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The Addams Family

Fri, Sep 18, 1964
  • Comedy
  • Family
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Synopsis

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Carolyn Jones
    Carolyn Jones
    as Morticia Addams
  • John Astin
    John Astin
    as Gomez Addams
  • Jackie Coogan
    Jackie Coogan
    as Uncle Fester
  • Ted Cassidy
    Ted Cassidy
    as Lurch
  • Marie Blake
    Marie Blake
    as Grandmama
  • Lisa Loring
    Lisa Loring
    as Wednesday Addams
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Episodes

2 seasons · 64 episodes

Ended · 64 aired
Season 1
34 episodes · 34 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Addams Family Goes to School
    Aired · Sat, Sep 19, 1964 · 30m

    A truant officer visits the Addams house to find out why Wednesday and Pugsley have never been to school.

  • E2
    Morticia and the Psychiatrist
    Aired · Sat, Sep 26, 1964 · 30m

    Gomez and Morticia seeks help from a child psychiatrist when Pugsley shows signs of normalcy; the doctor advises the couple to cater to Pugsley's childish whims.

  • E3
    Fester's Punctured Romance
    Aired · Sat, Oct 3, 1964 · 30m

    Uncle Fester decides it's time for him to find a mate. Through a column in the local newspaper, he conducts a search and mistakes Miss Carver, a door-to-door cosmetics saleslady, for someone replying to his ad.

  • E4
    Gomez, the Politician
    Aired · Sat, Oct 10, 1964 · 30m

    A politician wants to drain the town's bogs.

  • E5
    The Addams Family Tree
    Aired · Sat, Oct 17, 1964 · 30m

    A snooty neighbour insults the family's background.

  • E6
    Morticia Joins the Ladies League
    Aired · Sat, Oct 24, 1964 · 30m

    An escaped gorilla becomes part of the family, much to the surprise of Morticia's ladies group.

  • E7
    Halloween with the Addams Family
    Aired · Sat, Oct 31, 1964 · 30m

    Two bank robbers visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween. Guest star: Don Rickles.

  • E8
    Green-Eyed Gomez
    Aired · Sat, Nov 7, 1964 · 30m

    Gomez throws a fit of jealousy when Morticia's former boyfriend visits.

  • E9
    The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family
    Aired · Sat, Nov 14, 1964 · 30m

    The family makes a scary impression on new neighbours.

  • E10
    Wednesday Leaves Home
    Aired · Sat, Nov 21, 1964 · 30m

    Wednesday runs away after being scolded for borrowing Uncle Fester's TNT.

  • E11
    The Addams Family Meet the V.I.P.'s
    Aired · Sat, Nov 28, 1964 · 30m

    Visitors from another country regret labeling the Addams gang uncultured.

  • E12
    Morticia, the Matchmaker
    Aired · Sat, Dec 5, 1964 · 30m

    Morticia plays matchmaker for her cousin.

  • E13
    Lurch Learns to Dance
    Aired · Sat, Dec 12, 1964 · 30m

    When  Lurch refuses the invitation to a annual Ball that arrives in the mail, Morticia and Gomez encourage Lurch to take dance lessons so he can attend for once.

  • E14
    Art and the Addams Family
    Aired · Sat, Dec 19, 1964 · 30m

    Gomez recruits an artist to teach Grandmama how to paint abstracts.

  • E15
    The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik
    Aired · Sat, Jan 2, 1965 · 30m

    An injured beatnik finds refuge in the Addams home.

  • E16
    The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man
    Aired · Sat, Jan 9, 1965 · 30m

    The family's timid postman does undercover work for the government in the Addams house.

  • E17
    Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family
    Aired · Sat, Jan 16, 1965 · 30m

    Lurch's mother wants him to be waited on by Morticia and Gomez.

  • E18
    Uncle Fester's Illness
    Aired · Sat, Jan 23, 1965 · 30m

    Morticia devises a treatment for ailing Fester.

  • E19
    The Addams Family Splurges
    Aired · Sat, Jan 30, 1965 · 30m

    The family tries to raise cash for a lunar trip.

  • E20
    Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family
    Aired · Sat, Feb 6, 1965 · 30m

    Cousin Itt becomes a zoo exhibit while visiting.

  • E21
    The Addams Family in Court
    Aired · Sat, Feb 13, 1965 · 30m

    Grandmama is jailed for running a fortune telling business in the living room.

  • E22
    Amnesia in the Addams Family
    Aired · Sat, Feb 20, 1965 · 30m

    Gomez suffers from amnesia after being hit in the head with Indian clubs.

  • E23
    Thing is Missing
    Aired · Sat, Mar 6, 1965 · 30m

    Gomez spearheads an investigation when Thing disappears.

