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Lily or Morticia?

Morticia had more class

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by Anonymousreply 81June 8, 2024 11:08 PM

This should’ve been a poll.

by Anonymousreply 1May 27, 2024 4:35 PM

Morticia of course. Classy.

by Anonymousreply 2May 27, 2024 4:37 PM

Team Lillie especially when she sang that song and played the harpsicord on the episode of the Munsters with the Beatniks.

by Anonymousreply 3May 27, 2024 4:38 PM

Tough call. I love them both.

by Anonymousreply 4May 27, 2024 4:38 PM

Morticia team.

by Anonymousreply 5May 27, 2024 4:41 PM

Lilly is warmer, and has class.....Morticia is classier.. but I love them both.

by Anonymousreply 6May 27, 2024 4:45 PM

Morticia is classy, but Lily seems more fun.

by Anonymousreply 7May 27, 2024 4:45 PM

Morticia Addams... She was smokin' 😛

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by Anonymousreply 8May 27, 2024 4:46 PM

Morticia, of course. She was sexy, sultry, and so macabre.

How could you not love her as she cut the blooms off all her roses or when she played that weird harp thing and shrieked while she did it?

by Anonymousreply 9May 27, 2024 4:48 PM

Morticia and Gomez had sexual chemistry.

Herman seemed asexual, so Lillie was more of a motherly wife.

by Anonymousreply 10May 27, 2024 4:54 PM

Carolyn Jones was a beautiful woman who we lost too soon. And the original Addams Family was campy fun.

I never watched the Munsters, even as a young child-. I thought it was stupid.

by Anonymousreply 11May 27, 2024 5:06 PM

[quote] Herman seemed asexual

Herman was a flaming queen. Even as a kid I could see that.

by Anonymousreply 12May 27, 2024 5:10 PM

Yvonne DeCarlo was almost 10 years older than Carolyn Jones. She was pretty hot during her early film days.

by Anonymousreply 13May 27, 2024 5:14 PM

@r12, He was henpecked, at least that's what they called it in the 60s

by Anonymousreply 14May 27, 2024 5:16 PM

Both!

by Anonymousreply 15May 27, 2024 5:19 PM

mortician was a lady, Lily was simply a housewife

by Anonymousreply 16May 27, 2024 5:25 PM

I loved them both. But I have to give the slight edge to Morticia just for the delighted way she always thanked Thing, the help of which she never seemed to expect: "Why, THANK YOU, Thing!"

by Anonymousreply 17May 27, 2024 5:30 PM

Morticia was more interesting. Lily was a sweetheart, but never seemed curious about anything.

by Anonymousreply 18May 27, 2024 5:38 PM

It was obvious that Gomez and Morticia had a kinky sex life.

by Anonymousreply 19May 27, 2024 5:41 PM

Morticia never left the house.

by Anonymousreply 20May 27, 2024 6:04 PM

^ She didn't need to, she was Mrs. Aaron Spelling the 1st

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by Anonymousreply 21May 27, 2024 6:22 PM

Lily Munster- especially when she was hired as a model to walk the catwalk for fashion designer Lazlo Brastoff.

by Anonymousreply 22May 27, 2024 6:38 PM

Morticia.

by Anonymousreply 23May 27, 2024 6:45 PM

[quote]It was obvious that Gomez and Morticia had a kinky sex life.

Yes. It was overt. They seemed somewhat switchable, but Morticia was the dom more frequently.

Morticia, most definitely.

by Anonymousreply 24May 27, 2024 6:52 PM

Morticia was once married to Aaron Spelling.

by Anonymousreply 25May 27, 2024 6:54 PM

One was in House of Wax and played a wonderful human who had been waxed alive and place on exhibit by Vinvent Price. The other was married to Moses and gave a beautiful speech about how she would cross any desert and climb any mountain to follow him. How can you compare?

by Anonymousreply 26May 27, 2024 6:57 PM

Team Lilly

by Anonymousreply 27May 27, 2024 6:58 PM

R11- I like the Addams Family but there's no comparison. The writing on the Munsters was far better than the Addams Family.

