List of The Addams Family Episodes
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This is a list of all episodes of The Addams Family.
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[edit] Season One 1964-65)
No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "The Addams Family Goes to School" | Arthur Hiller | Seaman Jacobs and Ed James | September 18, 1964 |
When Gomez and Morticia keep Wednesday and Pugsley home from school, truant officer Sam Hilliard (Allyn Joslyn) pays a visit.
Madge Blake guest stars as the principal Miss Comstock, Nydia Westman as Miss Morrison, and Rolfe Sedan as the postman. Family mentioned: Cousin Imar who has three arms. Note: Gomez and Morticia enroll Pugsley and Wednesday in Sherwood Schools. This might be taken to imply that the town in which the Addamses live is named Sherwood; it is the only clue to the town's name in the entire series. Cartoon reference: Morticia and Grandmother are playing cards, the caption reads "Grandmother! You're not cheating". | |||||
2 | 2 | "Morticia and the Psychiatrist" | Jean Yarbrough | Hannibal Coons and Harry Winkler | September 25, 1964 |
Gomez and Morticia call in a child psychiatrist when they fear that Pugsley is becoming normal.
Cartoon reference: The Pugsley character is in a Boy Scout uniform saluting in front of a mirror. The parents watch from an open door. The caption reads "Well, he certainly doesn't take after my side of the family." Romance: Morticia's first use of the word "Bubele" prompts Gomez's comparatively modest reaction, which will become the more exaggerated "Tish, that's French" shtick as the series evolves. | |||||
3 | 3 | "Fester's Punctured Romance" | Sidney Lanfield | Jameson Brewer | October 2, 1964 |
Uncle Fester is looking for love, but when a door-to-door saleslady comes knocking, he's not sure she's his type.
Family mentioned: Cousin Eustace (Morticia knits a sweater with a long neck). Grandpa Squint and Aunt Vendetta (who look like they may or may not be alive). Note: The growling bear skin rug is named Bruno. | |||||
4 | 4 | "Gomez the Politician" | Jerry Hopper | Hannibal Coons and Harry Winkler | October 9, 1964 |
Election day is nearing, and the Addam's proud tradition of backing losing candidates continues when Sam Hillard runs for city council.
Family mentioned: Cousin Grisly's portrait of him facing a firing squad. Uncle "Kiss of Death" Blight who masterminded the presidential campaigns of Al Smith, Wendell Willkie and Adlai Stevenson. Grandpa Squint, whom (Abraham Lincoln supposedly begged for his political support but who instead backed Stephen Douglas); Squint's role in the 1860 presidential election implies that he was born in the 1840s or earlier, yet Morticia mentions having had a conversation with him at some earlier point in her marriage to Gomez, at which point Squint would've been over a century old. Cartoon reference: The neighbors are disturbed by Uncle Fester sharpening the spikes on the fence. No caption. | |||||
5 | 5 | "The Addams Family Tree" | Jerry Hopper | Hannibal Coons, Harry Winkler and Lou Houston | October 16, 1964 |
A family rivalry prompts Gomez to trace his family's ancestry. This causes the Addams Family to enlist a genealogist to trace their family history.
Frank Nelson guest stars as Mr. Pomeroy. Family mentioned: Cousin Bleak (who had a middle eye that drooped), Morticia's Cousin Curdle (implied to have at least one eye in the back of her head), Cousin Farouk (named as the owner of the leg jutting from the stuffed swordfish on the wall), Aunt Blemish (who is mistaken for a barn in a photo), Grandpa Slurp (mistaken for two people in a photo, has buck teeth and a receding chin), Gomez's Cousin Clot (who was sentenced to the electric chair), Grand-Uncle Grisly (who was a traitor but he only did it for the money), an unnamed family of Addamses who live far up the Amazon river, Mamoud Kali Pashka Addams (the Firebug of the Bosporus who burned the Library of Alexandria in 270AD), Black Bart Addams and Bloody Addams (presumably pirates). Note: Their pet jaguar "Fang" is mentioned. | |||||
6 | 6 | "Morticia Joins the Ladies League" | Jean Yarbrough | Phil Leslie and Keith Fowler | October 23, 1964 |
Morticia's lunch with the Ladies League is discovered by Pugsley's new friend Gorgo. | |||||
7 | 7 | "Halloween with the Addams Family" | Sidney Lanfield | Keith Fowler and Phil Leslie | October 30, 1964 |
Mistaking two robbers named Claude and Marty (Don Rickles and Skip Homeier) for trick-or-treaters, the family takes them in for a Halloween celebration. | |||||
8 | 8 | "Green-Eyed Gomez" | Jerry Hopper | Keith Fowler and Phil Leslie | November 6, 1964 |
Gomez begins to feel jealous when an old friend of Morticia's comes to stay.
