I never thought Pugsley quite fit in with the rest of The Addams Family.

[Bucky]

I mean, he's cruel to animals, sure, but he's not really macabre like the rest of the family. He's just sort of bratty.

[Orrex]

1. I had to wiki him for more info

Turns out he was meant as sort of a mad (and mildly malign) genius inventor-type, crafting various dangerous items such as a disintegrator gun, etc.

I didn't recall this, but in the show he collected road signs, while the original cartoon version collected hazard signs ("dangerous undertow," "bridge out," "danger high voltage," etc.) in order to eliminate those warnings, thereby exposing passersby to injury or death.

He was greatly overshadowed by Christina Ricci's unforgettable Wednesday Addams in the films, but Pugsley himself was apparently a richer character than I new.


I've never quite understood Marilyn Munster's inclusion in that family, either.

[Mosby]

4. Marilyn Munster was on The Munsters not the Addams Family.

the character was portrayed but a bunch of different women, no idea why.

[Bucky]

5. They kept getting into car crashes near Pugsley's house

[Orrex]

6. I knew that--I meant that I found it similarly puzzling.

I had to wiki her, too. I didn't know about the parade of actresses portraying her either.

[JuJuYoshida]

2. RIP Raul Julia

Best Gomez EVER

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. "Isn't he a lady killer?"

"Acquitted!"

Love that line

[Aristus]

3. The Addams Family in the New Yorker cartoons were genuinely macabre.

The family in the TV show were kooky and a little weird, but very appealing.