As Sonnenfeld details in his book, he and Rudin were invited to Jackson's Neverland ranch to show the pop star an early cut of "Addams Family Values ... insisting he be run out of town for ...

We want to make a deal.’” The studio presented three possible projects for Astin: movies The Americanization of Emily and The Loved One, or a TV project based off The Addams Family cartoons.

Television and movies are awash with beloved families, but none is quite so unique as The Addams Family. They perform loving acts of torture, cut the bulbs ... the most out of anyone in her ...

The Addams Family steps out of Charles Addams' cartoons. They live with all of the trappings of the macabre (including a detached hand for a servant) and are quite wealthy. Added to this mix is a ...

Thing, the bodiless forearm that lives with the Addams family, emerged from boxes in the ... Using the paring knife, cut a small (¾-inch) slit in the center of each pie to allow steam to escape.