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The Addams Family (musical)


The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and the book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based upon "The Addams Family" characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. Although numerous film and television adaptations of Addams' cartoons exist, the musical is the first stage show based on the characters. "The Addams Family" is also the first show produced by Elephant Eye Theatricals
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", "Passionate and True", "At Seven", and "Second Banana" were replaced with "When You're an Addams", "Where Did We Go Wrong?", "Morticia", and "Just Around the Corner". The songs "One Normal Night", "Full Disclosure, Part 2", "Crazier Than You", "Move Toward the Darkness", and "Tango De Amor" were rewritten. The show began previews on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
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Grandmama (The Addams Family)


, due to illness, Rock was the one regular cast member from the show who did not return for the 1977 reunion film "Halloween with the New Addams Family", and she was replaced as Grandmama by Jane Rose. The character was played by Betty Phillips in the 1998-99 television series "The New Addams Family". Janet Waldo voiced Grandmama in the 1973 animated series, and Carol Channing provided the character's voice for the 1992 animated series. Bette Midler will voice this character in the upcoming 2019 computer generated
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by executive producer David Levy, who also served in the same capacity on the ABC television series "The Addams Family" from 1964 to 1966. When ABC canceled that show in the spring of 1966, a few "Addams Family" alumni were recruited for the Diller series. Vic Mizzy, who composed the finger-snapping theme song to "The Addams Family", composed the musical theme for Diller's show as well. According to "Television" magazine, "The Pruitts of Southampton" finished 77th among the 91
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Ted Cassidy


building, as a tenant who is playing the Addam's Family theme on harpsichord prior to sticking his head out of the window and speaking to Batman and Robin. He also voiced this character in an episode of "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" (1972), which featured the family, as well as in the 1973 animated series adaptation of "The Addams Family". In addition to "The Addams Family", Cassidy found steady work in a variety of other television shows. He had a prominent role on
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The Addams Family (1991 film)


Roger Ebert gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, saying it was mildly entertaining but did not add up to much. Jonathan Rosenbaum of the "Chicago Reader" called the film a "collection of one-liners and not much more". "Variety" magazine wrote, "Despite inspired casting and nifty visual trappings, the eagerly awaited "Addams Family" figures a major disappointment." "The Addams Family" was awarded "Best Horror Film of the Year" in 1991 by the Horror Hall of Fame.
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In May 2008, PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) chose Addams as PFLAG's spokesperson for their educational campaign, "This Is Our Love Story". Addams said, "I hope "This Is Our Love Story" will help young transgender people as they come out. By seeing the happy, confident woman I've become, I hope I can act as a role model for these young people at a critical moment in their development." Addams writes a blog on gender issues for "
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Thing (The Addams Family)


1991 and 1993 Addams Family movies. Thing was the creation of Charles Addams, who drew the Addams Family cartoons in "The New Yorker" magazine, beginning in the 1930s. He first appeared in Addams's 1954 book "Homebodies". One Addams cartoon shows the Addams mansion with a sign at the front saying "Beware of the Thing." Additionally, Thing has been in the original television series (1964-66), the revived series "The New Addams Family" (1998), in the related movies
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Andrew Lippa


Northwestern University. Producer Stuart Oken produced that show and then asked Lippa to write the music and lyrics for "The Addams Family". Lippa was honored with a Tony nomination (Best Original Score) and two Drama Desk nominations for his work on "The Addams Family" (book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice). "The Addams Family" starred Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, broke attendance records in Chicago during its 2009 try-out, and by its closing on December 31, 2011, had played 725 regular
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The Addams Family (musical)


unanimous rave reviews. "Comic perfection at the Mercury. It's a very good bet that "The Addams Family" will haunt the Mercury for months to come." (Chicago Sun-Times). "Much more relaxed and infinitely funnier. Enjoyed L. Walter Stearns Mercury Theater production more than any of my previous visits with this family [including pre-Broadway tryout, Broadway, and National Tour production]. Relentless focus on laughs." (Chicago Tribune). "An absolute delight! The best show I
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Grandmama (The Addams Family)


imagery film. Three different actresses played Grandmama in the three "Addams Family" feature films. Judith Malina appeared in the 1991 film "The Addams Family", and was replaced by Carol Kane for the 1993 sequel "Addams Family Values". For the 1998 direct-to-video picture "Addams Family Reunion", Grandmama was played by Alice Ghostley. In the 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System game "Fester's Quest", the instruction booklet says Grandmama's psychic powers foretold the alien invasion that would come and abduct all
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The Addams Family (1992 TV series)


