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Remembering the two First Families of Halloween

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Long ago, in a decade far, far away during the monster craze period, two wonderfully creepy family shows were released through different networks and ended up competing against each other to  everyone's delight. According to Wikipedia, The Addams Family aired for two seasons on ABC from September 18, 1964 to April 8, 1966 for a total of 64 episodes; while The Munsters aired on CBS from September 24, 1964, to May 12, 1966 with a total of 70 episodes.  Both shows have lived in our cultural psyche ever since through reruns in syndication and now video collections, becoming enduring franchises. I had the chance to discover them in the early 70’s and immediately became enamored with the concept (as a child I even had my mom sew me up a black Herman Munster costume and buy me a red Herman rubber mask… yeah, red, go figure). The Munsters had an arguably successful revival with The Munsters Today , a more traditional sitcom which (according to Wikipedia)