It's a shame she wasn't able to continue with the series. Copyright laws and proprietary claims be damned, this was a brilliant concept that should have been allowed to run its course.
NetFlix totally hijacked this idea. Even the promo photo of her holding the umbrella. Jenna Ortega does a great job playing a grown up Wednesday Addams in their version of your intellectual property. Looks like you did it first. There is a movie based on a true story called "Flash of Genius". It's about how a single man won millions of dollars in a patent infringement law suit against the auto industry.
I've added her collection to my DVD collection of EVERY Addams Family appearance on film. I don't care what Copyrights say, as far as I am concerned she BELONGS in the archive.
It was the descendants of Charles Addams that presented her with a Cease-and-Desist Order... either stop making them, or they'd sue TF out of her... But I totally agree... She's a brilliant writer and actress... I personally think that they were pissed off that she has taken the 'Addams Franchise' in a direction someone else was thinking of doing and her take would be too much of a competition to what later became Wednesday on Netflix, which has paid them a FORTUNE to do it...
You know movie Producers, I mean take a look at how Disney has gone down the pan lately, they probably only sued anyway to recompensate themselves on the latest turgid garbage turned out by the woke Hollywood movie scene as it slowly crawls deeper and deeper into its own grave of mediocrity, Universal are not too bad I supposed, they do some decent horrors but money is tight these days and cohorts of Lawyers aint cheap. It looks like Deadpool 3 will be good though on the bright side.
These are incredible. Melissa does an impressive job recreating Wednesday as an adult. I was sad, as many were, when she got the cease and desist order. I hope these were an inspiration to the producers of Wednesday.
it's obvious they didn't take any inspiration from this. in the very first episode, wednesday fucking addams is saved from a knock to the noggin by a stupid aesthetically pleasing artsy boy instead of sidestepping the gargoyle herself. later on she is manipulated and almost maimed by another boy after she kisses him for no reason. tim burton is a misogynist and his writing clearly reflects that. wednesday addams does not require saving from knights in lanky armor. not to mention the emptiness of her threats in the show. she has no teeth. and she's an idiot. she goes to the forest to fight a monster that easily overpowers her. wednesday 2022 is a joke. this web series is infinitely more respectful of her character and not least of all her autonomy and agency.
The way she handled the cat callers in the green truck... This series of shorts is BRILLIANT. Recommended to fans of The Addams Family, Wednesday, satirical, and/or dark humor.
I enjoy watching both iterations of Wednesday. Having said that, to me this rendition is like a good classic black and white movie. There are fewer sets, only a few practical special effects such as the attacking ponytail and zero explosions with a slow motion "walk away". These vignettes are carried by inspired concepts brought to life by top notch writing and acting. Very pure and visceral. I offer my mad love and a standing ovation. Bravo!
I think second only to that live action Mario series that was on RUclips around 7-10 years ago. It got taken down, too, so Nintendo could shit out that god awful movie.
Thank You for putting these all together…. All short and sweet. It’s a shame that they made them pull the plug on these. Melissa Hunter is priceless as Wednesday Addams….🥰 ( as well as a genius for her creative writing ) Wish there were more….🙁
And the fact that she so closely resembles Carolyn Jones, the original Morticia, (Wednesday's mother), makes it seem to be a continuation of the original series.
@@topcat43truffles15 : Which made her perfect to play Wednesday, because a child often grows up to resemble parents and she resembles Carolyn's version of Morticia more than Lisa Loring ever did or does.
This is better than the Netflix series. This has that cheery, witty, dark, and sarcastic humor, whereas the Netflix version just has a serious tone to it.
thank you! first time I've seen an old show brought into the present without ruining the base platform and characters. incredible job, awesome performers and funny as hell!
I was so moved by the last Comment I got for this video, I watched it again and laughed so very much. This is such a work of art! The ideas and workmanship that went into this movie are so important to the development of a new character - Wednesday Addams. I am still amazed at the joy this video gives to me and people.