Episodes dealing with the Normanmeyers usually involved Norman and Normina, trying to rid Happydale Heights of the Addams Family or spying on the Addams; N.J. is friends with Wednesday and Pugsley, inevitably leading to intrafamilial conflict. At the end of several episodes, when the conflict was resolved, Gomez usually suggested a family dance. The first suggestion for the dance was usually thrown out because of some weird requirement. Uncle Fester is usually the one to point out the reason the first suggestion should not be accepted albeit sometimes Gomez and Uncle Fester
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The Addams Family (1992 TV series)


found themselves in a role reversal (with Uncle Fester making the suggestion and Gomez pointing out the reason not to follow it). The second suggestion was accepted and there was usually a requirement for that dance too. Although some of the relatives of the Addams Family are only mentioned just like in the classic TV series, some of them made appearances in the show as seen in "N.J. Addams": New artistic models of the characters were used for this series, though still having a passing resemblance to the original comics.
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The Addams Family (musical)


producers were Stuart Oken and Roy Furman. In addition to Oken and Furman, Vivek Tiwary also joined "The Addams Family" musical's team of producers. The Addams Foundation reportedly retained control over the show's content and insisted that, instead of drawing the plot from "The Addams Family" television series or films, the production team devise an original musical based solely on Addams' cartoons. Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice were engaged to write the book, with Andrew Lippa composing the show's score. Improbable theatre founders Julian
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Krysta Rodriguez


She made her feature film debut in the role of Krysta in the 2010 film "The Virginity Hit". Beginning performances in fall 2009, Rodriguez originated the role of Wednesday Addams in the world premiere Chicago try-out run of the new Broadway-bound musical "The Addams Family", based on the cartoons of Charles Addams. From March 2010, the show received its planned debut at New York's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. After playing the role for over a year and lending her voice to the show's original
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Gomez Addams


(in the television show, he was Morticia's uncle). "The Addams Family" notes that Gomez's parents were murdered by an angry mob, though in one scene in the sequel, when Gomez catches Fester with a pornographic magazine, they both look at the centerfold (unseen by the viewer) and fondly say "Mom". In "Addams Family Values", Gomez and Morticia have a third child named Pubert, a seemingly indestructible baby with a thin, black moustache like his father. Oscar Isaac will
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The Addams Family


, 1966). During the original television run of "The Addams Family" television series, "The New Yorker" editor William Shawn refused to publish any "Addams Family" cartoons, though he continued to publish other Charles Addams cartoons. Shawn regarded his magazine as targeting a more refined readership and did not want it associated with characters who could be seen on television by just anybody. After Shawn's 1987 retirement, the characters were welcomed back to "The New Yorker". The Addams Family's first animated appearance was
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When You're an Addams


"When You're an Addams" is the opening number of "The Addams Family" musical. The music and lyrics are written by Andrew Lippa. The last lines are reprised in the curtain call. "When You're an Addams" takes place immediately after the overture, as the curtain rises on a graveyard where the Addams family has gathered. Gomez explains that they are there to honor the cycle of life and death, and also to celebrate what it means when you're an Addams. The music has started at
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The Addams Family (1992 TV series)


The Addams Family is an American animated series based on the eponymous comic strip characters by Charles Addams and is the second cartoon show to feature the Addams (the first was the 1973 series). It ran from September 12, 1992 to November 6, 1993 on ABC and was produced by Hanna-Barbera (producers of the 1973 series). The series' development began in the wake of the 1991 "Addams Family" feature film. Two seasons were produced. Geared towards children, much of the family's macabre nature
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Addams Family Reunion


not to produce a third film, resulting in Saban deciding to reboot the series. "Addams Family Reunion" was coproduced by Saban with Warner Bros. The two studios planned to produce a new series called "The New Addams Family", and intended to produce a two hour pilot film for the series, which eventually became "Addams Family Reunion"; Saban planned to premiere the film on a cable network owned by the company before releasing it on video, and to follow the film with a television series if the film did
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The New Addams Family


appeared in a recurring role as Grandpapa Addams; Taranto patterned his performance after Astin's original version of Gomez. One of the notable differences between the original show and the new series was that Wednesday and Pugsley (Nicole Fugere and Brody Smith respectively – the former reprising her role from "Addams Family Reunion") were given expanded roles that highlighted their violent and sadistic personalities, made popular by the Addams Family film. Another element carried over from the films was Fester being Gomez's brother, whereas in the original show he had
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Lurch (The Addams Family)


