The Addams Family: The Complete Series [1964] (9 discs)
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Composer:

Vic Mizzy

Length:	1638 minutes (27 hours 18 minutes)
MPAA Rating:	TV-G
Suggested Event Use:	Halloween
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IMDB Rating:	8.0/10
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Synopsis: The Addams family is that family we all have in our neighborhood that is just a little off kilter. And by that, I mean they are all of those odd families multiplied together.

Reaction: Funny though a bit predictable at times. There's still some fairly witty repartee that should get a chuckle out of you.

Personal Rating: 7/10

Select Guest Cast

Alan Reed

Park Commissioner Fiske ^{(Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family)}

Byron Foulger

Mr. Oscar Belmont ^{(Lurch and His Harpsichord)}

Carolyn Jones

Lady Fingers ^{(Morticia Meets Royalty)}

Elvia Allman

Princess Millicent von Schlepp ^{(Morticia Meets Royalty)}

Cynthia Pepper

Amanda Peterson ^{(New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family)}

Diane Jergens

Trivia ^{(Lurch's Grand Romance)}

Don Rickles

Claude ^{(Halloween with the Addams Family)}

Skip Homeier

Marty ^{(Halloween with the Addams Family)}

Eddie Quillan

Joe Digby ^{(Morticia, the Decorator)}

Jeff Donnell

Eleanor Digby ^{(Morticia, the Decorator)}

Eddie Quillan

George Bass ^{(Gomez, the Politician)}

Eddie Quillan

Clyde Arbogast ^{(Gomez, the People's Choice)}

Eddie Quillan

Horace Beesley ^{(Crisis in the Addams Family)}

Elisabeth Fraser

Madelyn Smith ^{(Uncle Fester's Toupee)}

Ellen Corby

Mother Lurch ^{(Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family)}

Frank Wilcox

Sam Harris ^{(The Addams Family Meets the V.I.Ps)}

Stanley Adams

Ila Klarpe ^{(The Addams Family Meets the V.I.Ps)}

Hal Smith

Judge Harvey Saunders ^{(The Addams Family In Court)}

James Flavin

Lt. James Poston ^{(The Addams Family In Court)}

Hazel Shermet

Melancholia ^{(Morticia, the Matchmaker)}

Hugh Sanders

Bosley Swain ^{(Art and the Addams Family)}

Jack LaLanne

Himself (as Jack La Lanne) ^{(Fester Goes on a Diet)}

Jack Voglin

Thing ^{(Lurch Learns to Dance)}

Jesse White

Sgt. Haley ^{(Wednesday Leaves Home)}

Jill Andre

Isobel Dunbar ^{(Gomez, the Reluctant Lover)}

Jonathan Hole

Prof. Simms ^{(The Addams Family Tree)}

Lee Bergere

Dr. Francois Chalon ^{(The Winning of Morticia Addams)}

Madge Blake

Miss Comstock ^{(The Addams Family Goes to School)}

Nydia Westman

Miss Morrison ^{(The Addams Family Goes to School)}

Marty Ingels

Dr. Marvin P. Gunderson ^{(Cat Addams)}

Meg Wyllie

Mrs. Dragwater ^{(Cousin Itt's Problem)}

Olan Soule

Harwood Widdy ^{(The Addams Family Splurges)}

Peter Leeds

Oscar Webber ^{(Morticia Joins the Ladies League)}

Robby the Robot

Smiley ^{(Lurch's Little Helper)}

Robert Carson [II]

Mr. Glenville (as Robert S. Carson) ^{(Pugsley's Allowance)}

Robert Nichols

Horatio Bartholomew ^{(Ophelia Finds Romance)}

Sig Ruman

Eric Von Bissell ^{(My Fair Cousin Itt)}

Select Cast and Crew

Arthur Hiller

Director

Arthur Lubin

Director

Jean Yarbrough

Director

Jerry Hopper

Director

Nat Perrin

Director

Sidney Lanfield

Director

Sidney Miller

Director

Sidney Salkow

Director

Stanley Z. Cherry

Director

Hannibal Coons

Writer

Harry Winkler

Writer

Vic Mizzy

Composer

Charles Addams

Original Cartoons

Allyn Joslyn

Sam L. Hilliard

Anthony Magro

Voice of Cousin Itt

Bill Baldwin

Announcer

Bob LeMond

Reporter's Voice (as Bob Le Mond) ^(voice)

Carolyn Jones

Ophelia Frump / Morticia Frump Addams

Felix Silla

Cousin Itt (17 episodes)

