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RUSSELL LYNES

The clanking of Addams' chains has become as seasonal as sleigh bells. If you have seen the TV show that is based on the characters he invented and have not been so revolted that you can never look in Addams' direction again, you will find his The Groaning Board … the standard Addams product with its reliable and perhaps soon to become tiresome quality of morbidity and expert drawing. (p. 142)

Russell Lynes, "Funny, Ha, Ha!" in Harper's Magazine, Vol. 229, No. 1375, December, 1964, pp. 141-43.∗

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