The Munsters was a far funnier show than the Addams Family.

by Anonymousreply 28May 27, 2024 7:30 PM

I'm Still Here

by Anonymousreply 29May 27, 2024 7:40 PM

I never understood what Morticia was. Was she just an eccentric regular person or something more? You knew who and what Lily was. For those reasons, I'm picking Lily.

by Anonymousreply 30May 27, 2024 7:42 PM

I never understood what Lily was. Her dad was a werewolf, her husband Frankenstein. Was she supposed to be a vampire?

by Anonymousreply 31May 27, 2024 7:46 PM

Lily Munster was hilarious - Morticia was just droll.....

I love Lily.

by Anonymousreply 32May 27, 2024 7:59 PM

R25, are you also R21?

by Anonymousreply 33May 27, 2024 7:59 PM

R31, her father was Count Dracula. She was part Bride of Frankenstein and part vampire.

by Anonymousreply 34May 27, 2024 8:02 PM

Lily certainly knew her way around cool cars

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by Anonymousreply 35May 27, 2024 8:12 PM

Morticia (specifically the Angelica Huston portrayal). Carolyn Jones may be the original but she had a very round and sweet looking girlish face (still a phenomenal actress in the role nonetheless) whereas Angelica at the time had this strong more seductive and mysterious dark sinister witchy beauty that bordered on otherworldly.

by Anonymousreply 36May 27, 2024 8:36 PM

R30 With the exception of Lurch and Cousin It, the Addams were human, but eccentric and macabre. The Munsters were based on the monsters from the Universal films.

by Anonymousreply 37May 27, 2024 8:51 PM

^ That's true, they really were nothing alike. The Munsters were your average all-American family that came out of Universal's back lot. Where the Addams Family were actually written to show that even those weird people down the street had the same rights as everyone else. Both shows were kind of a metaphor on the Civil Rights movement of the time. People who looked or acted "different" weren't really all that different

by Anonymousreply 38May 27, 2024 9:01 PM

Tough call, but it's Lily for me. So much more resourceful.

by Anonymousreply 39May 27, 2024 9:13 PM

R32- One of my favorite Munsters episodes- When her and Marylin open a beauty parlor.

I'm Mrs. Harkness THE Mrs. Harkness

This episode was so outrageous and outrageously funny.

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by Anonymousreply 40May 27, 2024 9:14 PM

This is like Sophie's Choice.

by Anonymousreply 41May 27, 2024 9:56 PM

Morticia had more class but Lily wore a strap-on.

by Anonymousreply 42May 27, 2024 10:56 PM

R30, Morticia was a witch from Salem.

by Anonymousreply 43May 27, 2024 11:21 PM

Yvonne DeCarlo was a sexy chick. Carolyn Jones was a quirky chick.

by Anonymousreply 44May 27, 2024 11:28 PM

Aicitrom was a witch from Melaswen.

by Anonymousreply 45May 27, 2024 11:39 PM

Morticia by far.

by Anonymousreply 46May 27, 2024 11:40 PM

They were both great in their roles. I like Yvonne as Lily Munster best

by Anonymousreply 47May 27, 2024 11:42 PM

Lily seems more fuckable than Morticia. Guess Herman had a bigger implant via Gomez's natural nub.

by Anonymousreply 48May 28, 2024 12:13 AM

Morticia was a bohemian wild child. Lily was a frau. End of discussion.

by Anonymousreply 49May 28, 2024 12:23 AM

I love them both, but I have to go with Morticia. Now do we like Sam's cousin Serena or Jeannie's twin sister Jeannie II?

by Anonymousreply 50May 28, 2024 12:24 AM

Lily had sort of a Spanish accent.

by Anonymousreply 51May 28, 2024 1:29 AM

Really, Debbie? PASTELS?

by Anonymousreply 52May 28, 2024 2:51 AM

Cultured Queens of the DL should know that Sondheim wrote “I’m Still Here” for Yvonne DeCarlo.

Lilly Munster by a spooky mile.

by Anonymousreply 53May 28, 2024 2:58 AM

First you're another sloe-eyed Vamp Then someone's mother Then you're camp

by Anonymousreply 54May 28, 2024 3:01 AM

Can that boy ffffffffoxtrot.

by Anonymousreply 55May 28, 2024 5:10 AM

R50 Don't forget Morticia's sister Ophelia (also played by Carolyn Jones!)

by Anonymousreply 56May 28, 2024 11:09 PM

R56 "Oh, boy, I'm lucky! I'll say I'm lucky!"

by Anonymousreply 57May 29, 2024 12:01 PM

Yvonne DeCarlo was more alluring, but Morticia was sexier. She and Gomez couldn’t hope their hands off each other.