This series has such good writing: "Wolves can smell petulance ... and body glitter." It's as though the writers seanced Charles Addams into the 21st century.
This is the only copy I have of this video. Of the 100k+ views of this stuff, I have watched it a tons of times. I just watched again today! This is realy good video. Please thank the woman that wrote this.
When I made the Wednesday Addams video that you see here, Melissa Hunter (Wednesday) had many videos (which I compiled here) was removed from RUclips soon afterwards! Melissa also played as "Wolf Girl" that was a series on NBC. She is extremely talented. I give her websites in the comments as soon as I can find them to help her grow in popularity. You should see her video: "Dead Puppies" it is totally Melissa! And that boyfriend in chains? Was really her boyfriend. Hope that helps explain my reason to keep this wonderful series alive! Long Life Happiness and Funny stuff! ❤
I used to watch her videos when they first aired. I loved every single one of them , especially the ones about Addams family as I am a fan of them since I was nine. It was a crime that RUclips took them down. However her patreon about Wednesday is still active . Maybe there is hope she can still return??
Crazy that this amazing series ran into copyright issues so had to stop yet Star Wars fans can upload shit loads of films that they have made with no problems
I have read that Lucasfilm has an unusually tolerant approach to their fans. Sadly, most IP holders are more like Paramount re: Star Trek; throwing C&Ds around like confetti.
Can you imagine her and Christina Ricci doing a critique of Christina's interpretation of her portrayal? Wednesday: "Your approach to me was very close, but you weren’t threatening enough..." Ricci: "I had to work with the lines they gave me." Wednesday: "To really understand me, you should have taken that as a challenge...after all, threats only work when you leave a few bodies behind you on occasion... " Ricci: "But that's murder!" Wednesday: "Only if you get caught. I've done it several times..."
I ADORED Adult Wednesday! Was sad when it couldnt continue. Its such a good concept that the execs should have worked with you to actually bring this to a mini series at least. You proved the concept had appeal.
I like his content alot and Wednesday on Netflix is ok but Melissa didn't own the character, MGM does. They should just let her do Wednesday again on her own terms here.
Wednesday Addams has been a character since Charles Addams created the cartoon in The New Yorker in 1938. Netflix didn't steal Wednesday from this RUclipsr.
I have to agree with Joe. Further more the Netflix series have little in common with this version of Wednesday. And to be honest, there are parts of the Netflix series that (to me) look more like they'd coloured another series with a Wednesday Addams theme, rather than a series that was made for the character Wednesday.
Carolyn Jones - the original Morticia (This name is really Mortician minsus the N - ie, Morticia!) was a second cousin in my family tree! My family growing up to me was "The Addams Family". I lived in the woods most of my life until sundown when my mother would call out to me: "Time to come home!!!" Most of the time I was leaning the forest back before I was 6 years old.
not sure why this appeared on my 'what to watch list ' Adult ? Midweek and Addams . I grew up with the family :-) A lot of hard work went into this ! The script is awesome , dark , yes , funny , poigniant straight talk :-) Slick presentation .
The show Wednesday owes you BIG TIME! I've loved the Addams Family ever since I was a little girl so thank you for these👍 . P.S. Where can I find a dress like Wednesday's? It would be perfect for the world famous Whitby Goth Weekend (where we celebrate Dracula author Bram Stoker's birthday - & Dracula himself of course!).
its good to see that these are still around, thought they had all been taken down. I wish that they let her continue as she did so well in making these. It's not fair that she had to stop when she was simply expressing her own ideas and creativity on Wednesday.
