# Munsters vs. Addams Family

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munsters-vs-addams-family/118535>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 12, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munsters-vs-addams-family/118535 "2002-07-12T01:50:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Green\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Green\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Fool)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munsters-vs-addams-family/118535/21 "2002-07-13T22:29:34Z")

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As a kid I loved the Munsters more because they looked cooler.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munsters-vs-addams-family/118535/22 "2002-07-13T23:11:08Z")

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The Munsters behaved mostly as normal people who looked funny.

The Addams Family had more of a bizarre, edgy quality which made them better.

I use their “mail’s in” sound to announce when I get new email.

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munsters-vs-addams-family/118535/23 "2002-07-14T07:25:07Z")

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I was sure that the Munsters was an on the fly rip-off when a few years back on Nick at Nite or TV land they showed one of the opening scenes for the show and they darkened the screen to show a highlight behind the staircase. A stagehand can be seen carrying a ladder about the set, just behind the family posing in front of said staircase.

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**Author:** ![QueenAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/d26b3c/32.png) [@QueenAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenAl)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munsters-vs-addams-family/118535/24 "2002-07-15T18:15:02Z")

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I love the Munsters more, mainly because I watched that show on TV as a kid, while my first exposure to the Addams Family was through _The Adams Family Movie_. I love Hermann Munster, identified with the son, and coveted their house. As an adult there’s too much of an S&M aspect to the Adams Family for me.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munsters-vs-addams-family/118535/25 "2002-07-15T23:58:24Z")

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_Walloon_, I said _trademark_, not _copyright_. Two different things.  
A trademark has to be used every (I think) 7 years or it lapses into public domain.

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