Del Moore guest stars. | |||||
9 | 9 | "The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family" | Jean Yarbrough | Hannibal Coons & Harry Winkler | November 13, 1964 |
A newlywed couple move in next door and are frightened by the family, so they attempt to break their lease.
Romance: Morticia speaks French ("au contraire") and Gomez does not react -- nor did he react in any episode prior. However, this is the first episode in which Gomez says of Morticia "It drives me wild," in reaction to her bullfrog imitation, and starts to embrace her. | |||||
10 | 10 | "Wednesday Leaves Home" | Sidney Lanfield | Hannibal Coons and Harry Winkler | November 20, 1964 |
When Wednesday is punished for using Uncle Fester's explosives, she threatens to run away from home, but Pugsley persuades her to hide in his room instead. Later she leaves the house but is picked up and taken to the police station, where she is interrogated by Sgt. Haley Jesse White) the police detective from the police department's missing persons bureau. Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams is featured more prominently than any other episode.
Note: Wednesday's middle name is "Friday". | |||||
11 | 11 | "The Addams Family Meets the VIPs" | Sidney Lanfield | Keith Fowler and Phil Leslie | November 27, 1964 |
A pair of foreign dignitaries (Stanley Adams and Vito Scotti) want to meet a normal American family. That normal family happens to be the Addams'.
Family mentioned: Fester's Cousin Creep who was lost to a ray gun. He was giggling and laughing, vanished and was still giggling and laughing. Romance: This is the first episode in which Gomez reacts specifically to Morticia's use of French, "Tish, when you speak French you drive me wild!", kissing her arm. Note: The cigar store Indian is made of metal. The piranhas are named Tristan and Isolda. | |||||
12 | 12 | "Morticia the Matchmaker" | Jerry Hopper | Teleplay: Hannibal Coons and Harry Winkler Story: Maury Geraghty | December 4, 1964 |
Morticia's cousin Melancholia comes to stay after breaking up with her fiancé.
Family mentioned: Cousin Gripe (who used "Hasty Marriage" marriage broker), Uncle Crimp (whose sweater has one arm longer than the other). Morticia mentions that she has "lots" of female cousins in addition to Melancholia. | |||||
13 | 13 | "Lurch Learns to Dance" | Sidney Lanfield | Teleplay: Jay Dratler, Jerry Seelen and Charles Marion Story: Jay Dratler | December 11, 1964 |
Morticia and Gomez encourage Lurch to attend the annual Butlers' Ball and teach him how to dance in preparation.
Family mentioned: Lurch's father who wanted him to be a jockey. Uncle Droop (whose ashes are in an urn) and Aunt Drip in a portrait painting (normal looking). Cousin Blob who was afraid of ghosts until he became one himself. Grandma Squint who can be heard on dark stormy nights from the attic cackling. | |||||
14 | 14 | "Art and the Addams Family" | Sidney Lanfield | Hannibal Coons and Harry Winkler | December 18, 1964 |
Grandmama takes up painting and hires Picasso...Sam Picasso (Vito Scotti) as her teacher.
