An Examination of "The Addams Family"

Join Professor Kara Andersen from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts for a fun, interactive look at the strange and spooky world of The Addams Family.

From its origins in Charles Addams’s darkly funny New Yorker cartoons to the many adaptations as films, television shows, video games, and even a pinball machine, you'll discover surprising facts like how Pugsley almost had a very different name, and explore the inspirations behind Tim Burton’s hit series Wednesday.