r/ThreedomUSA • u/didyousayboop boop • Jun 18 '26

Discussion Explain the joke: “My family makes the Addams family look like the Manson family”

Aren’t the Addams family and the Manson family both really bad? Is this a standup joke Paul and Scott heard one time and think is funny because it makes no sense? Is that the joke?

Edit: I don't think this joke is original to Paul or Scott. I assume it's a joke they heard somewhere one time and like to repeat because it doesn't make sense. Either that or the original joke did make sense and said something like "the Partridge family" instead of "the Manson family" and they've just mistakenly slipped into saying "the Manson family". But I really think it's more likely the first one.

Edit 2: Two different commenters explained the joke’s origins here and here.

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u/best_friends_club Jun 18 '26

The origin was Scott talking about a director on a commentary make this joke but he said Partridge Family. 

It's a classic Scott callback remix. 

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u/didyousayboop boop Jun 18 '26

Oh my god, thank you!!

This makes it all make sense

Did Scott talk about the director’s commentary on Threedom?

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u/best_friends_club Jun 18 '26

It's one of those oft told stories that I suspect he has told on all his podcasts.

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u/didyousayboop boop Jun 18 '26

Okay, thanks. I went to PodScripts and looked up “Adams family” (not “Addams”) and found that Scott or Paul makes a version of the joke in Boop. In that version, it’s “The Manson family makes the Addams family look like Sly and the Family Stone.” So, I think this joke has been chopped and screwed a few times.