is friends with Wednesday and Pugsley, inevitably leading to conflict between the families. Later episodes would introduce the series' most frequently recurring villains, an underwear-obsessed family named the Normanmeyers, who lived next door to the Addams and despised them for their lifestyle being an affront to typical suburban living (with the exception of their son, N.J.).Įpisodes dealing with the Normanmeyers usually involved Norman and Normina trying to rid Happydale Heights of the Addams Family or spying on the Addams N.J. The episode was aired out of production order, however, and relied on the viewers having seen previous episodes for context, thus leaving the audience in the dark as to why Uncle Fester had an arch nemesis. The first episode to air involved a plot against Uncle Fester by his "arch nemesis", a faceless gangster. Two seasons were produced, and each half-hour episode comprised between one and three stories.
Suffice it to say that this movie is well worth your time.This series differed from the previous Addams Family cartoon primarily in the character designs and voice acting. I could go on and on, but I'm running out of superlatives. That dance number! Morticia's ever-present shaft of light! Christina Ricci as the sublime Wednesday! Joan Cusack, unhinged! A split-second cameo by Charles Busch! Oh, rapture. Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston are particularly marvelous as one of the most genuinely loving, passionate couples you've seen in ages. Paul Rudnick's screenplay is masterful-you'll be quoting from it for weeks. Instead, the characters get more of a chance to develop as they glide blithely through a fuller, more cohesive story. Because we all know who we're dealing with by now, we don't have to spend nearly so much time introducing the family and their skewed universe. Addams Family Values, on the other hand, gets to be more playful. And then there was the totally shameless product placement.but I digress. In the end, one left the theater feeling that the movie had been 'about' the old sight gags. As a result, the plot felt forced, as if it had been the best way the writers could think of to showcase all the source material.
The first had to spend much of its time introducing the Family-and, just as importantly, paying (totally justified) homage to Charles Addams' brilliant cartoons and to the old television series. As odd as it may seem, this sequel is in many ways superior to its predecessor. Paul Rudnick clearly had a field day writing this screenplay.
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