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<blockquote data-quote="Grant Jennings" data-source="post: 188692" data-attributes="member: 746">Though I enjoy both shows, I prefer The Addams Family over The Munsters, I think the writing and overall tone of the series is better. I also appreciate that the Addams are arguably one of the most functional, loving and supportive families in the history of television.I&#039;m not sure color would have enhanced either series; black &amp; white suits them. I know Charles Addams did color illustrations but a lot of his work was in black &amp; white. I&#039;ve read that The Munsters was inspired by Universal Studios&#039; classic horror films which were all filmed in black &amp; white so it seems appropriate for the show to be too. The two live action Addams Family films were in color but the production design wisely kept their costumes and home mostly black &amp; white, it was when they were outside their domain (&quot;Debbie, pastels?!&quot;) that more color was used.I wonder about the choice of the pink-red damask wallpaper; I don&#039;t know that they chose it for its true color or how it would appear in black &amp; white. I&#039;ve seen color photos of the sets from Bewitched&#039;s black &amp; white seasons and there is red damask wallpaper which was not used when the show switched to color and the sets were redecorated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grant Jennings, post: 188692, member: 746"] Though I enjoy both shows, I prefer [I]The Addams Family[/I] over [I]The Munsters[/I], I think the writing and overall tone of the series is better. I also appreciate that the Addams are arguably one of the most functional, loving and supportive families in the history of television. I'm not sure color would have enhanced either series; black & white suits them. I know Charles Addams did color illustrations but a lot of his work was in black & white. I've read that [I]The Munsters[/I] was inspired by Universal Studios' classic horror films which were all filmed in black & white so it seems appropriate for the show to be too. The two live action [I]Addams Family [/I]films were in color but the production design wisely kept their costumes and home mostly black & white, it was when they were outside their domain ("Debbie, pastels?!") that more color was used. I wonder about the choice of the pink-red damask wallpaper; I don't know that they chose it for its true color or how it would appear in black & white. I've seen color photos of the sets from [I]Bewitched's [/I]black & white seasons and there is red damask wallpaper which was not used when the show switched to color and the sets were redecorated. [/QUOTE]

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