  • E24
    Crisis in the Addams Family
    Aired · Sat, Mar 13, 1965 · 30m

    Uncle Fester applies for a job at an insurance company that is threatening to cancel the family's policy.

  • E25
    Lurch and His Harpsichord
    Aired · Sat, Mar 20, 1965 · 30m

    Gomez and Morticia try to interest Lurch in needlepoint and the drums after they donate his harpsichord to a local museum.

  • E26
    Morticia, the Breadwinner
    Aired · Sat, Mar 27, 1965 · 30m

    Morticia, believing Gomez is financially strapped, thinks of ways to make money.

  • E27
    The Addams Family and the Spacemen
    Aired · Sat, Apr 3, 1965 · 30m

    An evening picnic results in the family being mistaken for martians.

  • E28
    My Son, the Chimp
    Aired · Sat, Apr 10, 1965 · 30m

    Uncle Fester fears he has turned a monkey into a Pugsley duplicate.

  • E29
    Morticia's Favorite Charity
    Aired · Sat, Apr 17, 1965 · 30m

    Morticia gathers up the family's art pieces for a charity auction.

  • E30
    Progress and the Addams Family
    Aired · Sat, Apr 24, 1965 · 30m

    City workers plan to demolish the family home to construct a highway.

  • E31
    Uncle Fester's Toupee
    Aired · Sat, May 1, 1965 · 30m

    Fester dons a toupee for a pen pal's visit.

  • E32
    Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor
    Aired · Sat, May 8, 1965 · 30m

    Gomez and Morticia try to convince Cousin Itt that he would be a great marriage counselor.

  • E33
    Lurch, the Teenage Idol
    Aired · Sat, May 15, 1965 · 30m

    Teenagers go mad for Lurch's pop recording.

  • E34
    The Winning of Morticia Addams
    Aired · Sat, May 22, 1965 · 30m

    Family members try to spark an argument between Gomez and Morticia, believing happily married couples fight.

Season 2
30 episodes · 30 aired
▾
  • E1
    My Fair Cousin Itt
    Aired · Sat, Sep 18, 1965 · 30m

    A Hollywood director inflates Cousin Itt's ego.

  • E2
    Morticia's Romance (1)
    Aired · Sat, Sep 25, 1965 · 30m

    On her 13th wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children how she and Gomez first met.

  • E3
    Morticia's Romance (2)
    Aired · Sat, Oct 2, 1965 · 30m

    As plans to marry Ophelia continue, Gomez looks for a way out of the wedding.

  • E4
    Morticia Meets Royalty
    Aired · Sat, Oct 9, 1965 · 30m

    Gomez's aunt, a princess, arrives with a surprise for Thing.

  • E5
    Gomez, the People's Choice
    Aired · Sat, Oct 16, 1965 · 30m

    Low taxes prod angry Gomez into running for mayor.

  • E6
    Cousin Itt's Problem
    Aired · Sat, Oct 23, 1965 · 30m

    Uncle Fester whips up a remedy for Cousin Itt's hair-loss problem.

  • E7
    Halloween - Addams Style
    Aired · Sat, Oct 30, 1965 · 30m

    A neighbour tells the children there are no witches.

  • E8
    Morticia, the Writer
    Aired · Sat, Nov 6, 1965 · 30m

    Morticia writes a children's book.

  • E9
    Morticia, the Sculptress
    Aired · Sat, Nov 13, 1965 · 30m

    An art critic shows his disapproval of Morticia's first sculpture.

  • E10
    Gomez, the Reluctant Lover
    Aired · Sat, Nov 20, 1965 · 30m

    Pugsley copies one of his dad's love letters and sends it to his teacher, who visits the Addams home and confesses to Gomez that no man has ever fallen so in love with her. Morticia volunteers to play the jealous wife to raise the teacher's morale.

  • E11
    Feud in the Addams Family
    Aired · Sat, Nov 27, 1965 · 30m

    Prompted by Morticia's invitation, Mr and Mrs Henry Courtney visit the Addams house for tea, hoping to meet a number of the social set who turns out to be Gomez's cousin by marriage.

  • E12
    Gomez, the Cat Burglar
    Aired · Sat, Dec 4, 1965 · 30m

    There is a neighbourhood burglar on the loose, and Morticia has reason to believe it could be Gomez. Morticia decides to probe his subconscious mind for a key to his criminality after she and Uncle Fester discover loot hidden in the storeroom.

  • E13
    Portrait of Gomez
    Aired · Sat, Dec 11, 1965 · 30m

    Morticia's pet plant Cleopatra gobbles up her favourite photo of Gomez from the family album. When the original photographer is found and asked to make a duplicate picture, it is discovered that he is now with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

  • E14
    Morticia's Dilemma
    Aired · Sat, Dec 18, 1965 · 30m

    Gomez plays host to a family friend and his daughter Consuella. Morticia's hospitality changes to horror and shock when Consuella, believing Morticia to be Gomez's sister, reveals that she has been promised in marriage to Gomez.