This plays into his being a creation similar to Frankenstein's monster. The only definite body part that is from an Addams is his heart. Lurch's mother appears to be a physically normal, elderly woman, although she does not see anything unusual about the Addams family or their home, with the exception of Thing. In "The New Addams Family", a woman comments to Morticia about Lurch, "Where did you dig him up?", to which Morticia responds, "Funny, I can't remember which
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The Vampira Show


the spooky "The New Yorker" cartoons of Charles Addams, later adapted for the TV series "The Addams Family" in 1964. As Nurmi told "Boxoffice" in a 1994 interview, she had dressed as Addams' at-the-time nameless ghoul-woman to attend Lester Horton's annual Hollywood costume ball the Bal Caribe in 1953. Nurmi's ghoul woman beat out over 2,000 attendees to win the evening's prize for best costume where she drew the attention of Hunt Stromberg, Jr., a Hollywood producer.
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The Addams Family (1991 film)


The Addams Family" comic strips, and the studio enthusiastically agreed that the comics would make a good film, and set out to purchase the rights. However, Fox would ultimately not make the film, as Orion Pictures, who owned the film rights to "The Addams Family", would not sell the property, as they were planning on producing a rebooted TV series. Further crucial property rights were owned by Charles Addams' widow. Another difficulty in getting the film produced was the obscurity of "The Addams Family"
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The Addams Family (handheld video game)


home (based towards the end of the movie) and to make matters worse, Morticia Addams, Pugsley Addams, Wednesday Addams, Granny Addams and Lurch have gone missing. It is up to Gomez Addams to find and save his family, defeat the confused Uncle Fester and face his ultimate goal of kicking Alford out of the Addams' rightful home. The game is very open-ended, allowing the player to choose which areas to approach. Each area has an end where Gomez faces a boss and/or receives an item.
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Felix Silla


musical combo, The Original Harmonica Band. His most famous role was television's Cousin Itt on "The Addams Family". The character was not part of Charles Addams's original comic, but was introduced in the television series by "Addams Family" producer David Levy, debuting in the 1965 first season episode "Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family", and appearing in a total of 17 episodes over the course of the show's first two seasons. Silla provided the voice of Mortimer Goth from "The Sims 2"
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Mercedes McNab


Bob McNab. McNab received her first notable acting role in 1991 when she appeared as a girl scout selling cookies in "The Addams Family." She then received a more prominent role in the 1993 sequel "Addams Family Values" in which she portrayed a snobby camper named Amanda Buckman. McNab's next breakthrough came in 1997, when she was cast in a recurring role on the TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on The WB. McNab played Harmony Kendall, a vapid popular high school student who eventually becomes a
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The Addams Family (video game series)


previous "Addams Family" title. The game plays in a non-linear way in so much that the player can choose which level to attempt by entering whichever door they choose in the Addams house. The NES version was not a direct port of the SNES version. The NES version was actually based on the previous "Addams Family" game released for Super NES, Mega Drive and Amiga, showing the same levels, enemies, items and gameplay but with Pugsley as main character instead of Gomez. However, the NES
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Cousin Itt


, illustrations of the character by cartoonist Charles Addams followed the show's debut, first in a single-panel sketch showing Itt on the telephone ("This is It speaking"), and later in family-portrait artwork. Cousin Itt is introduced in the television series as the cousin of family patriarch Gomez Addams. He is an occasional guest in the Addams' home, entering and exiting through the chimney, though he has his own quarters that are furnished in proportion to his size. The character's role in the
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New Art Examiner


reading the New Art Examiner, it provided a unique vantage point outside the artistic mainstream. According to Terri Griffith and Kathryn Born, the "New Art Examiner" was "the only successful art magazine ever to come out of Chicago." It enjoyed a nearly three-decade long run, and since its founding in 1973 by Jane Addams Allen and Derek Guthrie, no art periodical published in the Windy City has lasted longer or has achieved the critical mass of readers and admirers that it did. Editor Jane Addams Allen,
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The Addams Family (1991 film)


