ADDAMS Family-- Morticia Audition Secrets Revealed that You Probably DID NOT Know About!

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  • ADDAMS Family-- Morticia Audition Secrets Revealed that You Probably DID NOT Know About!
    Casting one actor/actress in a role is never as simple as it sounds. This was a very unique story about how Carolyn Jones became Morticia Addams. Do you think what happened was acceptable? Let me know in the comments below! Enjoy!
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  • @Jared_Wignall
    @Jared_Wignall Před 4 lety +140

    I can’t imagine anyone but Carolyn Jones as Morticia. She was incredible.

  • @MsBackstager
    @MsBackstager Před 4 lety +79

    Totally unthinkable to have anyone other than Carolyn J!!!! She paired perfectly with John Astin.

    • @jackgrattan1447
      @jackgrattan1447 Před 4 lety +2

      @Don X John Astin was on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast just a few months back. Good interview. Worth checking out.

  • @SolidMike84
    @SolidMike84 Před 4 lety +49

    Can't see anyone else in her role, the chemistry she and John Astin had was just fantastic.
    Relationship goal.

    • @satanswife2546
      @satanswife2546 Před 3 lety +1

      The two did fell for each other but for some reasons they couldn't been together

    • @liamath1
      @liamath1 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes!... Carolyn and John were like Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny at that time. :)

    • @kendallrivers1119
      @kendallrivers1119 Před 3 lety +2

      Wouldn't call it a goal since they're relationship was impossible for any real life couple to reach lol. I'd say they're the ultimate fantasy. Don't we all wish it were possible to be as perfect as Gomez and Morticia?

  • @kandipiatkowski8589
    @kandipiatkowski8589 Před 4 lety +43

    Carolyn IS Morticia, just like all the actors in the show. I can't imagine anyone else in each role.

  • @Joe..3.8.0.9_
    @Joe..3.8.0.9_ Před 4 lety +68

    She was absolutely perfect for the part.

  • @MikeB071
    @MikeB071 Před 4 lety +45

    Carolyn Jones was hot! I just can't imagine any other actress making Morticia such an alluring, albeit scary, character!

  • @christopherkraft1327
    @christopherkraft1327 Před 4 lety +21

    Carolyn Jones was absolutely the right choice for Morticia as was the rest of the cast, they were perfect & played well off each other. Thanks Rick for another fun video & as always, stay hopeful, I am 🙂😄

  • @QueenCityHistory
    @QueenCityHistory Před 4 lety +16

    Carolyn Jones and Angelica Huston both embraced the role of morticia Addams in their own perfect and unique ways

  • @johnmcjunkin4613
    @johnmcjunkin4613 Před 4 lety +16

    Loved Caroline Jones as Morticia Addams. She brought class to the character and in a funny way...a sense of style and charm. Rest in peace, Ms. Jones.

  • @paulstan9828
    @paulstan9828 Před 4 lety +40

    Can’t imagine anyone else as Morticia! 😁

  • @whitey2bacons367
    @whitey2bacons367 Před 4 lety +29

    Yes, I'd love to see how the others were chosen :) Carolyn Jones was perfect!

  • @kenhollis6197
    @kenhollis6197 Před 4 lety +24

    It's hard to imagine anyone but Ms. Jones in the role.

  • @big61al41
    @big61al41 Před 4 lety +27

    that casting of this show was top notch...jones was the right choice..

  • @Beautifulmusiclistnr
    @Beautifulmusiclistnr Před 4 lety +5

    Whenever I watch The Addams Family, the only person I focus on is Carolyn Jones when she's in a scene. She's was beautiful and graceful, and I've seen her in other movies, but she was the perfect Morticia. I always felt that she really shined in The Addams Family! Another excellent video. Thanks Rick!

  • @mrfloxin
    @mrfloxin Před 4 lety +27

    Carolyn Jones was right for the part. Rick : Could you please do video on how Jackie and Blossom got their parts? You do a video on rest of the cast got their parts too! Thanks for your help.

