Not to be confused with the 1977 made for TV movie
Halloween with the New Addams Family, this Halloween episode was the
first of a new series launched in 1998 after the success of the movies.
Although this is a new series and cast, the pilot episode (along with several
others) recycled storylines from the original 1960s Addams Family series.
Until I watched the horrible The New Addams Family movie last
month, I wasn't even aware of this live action reboot. I've watched a handful
of episodes and while the comedy doesn't feel quite right sometimes, it feels
a lot more Addams than that movie did. The gentleman playing Gomez has said he
modelled his performance on John Astin's and he's definitely doing his best
impression!
Speaking of Mr. Astin, he pops up in a few episodes as Grandpapa Addams!
Wednesday, who returns from the movie, and Pugsley have bigger roles than they
did in the original series. They're also a bit darker than they were on the
original show and that's totally fine with me! If you've ever seen the Charles
Addams cartoons, you know they're a little edgier than their TV counterparts
were.
One thing I'm not a huge fan of with this series is that they changed the
theme song!
Who in their right mind would do such a thing?!?!
If you want to check out this version of the Family, it looks like the entire
65 episode run has been put together in a
YouTube playlist. And if you'd like to watch the original Halloween with the Addams Family
episode...enjoy!
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Never knew this was a thing. And they made 65 episodes in a short amount of time! Weird that both The Addams Family and The Munsters had reboot series that last about as long as the originals.
ReplyDeleteYeah I have no idea how this went under my radar for so long.
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