Morticia Addams really said “eat the rich” despite them being rich themselves. Iconic

One of the other interesting things about the Addams family is that the relationship between Gomez and Morticia contrasts strongly with an era when humor was very much like "take my wife, please" jokes and even today when so many relationships on TV are two people that resent one another.

"Don't torture yourself, Gomez- that's my job."

One of my favorite things was that the relationship between Morticia and Gomez Addams is one of the longest standing examples of a wholesome BDSM relationship in media, and is way better than a lot of much more recent depictions.

The Addams, perhaps more than anything, are genuinely happy with being alive. An interesting element of their happiness is that they embrace and celebrate things that more neurotic and fearful societies shun - death, decay, the fell seasons of the year; not just the fat seasons. Implicit in the Addams philosophy is an acceptance of the dark side of human nature, which they manage to direct and channel in perhaps a healthy way. They are of course, cartoony, and an Addams survives being stabbed through the chest with a butcher knife or blown through the roof by a pile of dynamite. It is this exaggerated immunity to darkness that illustrates the lesson they offer, though. In their insanity, they are exquisitely sane and in command of themselves. They demonstrate that people who try to live in a saccharine fiction about the world, to reduce their anxiety and avoid sad or scary things, must in reality force themselves to be quite mad in order to deny the existence of so much.

I have always loved the Addams family, and this isn’t really a spoiler, but one thing the new movie does right is showing how they got the mansion, it’s literally an asylum they found abandoned while fleeing persecution, and they just set up shop there. I’m all for homeless persecuted minorities staking their claim on unused property

Ok, hear me out: a new film in continuity with the early 90s films. We frame it around the very reason those films stopped despite their success - Gomez has died, and now the adult Addams children come home to celebrate their father. The whole thing is a love letter to Raul Julia. Elderly Fester can be there, but his physical comedy roles probably need to be reassigned given Christopher Lloyd's age - maybe adult Puggsley. Obviously the big draw will be Christina Ricci as adult Wednesday - we get Melissa Hunter (of youtube Adult Wednesday fame) as a writer for the film. Also Wednesday has a bubbly sunshine wife who the family adores and is right at home with them.

An inclusive family is an Addams Family. A thoughtful, egalitarian family is an Addams Family. A passionate, respectful family is an Addams Family.

Being open, and honest, and just otherwise great people, they couldn't be more anti-american if they tried. Which is GREAT!

Also, Raúl Juliá is an international treasure and must be immortalized as forever our Gomez and our Bison.

Is that a Wednesday Adam dress with kitty ears?! Respect.

Ah. Wednesday Cattams. I get it.

The Addams is ultimately comedy about outsiders that manages to avoid being either preachy or mean spirited. They never angst about the pressure to conform, in fact they barely notice that such pressure even exists.

The Addams family are a large portion of why I'm goth and why I've formed my goth identity on the idea of being death positive, accepting of the strange, and dedicated to assisting other oppressed people (not that I'm oppressed cuz I'm goth, lol, I'm also trans and Latinx).....I'm goth because I decided that if society was going to treat me as an outcast already, I was going to unabashedly be one, and be one very happily. The Addams family is a huge part of why I was able to see that as even being an option.

I think my favorite part of Addams Family Values was Wednesday completely wrecking that ridiculous Thanksgiving play. Straight up one of the best scenes in anything Addams family-related. Also, I kind of love how you look like a floating head because your outfit matches the background. Extra spooky

Honestly Mortica and Gomez Addams are relationship goals.

I watched the 2019 Addams Family animated feature, and I wasn't expecting it to be good. Spoilers: it was good, actually. It was geared to a young audience and simple in story, but overall it was... an Edward Scissorhands fixit story? But the charm was in the relationships and interactions of the titular family, of course.

I just saw the new Addam's Family movie last week. It was surprisingly good. Not, like, as good as the 90's movies, but much better than I expected going into it.

I've always just accepted "ookie" as a playful mispronunciation as "okay", as in "they're all together pretty alright"

One element not discussed was that the Addams' were always fantastically rich. In the TV series, quite a few of the interactions with the 'norms' were people trying to ingratiate themselves to get something from them: money, land, etc. So there was always a certain regalness, a sense of foreign royalty that I associated with them.