Yeah it's still technically theft though. Copying someone's (Intellectual Property) IP and portraying that character exactly as it would have been or should have been by the IP creator/holder. She even refers to herself as the "Adult Wednesday Addams" stealing the IP name and association not only the content of the character. We have these laws for a reason and you can't just say they suck because you enjoyed what was created by someone that broke them. Personally the IP holder could have allowed them to create these shorts and probably would have been praised by the community at large but some CEOs make silly decisions. Going forward they could create similar content and just not call themselves "Wednesday" they could say it's "Wednesday inspired" or "When you watch too much Addams family". Copywrite laws allow for inspiration from protected content not the outright theft/unauthorized usage.
a terrificly good serie. actors are all good, theme is so fit with the theme. thank to the team. except matt schwartz that gifted us with super low volume on dialogues and ear explosions with the theme.
It's a shame she wasn't able to continue with the series. Copyright laws and proprietary claims be damned, this was a brilliant concept that should have been allowed to run its course.
Your very right! It is a pity. A very amusing show with great stories and actors. "Wednesday" is simply superb!
NetFlix totally hijacked this idea. Even the promo photo of her holding the umbrella. Jenna Ortega does a great job playing a grown up Wednesday Addams in their version of your intellectual property.
Looks like you did it first.
There is a movie based on a true story called "Flash of Genius". It's about how a single man won millions of dollars in a patent infringement law suit against the auto industry.
It feels to me like this should be protected from copyright because it's satire.
I've added her collection to my DVD collection of EVERY Addams Family appearance on film.
I don't care what Copyrights say, as far as I am concerned she BELONGS in the archive.
It was the descendants of Charles Addams that presented her with a Cease-and-Desist Order... either stop making them, or they'd sue TF out of her... But I totally agree... She's a brilliant writer and actress... I personally think that they were pissed off that she has taken the 'Addams Franchise' in a direction someone else was thinking of doing and her take would be too much of a competition to what later became Wednesday on Netflix, which has paid them a FORTUNE to do it...
This series of minis is freaking awesome. Sorry Melissa wasn't able to continue. They should have hired her and made a full series.
You know movie Producers, I mean take a look at how Disney has gone down the pan lately, they probably only sued anyway to recompensate themselves on the latest turgid garbage turned out by the woke Hollywood movie scene as it slowly crawls deeper and deeper into its own grave of mediocrity, Universal are not too bad I supposed, they do some decent horrors but money is tight these days and cohorts of Lawyers aint cheap. It looks like Deadpool 3 will be good though on the bright side.
I agree
These are incredible. Melissa does an impressive job recreating Wednesday as an adult. I was sad, as many were, when she got the cease and desist order. I hope these were an inspiration to the producers of Wednesday.
100 % it was once
it's obvious they didn't take any inspiration from this. in the very first episode, wednesday fucking addams is saved from a knock to the noggin by a stupid aesthetically pleasing artsy boy instead of sidestepping the gargoyle herself. later on she is manipulated and almost maimed by another boy after she kisses him for no reason. tim burton is a misogynist and his writing clearly reflects that. wednesday addams does not require saving from knights in lanky armor. not to mention the emptiness of her threats in the show. she has no teeth. and she's an idiot. she goes to the forest to fight a monster that easily overpowers her. wednesday 2022 is a joke. this web series is infinitely more respectful of her character and not least of all her autonomy and agency.
The way she handled the cat callers in the green truck... This series of shorts is BRILLIANT. Recommended to fans of The Addams Family, Wednesday, satirical, and/or dark humor.
She needed 3 violent men to make her strong.
Parden my harshness but it was a green jeep. Calling a jeep a truck is an insult to my truck.
I enjoy watching both iterations of Wednesday. Having said that, to me this rendition is like a good classic black and white movie. There are fewer sets, only a few practical special effects such as the attacking ponytail and zero explosions with a slow motion "walk away". These vignettes are carried by inspired concepts brought to life by top notch writing and acting. Very pure and visceral. I offer my mad love and a standing ovation. Bravo!
I'm glad these are still up. she was brilliant. the writing was excellent. I understand why it had to stop, but I don't have to like it.
