#grandmama

[lordrakim]

Larry Johnson on UNLV vs. NCAA, Grandmama, Hornets and Knicks | ALL THE SMOKE

On today’s episode of ALL THE SMOKE, the legendary Larry Johnson shares incredible stories in front of a sold out NYC crowd.Johnson looks back on his time as one of the faces of college basketball at UNLV. He reflects on the Runnin’ Rebels blowout win over Duke in the 1990 NCAA Championship and winning the Naismith College Player of the Year in 1991. But it wasn’t all glory during his time at…

[stuckinapatriarchalbullshitland]

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The most coolest powers that The Addams Family has in the game

Grandmama

She can summon the elements

[allergictocolor]

Character Profile - Grandmama…Addams?

"This disrespectful old hag is the mother of Gomez (husband of Morticia). She willingly helps with the dishes, cheats at solitaire and is thoroughly dishonest. She, too, is a favorite with the children and will make them cookies in the shape of bats, skulls and bones. Good humored about all and can be garrulous. The complexion is dark, the hair is white and frizzy and uncombed. She has a light beard and a large mole. She wears a shawl on all occasions, thick socks and fleece slippers under a bombazine skirt." - Chas Addams

garrulous - adjective: excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters

bombazine - noun: a heavy, dense fabric woven of silk and wool, used largely for mourning wear in 16th century and 17th century Europe

As part of his ongoing theme of the macabre and bizarre, Charles Addams drew some witches who weren’t Grandmama:

When he did draw her, she was almost always with other members of the family:

He originally wrote Grandmama as “Granny Frump”, Gomez’s mother. Their familial connection was obvious from their appearance. The producers of the 60s TV show decided to keep her as Gomez’s mother, but to make Frump be Morticia’s maiden name. Granny Frump, who was played by Margaret Hamilton and appeared in just three episodes of the sitcom, was given the first name Hester. I can find no record of Grandmama, who was in all 64 episodes of the show, having a first name. She was simply referred to as Grandmama, Grandma, or Mama, depending on who was speaking to her.

She is just as full of mischief as the rest of the family, if not more. She and Fester are frequently in cahoots, and their meddling with the lives of the other family members provides the occasional plot for sitcom hi-jinks. However, she is mostly a background character. That’s probably a good thing, since a little of her mischief goes a long way. When she makes yak stew, it turns Gomez into a sleepwalking cat burglar. When Fester reads an article about how only couples who fight are in stable relationships, she helps him try to push Gomez and Morticia to fight, and it wreaks havoc in the household. 

Grandmama is an actual witch, and has real magical power in the show. She creates potions, like “love dust”, which is of dubious effectiveness. Most notably, she uses a crystal ball to see the future. Others don’t always believe her predictions, but they are accurate. In one episode, she’s arrested for fortune telling, which is (or at least was) illegal in their state. Rather than pay the ten dollar fine, Gomez decides to represent her in court as Gomez “The Great Loophole” Addams. Everything that happens from there is, of course, ridiculous. What else would you expect?

Her place on the family tree is shaken up over the years. In the 1992 animated series, she’s Granny Frump, Morticia’s mother once again. In the 1990s movies, she Morticia’s mother. The third film (a low-budget, direct-to-video movie from 1998), names her Esmeralda. She’s played by a different actress in all three movies. It’s not so strange that a different person was cast in the third film, as nearly all the parts were recast. But it is strange that she was recast for the 1993 sequel. It turns out that Judith Malina, who played her in 1991, made an off-color joke about the war and flag burning, and that was enough for everyone else to not want to work with her anymore. She was replaced with Carol Kane, who you may recognize from The Princess Bride. 

In the 1998 TV series, The New Addams Family, she’s Gomez’s mother again, and her first name is Eudora. The Broadway musical pokes fun at Grandmama’s nebulous status by making her possibly not even be part of the family. Morticia thinks she’s Gomez’s mother, and vice versa. They just laugh about it. Anyone weird enough could probably just start living in the Addams’ mansion and say they’re a cousin, and the family would just accept them without question. In the 2019 animated movie, Grandmama is Gomez’s mother, and has a long-running feud with Auntie Sloom.

While she has not shown up in the Netflix Wednesday series yet, Joanna Lumley has been cast as Grandmama for the second season. It had not been announced whose mother she’s going to be, but odds are good that she’ll be playing Morticia’s mother. Lumley is British, and best known for the show Absolutely Fabulous, which ran from 1992 to 2012 but only had 39 episodes. (British TV is different from American TV in so many ways.) She has a pale complexion more in common with Catherine Zeta-Jones, and is 5’8” tall. Luis Guzmán is Puerto Rican and 5’5” tall, and would be unlikely to have a white, tall mother.

Seeing how the main premise of Wednesday is that society is divided into supernatural creatures and normal humans, it’s safe to assume that Grandmama will have supernatural powers. She has historically been able to predict that future, so it’s no big stretch to also assume that she will have that power in the show. The character Goody Addams is an ancestor from colonial times, and had that ability. Wednesday most likely inherited it from both sides of the family. It’s even possible that both Gomez and Morticia are descended from Goody. As for what Grandmama can do, we’ll have to wait until some time in 2025 to find out.

[peteneems]

Grandmama.

[the-gay-rat]

im a grandparent

Just look at her and her three kids

[christianhoguev]

[21stcenturyrenaissanceman]

Done on an IPad using Procreate: Gramma’s Mink Coat.

[piece-of-the-pie-if]

Aw, kinda sad Grandma won't live with MC and fam. She sounds like she would offer a lot of snarky commentary and stories lol I feel like she would have a lot to say about ROs and MC's relationships with them.

There's just not enough space above the bakery! She's definitely one of my favourite 'new' characters, that's for sure! I have plans to involve her in the story from around the end of the “first arc” which will be fun!

She's going to have opinions on everything everyone!!

[queenofyeens]

Okay, but after watching Family Switch, it struck me that Rita Moreno would be an an amazing Grandmama for the Wednesday series. She is an awesome Latina lady with that cooky energy that could be perfect for the role. The role is probably already cast but damn it would be awesome 😭

[princesssarisa]

A young Blossom Rock, née Blossom MacDonald – fellow actress and sister of the more famous Jeanette MacDonald, best known for her later-in-life role as Grandmama in the classic '60s sitcom of The Addams Family.

From her Wikipedia page.

Until now I only knew her as the haggish, funny old Grandmama, as I'm sure most people do. But in her pre-Addams days, she was a beautiful woman!

[artwithdrawl]

I had dream where someone tried to convince me that Muttiklein was a slur for paraplegic German boys. For context it means little mother.

[agender-void]

I know

Wednesday: “Grandmama, I am transgender”

Grandmama: “Well yeah, obviously. I’ve always know. Now go and get me these ingredients and be quick!”

Wednesday:

Wednesday: *shrugging* “Yeah, that checks out”

[luckydetectivelight]

A day in the park with Grandmama.

[fitpetiteoverfifty]

Day 4 July 4, 2023. Motivation number 1.

[piece-of-the-pie-if]

... four (4) partners???? Grandma Gets Around, huh!

Technically, Grandma has only been divorced three (3) times, but he last husband did make her a widow and she hasn't taken another partner again so yes, 4 previous partners!

Only the one child though, to her second partner (first husband), which is father dearest!

[lenbryant]

“Slay…”