  • @jackgrattan1447
    @jackgrattan1447 Před 4 lety +29

    Carolyn Jones had a certain je ne sais quoi about her. Tish! I spoke French!!!

  • @barbaracimini1447
    @barbaracimini1447 Před 4 lety +5

    Carolyn Jones was my idol! As Morticia, she was beautiful, gracious, charming, kind..... I wanted to grow up and be just like her! 😊

  • @adrianna24sings
    @adrianna24sings Před 3 lety +4

    Carolyn Jones was the perfect Morticia Addams. She owns that role! She was magnificent!

  • @davidbock7259
    @davidbock7259 Před 4 lety +4

    NO ONE could have done it better than Carolyn Jones...she was the quintessential Morticia...

  • @MrLourie
    @MrLourie Před 4 lety +5

    Hello Rick, we'll obviously never know how well the other actress may have been as Morticia Adams, but Carolyn Jones was perfect for the role. She also looked beautiful with the longer hair, rather than her normal short hair.

    • @geo-george2639
      @geo-george2639 Před 4 lety

      I agree with you. She never looked as good as when they had her fixed up as Morticia. Her preferred short hair was not really flattering to her face.

  • @randytim512
    @randytim512 Před 4 lety +13

    I can't see anyone else playing Mortisha other than Caroline Jones. Perfect casting. Great chemistry between her and John Astin was crucial to making the show work. Great video Rick!!

  • @mikeshifflett6162
    @mikeshifflett6162 Před 4 lety +18

    Carolyn Jones was the only choice just like John Austin for gomazz they had great chymistry together

  • @cdragracer
    @cdragracer Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks for the videos on the Addams Family. Growing up in the 60's, this was one of my favorite shows. As I have gotten older, a lot of the 60's TV shows are just timeless favorite memories. As I watched some of your videos this week on the Addams Family, I just didn't know much about Carolyn Jones. I watched a 5 part bio of her on youtube and am flatly amazed at her life on stage, films, and TV. She was the real deal at the time of casting. All the quirky roles she had already played made her a perfect fit. She has some incredible eyes. Gets me everytime. Thanks for connecting the dots on the show. As far as your other video on Carolyn being difficult, I would bet she would just add her ideas on making a scene work to the T. She was that good. I bet she was a perfectionist in her work. It shows. She had a reputation as a scene stealer on about anything she did. And again, she was that good.

  • @robertthomas5196
    @robertthomas5196 Před 4 lety +12

    Morticia: "Gomez darling, what is this?"
    Gomez: "That's a sextant."
    Morticia: "That naughty boy."

    • @jackgrattan1447
      @jackgrattan1447 Před 4 lety +3

      Producer (and uncredited head writer) Nat Perrin was a lifelong friend of Groucho Marx and co-wrote the screenplay for DUCK SOUP. That's got to be one of his lines.

  • @SuperSusieBell
    @SuperSusieBell Před 4 lety +4

    Carolyn was perfect in the role and her romance with John was so adorable. “Tish, you spoke French!!!

  • @jershumuyo2734
    @jershumuyo2734 Před 4 lety +4

    Carolyn Jones by all accounts was a class act and really liked interacting with fans in character. They couldn't of found a more perfect choice. I only wish the show could have gone a little longer.

  • @powrman55
    @powrman55 Před 4 lety +4

    Carolyn Jones was the perfect choice. Even though I was just a young boy when this series aired on TV- I was infatuated with Carolyn Jones as Morticia.

  • @anyamarie42
    @anyamarie42 Před 2 lety +2

    Carolyn Jones was and shall always be Morticia Adams and no matter who else plays Morticia Adams. She made Morticia Adams come to life like no one else

  • @TheNortheastAl
    @TheNortheastAl Před 4 lety +4

    I agree with others that Jones was absolutely perfect as Morticia. I don’t think anyone could have played the part better. Jones had an air of sophistication about her that made Morticia very credible as an Addams and as a wealthy woman.
    I would love to see more inside information about other characters on The Addams Family as well as other shows. Thanks, Rick.