Jackie Coogan

Uncle Fester Frump

John Astin

Gomez Addams

Ken Weatherwax

Pugsley Addams

Lisa Loring

Wednesday Addams

Margaret Hamilton

Granny Hester Frump

Marie Blake

Grandmama Addams

Parley Baer

Mayor Arthur J. Henson

Roger Arroyo

Cousin Itt (2 episodes)

Rolfe Sedan

Mr. Briggs, Postman

Ted Cassidy

Lurch

Random Trivia For This Title:

In 2007, M&M's spoofed [The Adams Family] in a TV commercial introducing M&M's Dark Chocolate. The commercial re-created the opening of the sitcom, licensing the original tune, with the new M&M's dressed as [The Addams Family] cast. According to the firm IAG Research, this was the TV viewing public's favorite commercial during the month of April.
Morticia's maiden name was Frump.
Whenever Gomez needs to know the time, he looks at both his wristwatch and his pocket watch. Each is hours different from the other but they always average to the correct time.
Morticia's pet names for Gomez generally meaning "Darling"/"My Darling" are "Bubeleh" (Yiddish), "Mon Cherie" (French), "Querido" (Spanish). Gomez's pet names for Morticia also of the same affectionate meaning are "Cara Mia" (Italian), "Querida"/"Querida Mia" (Spanish), "Cara Bella" (Spanish literally for "beautiful face"; Italian for "beautiful darling").
With the start of the TV series, [The New Yorker] magazine stopped running any [Addams-Family]-themed cartoons from Charles Addams until just prior to his death in 1988, although a few familiar characters were allowed solitary appearances (the prototypes for Pugsley, Cousin Itt, and Fester).
The Addamses often refer to the many cousins of their extended family. Cousins named are Blah, Bleak, Bleep, Blink, Blob, Cackle, Caliban, Clot, Creep, Crimp, Cringe, Curdle, Droop, Farouk, Fungus, Goop, Gripe, Grisly, Grope, Imar, Manuel, Melancholia, Nanook, Plato, Slimey, Slosh, Slump, Trivia, Turncoat, and Vague.
Jackie Coogan was originally rejected as Uncle Fester. He went home, shaved his head, and did his own Fester makeup and costume. This won him the part.
Ted Cassidy (Lurch) got fan mail from teenage girls who insisted that he was cuter than The Beatles.
Gomez is a lawyer.
Cousin Itt's voice was done by producer Nat Perrin, who recited gibberish into a tape recorder and played it back at a higher speed.

