The Addams Family

Morticia and Gomez decide to keep Wednesday and Pugsley home from school after Morticia sees the fairy tales they have to read. When the truant officer comes to investigate, he is shocked at what he finds.

Morticia calls a psychiatrist after she fears Pugsley is becoming normal after he abandons his pet octopus for a puppy and is seen wearing a Boy Scout uniform, playing with a baseball bat, and helping an old lady cross the street.

Uncle Fester, who has become lonely, convinces Gomez and Morticia that it is time for him to find a bride. He decides to put an ad in the newspaper, looking for love. But things go awry when a door-to-door saleswoman comes by.

Election fever grips the Addams household, as Gomez (John Astin) supports the council candidate whose campaign promise is to drain the town's disgusting bogs. Morticia (Carolyn Jones), who likes "the lovely bogs," labels the candidate an extremist.

Pugsley and Wednesday start a row at a party when their gift of a tarantula upsets Harold, the birthday boy. Harold's parents insist that the Addams children lack breeding and, therefore, are no longer allowed to play with their son.

After Pugsley befriends Gorgo, a circus gorilla, Gorgo decides to follow Pugsley and Gomez home, where he is accepted as one of the family. But Gorgo gives Morticia's tea guests, the Ladies League members, quite a shock.