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					Originally Posted by innerSpaceman  ...The Addams Family was not based on a TV show (but rather, was based on material which also inspired a TV show).... | 
	
 Well... Sort of.  The Movie used the names and most of the relationships from the TV show.  (The TV Uncle Fester was Morticia’s Uncle – Fester Frump - not Gomez’s brother.)  In the original cartoons, none of the characters had names, and the relationships were only implied.