Episode List:
Episode Name	Season	Volume	Disc	Side	Disc Order	Directors	Writers	Synopsis	IMDB	Personal Rating
The Addams Family Goes to School	1	1	1	A	1	Arthur Hiller		Wednesday and Pugsley are asked to go to public school.	7.6	8
Morticia and the Psychiatrist	1	1	1	A	2	Jean Yarbrough	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Gomez and Morticia fear that Pugsley is becoming normal.	7.6	7
Fester's Punctured Romance	1	1	1	A	3	Sidney Lanfield		Fester decides to look for a romantic partner.	7.1	7
Gomez, the Politician	1	1	1	A	4	Jerry Hopper	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Gomez decides to back a local candidate.	7.2	7
The Addams Family Tree	1	1	1	B	1	Jerry Hopper	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	The Addamses decide to shake the family tree and a veritable smorgasbord of nuts fall out.	7.0	6
Morticia Joins the Ladies League	1	1	1	B	2	Jean Yarbrough		Pugsley befriends a gorila while Morticia attempts to entertain the local women.	7.3	7
Halloween with the Addams Family	1	1	1	B	3	Sidney Lanfield		A couple crooks hole up in the Addams mansion.	7.5	7
Green-Eyed Gomez	1	1	1	B	4	Jerry Hopper		An old beau of Moricia's pays the Addams family a visit.	7.2	7
New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family	1	1	2	A	1	Jean Yarbrough	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	A young couple moves into the house next door.	7.0	7
Wednesday Leaves Home	1	1	2	A	2	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Wednesday decides to teach her parents to value her more by running away.	7.4	8
Episode Name	Season	Volume	Disc	Side	Disc Order	Directors	Writers	Synopsis	IMDB	Personal Rating
The Addams Family Meets the V.I.Ps	1	1	2	A	3	Sidney Lanfield		Foreign dignitaries from behind the Iron Curtain visit the Addamses hoping to observe a typical American family.	7.6	7
Morticia, the Matchmaker	1	1	2	A	4	Jerry Hopper	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Morticia decides to play matchmaker for Melancholia.	7.1	7
Lurch Learns to Dance	1	1	2	B	1	Sidney Lanfield		Lurch prepares to make a splash at a local butlers' ball.	7.7	8
Art and the Addams Family	1	1	2	B	2	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	The Addamses hire an artist to mold Grandmama's talents.	6.9	7
The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik	1	1	2	B	3	Sidney Lanfield		A hep cat hides out in the Addams mansion.	7.3	6
The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man	1	1	2	B	4	Arthur Lubin	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	An undercover operative is convinced the Addamses are spies.	7.0	7
Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family	1	1	3	A	1	Sidney Lanfield		Lurch's mother pays the family a visit under the impression that Lurch is the master of the house.	7.4	8
Uncle Fester's Illness	1	1	3	A	2	Sidney Lanfield		Uncle Fester is a little under the weather.	7.2	7
The Addams Family Splurges	1	1	3	A	3	Sidney Lanfield		To prepare for a trip to the moon, the family decides to play the ponies.	7.1	7
Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family	1	1	3	A	4	Sidney Lanfield		Cousin Itt shows up and causes quite a stir after a short jaunt at the Zoo.	7.1	8
Episode Name	Season	Volume	Disc	Side	Disc Order	Directors	Writers	Synopsis	IMDB	Personal Rating
The Addams Family In Court	1	1	3	B	1	Nat Perrin	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Grandmama is taken to court and charged with being a flim-flam psychic.	7.6	9
Amnesia in the Addams Family	1	1	3	B	2	Sidney Lanfield		Gomez takes a blow to the head.	7.5	8
Thing is Missing	1	2	1	A	1	Sidney Lanfield		Thing feels underappreciated, then the family receives a shock when Thing appears to have been thing-napped.	7.1	7
Crisis in the Addams Family	1	2	1	A	2	Sidney Lanfield		Fester's antics put the family's insurance on the chopping block.	7.3	7
Lurch and His Harpsichord	1	2	1	A	3	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	The Addamses decide to donate their antique harpsichord and Lurch takes it very personal.	7.6	7
Morticia, the Breadwinner	1	2	1	A	4	Sidney Lanfield		Morticia believes that Gomez has lost the entire family fortune and decides to help out.	7.7	9
The Addams Family and the Spaceman	1	2	1	B	1	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	The story of a UFO sighting adds spice to a relaxing picnic in the moonlight.	7.4	8
My Son, the Chimp	1	2	1	B	2	Sidney Lanfield		Fester's experiments in black magic appear to have worked better than hoped.	7.1	8
Morticia's Favourite Charity	1	2	1	B	3	Sidney Lanfield		The Addamses donate their beloved items and people to a charity auction.	7.4	7
Progress and the Addams Family	1	2	1	B	4	Sidney Lanfield		The Addamses receive an eviction notice.	7.4	7
Episode Name	Season	Volume	Disc	Side	Disc Order	Directors	Writers	Synopsis	IMDB	Personal Rating
Uncle Fester's Toupee	1	2	2	A	1	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Fester meets one of his pen pals IRL but he told her he had hair.	7.3	7
Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor	1	2	2	A	2	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Cousin Itt needs a new career and tries his hand at marriage counseling, with disastrous results.	7.4	7
Lurch, the Teenage Idol	1	2	2	A	3	Sidney Lanfield		Lurch becomes an unlikely pop star, but doesn't like the price of fame.	7.9	8
The Winning of Morticia Addams	1	2	2	A	4	Sidney Lanfield		Believing that happy marriages are actually dangerous, Fester tries to stir up trouble for lovebirds Gomez and Morticia.	7.5	7