This was absolutely brilliant. Her and her team were incredible 👏
This is the greatest Adams Family related content ever!!!
my favorite version of Wednesday Addams
One of my favorite shows and definitely my favorite satire of that show.
To me, it's a classic.
"My mom says
i'm special"
"Your mom exaggerates" 🤣🤣
Just an excellent moment (and valid point for us all!) :)
This series is brilliant. It should have been just allowed to run as a fan film instead of throwing copyright laws around.
Incredible acting,she is so natural in that character,plus her real personality is adorable,i wish her the best in life,hugs
I love how Wednesday is so gentle with kids 😭💕
This is possibly the best original stuff I've seen on RUclips
I think second only to that live action Mario series that was on RUclips around 7-10 years ago. It got taken down, too, so Nintendo could shit out that god awful movie.
It is too bad that they did not allow the new Wednesday Adams to continue. These short videos are fantastic !!!
my name is cohen. I have an uncle name Allen. Uncle Allen was is WW2. I was is Desert Storm. ❤
I don't usually laugh out loud at campy humor , but THIS was really funny ...
The growling pet in Wednesday's purse has me dying.
"... do you compost?..." This is some serious Addams Family stuff here.
Thank You for putting these all together….
All short and sweet. It’s a shame that they made them pull the plug on these.
Melissa Hunter is priceless as Wednesday Addams….🥰
( as well as a genius for her creative writing )
Wish there were more….🙁
@topcat43truffles15 Melissa Hunter is a brilliant actor and producer.
And the fact that she so closely resembles Carolyn Jones, the original Morticia, (Wednesday's mother), makes it seem to be a continuation of the original series.
@@jacklow9611
Excellent point, Melissa looks like she could be Carolyn’s daughter….
@@topcat43truffles15 : Which made her perfect to play Wednesday, because a child often grows up to resemble parents and she resembles Carolyn's version of Morticia more than Lisa Loring ever did or does.
This is better than the Netflix series. This has that cheery, witty, dark, and sarcastic humor, whereas the Netflix version just has a serious tone to it.
thank you! first time I've seen an old show brought into the present without ruining the base platform and characters. incredible job, awesome performers and funny as hell!
Glad to see this version back on the tube. These shorts are perfect macabre humor in a jugular vein.
I love these. They are so clever and creative, well produced and acted, and very funny with great social messaging.
I do love this young woman’s works. Wit, finess and charm abound…
Good stuff here, I miss this series.
Stiffling creativity as this is simply wrong - these presentations are priceless, well done and a heartfelt thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I haven't seen this for years ... such a great series ... thanks Linda 😈
I was so moved by the last Comment I got for this video, I watched it again and laughed so very much. This is such a work of art! The ideas and workmanship that went into this movie are so important to the development of a new character - Wednesday Addams. I am still amazed at the joy this video gives to me and people.
coolest tv series I have ever seen. No disrespect to the 60s original and the movies. Wednesday is a not so distant second.
@MrEab2010 My entire family thinks we are the Addams family! I have a TIger head from Africa hanging in my TV room. Glad you liked the videos.
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This series has such good writing: "Wolves can smell petulance ... and body glitter." It's as though the writers seanced Charles Addams into the 21st century.
This is the only copy I have of this video. Of the 100k+ views of this stuff, I have watched it a tons of times. I just watched again today! This is realy good video. Please thank the woman that wrote this.
Gosh - she should star in a big Movie - sheˋs a brilliant Wednesday.
"Can you start on Monday?"
"Make it Wednesday and you got a deal."
Every few months or years - I have to watch this video. This is so funny - AGAIN -. lol.
I literally had no idea this existed until right now and I just started watching, I'm so excited. it looks so good!
I am so glad to share funny stuff with people I wish could have these great things. It took me 3 years to find these videos.
