Which Brand of Cigars is Smoked By Gomez Addams?

[warren]

Thanks. Food on you for the research.

 

[macaroni]

I don't know what brand Gomez Adams smoked. But I think I recall the actor smoking when he played parts in "Murder She Wrote" (maybe I was just daydreaming when watching those great old shows! LOL).

What a fun thread! Thanks.
kindly
mike

 

[anotherbob]

I may be wrong on this broad of a statement. I remember reading that he had to go somewhere and was concerned his cigars would be nicked so he went to a cigar store and bought the largest cheapest cigars he could find. I think it was when he had to go to the underground bunker command post during the war.

But you are more correct so I stand corrected as the following links indicate he spent a fortune on many cigars although they contradict each other in parts :

What Was Winston Churchill's Favorite Cigar?

It’s not clear these days what you’d have to do to get a cigar named after you. Even so, would it become an iconic shape adopted by pretty much every cigar maker? There’s La Flor Dominicana’s El Jocko (yes, it’s named after a real person), but the standard is the Churchill, named for the British...

www.holts.com

A Gentleman of History | Cigar Aficionado

In war or peace, Winston Churchill's cigars were never far from his hand. | Cigar Aficionado

www.cigaraficionado.com

as a one off that makes more sense.

 

[condorlover1]

Interesting responses!

 

[camaguey]

I do not know if you refer to the same character. Raul Julia , who was Gomez on the family Adams films , was a real cigar smoker and he liked cuban cohibas on real life. R.I.P. Raul Julia.

 

[Peter Turbo]

Taken from a Cigar Aficionado article
""My character, Gomez, in The Addams Family smokes La Glorias. He plays golf with them sometimes," Julia says. Cohibas, however, deserve Julia's special praise. "The Cohibas are so good; I just can't smoke them regularly," he says, his eyes closing again, and his hand moving to his cheek."

Heres the whole thing if you want to read it

Only As Good As The Memories | Cigar Aficionado

Raul Julia has charted an unconventional path through film and stage. | Cigar Aficionado

www.cigaraficionado.com

 

[PipeIT]

Wow, he’s still alive, I read he’s the only surviving member of the Addams Family.

I really loved that show as a kid.

 

[AJL67]

Taken from a Cigar Aficionado article
""My character, Gomez, in The Addams Family smokes La Glorias. He plays golf with them sometimes," Julia says. Cohibas, however, deserve Julia's special praise. "The Cohibas are so good; I just can't smoke them regularly," he says, his eyes closing again, and his hand moving to his cheek."

Heres the whole thing if you want to read it

Only As Good As The Memories | Cigar Aficionado

Raul Julia has charted an unconventional path through film and stage. | Cigar Aficionado

www.cigaraficionado.com

That’s a much later Gomez.

 

[AJL67]

Given the time frame of the tv series, it was probably a clear havana, cuban filler and binder rolled in Tampa and most like a candela wrapper and it looks like a lonsdale, no bands so telling the brand might as well be impossible.

I think the trick as mentioned is to find out what he smoked in real life.

“I smoked cigars at the time, and thought it would be right for the character, like growing a mustache,” Astin told Smoke magazine
They were the most popular cigars of the day.

 

[condorlover1]

The days when cigars were cigars and men were men! Gomez Addams the thinking mans lunatic!!!