My Fair Cousin Itt	2	2	2	B	1	Sidney Lanfield		Itt, Fester and Lurch all want to star in Gomez's new play.	7.4	7
Morticia's Romance (Part I)	2	2	2	B	2	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Morticia tells the story of how she and Gomez met and fell in love.	7.9	8
Morticia's Romance (Part II)	2	2	2	B	3	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Morticia continues her story and tells of how Gomez nearly married her sister, Ophelia, instead of her.	7.7	7
Morticia Meets Royalty	2	2	2	B	4	Sidney Lanfield		Princess Millicent von Schlepp rubs the family the wrong way, but Thing falls for her handmaiden, Lady Fingers.	7.8	8
Gomez, the People's Choice	2	2	3	A	1	Sidney Lanfield		Gomez gets tired of living under a lousy corrupt government that he's not part of.	7.9	9
Cousin Itt's Problem	2	2	3	A	2	Sidney Lanfield		Itt starts losing his hair so Fester concocts a formula that will grow hair on anything.	7.5	8
Episode Name	Season	Volume	Disc	Side	Disc Order	Directors	Writers	Synopsis	IMDB	Personal Rating
Halloween - Addams Style	2	2	3	A	3	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Wednesday is devastated when she's told that there are no such things as witches.	7.9	8
Morticia, the Writer	2	2	3	A	4	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	When Morticia begins writing delightfully twisted tales for children, Gomez tries to sabotage her career.	7.7	8
Morticia, the Sculptress	2	2	3	B	1	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Morticia takes up sculpting, and Gomez tries to be supportive ... easier said than done.	7.7	7
Gomez, the Reluctant Lover	2	3	1	A	1	Sidney Lanfield		Pugsley is smitten by his teacher, but his plan to woo her backfires when she falls head over heels for Gomez.	7.5	8
Feud in the Addams Family	2	3	1	A	2	Sidney Lanfield		It's time for tea, Addams style, when Mr. and Mrs. Courtney arrive at the mansion for a friendly visit.	7.9	7
Gomez, the Cat Burglar	2	3	1	A	3	Sidney Lanfield		Gomez is burglarizing houses in his sleep, and only hypnosis can save him.	7.9	8
Portrait of Gomez	2	3	1	A	4	Sidney Salkow		In need of a photo of himself for <i>Strife</i> magazine, Gomez is driven to desperate measures: learning to drive.	7.8	8
Morticia's Dilema	2	3	1	B	1	Sidney Miller		It's a duel to the death when Gomez unwittingly insults a Spanish Don by refusing to marry his daughter.	7.6	7
Christmas with the Addams Family	2	3	1	B	2	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Ho, ho, ho! Everyone gets in the Christmas spirit when Uncle Fester gets stuck in the chimney playing Santa Claus.	8.1	8
Uncle Fester, Tycoon	2	3	1	B	3	Sidney Salkow		It's anything but business as usual when Fester, hoping to marry his bearded pen pal, enrolls in a correspondence course.	7.7	6
Episode Name	Season	Volume	Disc	Side	Disc Order	Directors	Writers	Synopsis	IMDB	Personal Rating
Morticia & Gomez vs. Fester & Grandma	2	3	1	B	4	Sidney Salkow		The Addams house is divided�it will never stand!�when Uncle Fester and Grandmama are accused of spoiling the children.	7.8	7
Fester Goes on a Diet	2	3	2	A	1	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	When Fester vows to get in shape for a visit from his latest pen pal, Morticia jumps to an out-of-this-world conclusion.	7.5	6
The Great Treasure Hunt	2	3	2	A	2	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	A treasure map points to misadventure on the High seas when Gomez charters a boat and sneaky sailors try to steal the map.	7.6	7
Ophelia Finds Romance	2	3	2	A	3	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	The family objects to Ophelia's latest beau, so Gomez puts him to the test to prove that he's a phony.	7.6	7
Pugsley's Allowance	2	3	2	A	4	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Pugsley's plans to earn some money don't quite work out ... especially not for Mr. Henson!	7.6	8
Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump	2	3	2	B	1	Sidney Lanfield		With her birthday fast approaching, Grandma Frump does all she can do to avoid being sent to a retirement home.	7.8	8
Morticia, the Decorator	2	3	2	B	2	Sidney Salkow		The new neighbors are mortified when Morticia offers to help decorate their home.	7.8	8
Ophelia Visits Morticia	2	3	2	B	3	Sidney Lanfield		Uncle Fester hopes to join the Peace Corps to help Ophelia win back her latest lost love.	7.7	8
Addams Cum Laude	2	3	3	A	1	Sidney Lanfield		Wednesday and Pugsley enroll in a private school, and it isn't long before Gomez is running things in his own unique manner.	7.7	8
Cat Addams	2	3	3	A	2	Stanley Z. Cherry		Kitty Cat experiences an uncharacteristic loss of appetite, and the family is determined to find out what ails him.	7.6	7
Episode Name	Season	Volume	Disc	Side	Disc Order	Directors	Writers	Synopsis	IMDB	Personal Rating
Lurch's Little Helper	2	3	3	A	3	Sidney Lanfield		Lurch may be out of a job when Gomez builds a robot to help around the house.	8.0	8
The Addams Policy	2	3	3	B	1	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Gomez decides to open his own insurance company after Fester accidentally sets the family's polar bear on fire.	7.8	8
Lurch's Grand Romance	2	3	3	B	2	Sidney Lanfield		Grandmama's love potion works all too well when Lurch falls for Morticia's old school chum.	7.8	9
Ophelia's Career	2	3	3	B	3	Sidney Lanfield	Harry Winkler Hannibal Coons	Jilted yet again, and hoping to forget her heartache, Ophelia embarks upon a notable singing career.	7.6	8

The Addams Family: The Complete Series [1964] (9 discs)Pick a Random Episode

The Addams Family: The Complete Series [1964] (9 discs)
Pick a Random Episode