When I made the Wednesday Addams video that you see here, Melissa Hunter (Wednesday) had many videos (which I compiled here) was removed from RUclips soon afterwards! Melissa also played as "Wolf Girl" that was a series on NBC. She is extremely talented. I give her websites in the comments as soon as I can find them to help her grow in popularity. You should see her video: "Dead Puppies" it is totally Melissa! And that boyfriend in chains? Was really her boyfriend. Hope that helps explain my reason to keep this wonderful series alive! Long Life Happiness and Funny stuff! ❤
I used to watch her videos when they first aired. I loved every single one of them , especially the ones about Addams family as I am a fan of them since I was nine. It was a crime that RUclips took them down. However her patreon about Wednesday is still active . Maybe there is hope she can still return??
Anytime something brilliant is created, lawyers and accountants rush it to crush it.
Crazy that this amazing series ran into copyright issues so had to stop yet Star Wars fans can upload shit loads of films that they have made with no problems
oh well
Oh, wow this is made by a fan? It's less OOC then Netflix show, I would have never guessed!
I have read that Lucasfilm has an unusually tolerant approach to their fans. Sadly, most IP holders are more like Paramount re: Star Trek; throwing C&Ds around like confetti.
If the powers that be had any brains, they would have hired Melissa and produced this concept while reaping profits.
LOL! Thank you so much. I am watching this right now. ♥
Can you imagine her and Christina Ricci doing a critique of Christina's interpretation of her portrayal?
Wednesday: "Your approach to me was very close, but you weren’t threatening enough..."
Ricci: "I had to work with the lines they gave me."
Wednesday: "To really understand me, you should have taken that as a challenge...after all, threats only work when you leave a few bodies behind you on occasion... "
Ricci: "But that's murder!"
Wednesday: "Only if you get caught. I've done it several times..."
Thank you for reposting these, Melissa really does a great job at adult Wednesday. She was amazing!
Holy moly this is brilliant.
I ADORED Adult Wednesday! Was sad when it couldnt continue. Its such a good concept that the execs should have worked with you to actually bring this to a mini series at least. You proved the concept had appeal.
These are priceless. Melissa is an incredible talent.
What r u studying?
Wednesday : Weakness!
Lol 😆 🤣 love her character
I wish you would do more of this. I love it. Just had me hooked from beginning to end. 😊
As the FIRST time I have ever comment on RUclips. Great work, no, fantastic work, to you and your team!
I can't get enough of Addams Family! This is just a Win-Win for all Addams Fans - Like me! Glad you like my channel.
You have to love Adult Wednesday... Just love them.
Today I decided to watch this video again. I can not believe how funny it is! Just like it is all.
This stuff is so funny! 💋
It's nice they are all gathered in one spot to enjoy. I still think Netflix should have paid her for the idea.
One of the best things I've seen on YT for a long while...of course all good things must come to an end.
Absolutely BRILLIANT!
Far better than the commercial Wednesday series.
Like many, I thought this was some of the best comedy ever.
I found these short videos delightful; many spakeked honest laughs from me.
Thanks!
Fantastic series! Gotta love Wednesday.
This is what Netflix should have done.
Make no mistake, NetFlix stole this idea, right down to Wednesday holding the umbrella in the promo pictures.
Are there more of these somewhere? These had me laughing to life!
Fantastic series of short videos which I would have loved if they made it into a long running series !!!
This is simply brilliant
Melissa Hunter was amazing as Wednesday, but her concept show Wolfgirl for NBC used the best takes from Wednesday in it.
I would love to see Wednesday Adams playing a Marine Drill Instructor.
OOOOOH yeah! Same voice, same delivery... and a lot of nervous young men.
You would Hate that! Oh wow. Made me laugh. Thank you. :)
This was such a Brilliant production 😂
Absolutely brilliant!
This show is hilarious! Love it!
I love Love LOVE this series!!! I so wish there could have been more.
Love the show
...what a gift ... bless whomsoevers be responsible...
best thing i found on the net today, thank you algorithm for finally giving me something good.