, but was shortened following negative responses from test audiences. While the film was being prepared for release, Paramount learned that Orion did not own the international release rights for "The Addams Family", which were owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. As a result, the two studios entered into an agreement where MGM would release the film internationally, while Paramount released it domestically. However, another obstacle in releasing the film occurred when, as the studios prepared the film for release, David Levy, the producer of the
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2008 and ceased on September 30, 2009. Shows included "[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]", "[[Charles In Charge]]", "[[Gilligan's Island]]", "[[Bewitched]]", "[[The Lucy Show]]", "[[The Brady Bunch]]", "[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]" and "[[Sanford and Son]]". It was started
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The Addams Family (1991 film)


1964 Addams Family TV series, filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures, claiming that the film infringed on his property rights. The suit was eventually settled out of court, after the film's release, due to Paramount wanting to quickly film a sequel due to the film's success. "The Addams Family" grossed $113,502,246 in the United States and $191,502,246 worldwide, turning a significant profit against the $30 million production costs. While "The Addams Family" was a box office hit, it received mixed reviews.
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Wednesday Addams


's child is full of woe." The idea for the name was supplied by the actress and poet Joan Blake, an acquaintance of Addams. She is the sister of Pugsley Addams (and, in the movie "Addams Family Values", also the sister of Pubert Addams), and she is the only daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams. Wednesday's most notable features are her pale skin and long, dark braided pigtails. She seldom shows emotion and is generally bitter. Wednesday usually wears a black dress with a
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Rachel Potter


, Nemo in Finding Nemo: The Musical, and a slew of other shows at Disney. In 2008, she made it in the Top 15 in the MTV reality show "". Potter played Wednesday Addams in the musical version of "The Addams Family". Later on, Potter was cast in the 2012 revival of Evita, in which she portrayed Peron's mistress, alongside Ricky Martin, Elena Roger, and Michael Cerveris. Potter began her career as a recording artist at age 16 when she was signed to contemporary
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Pat Lawlor


trade show in 2003. "We had a nickname for "Twilight Zone"," he said, "and it was 'In Excess Pinball'...we had just gotten done setting the record with "Addams Family", and [Williams executives] were willing to let us do anything, and we did, which was a big mistake." While he conceded that "extreme pinball players" would find the game to be great, he would add that "from a commercial standpoint, we were out of control...
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Wednesday Addams


Wednesday Addams is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams in his comic strip "The Addams Family". The character has also appeared in television and film, in both the live action and animated formats. In Addams' cartoons, which first appeared in "The New Yorker", Wednesday and other members of the family had no names. When the characters were adapted to the 1964 television series, Charles Addams gave her the name "Wednesday", based on the well-known nursery rhyme line, "Wednesday
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The Addams Family (musical)


. The cast includes John Waters as Gomez Addams, Chloe Dallimore as Morticia Addams, Russell Dykstra as Uncle Fester, Teagan Wouters as Wednesday Addams and Ben Hudson as Lurch. The show closed on June 9, 2013. It had been hoped to tour to other Australian cities but it is understood the show had struggled at the box office and those plans were cancelled. The musical began its Argentinian premiere at Teatro Ópera in Buenos Aires, Argentina, starting in June 19, 2013. It is produced by T4F (Time For
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The Addams Family (musical)


Tobin. The cast featured Karl Hamilton (Gomez Addams), Rebecca Prescott (Morticia Addams), Harter Clingman (Uncle Fester), Amanda Hartley (Grandma), Dara Cameron (Wednesday Addams), Brennan Dougherty (Pugsley Addams), Jeff Diebold (Lurch), Jason Grimm (Mal Beineke), Cory Goodrich (Alice Beineke), and Henry McGinniss (Lucas Beineke). The Addams Ancestors were Sarah Hayes, Leah Morrow, Jared Rein, Sawyer Smith, Alexander Walker, and Lucy Zukaitis. The show received
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The Addams Family (1964 TV series)


