mork: we abolished emotions on ork a billion bleams ago. they took a vote, and everyone said all in favour? [noise] john lithgow: we have a great love for these alien characters who were struggling with the same human dilemma that we all struggle with. how do we behave like good human beings? alf: yo kay, where do you keep your casserole dishes? kate: why? alf: the cat won t fit in the toaster. jim colucci: aliens make for great comedy, because you get the ultimate outsider who can make fun of us, but you also can do anything with them. jim colluci: and in the 60s with the space race. u.s. versus russia, it was just such a natural fit, i think, to satirize. laura morowitz: you still have the suburbs, but now they re being invaded by martians. tim: well, you re the martian, you re supposed to be smarter than i am. martian: i know. it s just living here on earth
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 .
stephen cox: in a desperate effort to, to be one of the rest of the neighborhood, they even joined a country club cc board member: when that mr. munster shows up to play golf, if he doesn t turn out to be our idea of a human being. i ll throw them out personally. butch patrick: country clubs were like. certain people weren t allowed in, certain religions. herman: i made it, i made it, i made it. laura morowitz: so, as a stand-in for ethnic minorities, the munsters really are striving to be accepted. herman: as they say in golf, eddie. you ve got to play em where ya hit em! laura morowitz: .and i don t think that the, the addams family cares. tracy morgan: the theme song was great. do do do do [snap, snap], they re creepy and they re kooky mysterious and spooky, they re all together ooky
the munster s were powerhouse hollywood writers. laura morowitz: they had just finished leave it to beaver and they really wanted to keep this kind of mold of the family sitcom but marry it to something new and strange. lily: marilyn, take the chicken back to the kitchen. i m afraid it s not quite done. grandpa: looks good to me. butch patrick: the fact of the matter remains is we were a normal family. you know? herman went to work. lily kept the house. cousin marilyn went to college and i was a regular kid. it was perfect. herman: can i try kicking one? eddie: sure! herman: thank you! alysson hannigan: herman munster, he s just a soft little teddy bear on the inside. so. so it s really your first lesson of like don t judge a book by its cover. herman: i think i am going to take up golf, although i am not sure about being out in the sun too much. i d hate to lose my parlor pallor.
and they re not interested in the culture in which they grew up in. they want change. feminism is rising. james ackerman: and bewitched captured that. darrin: i wish i had a drink. and a straw. james ackerman: the premise of bewitched is this nerdy ad executive from new york city ends up falling madly in love with a woman who can do magic. darrin: you re a witch?! samantha: that s what i ve been trying to tell you. laura morowitz: it could be a typical suburban family, except for the fact that her entire family are witches. and they have one adorable little girl.