I miss these:)
A little baby Heidi Gardner shows up in one of these! The casting and acting in these webisodes is perfection!
Netflix totally stole your idea of a show you know, they even named it Wednesday. How despicable smh...
I like his content alot and Wednesday on Netflix is ok but Melissa didn't own the character, MGM does.
They should just let her do Wednesday again on her own terms here.
@@JoeChilltonr/woosh
@@Ethereal_Amaryllis sorry, being realistic. I like this series a lot of I haven't mentioned it before
Wednesday Addams has been a character since Charles Addams created the cartoon in The New Yorker in 1938. Netflix didn't steal Wednesday from this RUclipsr.
I have to agree with Joe. Further more the Netflix series have little in common with this version of Wednesday. And to be honest, there are parts of the Netflix series that (to me) look more like they'd coloured another series with a Wednesday Addams theme, rather than a series that was made for the character Wednesday.
Absolutely awesome love this 10/10
This is much better than what they tried
Each is more brilliant than the next!
Better than the official show.
Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE each & every episode
Carolyn Jones - the original Morticia (This name is really Mortician minsus the N - ie, Morticia!) was a second cousin in my family tree! My family growing up to me was "The Addams Family". I lived in the woods most of my life until sundown when my mother would call out to me: "Time to come home!!!" Most of the time I was leaning the forest back before I was 6 years old.
not sure why this appeared on my 'what to watch list '
Adult ? Midweek and Addams .
I grew up with the family :-)
A lot of hard work went into this !
The script is awesome , dark , yes , funny , poigniant straight talk :-)
Slick presentation .
Smart comedy.....I see real genius and I absolutely adore her
I love this person.
They should bring back the Addams family tv show ...
i watched the Wednesday movie this right up there glad i found it .
Love the clips! So wish you get the opportunity to make this a big thing.
The show Wednesday owes you BIG TIME! I've loved the Addams Family ever since I was a little girl so thank you for these👍 . P.S. Where can I find a dress like Wednesday's? It would be perfect for the world famous Whitby Goth Weekend (where we celebrate Dracula author Bram Stoker's birthday - & Dracula himself of course!).
This is so well done.
I love this! My kind of show.
These are great !
Super good and so nice to see these again!
These were fantastic, it's a shame that Disney didn't pick this up as a series.
This is very good!!! I love it!!!!!!!
I'm still surprised that adult Wednesday Addams wasn't picked up by someone. It was that good.
I could rewatch these every 3 months.
LOL. I watch this 3 times a week! I got a boring life.... My job is to help people with awful health issues; so, this video keeps me happy. :)
These are amazing! Thanks for compiling them
I am happy to see that this is back up somewhere.
Excellent writing, the part when Wednesday is explaining love,,, it's visceral and somewhat accurate in intensities.
I absolutely love this. Wonderful job.
its good to see that these are still around, thought they had all been taken down. I wish that they let her continue as she did so well in making these. It's not fair that she had to stop when she was simply expressing her own ideas and creativity on Wednesday.
Yeah it's still technically theft though. Copying someone's (Intellectual Property) IP and portraying that character exactly as it would have been or should have been by the IP creator/holder. She even refers to herself as the "Adult Wednesday Addams" stealing the IP name and association not only the content of the character. We have these laws for a reason and you can't just say they suck because you enjoyed what was created by someone that broke them. Personally the IP holder could have allowed them to create these shorts and probably would have been praised by the community at large but some CEOs make silly decisions.
Going forward they could create similar content and just not call themselves "Wednesday" they could say it's "Wednesday inspired" or "When you watch too much Addams family". Copywrite laws allow for inspiration from protected content not the outright theft/unauthorized usage.
Absolutely brilliant!
a terrificly good serie. actors are all good, theme is so fit with the theme. thank to the team.
except matt schwartz that gifted us with super low volume on dialogues and ear explosions with the theme.