The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams
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The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams are a series of macabre, darkly humorous single-panel comics depicting an eccentric gothic family, originally published in The New Yorker starting in the 1930s.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams Context triple: [Maila Nurmi, inspiredBy, The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams]
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Family Guy
Family Guy is an animated sitcom known for its cutaway gags, satirical humor, and focus on the dysfunctional Griffin family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island.
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American Dad!
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Glenn Quagmire
Glenn Quagmire is a hypersexual, fast-talking airline pilot and neighbor of the Griffin family on the animated television series "Family Guy."
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Pops
Pops is the affectionate nickname of Louis Armstrong, the pioneering American jazz trumpeter and singer whose charismatic performances helped shape modern jazz.
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad is a 1949 Disney animated feature that pairs adaptations of Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and Kenneth Grahame’s “The Wind in the Willows” into a single anthology film.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams Target entity description: The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams are a series of macabre, darkly humorous single-panel comics depicting an eccentric gothic family, originally published in The New Yorker starting in the 1930s.
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A.
Family Guy
Family Guy is an animated sitcom known for its cutaway gags, satirical humor, and focus on the dysfunctional Griffin family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island.
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B.
American Dad!
American Dad! is an animated television sitcom that satirically follows the absurd adventures of CIA agent Stan Smith and his eccentric family in the fictional town of Langley Falls, Virginia.
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C.
Glenn Quagmire
Glenn Quagmire is a hypersexual, fast-talking airline pilot and neighbor of the Griffin family on the animated television series "Family Guy."
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D.
Pops
Pops is the affectionate nickname of Louis Armstrong, the pioneering American jazz trumpeter and singer whose charismatic performances helped shape modern jazz.
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E.
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad is a 1949 Disney animated feature that pairs adaptations of Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and Kenneth Grahame’s “The Wind in the Willows” into a single anthology film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartoon series
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single-panel comic series ⓘ |
| artStyle |
pen-and-ink illustration
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single-panel gag cartoon ⓘ |
| basedOn | original characters by Charles Addams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Charles Addams ⓘ |
| depicts |
The Addams Family (1991 film)
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surface form:
The Addams Family
dark humor ⓘ eccentric family ⓘ gothic family ⓘ macabre situations ⓘ |
| featuresLocation | Addams family mansion ⓘ |
| firstPublicationVenue | The New Yorker ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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dark comedy ⓘ gothic fiction ⓘ macabre fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Cousin Itt
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Grandmama Addams ⓘ Lurch ⓘ Pugsley Addams ⓘ Thing ⓘ Uncle Fester ⓘ Wednesday Addams ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Gomez Addams
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Morticia Addams ⓘ |
| hasPublicationFormat | single-panel cartoon ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
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inversion of social norms ⓘ satire of American family life ⓘ the macabre ⓘ |
| inspired |
The Addams Family (1964 TV series)
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The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ The Addams Family (1993 film) ⓘ The Addams Family (2019 animated film) ⓘ The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Addams Family (musical)
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| notableFor |
deadpan humor
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influential pop culture family ⓘ morbid visual gags ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedInDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| partOf |
The New Yorker
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surface form:
The New Yorker cartoons
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| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| publisher | The New Yorker ⓘ |
| setIn | unspecified American setting ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workOf | Charles Addams ⓘ |
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Subject: The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams Description of subject: The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams are a series of macabre, darkly humorous single-panel comics depicting an eccentric gothic family, originally published in The New Yorker starting in the 1930s.
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this entity surface form:
The Addams Family (via Charles Addams)
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The Addams Family by Charles Addams
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Addams Family cartoons
this entity surface form:
Charles Addams cartoons in The New Yorker
this entity surface form:
The Addams Family (cartoon) by Charles Addams
this entity surface form:
The New Yorker Addams Family cartoons
this entity surface form:
The Addams Family characters by Charles Addams
this entity surface form:
The Addams Family by Charles Addams
subject surface form:
The Addams Family (1991 film)
this entity surface form:
The Addams Family (cartoon characters by Charles Addams)