Name: The Addams Family
Released: 1964-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan

TV Show · Comedy · Horror

Based on cartoon characters created by Charles Addams for The New Yorker, this series introduces us to The Addams Family, with dad Gomez, mom Morticia, children Pugsley and Wednesday, and an extended macabre family that includes zany Uncle Fester, Grandmama, hairy Cousin Itt, creepy butler Lurch, and a disembodied hand named Thing.

1964 · 25m

Starring Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan

Director Sidney Lanfield, Jerry Hopper

EPISODE 1

The Addams Family Goes to School

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

24 min
EPISODE 2

Morticia and the Psychiatrist

Pugsley abandons his pet octopus for a puppy is seen wearing a Boy Scout uniform plays with a baseball bat and helps an old lady cross the street. Distraught Morticia seeks the counsel of psychiatrist Dr. Black.

24 min
EPISODE 3

Fester's Punctured Romance

Uncle Fester convinces Gomez and Morticia that it is time for him to find a mate. Fester conducts his search by putting an ad in a newspaper and then mistakenly thinks a door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman is answering his ad.

24 min
EPISODE 4

Gomez, the Politician

Election fever grips the Addams household as Gomez supports the council candidate whose campaign promise is to drain the town's disgusting bogs. Morticia who likes the lovely bogs labels the candidate an extremist. But Gomez assures her that all politicians do the opposite of their campaign promises.

24 min
EPISODE 5

The Addams Family Tree

Pugsley and Wednesday start a row at a brithday 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. Gomez and Morticia then hire a genealogist to trace their heritage.

24 min
EPISODE 6

Morticia Joins the Ladies League

Gorgo an escaped circus gorilla is accepted as one of the family which shocks the Ladies League members Morticia's invited to tea. Gomez is pleased as Pugsley makes a friend of Gorgo but Lurch is unhappy when Pugsley teaches Gorgo to do housework.

24 min