Creepy, Kooky, And Animated.

I was never a true fan of "The Addams Family." When it came to peculiar clans, I preferred "The Munsters," and Hanna-Barbera's own creations, The J. Evils, the Gruesomes/Creeplies, and The Frankenstones.

But when H-B produced an animated series about The Addams Family a year after their guest spot on "The New Scooby-Doo Movies," I decided to give it the onceover. Both of these showed the family doing things you'd expect from them, like literally digging to China in a sandbox, dancing to "The Funeral March," and showing pleasure instead of fear when lured into a snake pit. Seeing them on the road, on a sea cruise, and taking part in a hot air balloon race I found more entertaining than the live action show. And just like the Gruesomes and Creeplies, they had a pet octopus, namely Ocho. I believe he was the one who "played" with Gomez in the swamp, and he and Morticia decided to adopt him.
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Then, years later, in 1992, H-B produced a second series about them, following the previous year's live action movie. I never saw this new version, so there's nothing I can say. Just that they obviously went on being "Creepy, Kooky, Freaky, and Ookie."

I heard the original name for Gomez Addams was Ripelli...a play-on word for repel.