Damn you OP, I didn’t not expect to start my day with this extreme thought exercise.

by Anonymousreply 58May 29, 2024 12:12 PM

^^oops too many negatives up there^^

by Anonymousreply 59May 29, 2024 12:13 PM

R31 her father was a vampire as was she. The kid, Eddie, was a werewolf.

by Anonymousreply 60May 29, 2024 12:46 PM

[quote]Morticia (specifically the Angelica Huston portrayal). Carolyn Jones may be the original but she had a very round and sweet looking girlish face (still a phenomenal actress in the role nonetheless) whereas Angelica at the time had this strong more seductive and mysterious dark sinister witchy beauty that bordered on otherworldly.

I have noticed that gay men love Huston's Morticia but straight men prefer Carolyn Jones.

by Anonymousreply 61May 29, 2024 12:57 PM

Obviously, I was the most YOUTHFUL Morticia.

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by Anonymousreply 62May 29, 2024 2:30 PM

R62 what is that next to her?

by Anonymousreply 63May 29, 2024 2:50 PM

R63 Luis Guzman

by Anonymousreply 64May 29, 2024 3:00 PM

I would not mind Lily as my next door neighbor.

by Anonymousreply 65May 29, 2024 3:07 PM

R64 is he supposed to be Gomez?

I haven't seen such miscasting since John C. Reilly as 'Stanley Kowalski' in the 2005 Broadway revival of STREETCAR.

by Anonymousreply 66May 29, 2024 3:10 PM

r66, he's the living embodiment of the OG illustrated Gomez:

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by Anonymousreply 67May 29, 2024 3:42 PM

Raul Julia was THE perfect Gomez.

by Anonymousreply 68May 29, 2024 3:45 PM

I preferred Lily's over looks but she was very matronly. I preferred Huston's Morticia.

Yvonne De Carlo was a stunner.

by Anonymousreply 69May 29, 2024 3:48 PM

Morticia

by Anonymousreply 70May 29, 2024 3:51 PM

I’m going rogue and voting for Samantha Stephens

by Anonymousreply 71May 29, 2024 4:32 PM

When I saw The Shining during its first run, the audiences were expecting a traditional horror film. When Shelley Duvall came onscreen, someone in the audience screamed "Morticia".

by Anonymousreply 72May 29, 2024 5:47 PM

R66, I think the casting of Luis Guzman is faithful to Charles Addams' rendering of Gomez.

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by Anonymousreply 73May 29, 2024 6:01 PM

I´m gonna nitpick my way out of an either ore choice.

Lily for TV

Morticia for movies

by Anonymousreply 74May 29, 2024 9:23 PM

R74, your response to the “quarry” is golden and solid as iron. It will be mined for generations to come.

by Anonymousreply 75May 29, 2024 9:28 PM

Lily would do anal and Morticia wouldn’t. Lily for the win.

by Anonymousreply 76May 29, 2024 9:33 PM

Ah but Morticia certainly is a dom, with all the embellishments that go with it.

by Anonymousreply 77May 29, 2024 10:51 PM

When I was a little kid, there was a cartoon of Addams Family, in color drawn in the style of Charles Addams, but using the voices from the, you know, tv show. That I loved. And I think Jodie Foster played Pugsley! Why do they never show those?? I think it would clean up on streaming.

By the same token, there was a cartoon version of The Partridge Family!! It used most of the original voices. Except Shirley Jones and they changed her character's name to Connie Partridge! That's another ine I'm simply dying to see.

Hardcore GEN X er here in case you haven't noticed!

by Anonymousreply 78May 30, 2024 2:11 AM

[quote]Ah but Morticia certainly is a dom, with all the embellishments that go with it.

Oui.

by Anonymousreply 79May 30, 2024 2:28 AM

Angelica Huston back then closely resembled the original illustrations of Morticia best. Gomez is supposed to be a Castilian Spaniard with a hint of Mexican.

Raul Julia and Luis Guzman are both Puerto Rican. Having Wednesday and Pugsley (half French/half Spanish) also played by Spanish actors in the latest iteration is very faithful to the source material even if the acting is a bit uneven at times.

by Anonymousreply 80June 8, 2024 11:04 PM

Kitara!

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by Anonymousreply 81June 8, 2024 11:08 PM
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