notable for its opening theme that was composed and sung by Vic Mizzy. The show was originally produced by head writer Nat Perrin for Filmways, Inc. at General Service Studios in Hollywood, California. Successor company MGM Television now owns the rights to the show. The Addams are a close-knit extended family with decidedly macabre interests and supernatural abilities, though no explanation for their powers is explicitly given in the series. The wealthy, endlessly enthusiastic Gomez Addams (John Astin) is madly in love with his refined wife, Morticia
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Gomez Addams


with all of the members of the family—had no given name. When "The Addams Family" 1964 television series was being developed, Charles Addams suggested naming the character either Repelli or Gomez. Addams left the final choice up to portrayer John Astin, who chose Gomez. Because "Gómez" is usually recognized as a family name in Spanish-speaking countries, in Hispanic America the character's name was changed to "Homero" ("Homer"). Like the other members of the family, Gomez's personality
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The Addams Family (video game series)


version lacked the freezer and crypt levels (they were reduced to the boss fights only) and the rest of the levels were shortened. It also lacked any music, aside from the "Addams Family" theme on the title screen and ending. The NES version also lacked the two weapons from the SNES (swords and golf balls). However, it did allow the player to obtain a password whenever they paused the game, whereas the SNES "Addams Family" would only display passwords after each boss was defeated. The
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Uncle Fester


the ukulele, when he sings a love song to the moon. He also seems to communicate with the ancestors throughout the show more than the other characters. Uncle Fester has appeared in several Addams Family video games, frequently as the player character or a playable character. He is the star of his own Nintendo Entertainment System game titled Fester's Quest and the main playable character in the "Addams Family Values" Super Nintendo Entertainment System game. He is also the main character in "Electrifying" arcade machine, where simulated "
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies


-Barbera characters. The characters from "Harlem Globetrotters", "Josie and the Pussycats", "Jeannie", and "Speed Buggy" all appeared on the show during or after their own shows' original runs; "The Addams Family" and "Batman and Robin" both appeared on the show a year before they were incorporated into Hanna-Barbera shows of their own, "The Addams Family" and "Super Friends", respectively. Many of the supporting voice roles were done by several celebrities who were
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The Addams Family (musical)


2016, and opened at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre in Edinburgh in April 2017 before embarking on a major UK tour. In 2007, the producers announced that they had obtained the rights from the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation to create a musical adaptation of "The Addams Family" for Broadway, and they anticipated an opening during the 2009–2010 season after an out-of-town tryout. This was the first time that Charles Addams' comic creations were licensed to serve as the basis for a stage production. The musical's lead
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The Addams Family


Two seasons were produced, with the third year containing reruns. Oddly in this series, Wednesday maintained her macabre, brooding attitude from the Addams Family movies, but her facial expressions and body language conveyed the happy-go-lucky, fun attitude of her portrayal in the original television show. The original Vic Mizzy theme song, although slightly different, was used for the opening. "The New Addams Family" was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and ran for 65 episodes (one more than the original
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Addams Family Reunion


that the "normal" Adams family, whose reunion the Addamses mistakenly attend, "turns out to be far more devious, conniving, and evil than the morbid but basically good Addams clan". The producers wanted to bridge the gap in continuity between the Paramount films and the new series, and reached out to Anjelica Huston and Christopher Lloyd to reprise their roles as Morticia Addams and Uncle Fester, but both declined. Director Dave Payne, however, denies that Huston and Lloyd were considered for the film's casting. Christina
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Addams Family Values


when they try to visit Fester at Debbie's mansion, they are removed from the premises. The Addams are alarmed to find that Pubert has transformed into a rosy-cheeked, golden-haired baby. Grandmama Addams diagnoses this as a result of his disrupted family life, and Gomez becomes depressed. At camp, Wednesday is cast as Pocahontas in Gary's saccharine Thanksgiving play. When she refuses to participate, she, Pugsley and Joel are forced to watch upbeat Disney and family films. Afterwards, Wednesday feigns cheerfulness and agrees
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of all time. This first novelisation of the television series, written by Jack Sharkey, was released near the end of the show's second season. The book details the family's arrival in their new home and explains how it got its bizarre décor. The arrival and origins of Thing are explained. Each chapter reads as a self-contained story, like episodes of the television show. The novel concludes with the Addams family discovering that their lives will be the basis for a new television series. It was published in
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Adam Riegler


