The Doozies by Tom Gammill

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  1. frogapplause

    frogapplauseGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    Fred Gwynne was hilarious. I vote Munsters.

  2. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    No, I have to go with The Addams Family.

  3. Gweedo Murray

    Gweedo Murray said, 7 months ago

    I like ‘em both but the Munsters place was a more authentic looking spook house with all the dust and very decrepit look. Grandpa and Lilly had the most awesome costumes. My best friend, at the time, adored their hot rod coffin car. Having a regular looking person as the oddball was a nice touch too.

  4. cleokaya

    cleokayaGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    John Astin had a way about him, but I liked the dankness of the Munster house. If you are going to be creepy you need dankness.

  5. tgaml

    tgamlGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    Some of the stuff on Dean’s blackboard –
    Finger snaps vs. Electric guitar
    Gomez vs. Herman
    Morticia vs. Lily
    Thing vs. Spot the dog
    Pugsley vs. Eddie
    Cousin It vs. Grampa
    I think the Munsters made me laugh more, but Morticia sure was sexy.

  6. tgaml

    tgamlGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    frogapplause – I once met Fred Gwynne. His real-life laugh was a lot like Herman’s.

  7. coltish1

    coltish1 said, 7 months ago

    If you watched John Astin’s and Carolyn Jones’s eyes … that’s where the Addams Family lived. And they came first, I believe, leaving the Munsters to be the copycat.

  8. Nozzi

    Nozzi said, 7 months ago

    Addams family, definitely. Nothing beats it’s theme song.
    They’re crazy & they’re kooky….

  9. farren

    farrenGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    Addams Family. Teresa, the fact that you said Munsters breaks my heart. Although I admit Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis were funny, they had to be* funny. The Addams Family just *was funny.

    And, RobbyC, you may not have spam on your website, but that’s because you’re spreading it around to everybody else’s. Stop it, you make West Chester look bad.

  10. JamesFlaude

    JamesFlaudeGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    Dean’s blackboard must be 40 years old too.

  11. cleokaya

    cleokayaGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    tgami, I agree. Morticia was involved in many of my teenage fantasies. She looked so good in that long, slinky dress.

  12. Doctor Toon

    Doctor ToonGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    cleokaya - We’re thinking alike again.

  13. jglynn

    jglynnGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    I vote Addamms Family … It was creepy and sexy and smart all at once.

    Like Tom Gammill.

  14. BonzoGal

    BonzoGal said, 7 months ago

    On the other side of that blackboard, he has tomorrow night’s debate: Bewitched or I Dream of Jeannie.

    And my vote goes to Addams Family because it’s based on the work of one of the best cartoonists ever. (After Mr. Gammill, of course.)

  15. richardcthompson

    richardcthompsonGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    I loved the Munsters more when I was a kid (yeah, Fred Gwynne’s wonderful), but now it looks kinda schticky. The Addams family, now they’re downright perverse.

  16. mtatulli

    mtatulliGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    Did you ever see Fred Gwynne’s cartoon art? He was quite accomplished! Excellent artist!
    Check out his book on Amazon, A CHOCOLATE MOOSE FOR DINNER:

    http://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Moose-Dinner-Stories-Go/dp/0689878273/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239211701&sr=8-1#

  17. frogapplause

    frogapplauseGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    Little Eddie (Butch Patrick) now:
    http://tinyurl.com/c7rtty
    –
    BTW, how tall was Fred Gwynne?
    –
    I saw one of FG’s books at the library a few years ago. I agree with Mark. Excellent artist!
    –
    farren: sorry for breaking your heart.

  18. tgaml

    tgamlGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    FrogApp – Fred Gwynne was very tall. He looked like Herman, even without his make-up.

  19. J.C. Duffy

    J.C. DuffyGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    My 2 cents:

    Fred Gwynne was great in TV’s Car 54, Where Are You? Beyond that, I thought The Addams Family was a much better show than The Munsters, and John Astin beat out Fred in that match-up.

    tgaml, I agree that Carolyn Jones was much sexier than Yvonne De Carlo.