Wait wait wait You're telling me the Addams family motto is a fancy version of "eat the rich"? Because that's great

as someone whose parents got them and their younger sibling a dvd with selected episodes of the tv series when they were children - it still holds up 100%

I'm a huge fan of the Addams family and have been since I was like 5 or so. My wife and I got married on Halloween 5 years ago and were dressed as Gamez and Morticia officiated by my step dad dress as Uncle Fester. I love my wife so dearly and wouldn't want to die with anyone else.

The Hilarious House of Dr. Frightenstein? Someone's Canadian is showing.

I got really close to someone at the beginning of 2020, and part of that was bonding over the Addams Family. They asked what fictional family I would be a part of if I could choose, I said the Addamses, and they swore at me because that was going to be their answer. Then we talked a lot about how we loved how inclusive, open and loving they are, how awesome Wednesday is, how good the musical was, and so on. This relationship did not last and I'm still at the point where I don't see where I go to move past that fact, but the Addams Family still gives me a warm feeling. All of which is to say I love this video before I've even finished watching it. Anyway, Addams Family Values was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and in retrospect probably pretty formative in that I had quite a crush on both Wednesday and Gomez. Good pick, mr Slime.

I love how part of the reason they were created is because creators grew tired of families that hate each other. They wanted a couple so in love that the rest of the family grows and is inspired by that love in an amazingly gothic aesthetic.

Matt a cutie. Handsome person. Catboys 4ever. Nyaaaah

Jokes on you Wednesday - I’m watching this on Tuesday.

I do wonder if The Munsters holds up as well. Aside from people sharing that wholesome clip of Herman Munster talking about tolerance, I don’t think it really gets anywhere near the amount of nostalgia that the Addams Family does. I guess maybe because it’s seen as a lighter, softer knock-off?

Also, I think that The Addams Family works better in Live Action. No disrespect to the original cartoonist who did a good job making some intriguing characters ripe for expansion, but I think live action performances help draw in the amazing character actors necessary to portray them, and allow them to contrast all the better against the "normies". In an animated adaptation, everyone is a cartoon character, especially if said animation is as heavily stylized as the original comics, and as a result it just doesn't hit the same.

Made my girlfriend watch the first Addams Family film, over the weekend. I was explaining to her why I loved them so much, as well, especially the love between Gomez & Morticia, and their support of their children

Scaredy-Matt is too adorable for words 🥰

"They definitely do it in a sex way ," followed immediately by a Disney ad, is freaking killing me.

I've not watched much of the series, but I have watched the two cinematic releases many times. The plots are kinda terrible, but the casting was spot on, and the acting was great. I particularly liked how a side character in the first film (the lawyer's wife) made a return in the second film, after having married into the family - a situation she's much happier with. I also love how the antagonist of the second film, being technically an Addams, gets a plot of her own in the family graveyard.

When I was an ignorant child, I believed the Munsters to be the superior family as they were "real" monsters, whereas the Adams family were just dark and odd. My opinion flipped in my teens when the movies came out and I saw the Adams family for the genius that it was, and I found the Munsters to be corny and a little cringe.

Ya gotta respect the Addams Family. They've been making the exact same joke for over half a century and it still somehow continues to be extremely funny. That's a family that knows where it's towel is.

Your Wednesday outfit is amazing. 10/10.

Princess Wednesday Addams would fit perfectly at Monster High. She would love it there.

Thanks, Comrade Matt. In this video you've put into words something that I've felt for 20+ years, but could never articulate.

This video perfectly sums up everything that I love about the Addams family. To my mind they are absolutely the most wholesome and loving family to ever appear on tv or film, not despite but because of how spooky and whacky they are. I wrote my college application essay about the Addams family and how much it means to me for these exact reasons. I also love that the house in the original was actually painted bright pink.

I was watching the original 60s tv show recently and was blown away by how completely normal Wednesday is. Sure she does things in line with her family's values, but she's a very typical little girl in most regards. The 90s movies (and 90s tv series that no one talks about even though I was obsessed with it as a child) completely changed her characterization. Though I love the 90s Wednesdays, I find 60s Wednesday extremely charming in her normalcy in her otherwise kooky, spooky and ooky life.

