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’The Addams Family’ Celebrates 60 Spooky Years! Secrets From the Set of the Beloved TV Show
The Addams Family celebrates 60 years of charming audiences in 2024, and author Edward K. Cooper gives Closer exclusive secrets from the set of the show.
While its clever setups — thanks to producer and head writer Nat Perrin, who’d worked with Groucho Marx — still tickle audiences today, there’s a lot about the series many fans might not know. “He wanted Rapelli for Gomez,” Cooper shares, “and he suggested Pubert for Pugsley, but the censors and the network felt that wasn’t a great name for a family show.” “I never saw another show where you watched a husband and wife and could imagine a carnal relationship,” Astin shared, though while Gomez would go to town kissing Morticia’s arms, the lovebirds’ lips never met.
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