cartoonist
Charles Addams
. As named by Charles Addams, the Addams Family characters include Gomez
, Morticia
, Uncle Fester
, Lurch, Grandmama, Wednesday
, Pugsley
, and Thing.
The Addamses are a satirical inversion of the ideal American family; an eccentric, wealthy clan who delight in the macabre
and are unaware that people find them bizarre or frightening. They originally appeared as an unrelated group of 150 single panel cartoons, about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker
between 1938 and Addams's 1988 death.
[looking through Fester's suitcase] Crowbar...dynamite...cyanide. Fester- as if we'd run out.
And our credo, "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc"..."We gladly feast on those who would subdue us". Not just pretty words.
Wednesday, play with your food!
Thing, you're a handful.
Don't torture yourself, Gomez- that's my job.
Gomez, last night, you were unhinged. You were like some desperate, howling demon. You frightened me. [pause] Do it again!
[looking through an armoire] Uncle Nick-Nack's winter wardrobe...Uncle Nick-Nack's summer wardrobe...Uncle Nick-Nack...
They say she danced naked in the town square and enslaved a minister! But don't worry, we told Wednesday, "College first."
[watching Pugsley sleep] He looks so sweet...just like a little entrée.
(repeated line to Tully) Dirty pool, old man!