  • @JBIRDRN8
    @JBIRDRN8 Před 4 lety +1

    They made the right choice. No other actress could have done better! Loved her!

  • @djhutcherson6761
    @djhutcherson6761 Před 4 lety +26

    Rick are you a fan of Green Acres at all? I'd love to see you do a video on that show. 🙂

    • @oveidasinclair982
      @oveidasinclair982 Před 4 lety +7

      Green acres, greatest show ever produced.

    • @thediscofiles4224
      @thediscofiles4224 Před 4 lety +5

      Green Acres is hilarious, especially Mr. Kimball. I'd love to see a video on it too Rick! 😁

    • @carp566
      @carp566 Před 4 lety +6

      @@thediscofiles4224 and Mr. Haney. They had so many wonderful hilarious knuckle heads on that show.

    • @unstablebobgable
      @unstablebobgable Před 4 lety +2

      I like to roll up the fat Woodford and get all schmoked up while laughing at The Green Acres.

  • @statman99
    @statman99 Před 4 lety +5

    Carolyn Jones IS Morticia Addams!!!!!!

  • @wistfulwraith3296
    @wistfulwraith3296 Před 4 lety +1

    Both actresses had the right look for the part, but Carolyn was lovely and brought an unexpected sweetness to the role. It paired nicely with John Astin's good-natured exuberance.

  • @JamesPollMaine59
    @JamesPollMaine59 Před 4 lety +1

    Keep your videos about the Addams Family coming. Unthinkable to have anyone else other than Carolyn Jones play Morticia.

  • @schnertblatt
    @schnertblatt Před 4 lety +2

    Carolyn Jones was THE Morticia Addams . . . beautiful but demure, loving towards Gómez but a trifle mysterious, a breathy low voice, air of intelligence, the utmost in true courtesy and grace, a doting caring mother, a loving daughter and niece . . . Carolyn Jones easily did all that in the show to PERFECTION! (AND, being 10, 11, and 12 when the show was being aired, was I ever hot for Morticia! 😸)
    They definitely got it right in picking Carolyn Jones for the part!

  • @DJDarkGift
    @DJDarkGift Před 4 lety

    Carolyn Jones was the perfect casting choice for the role, I can't even think of anyone who could have even remotely done a more perfect job. Great Video.

  • @brettpugh7898
    @brettpugh7898 Před 4 lety +1

    She was the PERFECT woman to play morticia! In the 70s she did a guest spot as morticia on scooby doo, and even her voice is perfect lol

  • @jb6712
    @jb6712 Před 4 lety +1

    Hands down, Caroline Jones was the first and only choice for Morticia Addams. I was a very young child when the show was on, but I remember telling my mother that I wanted to look "just like" Morticia when I grew up---I thought that she was about the most beautiful woman ever, at least in my 11 year girl eyes. Even now, seeing her in the reruns, and being in my late 60's, I think she was gorgeous.

  • @shinn0314
    @shinn0314 Před 4 lety +2

    ❣️Oh God no. Nothing's a coincidence the part was definitely meant for Carolyn.. Hands down 🤗!!!❣️😍😊

  • @jonathanpoole5316
    @jonathanpoole5316 Před 3 lety +2

    The original series was cast perfectly, one of the reasons we are still talking about it.

  • @Multi1mark
    @Multi1mark Před 4 lety +3

    Carolyn Jones was the best choice and had great chemistry with John Astin.

  • @jamesryan6224
    @jamesryan6224 Před 4 lety +5

    It wouldnt be the same without Jones

  • @marybethkavinsky5519
    @marybethkavinsky5519 Před 3 lety

    I loved this segment & learn a lot from you ! Keep them coming as they make my day ! Thank you 😊 for sharing !