Adam Riegler (May 27, 1998) is an American actor. Riegler's big break in show business was when he played Cubby Bernstein, "Broadway's Tony Award Campaign Manager", in a series of publicity stunts for the Broadway musical "Xanadu" in 2007. He is known for appearing in "Shrek The Musical" as young Shrek in 2008, and as Pugsley Addams in "The Addams Family" in 2010. Riegler had previously appeared in the 2007 revival of "I and Albert". Other credits include
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When You're an Addams


don't apply!br When you're an Addams,br You do what Addams do or die! Overall, the song was better received than the original opening number, "Clandango", with Patrick Healy of "The New York Times" saying that "When You're an Addams" "is more lighthearted and generic", and Stephen Rader's review saying that it "presents all of the family members to us as we know and love them from the TV series and subsequent movies." The song was nominated for a
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The Addams Family: An Evilution


The Addams Family: An Evilution is a book about the "evilution" of "The Addams Family" characters created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The book was made to celebrate "The Addams Family" musical that opened on Broadway in April 2010. "An Evilution" is the first book to trace "The Addams Family" history. It presents more than 200 cartoons created by Addams during his career, including some that were never published. It is arranged by H. Kevin Miserocchi, director of the Tee and Charles Addams
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The Addams Family


. A complementary comic book series was produced in connection with the show, but it lasted only three issues. The show's theme music was completely different and had no lyrics and no finger snaps, although it retained a bit of the four-note score from the live-action show. A television reunion movie, "Halloween with the New Addams Family", aired on NBC on Sunday, October 30, 1977. It features most of the original cast, except Blossom Rock, who had played Grandmama. She was
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The Addams Family (1964 TV series)


is excluded, presumably due to licensing rights) and IMDb. The minisodes are available on Crackle. A successful film, "The Addams Family", was released by Paramount Pictures in 1991, starring Raul Julia as Gomez, Anjelica Huston as Morticia, Christopher Lloyd as an amnesiac Uncle Fester and Christina Ricci as Wednesday. After the film's release, series creator David Levy filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures; the suit was settled out of court. A sequel, "Addams Family Values", followed in 1993, to
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The Addams Family (1991 film)


. The distribution deal with MGM resulted in legal issues which affected the home video releases of the film; in 2014, Den of Geek reported that the ownership issues surrounding the film were not fully sorted out until 2013. In 1993, McDonald's sold low-cost, exclusive VHS editions of "The Addams Family" and "Wayne's World" to coincide with the theatrical releases of "Addams Family Values" and "Wayne's World 2", as part of an exclusive distribution deal with Paramount Home Entertainment. Paramount
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The Addams Family


, despite the visitors' horror at the Addamses' peculiar lifestyle. Charles Addams began as a cartoonist in "The New Yorker" with a sketch of a window washer that ran on February 6, 1932. His cartoons ran regularly in the magazine from 1938, when he drew the first instance of what came to be called The Addams Family, until his death in 1988. In 1946, Addams met science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury after having drawn an illustration for Bradbury's short story "Homecoming" in "Mademoiselle"
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Uncle Fester


. In the movie, "The Addams Family", Fester (played by Christopher Lloyd) is the long-lost brother of Gomez Addams. He was believed to have been lost in the Bermuda Triangle for twenty-five years. A loan shark named Abigail Craven (Elizabeth Wilson) conspires to steal the Addams' fortune using her son, Gordon, who displays an eerie resemblance to the missing Fester. On the night that the Addams' hold a séance to contact Fester's spirit, Gordon shows up at their door
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Rip Taylor


cameo in the 1969 special "33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee". He continued to work as a voice performer in the 1970s cartoon series "Here Comes the Grump" (as the title character) and in the second "The Addams Family" cartoon series (as Uncle Fester). Throughout the 1970s, Taylor was a frequent celebrity guest panelist on TV game shows such as "Hollywood Squares", "To Tell the Truth", and "The Gong Show", and substituted for Charles Nelson Reilly on "The
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Grandmama (The Addams Family)


is named Esmeralda, she is again implied to come from Morticia's family. The character is simply referred to as Granny in the two animated series. In the 1992 series, Grandmama is Morticia's mother and, in the second episode, introduces herself with the line, "the name's Granny Frump". In the Broadway musical "The Addams Family", Morticia refers to Grandmama as Gomez and Uncle Fester's mother (complaining that she was supposed to move in for two weeks, and it's been twelve years
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Northern Lights Pinball Show