Gomez and Morticia are among the best relationship and parenting role models ever portrayed. And Wednesday is my hero. Though I do think it’s worth recognizing that dealing with the consequences of being different and reviled is eased somewhat by being filthy rich... But I do agree with others here that the Addamses are as likely to use their money, without hesitation or care for profit, for the benefit of the disenfranchised and powerless (or straight-up overthrowing the powerful) as for their own pleasure-maybe more likely. So there’s that! Plus, I want to live in their house so bad!!

Happy Spookabation, everyone!

The Adams Family animated movie is totally worth a watch. The animation is gorgeous and the story is cute. They really honored the art style of the original comic and it’s fun.

"...but Debbie... pastels?"... Both movies are on my dessert island list. Great review!

Love the spookabatory goings on. Truly ookie.

The Addams mean a lot to me as well. Gomez and Morticia going through life as a team, celebrating each other's strengths, and maintaining passion after many years of marriage...just warms my gothic little heart. Especially Morticia, she's a good mother, but not defined by motherhood, embraces her sexuality, and isn't shamed for it by her husband. She has her own hobbies separate from Gomez, like gardening. My whole life, I've wanted to be her.

We watched the new one together as a family and really loved it. The animation style blends the look of the old comics and a CGI approximation of stop motion puppets, and the story was very in line with the nonconformist feel of the first 2.

I haven't seen the 2019 movie, and it isn't by Illumination, but every take I've heard makes it sound like the Addamses got Loraxed.

My takeaway from this is that my wardrobe sorely lacks a Wednesday Addams dress.

The Addams Family is the best example of a loving and great family.

I never took the time to consider the Addams family in this light- really glad you made this video. Thanks! And you look hot as Wednesday. Love, LGTBQ+ fan

"By the power of the internet"

I love how they're such a loving family

I'd love to see a comparison between the original Addams Family and The Munsters. Both 'monster/outcast family living in suburban America in the '60s', and started airing within a week of each other.

My friend Chris Hart played Hand in all the live action movies. Well his hand played hand. He also starred as other disembodied hands, Im not joking. He's also a magician.

The Adams Family credo legitimately give me chills every time I hear it. Genuinely an incredibly powerful rallying cry for those of us who have been Othered.

My family had a subscription to _The New Yorker_ when I was younger, so Chas. Addams's cartoons were actually my first exposure to the family... I mean, I watched the TV show, too (in syndication), but it was my mother who pointed out to me that the show was based on the cartoon panel characters.

Blazes are the the perfect mix of fierce and goofy.

Loved this vid! I had he same worries about the new Addams family cartoon but I think it really does maintain the spirit of the Addams and literally the whole plot is about you know it’s ok to be different even in your own family!

i LOVE the Addams family musical. The recent rewrite base it so much better, I’ve been so happy to be a part of it so many times. Not sure how much is nostalgia and how much is it actually being good? but it’s my favorite interpretation rivaling even the 90s movies

I am absolutely LIVING for Matt in a Wednesday Addams dress. Fabulous.

My coworkers and I decided to be the Addams Family for Halloween so I rewatched the 90s movies and they really hold up, especially Addams Family Values. I'm super excited to be Gomez.

I never took a deeper look on the serie. I've liked it because I can really relate to the character and their love for gothic things, but you just made me love the serie so much more! Thank you so much!!

The big thing to take away from the Addams family was that - especially in the sitcom - they were always nice, and happy to strangers, in their own morbid way. even if newcomers to their home were hostile, they gave them the benefit of the doubt to come around and welcomed them with open arms (Like Margaret becoming Mrs It in the first movie). Things only ever got serious when somebody tried to break up the family, as seen in both the 90's movies.

You should definitely give the recent cartoon a shot. It's definitely geared younger - I took my then-5 y/o daughter to it and she had a great time, but it is drawing from the same well.

Morticia has been my absolute idol and low key aspirational figure from the first time I saw the B&W show at age 4-5 and since before I can remember I've hope to one day meet a girl who feels the same way about Gomez so we can make a perfectly functional heteronormative couple.

The 2019 Addams Family movie is surprisingly and pleasantly subversive for a 2019 kids movie. I went in with very, very low expectations, but it was actually a lot of fun.

Scaredy Cats slowly but surely slipping into Thought Slime mode. No complaint here.

I know I gravitated towards the Addams family as the cool outsider family, more from the first movie than the series, which I watched as a kid. Thank you for taking those feelings and helping to express them in a way that's important, perhaps even vital, for today's world. I think breaking down those walls of 'other'-ness is absolutely necessary for our survival in this nation.

