butch patrick: the addams family was a comic strip by charles addams in the new yorker. very dark humor. man: that doll doesn't have a head. wednesday: it's marie antoinette. grandmama told us about the french revolution and pugsley chopped off her head. laura morowitz: the addams family are more subversive because they're not striving to be like the typical american family. morticia: gomez, we have ourselves some very peculiar neighbors... grandmama: there's only one thing to do, get rid of them. uncle fester: i'll get rid of 'em! grandmama: i'll come with you fester. i haven't used this beauty since the tax man was here! tina fey: the addams family has a complete different set of values that are real to them, that don't align with anything else in the world. morticia: do you remember our honeymoon, gomez? gomez: who could forget our first night in death valley? laura morowitz: morticia and gomez have a lot of sexual tension that was verboten .