In that mad year of 1964, two Gothic comedies came to television: The Addams Family and The Munsters. Both would last only two years, but fifty years later, both continue to cast a long shadow. (One is tempted to say a ... dark shadow.)
As a child, I loved The Munsters. In adulthood, I now see it as a riff on The Life of Reilly or The Honeymooners, and have grown to rather dislike it. If anything, I love The Addams Family more now than ever before.
Always had a weakness for this cover of Monster World, by Vic Prezio.
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