Saturday 9: The Addams family...

The Addams Family

The Addams Family (1964)
Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here.

1) One of TV's spookiest families was inspired by a series of New Yorker cartoons. What's the last magazine you flipped through? A Sunset Magazine at the Clinic. I may subscribe again.

2) The Addams' butler, Lurch, was originally conceived as a mute. But then actor Ted Cassidy ad libbed the line, "You rang?" and Lurch had a voice, and a catchphrase. Can you think of another catchphrase connected to a TV character?  Sorry, no.  When I read other blogs I'll likely remember but not right off the top of my head.  I haven't watched network TV for Decades.

3) Now here's the most important question of the week: Do you prefer The Addams Family or The Munsters?  Sorry again.  I've never watched the Munsters, and the only way I know the Addams' Family is through the movies which we have seen numerous times.  So, I'd have to say, "The Addam's Family".

4) What's the scariest movie you've ever seen?  That would be "Pitch Black".  And we are watching it again tonight.  It's horrendously scary!



5) Thursday was Halloween. What goodies did you give the trick or treaters?
We got one of those big bags of tiny candy bars at Costco.  We started out with two apiece, quickly going up to three, and when the big kids (I swear they were BIG ones.. and So Jolly!) came around late, well, I wanted to give them handfuls but stuck to three.  I love to see the big kids trick or treating but you could tell these guys and gals (twenty somethings) were doing this on a lark.. Best costumes of course.  Lots of fun.

6) Are you attending/have you attended any Halloween parties this year?
No, we are pretty well past that.. lol

7) Did you carve a jack o'lantern this year?
No, I just set out my sort of neat stick ones that are lighted, and left it at that.  Next year I will put the little carved ones in the windows again.  That will be to celebrate nearly 60 years of being The Candy Wrangler.  

8) Do you eat candy corn all year around ... only at Halloween ... or never?
I don't eat it anymore at all.  But back in the day, I did buy extra to have to decorate cookies at various time.  

9) In 1964, when The Addams Family premiered, one of the most popular store-bought Halloween costumes was Bambi. It came with a plastic mask held on by a thin elastic band. Tell us about a memorable Halloween costume from your childhood.
My mother made me a witch's costume that I wore for several years.  I loved that hat, and even have an adult's version but quit wearing it because it scared the really little kids.  I might get a pair of those jiggly antenna - those are pretty cute.

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