The Untold Truth Of The Addams Family

Whether you're a lifelong fan who's enjoyed every version of the Addams Family, or you're just starting out on your journey, we're here to entertain you with an assortment of little-known trivia and behind-the-scenes information that's creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky, and altogether ooky.

In 1938, eccentric cartoonist Charles Addams started sending his work to The New Yorker - which then, as it still does, featured notable, original, and witty comic art. Addams' recurring strip featured a family of gothic spooks, seemingly trapped in the Victorian era, dressed in black and obsessed with death. From its origin until Addams' death in 1988, the strip never had a name, but the characters were noticeable enough that Addams earned a following for his weird family.

Not only was Charles Addams' strip unnamed, but so were the characters. Writer and producer David Levy developed television's Addams Family series and asked Addams to come up with some options to call each of the Addams family members, and he contributed to the process, as did Levy.

For the tall, black-clad mother character, they came up with Morticia, an obvious play on "mortician." Acting on a suggestion from his friend, poet Joan Blake, Addams named the menacing, headless-doll-loving daughter Wednesday, after the old line of poetry, "Wednesday's child is full of woe." And for the mischievous father, Addams suggested two options: Gomez and Repelli, and left it up to the people working on the show to make the final decision. They went with Gomez, naming the character throughout the future Addams canon. For the other Addams child, Addams almost approved Pubert, but they changed it to Pugsley because "Pubert" sounded too suggestive, and inappropriate for '60s television. The name "Pubert" was ultimately used in the Addams universe, however - that's the name of the new baby in the 1993 movie Addams Family Values. Keep watching the video to learn more untold truth of The Addams Family.

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Comic strip beginnings: | 00:00
One of a kind set: | 01:52
Unsuccessful series: | 03:10
Ted Cassidy, superstar: | 04:29
Attempted TV revivals: | 05:23
Small screen-to-big screen fad: | 06:02
Change to the end: | 07:06
Third movie plans: | 07:51
Gomez Addam's cigars: | 09:14
Behind the theme song: | 10:11
Movie lawsuit: | 11:34

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