  • @villain5873
    @villain5873 Před 4 lety +1

    Please elaborate as much as possible, love the info on my favorite classic shows❤️

  • @Jared1701
    @Jared1701 Před 4 lety +5

    Yes sir, I would like to see a video on the casting of Uncle Fester and the other characters as well 👍

    • @satanswife2546
      @satanswife2546 Před 3 lety

      They just casted them nothing out of the unusual, the casting of Carolyn is different

  • @joesinkovits6591
    @joesinkovits6591 Před 4 lety

    Anyone other than Carolyn Jones as Morticia?? Let’s not be ridiculous! As always, great video, Rick! Interesting seeing Miss Jones without the Morticia wig. Thank you!

  • @jrose358
    @jrose358 Před 4 lety

    Carolyn was the correct choice!! Can’t imagine anyone else playing the role. Great video Rick

  • @0414obx
    @0414obx Před 4 lety +1

    Carolyn Jones is the answer, no matter what the question is. Keep up these great videos!

  • @gregseto
    @gregseto Před 4 lety +2

    It probably was the best choice for that character. She sure carried herself a certain way.

  • @mrjayy82
    @mrjayy82 Před 4 lety

    I cannot imagine anyone else playing Morticia Addams. Carolyn Jones nailed it. It's an interesting fact that she wasn't originally thought of when it came to playing the part as well as the fact Grandmama could have had Alice Pearce (AKA Gladys Kravitz in "Bewitched")!!
    Thanks Rick! 👍

  • @gSlover4reel
    @gSlover4reel Před 4 lety +2

    Definitely would like to see more on Uncle Fester and Grandmama. Keep up the good work Rick. Appreciate your efforts!

  • @Sealust50
    @Sealust50 Před 4 lety +2

    Carolyn Jones CREATED what Morticia Addams embodied! She made it HER OWN! CLASS, GORGEOUS BEAUTY, UNTOUCHABLE ELEGANCE, CHARM, GLAMOR, SOPHISTICATION all rolled into one PERFECT package. Whatever you do, don't even mention Angelica Huston's crappy "attempt" at playing the part of Morticia! (😆🤣😆🤣)

  • @stillkicken2007
    @stillkicken2007 Před 4 lety +3

    1) let on all the good stuff...
    2) Aaron Spelling had a direct ties to Adams Family and Beverly Hills, 90210 wow...
    Keep up the good work .

  • @georgecrosley5848
    @georgecrosley5848 Před 2 lety

    As a kid I had a crush on Morticia. I don’t think anyone could play that part half as good as Jones.

  • @VIDEOHEREBOB
    @VIDEOHEREBOB Před 4 lety +6

    Thanks Rick. Seems a blonde haired woman might not have worked for that character.

    • @llydrsn
      @llydrsn Před 3 lety

      I believe Carolyn Jones was blonde when she started, but got her more prominent roles after she dyed her hair black

  • @Vanessa-sp8ri
    @Vanessa-sp8ri Před 4 lety +2

    Good morning from NYC🙋‍♀️

  • @RobertBosworth
    @RobertBosworth Před 4 lety +1

    No way, really, to tell how someone else might have done. But I think Carolyn Jones pretty much defined the role. I would like to see information about other casting decisions. Great video, keep it up.

  • @brianrebmann5398
    @brianrebmann5398 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for a great video. I can't imagine anyone but Carolyn Jones in the role thank you for a great video

  • @yellabyrd5821
    @yellabyrd5821 Před 4 lety +4

    Elaborate away!This is great stuff...Definitely CJ was the right choice!

  • @marilyn6979
    @marilyn6979 Před 4 lety

    good info

  • @kennethbjorkmann8517
    @kennethbjorkmann8517 Před 4 lety +1

    Jones was the consumate choice, no doubt about it. I'd be interested in knowing the audition histories of other members of the cast as well. Such great research, Rick. We enjoy these short videos!