  • E15
    Christmas with the Addams Family
    Aired · Sat, Dec 25, 1965 · 30m

    When Wednesday's and Pugsley's faith in Santa Claus is shaken, Uncle Fester is chosen to back up Santa. However, Fester-Santa gets stuck in the chimney, so each of the other adults in the house decides to substitute for him.

  • E16
    Uncle Fester, Tycoon
    Aired · Sat, Jan 1, 1966 · 30m

    Fester is so smitten upon receipt of a photo of his love - a bearded carnival lady - that he borrows money to mail her a proposal. Morticia dons a beard and poses as the girl's mother to convince Fester that he will have to work to support a wife.

  • E17
    Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama
    Aired · Sat, Jan 8, 1966 · 30m

    Because she thinks Fester and Grandmama are spoiling the children, Morticia hires a governess to watch them. Insulted, Fester paints a white line down the centre of the Addams house, dividing it in half.

  • E18
    Fester Goes on a Diet
    Aired · Sat, Jan 15, 1966 · 30m

    Morticia and Gomez see Fester conferring with TV muscleman Jack LaGrann and think that Fester is planning a television career. However, Uncle Fester confides to Lurch that he has to go on a secret diet because his pen pal is coming for a visit.

  • E19
    The Great Treasure Hunt
    Aired · Sat, Jan 22, 1966 · 30m

    Morticia and Gomez find Grandfather Pugsley's treasure map and summon Captain Grimby. They hope to charter his boat for the treasure hunt, but after meeting the Captain, Morticia is careful to keep the nature of the mission secret.

  • E20
    Ophelia Finds Romance
    Aired · Sat, Jan 29, 1966 · 30m

    Ophelia is madly in love with Horatio, the man who has everything, except the truth about Ophelia's relatives. Morticia persuades playboy Cousin Itt to stir the embers of his past romance with Ophelia.

  • E21
    Pugsley's Allowance
    Aired · Sat, Feb 5, 1966 · 30m

    Pugsley shocks his parents when he gives up his new atomic reactor as kid stuff and announces that he wants to find his own job. His first try is as a medical assistant to Dr Bird.

  • E22
    Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump
    Aired · Sat, Feb 12, 1966 · 30m

    Grandma Frump comes to the mistaken conclusion that her daughter, Morticia, and Gomez plan to pack her off to an old folks home. Actually, they plan to send her to a beauty farm.

  • E23
    Morticia, the Decorator
    Aired · Sat, Feb 19, 1966 · 30m

    To sell the neighbouring Addams Family an insurance policy, agent Joe Digby allows Morticia to redecorate his home. Morticia gives the Digbys a stuffed vulture as a present.

  • E24
    Ophelia Visits Morticia
    Aired · Sat, Feb 26, 1966 · 30m

    Uncle Fester announces that he is going to join the Peace Corps. Fester decides he's a cinch to be accepted, because Gomez plans to pull strings in Washington on his behalf. The entire family agrees to help him study for the exam.

  • E25
    Addams Cum Laude
    Aired · Sat, Mar 5, 1966 · 30m

    A former truant officer named Sam Hilliard heads a private school where Wednesday and Pugsley are enrolled. When Hilliard breaks under the strain of dealing with the Addams children, Gomez buys the school.

  • E26
    Cat Addams
    Aired · Sat, Mar 12, 1966 · 30m

    A doctor is summoned to examine Kitty Kat, the ailing lion pet of the Addams Family. Morticia soon decides that it is the cringing doctor who needs help, so human members of the family feign illnesses to build his confidence.

  • E27
    Lurch's Little Helper
    Aired · Sat, Mar 19, 1966 · 30m

    Morticia's concern that Lurch is overworked leads Gomez to the operating table to assemble a custom-built secondary butler. Lurch lets the robot do all the work and then begins to feel that he isn't needed anymore.

  • E28
    The Addams Policy
    Aired · Sat, Mar 26, 1966 · 30m

    When Uncle Fester incinerates the family's stuffed bear with his flame thrower, Morticia reports the accident to the insurance company. Mr Henson, the head of the company, sends his assistant, Mr Digby, to handle the case.

  • E29
    Lurch's Grand Romance
    Aired · Sat, Apr 2, 1966 · 30m

    Lurch suffers from unrequited love over Tiny Trivia, Morticia's visiting school chum who only has eyes for show business. The entire family decides to try to turn their stolid butler into a new personality.

  • E30
    Ophelia's Career
    Aired · Sat, Apr 9, 1966 · 30m

    When Ophelia laments that she has been jilted, Morticia suggests a career as an alternative to marriage. She tries chemistry first, then turns to operatic singing, so Cousin Itt is summoned to coach her to stardom.