Which Addams Family member said these hilarious lines?
Can you guess who had these macabre musings?
The Addams Family used a constant stream of visual gags and one-liners to satirize the behavior of “normal” TV families from the 1960s. The strange and ghastly but always funny ponderings of Morticia, Gomez and the rest meant there was never a dull moment at the Addams mansion.
We’ve collected some of our favorite lines said by the members of TV’s spookiest family. Can you guess who said each one?
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“You rang?”
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“A spider’s a girl’s best friend.”
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“This is going to be the greatest train wreck in railroad history!”
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“I’ve been yours since that first day you carved my initials in your leg.”
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“Then I can run away and still be around to see them suffer.”
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“I’m going to sit in my treehouse and watch the lightning.”
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“Croquet is a combination of two things: balance, timing, peripheral vision, superb coordination and a killer’s instinct.”
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“Nice knife! Can I play autopsy with it?”
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“There’s nothing more romantic than a dark, chill attic in a thunderstorm.”
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“I’m a wallflower.”
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“Right now, I have the most enviable collection of coroner’s reports in the neighborhood.”
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[While holding an axe] “I haven’t used this beauty since the taxman was here.”
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“I always eat a very simple, wholesome meal. Now, for breakfast this morning I had walnut shells and sour milk.”