  • @haggismuncher
    @haggismuncher Před 4 lety

    There was two women in the late 60’s & early 70’s that appealed to me the most Carolyn Jones & Yvonne de Carlo...2 absolutely stunning actresses!,

  • @kevincox2580
    @kevincox2580 Před 4 lety

    Great job Rick

  • @jimtomassetti4817
    @jimtomassetti4817 Před 4 lety +3

    Yes by far...Caroline Jones was the one for the part to a tee!

  • @sandrasanders706
    @sandrasanders706 Před 4 lety

    Larry Hagman perfect is JR Ewing, Joan Collins perfect as Alexis, Carolyn Jones can't think of anybody else who could do the role and who embodied what Morticia Adams really is about! Do more on the casting...this is really terrific stuff!! Ric thank you!

  • @janicejones2820
    @janicejones2820 Před 4 lety +4

    Yes most definately Carolyn Jones. I thought also Carolyn Jones & John Astin made a cute couple.

  • @stevenkeech1992
    @stevenkeech1992 Před 4 lety

    I can't think of anyone else as playing Morticia she was perfect for the roll. I'd love to more on the other cast members such as John Astin, Blossom Rock, Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassady

  • @liamath1
    @liamath1 Před 3 lety +1

    She was brilliant, She was beautiful, She was an excellent actress, She was and always will be the perfect Morticia. ***

  • @Voyager23B
    @Voyager23B Před 4 lety

    Another Friday evening visit with Rick!

  • @revzillo
    @revzillo Před 4 lety +1

    Carolyn Jones all the way , she was just perfect , infact she was Morticia Addams and still is

  • @Edwin48100
    @Edwin48100 Před 4 lety +1

    No one else but Carolyn Jones!

  • @Marz5004
    @Marz5004 Před 4 lety

    Good documentary. 😊

  • @nelsonhall4248
    @nelsonhall4248 Před 4 lety +1

    I don't see anyone else who could have been a better Morticia than Carolyn Jones she was both graceful and sexy at the same time.

  • @TTM9691
    @TTM9691 Před 3 lety

    I haven't seen that show since the 70s and just started rewatching it two days ago. I can't believe how great she is. An impeccable performance, every line, every look, every movement. Every time I watch an episode, I almost always watch every scene with her and John Astin twice (at least), just to catch what each one is doing. . It's literally an acting lesson watching those two together (and apart). I never knew how great she was until the other day. PS - Just found out: she was on Roots! She was Chuck Connor's wife on Roots. She was excellent in that, completely different. She was also completely different on "Batman". In the 1950s, she did a movie with Elvis....then one with Sinatra! The stories she could tell, huh? Oscar-nominated actress. That's why she got top billing.

  • @Timotheus157
    @Timotheus157 Před 4 lety +2

    Carolyn Jones was perfect for Morticia.

  • @ohmeowzer1
    @ohmeowzer1 Před 4 lety

    🙏 thank you

  • @ceil5001
    @ceil5001 Před 4 lety

    As usual, loved the video. But now I have to go look up the definition of 'gravitas.' Lol thanks Rick!

  • @juliemitchell3794
    @juliemitchell3794 Před 4 lety +1

    Carolyn Jones was PERFECT!!!! The other actress just didn't have the right feel to this weird, comedic role. Love you Carolyn aka Morticia 🤗

  • @momofoneteague2183
    @momofoneteague2183 Před 4 lety

    Saw Carolyn in Last Train from Gun Hill....magnificent actress...

  • @rheafernandez8131
    @rheafernandez8131 Před 4 lety

    Perfect choice!

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz Před 4 lety

    I was 5 in 65 and had a crush on Carolyn Jones. I've always had good taste it seems.

  • @readeratare
    @readeratare Před 4 lety +1

    Carolyn Jones is indeed the right choice !

