be revisited in the 1977 TV-movie, to keep continuous with the original sitcom). The theme music was mostly different, except for the four-noted tune from the live-action series.
Cast
Although Coogan and Cassidy reprised their roles, Astin and Jones did not, their parts being re-cast with Hanna-Barbera voice talents Lennie Weinrib as Gomez and Janet Waldo as Morticia. Jodie Foster provided the voice of Pugsley. Again, the characters were drawn to the specifications of the original Charles Addams comics. One season was produced, with the season rerunning the following year.
Gold Key Comics series
Gold Key Comics published a 3-issue The Addams Family comic book series between October 1974 and April 1975, boasting stories adapted from episodes of the animated series.
Broadcast history
- Telecast: NBC Saturday Morning September 8, 1973 - August 30, 1975
- Sept. - Dec. 1973, NBC Saturday 9:00-9:30 AM (EDT)
- Jan. - Aug. 1974, NBC Saturday 8:30-9:00 AM (EDT)
- Sept. 1974 - Aug. 1975, NBC Saturday 8:00-8:30 AM (EDT)
Production credits
- Executive Producers: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Directed by Charles A. Nichols
- Produced by Iwao Takamoto
- Associate Producers: Paul Sommer, Maurice Pooley
- Story: Bill Raynor, Bud Atkinson, Jack Mendelsolm, Miles Wilder, Dick Conway, Gene Thompson
- Story Direction: Jim Carmichael, Carl Fallberg, Dave Hanan, Fred Crippen, Jan Green and Don Sheppard
- Character Design: Talutshi Masunaga
- Voices: Josh Albee, Howard Caine, John Carver, Ted Cassidy, Jackie Coogan, Jodie Foster, Pat Harrington, Jr., Cindy Henderson, Bob Holt, Don Messick, John Stephenson, Herb Vigran, Janet Waldo, Lennie Weinrib
- Animation Director: Carl Urbano
- Animation Supervisor: James A. Pabian
- Dialogue Director: Wally Burr
- Background Styling: F. Monteniegre
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
- Music Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
- Unit Directors: Arthur Humberstone, Mike Salter, Terry Harrison
- Production Manager: Dennis Gardiner
- Supervising Editor: Mel Roberts
- Layouts: Ted Pettingell, Toni Bailey, Jolm Cooper and Mel Darsler
- Backgrounds: Geoff Channell, Caird Green, Chris Collingwood, Jane Penning, John Dick, Jake Tebbit
- Animation Co-ordination: Graeme Stubbings, David Thwaytes, Alma Sachs
- Trace and Paint Supervisor: Sally Walls
- Animators: Janet Nunn, Mike Pocock, Tom Barling, Peter Sachs, Bryan Foster, Joirn Swanson, Mike Murphy, Alan Simpson
- Created by David Levy
- Based on the Cartoons by Charles Addams
- A Hanna-Barbera Production
- © 1973 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
- Characters © 1973 Charles Addams
Episodes
| Prod. code |
Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| AF-1 | The Addams Family in New York | 8 September 1973 |
| AF-2 | Left in the Lurch | 15 September 1973 |
| AF-3 | Boola Boola | 22 September 1973 |
| AF-4 | The Fastest Creepy Camper in the West | 29 September 1973 |
| AF-5 | The Mardi Gras Story | 6 October 1973 |
| AF-6 | Follow That Loaf of Bread | 13 October 1973 |
| AF-7 | Aloha, Hoolamagoola | 20 October 1973 |
| AF-8 | The Reluctant Astronauts' Trip to the Moon | 27 October 1973 |
| AF-9 | The Great Balloon Race | 3 November 1973 |
| AF-10 | Ghost Town | 10 November 1973 |
| AF-11 | The Circus Story | 17 November 1973 |
| AF-12 | The Addams Family at Sea | 24 November 1973 |
| AF-13 | The Voodoo Story | 1 December 1973 |
| AF-14 | The Roller Derby Story | 8 December 1973 |
| AF-15 | The Addams Family Goes West | 15 December 1973 |
| AF-16 | The Addams Family at the Kentucky Derby | 22 December 1973 |
| AF-17 | N.J. Addams | 29 December 1973 |
| AF-18 | The Great Race | 5 January 1974 |
| AF-19 | Going Camping | 12 January 1974 |
| AF-20 | Losin' a Job | 26 January 1974 |
| AF-21 | New Monster In Town | 2 February 1974 |
| AF-22 | Pugsley Cheats | 9 February 1974 |
| AF-23 | Party Disaster | 16 February 1974 |
| AF-24 | The Tale | 23 February 1974 |
| AF-25 | The Spy | 2 March 1974 |
| AF-26 | The Lucky Guy | 9 March 1974 |
| AF-27 | Don't Breathe! | 16 March 1974 |
| AF-28 | Over Nightmare | 23 March 1974 |
| AF-29 | It's In the Attic | 30 March 1974 |
| AF-30 | Making a Video | 6 April 1974 |
| AF-31 | Dead Lines | 13 April 1974 |
| AF-32 | Escape | 20 April 1974 |
| AF-33 | Hotel Horror | 27 April 1974 |
| AF-34 | It's Really Me | 4 May 1974 |
| AF-35 | Creep County | 11 May 1974 |
DVD Release
No plans for 2009.
See also
References
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