# Explain why Show X is the polar opposite of Show Y.

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I’m not sure they’re all that polar opposites, but if only to bump the thread in hopes of seeing some better answers, I’ll suggest _The Addams Family_ and _The Munsters_. As someone put it in an old thread:

> [@Addams Family vs. the Munsters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addams-family-vs-the-munsters/439079/6):
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> The Addams all looked human (save Thing and peripheral members like Cousin Itt) but acted bizarre and macabre, which is more interesting than the Munsters who acted normal but looked like monsters.

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