Family mentioned: Fester makes a urn for his Grandfather Malaplop, who isn't dead yet. Cartoon reference: Mortica with Lurch carrying a suitcase, shows a guest to his room. The caption reads: "This is your room. If you should need anything, just scream." | |||||
15 | 15 | "The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik" | Sidney Lanfield | Teleplay: Henry Sharp and Sloan Nibley Story: Jack Raymond | January 1, 1965 |
The Addams Family takes care of an injured motorcyclist (Tom Lowell) and attempt to reunite him with his disapproving father (Barry Kelly). | |||||
16 | 16 | "The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man" | Arthur Lubin | Harry Winkler and Hannibal Coons | January 8, 1965 |
An undercover operative (George Neise) is convinced that the Addams family are spies, and recruits local tradespeople to infiltrate the house like the Postman Mr. Briggs (Rolfe Sedan) and the Plumber Mr. Conkey (Norman Leavitt).
Family mentioned: Gomez shoots a bullet-hole silhouette of Uncle Flub, who has a "fine, sensitive drooping chin," is prone to trembling, and cannot write; the fact that Morticia is aware of this latter fact and Gomez is not implies Flub is Morticia's uncle, not Gomez's. Note: The Addams are seen smoking from a Hookah. | |||||
17 | 17 | "Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family" | Sidney Lanfield | Jameson Brewer | January 15, 1965 |
Morticia and Gomez pose as Lurch's maid and butler when his mother (Ellen Corby) comes for a visit.
Family mentioned: Morticia's Cousin Slimy (two headed), Gomez's Cousin Manuel (who was a pyromaniac), Cousin Imar (three arms and went to Princeton; previously mentioned in The Addams Family Goes to School). Romance: This is the first episode in which Morticia "drives me wild" becomes a regular gag with Gomez kissing Morticia's arm, as some permutation of the shtick appears four times in the episode. Note: Gomez claims he was born with a mustache. Fester appears to be eating a nopal. | |||||
18 | 18 | "Uncle Fester's Illness" | Sidney Lanfield | Bill Lutz | January 22, 1965 |
Uncle Fester has lost his electrical charge and spoils a family outing. They then call a doctor named Dr. Milford when their witch doctor named Dr. Mbogo is unable to make a house call. | |||||
19 | 19 | "The Addams Family Splurges" | Sidney Lanfield | Teleplay: George Haight and Lou Huston Story: George Haight | January 29, 1965 |
Having gone everywhere else on their vacations, The Addams Family plan a vacation to the moon. To fund this trip, the family propose to their broker, Ralph J. Hulen (Roland Winters), a plan to raise money by betting on eight champion racehorses (picked out by Whizzo, a computer built by Gomez and Pugsley) competing in every broadcast horse race.
Romance: Episode contains the first full development of the French shtick which occurs with regularity in the series: "Tish! When you speak French you drive me wild! Speak some more French, Tish! Anything! Tout á I'heure. La plume de ma tante. Mademoiselle from Armentieres! Anything!" Family mentioned: Cousin Nanook (who sent a totem pole to the Addams Family for Christmas and wanted their bear in return) | |||||
20 | 20 | "Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family" | Sidney Lanfield | Teleplay: Henry Sharp Story: Tony Wilson | February 5, 1965 |
Gomez and Morticia try to get Cousin Itt a job as a zoo curator.
Note: The radio states the Addams' house to be in the Greenbriar, Woodlawn area, on North Cemetery Drive. Alan Reed guest stars. | |||||
21 | 21 | "The Addams Family in Court" | Nat Perrin | Harry Winkler and Hannibal Coons | February 12, 1965 |
Grandmama is arrested by an undercover police officer named Lt. Poston for telling fortunes and soon the whole family is being held in contempt of court.
Hal Smith guest stars as Judge Harvey Saunders Family mentioned: Mamoud Kali Pashka Addams, the "Firebug of the Bosporus". Morticia's Cousin Cringe who even ate the hacksaw in the cake that was made for him and later developed a taste for them. Note: The front gate is named "Gate". Morticia is shown to be able to ignite candles with just a touch. | |||||
22 | 22 | "Amnesia in the Addams Family" | Sidney Lanfield | Phil Leslie and Keith Fowler | February 19, 1965 |
Gomez loses his memory and becomes normal.
Family mentioned: Grandpa Squint (Morticia reads from his medical book) | |||||
[edit] Season Two (1965-66)
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[edit] DVD releases
MGM Home Entertainment released The Addams Family on DVD in Region 1 in 2006 and 2007, in three volumes, and a complete set featuring all 64 episodes.
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