Talk:Charles Addams

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The filming of the Addams family mansion was actually the outside of the Arts and Sciences building at Syracuse University. With some effects added, of course. And not so many college students.

[edit] Cartoon Used to gauge lunacy

"A cartoon of his was (allegedly) used to gauge incipient lunacy in an asylum, depending on how long it took the subject to see why it is funny. You can see it here. The same cartoon was referenced in the Frazz cartoon published on the 27th January, 2008." I can't find any reference to this being a real rumor, though it is an interesting idea (I even tracked down the old Frazz cartoon, but it does not mention this idea.) Would one be more sane if one did not understand the cartoon, or if one found the cartoon hilarious right away? (I found the cartoon hilarious right away, but do not consider myself to be insane...)

[edit] Copyright issue

Almost everything in this article seems to be taken - word for word, but with some rearrangement of sentences - from "In Search of the Dark Muse of a Master of the Macabre", Janet Maslin's review of Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life by Linda H. Davis (Random House), in the New York Times 26 October 2006. It's presumably copyright material. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.47.242.32 (talk • contribs)

Thank you for reporting this. Copyright violations are a very serious business. However... two people have now looked over the article, and can't really see it. Could you give a specific example? For reference, I think this is the article [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/books/26masl.html. Notinasnaid 10:27, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Levy

The article contains a link to an entry for David Levy, producer of the Addams Family TV show. The link leads to a disambiguation page, and none of the entries on that page seem to be the correct David Levy. Jason Fliegel