Poor imitations

One of my favourite television programs when I was growing up was "The Addams Family". They were quirky and fun, yet remarkably conservative in their own way. So it was with some disappointment that I noticed an ad on television the other night for, I think, some kind of cleaning product. The talent were Addams family look-a-likes. Uncle Fester wasn't bad - but the others weren't even close. But the props ... and how they were representing them made my skin crawl - such was the blatant misrepresentation of my lovely Addams'. Hopefully not everyone had the same reaction to the ad - it's hard to get people to buy something if they can't remember what it is. (Okay, so I saw the ad again and it's for a paper towel.)