    Coltish, both shows debuted in 1964.

    And thinking ahead, BonzoGal: Bewitched over Jeannie.

  20. frogapplause

    frogapplauseGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    “Very Tall” doesn’t cut it, Tom!!… so I looked this up myself. Fred was 6’ 5” (1.96 m).
    –
    And I thought he looked fairly un-Hermanlike in “My Cousin Vinny” (his final movie role).

  21. tgaml

    tgamlGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    FrogApp- When I saw “My Cousin Vinny” in a movie theater, the whole audience started mumbling, “Look, it’s Herman Munster” as soon as Fred Gwynne came on as the judge.

  22. Carmy

    CarmyGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    I liked both but I got to go with The Addams Family, the whole cast and “thing” were terrific.

  23. frogapplause

    frogapplauseGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    Herman loses his monster good looks:
    http://tinyurl.com/cqeutq

  24. Turnbloom

    TurnbloomGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    I’ve gotta go with the “Munsters.” The show presented us with one of the biggest mysteries of all time: How can a vampire and Frankenstein’s monster conceive a werewolf? Outrageous!

    …unless Lily was just a tramp. Then I gotta go “Addams Family.”

  25. farren

    farrenGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    Not only 6’ 5”, but he wore 4 inch platforms as Herman. He was also president, at one time, of the Harvard Lampoon. Amazing multi-faceted man.

    Teresa: that’s okay. I figure that you’re breaking my heart so I can have a depressing role in Frog Applause later on.

  26. cleokaya

    cleokayaGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    I just now realized that the blackboard is in the bedroom. That must be where Dean runs by his amorous moves before making the big play.

  27. Turnbloom

    TurnbloomGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    One thing is certain, we’re all ignoring Dean’s borderline verbal abuse in panel three!

    For shame, Dean!

  28. Dry

    DryGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    carmy I preferred the Munsters, but like them both. There was something about Herman’s stupidity and Lily’s common sense that just made it hilarious! And I’m glad someone else JCDuffy remembers Car 54! I was just little but I laughed out loud!

  29. lgwalker16

    lgwalker16Genius_badge said, 7 months ago

    wow. Forty Years! That’s scary all by itself. I must say I always considered the munsters a copycat so didn’t pay as much attention to it. My loss evidently. But really, keep the freakin blackboard out of the boudoir, Mr. Lovable Boob.

  30. frogapplause

    frogapplauseGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    J.C. Duffy knows classic movies and classic TV backwards and forwards. I gave up trying to stump him a long time ago.

  31. JFri

    JFri said, 7 months ago

    Gotta go with the Addams Family. Gomez playing with the trains, Lurch (one of my nicknames at school), thing and of course the ever lovely Morticia! But like Dry I liked them both. And yes, I remember Car 54, too!

  32. Miserichord

    Miserichord said, 7 months ago

    Munster’s trivia:
    Hermann and Lily were the first US TV husband and wife to be shown sharing a bed.

  33. Burgundy2

    Burgundy2 said, 7 months ago

    I liked the Addam’s family way of life better, but could relate to the Munsters more, and I will say the Munsters had the cooler theme song.

    I’m with Dean - can’t decide.

  34. Ink-adink-adoo

    Ink-adink-adoo said, 7 months ago

    Hey Tom – Any funny anecdotes about Fred Gwynne’s days at the Harvard Lampoon? Did he show up at reunions at the castle?

  35. tgaml

    tgamlGenius_badge said, 7 months ago

    I never met him at The Lampoon but I talked to him in a restaurant in New York. At first he didn’t want to talk, but then I said I had been on the Lampoon and knew his cartoons, and he let out a Herman Munster-like chuckle.

  36. Ink-adink-adoo

    Ink-adink-adoo said, 7 months ago

    Wonderful, Tom. Thanks!

  37. kzim229

    kzim229 said, 7 months ago

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