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The Addams Family

Comedy, Family, Horror · 1964 · Rated 8.2/10

Last aired: S2 E30, Ophelia's Career · 1966-04-08

The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. 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.

Cast

Season 2

Season 1Season 2
E1 My Fair Cousin Itt 1965-09-17 · 30 min A Hollywood director inflates Cousin Itt's ego.
E2 Morticia's Romance (1) 1965-09-24 · 30 min On her 13th wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children how she and Gomez first met.
E3 Morticia's Romance (2) 1965-10-01 · 30 min As plans to marry Ophelia continue, Gomez looks for a way out of the wedding.
E4 Morticia Meets Royalty 1965-10-08 · 30 min Gomez's aunt, a princess, arrives with a surprise for Thing.
E5 Gomez, the People's Choice 1965-10-15 · 30 min Low taxes prod angry Gomez into running for mayor.
E6 Cousin Itt's Problem 1965-10-22 · 30 min Uncle Fester whips up a remedy for Cousin Itt's hair-loss problem.
E7 Halloween - Addams Style 1965-10-29 · 30 min A neighbour tells the children there are no witches.
E8 Morticia, the Writer 1965-11-05 · 30 min Morticia writes a children's book.
E9 Morticia, the Sculptress 1965-11-12 · 30 min An art critic shows his disapproval of Morticia's first sculpture.
E10 Gomez, the Reluctant Lover 1965-11-19 · 30 min 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 1965-11-26 · 30 min 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 1965-12-03 · 30 min 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 1965-12-10 · 30 min 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 1965-12-17 · 30 min 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 1965-12-24 · 30 min 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 1965-12-31 · 30 min 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 1966-01-07 · 30 min 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 1966-01-14 · 30 min 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 1966-01-21 · 30 min 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 1966-01-28 · 30 min 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 1966-02-04 · 30 min 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 1966-02-11 · 30 min 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 1966-02-18 · 30 min 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 1966-02-25 · 30 min 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 1966-03-04 · 30 min 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 1966-03-11 · 30 min 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 1966-03-18 · 30 min 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 1966-03-25 · 30 min 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 1966-04-01 · 30 min 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 1966-04-08 · 30 min 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.

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