# Why do we like The Addams Family so much?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 26, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-like-the-addams-family-so-much/610760 "2012-01-26T18:42:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-like-the-addams-family-so-much/610760/5 "2012-01-26T19:07:29Z")

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Dark, macabre, sophisticated, alternative, and more than a bit sexy.

At least that’s what made me sit up and take notice of the original TV show.

It led me to the original cartoon drawings, and I found them enjoyable for the same reasons.

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