  • @roberttelarket4934
    @roberttelarket4934 Před 4 lety +6

    Joan Huntington was too beautiful for the part even though the gorgeous Yvonne Decarlo the counterpart from the Munsters got the Lilly role. Carolyn Jones was perfect as was Jackie Coogan, Uncle Fester; his voice was beyond just right!
    Also of course Aaron Spelling her husband who if rich and powerful then as he eventually became definitely would have forced the situation!
    Finally it should be noted Carolyn had to have an audition. She was not a top star until after the show.

  • @kathypappas6867
    @kathypappas6867 Před 4 lety +1

    I love Carolyn Jones , she was perfect !

  • @pleonic
    @pleonic Před 4 lety

    I've loved Carolyn Jones in literally everything I've ever seen her in -- even her parts on Dragnet. And I think she was the perfect one to create the role of Morticia. I would be interested in learning more about the other actors, particularly the one considered for Fester with Jackie Coogan.

  • @punkrockpub
    @punkrockpub Před 4 lety

    Hi Rick. Great video! I truly enjoyed it! Here's something that I think would make a great video to your Addams Family videos. If you have the information and resources, please consider comparing the two different electric model train layouts that were used in the 1964 through 1966 series. There are some videos, here on CZcams of the two different layouts. After all, a major component of the series was Gomez' obsessive hobby of colliding and blowing up his electric model trains! Please consider this if you will.

  • @theparrotrescuer3042
    @theparrotrescuer3042 Před 4 lety +1

    Definitely the correct choice...I couldn't imagine anyone else in the role...

  • @richardharden4437
    @richardharden4437 Před 4 lety

    Definitely the best choice for Morticia, I would like to see more videos on other characters too, keep up the good work rick.

  • @michaelfranz8252
    @michaelfranz8252 Před 4 lety

    Perfect

  • @BASTYK14710
    @BASTYK14710 Před 2 lety +1

    She was perfect for the role :)😊😉👍

  • @AR-jx6wr
    @AR-jx6wr Před 4 lety +1

    Please do elaborate on the others.

  • @Jim-ie6uf
    @Jim-ie6uf Před 4 lety

    Perfect choice.

  • @randelbrooks
    @randelbrooks Před 4 lety +1

    Caroline Jones had a major role in the famous film invasion of the bodysnatchers which clearly put her in science-fiction horror subject matter films, and it didn’t hurt that she was married to Aaron spelling. She obviously did not need the money but she was very well-connected and spelling was making a lot of TV series. So…

    • @elflvr04
      @elflvr04 Před 4 lety +1

      She was also in the Vincent Price film, House of Wax. So she has some horror film cred too :)

    • @randelbrooks
      @randelbrooks Před 4 lety

      elflvr04 That’s right now that you mention it she was in that!

  • @darrellphilip3295
    @darrellphilip3295 Před 4 lety

    Please give us more behind the scenes for Addams family. Carolyn Jones was perfection as Morticia.

  • @tomcat3360
    @tomcat3360 Před 4 lety +1

    Would live to see a segment on I’m Fenster He’s Dickens, or John Aston

  • @mgmcd1
    @mgmcd1 Před 4 lety

    A series on casting choices would be awesome. She was one of my first crushes. 🤓

  • @gc4644
    @gc4644 Před 4 lety

    I cant imagine ANYONE else playing Morticia than Carolyn Jones! Her mysteriously looking beauty and those sexy eyes,, Gomez was right in calling her "Cadia, and kissing up her arm!!
    Aaron Spelling was a lucky man!!

  • @jeffbassin630
    @jeffbassin630 Před 4 lety +1

    I agree that Carolyn Jones was the correct choice.

  • @tybelger8079
    @tybelger8079 Před 4 lety

    Yes please tell us a out the other actors. Tks

  • @danielrochford9183
    @danielrochford9183 Před 4 lety +2

    Carolyn jones is the only one to play the part