I've read about a headcannon where the addams family isn't a family that is blood related, they just adopted various "strange" people, people that didn't belong in "normal" life, that's why the addams family is so large.

I love the Adams family... thanks for this video Matt!

Finally I found someone who loves the Addams Family as much as me. While I personally think the best (and only true) interpretation is the 60s show, which imo still holds up today, it's great to hear someone else express these things. Personally, I've always felt that they're basically the perfect family. I think everything the Addams are is something to aspire towards, and having a relationship similar to the one Gomez and Morticia share is probably my biggest goal in life.

I actually really enjoyed the 2019 movie. The animation was really cool looking, the story matched a lot of the common themes and built on them in a new way, and Wednesday was definitely crushing on her friend throughout the movie.

Honestly you put the Adam Family and a new perspective for me I never actually thought of them that way I just thought I was a spoofy silly show to watch around Halloween

This video feels like eating some comforting tasty soup in the kitchen of a loved one

I love this - really catches how I feel as an outsider and is trying to plan little traditions of my own when I find a new family. I don't think I've ever watched the entire Addams Family movie. I'll have to fix that. Any chances you'd cover What We Do in the Shadows? It's a comedy movie about vampires in the mid 2000s by Taika Waititi.

Sometimes it's good to just chill and spookabate together.

Not sure what to say other than love everything you've mentioned about them. Think I need to rewatch.

I really hope you wear this dress again Mildred, it's so cute 🥺

I really loved the new Adams Family movie. They really focused on all the points you listed. I loved the relationship between the kids and the parents. Its a shame no one gave that movie a chance it was really good and explained high concept in the way that children could understand them. Also, the design was based on the old comic and I loved the look.

Just watched the 1991 film for the first time a few weeks ago, and was caught off guard by how much I liked it. Definitely a good place to start if you're interest in the Addams's'ss

they have always been my ideal of a supportive and loving family.

Wednesday Addams was my favourite Halloween costume. My friend who dressed up as Morticia definitely got more attention, but I loved being Wednesday :)

I love and grew up with Charles Addams cartoons. They're pretty rad and worth checking out

And they're not hypocrites either. One of their relatives was 'normal' by our standards, and they did their best to love, understand and accept the different needs of that child.

As the "weird one" in my family and the other in culture I loved them so much and you hit the nail on the head as to why

Last year for Halloween, I hosted an Addams Family movie night at my library. I think it's one of the best programs I've ever run there, in part because a couple of middle schoolers chose it as their first date, and it was so adorable. Also, I am very much up for a review video of the new Addams Family movie! I haven't heard anything terrible about it, and I know some kiddos who actually like it.

Idk I'm pretty young(2001) and the addams family was still relevant when i was a kid. The cartoon was definitely a favourite.

The comments seem surprisingly positive over the new movie, I might check it out then. But Adams Family Values especially was one of the movies I would watch very often when I was a kid, kept playing it on the VHS, pretty sure it left an impact of liking the macabre.

The best old money weirdos you could hope for.

Great video from a youtuber I admire. I remember getting the Addams Family (1991) movie on vhs from McDonalds (no joke). Thanks for making his one.

I think Matt forgets which channel they're on sometimes. It's okay, I'm here for it.

I used to watch the og B&W show on TV land, it's actually the best version Fun fact the house was pink

I would totes love to have the Addams family as neighbors as they're cool people.

Ookie: Creepy, scary or weird - The Urban Dictionary. Just for kicks. I completely share your feelings, man. In Never Past Bedtime Land, I consider myself highly privileged to be an Addams.

As it so turns out, this look is foreshadowing

You need to watch the new movie! I was pleasantly surprised by how well it brought the Adam's family closer to modernity

I have headcanon that there was "an old country" where their culture originated, but that Morticia's family immigrated to the US, while Gomez' family settled in an enclave somewhere in Central America. Like, I fantasize that there's a third Bary Sonifield entry which has them taking the kids back to visit his old stomping grounds in an extremely goth hispanic neighborhood in San Jose, where they experience culture shock and then delight as the realize they finally have kids who understand them, even if they don't speak the same language.

This just taught me that the Groovy Ghoulies were not just an indie horror punk band. Though, the band is pretty fun.