Similar but different…

Poll - Total Votes: 16

The Addams Family

The Munsters

You can only vote on one answer.

…which do you prefer ??

The Addams Family
(September 18, 1964,- April 8, 1966)

Or

The Munsters
(September 24, 1964 – May 12, 1966)

SomeMichGuy · M

I didn't know of the Addams Family, originally, but followed the zany antics of the Munsters.

When I DID discover the Addams family, I wondered how the casual violence would play, today, and appreciated the far lesser violence of the Munsters even more (Herman bumping his head was nothing like the Addams children being involved with feats which--if copied by zealous fans--would have had tragic results).

2cool4school · 46-50, F

@SomeMichGuy yes it was definitely a different era in tv and society. I feel similar about the difference between my childhood and the experience that kids get today. Times change.

SomeMichGuy · M

@2cool4school I think parents accepted that kids would get into minor trouble and get scrapes, bites, and even the occasional broken bone.

However, my Dad had guns but they were for hunting *fowl*,not other kuds or any other humans, and THAT was damn clear.

And we didn't have bicycle helmets, but we lived on a busy rural road and would go on a pretty short stint to a close church & back.

We were kids, but we didn't think that jumping off of a garage roof would make us fly, and we didn't try to poke out our own or anyone else's eyes.