, showing progress on a P-ROC reprogramming of Indiana Jones. Other P-ROC reprogrammed machines at the show were Cactus Canyon Continued, and Bride of Pinbot 2 from Dutch Pinball. The 'Addams Family Challenge' was a new feature, where players sat in a large 'electric chair' to play Addams Family. As various events in the game occur, the chair would vibrate the handles, shake the seat or even start smoking. A 'Moose Power' meter and lights on the chair were also synchronised to
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Addams Family Reunion


Addams family mansion, where Granny and Cousin Itt are staying. Following the success of the theatrically released films "The Addams Family", released in 1991 and its 1993 sequel, "Addams Family Values", Saban negotiated to purchase the home video production rights to the Addams Family brand in order to take advantage of the direct-to-video market. Because of the underwhelming commercial performance of "Addams Family Values", as well as the death of Raul Julia, who had played Gomez Addams, Paramount Pictures ultimately decided
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The Addams Family (1973 TV series)


their roles in the series, with the exceptions of Astin and Jones whose characters were voiced by Lennie Weinrib and Janet Waldo. The show also introduces the Addams Family's animal companions Ali the alligator, Ocho the octopus and Mr. V the vulture. The theme music was mostly different, except for the four-noted tune from the live-action series. Concurrently with their series, the animated Addams characters appeared in public service announcements for the Boy Scouts of America (featuring Pugsley as a Scout), the four nutritious food
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The Addams Family


Charles Addams cartoons. After the episode aired, fans wanted more animated adventures featuring the Addamses, and Hanna-Barbera obliged. In late 1972, ABC produced a pilot for a live-action musical variety show titled "The Addams Family Fun-House". The cast included Jack Riley and Liz Torres as Gomez and Morticia (the pair also co-wrote the special), Stubby Kaye as Uncle Fester, Pat McCormick as Lurch and Butch Patrick (who had played Eddie Munster in "The Munsters") as Pugsley
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Ken Weatherwax


entered the U.S. Army at seventeen, and at the age of 21, he reprised the role of Pugsley in the 1977 reunion film "Halloween with the New Addams Family". He established a career behind the camera as a movie studio grip and set builder, while making occasional appearances at "Addams Family"-related events with former costar Lisa Loring, who had played Pugsley's younger sister Wednesday Addams on the show. Weatherwax died on December 7, 2014, of a heart attack at his home in West Hills, California, at
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Carel Struycken


Carel Struycken (; born 30 July 1948) is a Dutch film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for playing the Giant/Fireman in "Twin Peaks" (1990–1991, 2017), in "" (1987–1992), and Lurch in the films "The Addams Family" (1991), "Addams Family Values" (1993), "Addams Family Reunion" (1998), and "Gerald's Game" (2018). Struycken was born in The Hague, Netherlands. When he
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Pugsley Addams


When the characters were given names for the television series, he was originally going to be called "Pubert" (a derivation of the word puberty, possibly a reflection of his age) but it was rejected as it sounded too sexual, and the name Pugsley was chosen instead. (The name Pubert was later used when Gomez and Morticia have a third child in the film "Addams Family Values".) The Lurch Files' Addams Family Tree lists Pugsley's middle name as Pubert, probably as an homage to Charles
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Jessicka


Ryden's muses. On November 2, 2013, she was part of a four-woman show in Los Angeles called "Black Moon" with fellow female artists, Elizabeth McGrath, Camille Rose Garcia and Marion Peck. January 2014, The LA Art Show had over 18,000 items on display from over 135 dealers, Addams was recognized by the Huffington Post Arts & Culture, "Jessicka Addams, who could be related to the real Addams Family and creates self-portraits that reference near death personal experiences with a witty, macabre
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The Vampira Show


When Stromberg approached Nurmi about doing the character for television, Nurmi then re-imagined the character and costume as a buxom and glamorous single vampire instead of the mother of a family, and she named her creation Vampira. Nurmi told "Boxoffice" that her intention was to invent a unique creation of her own that was "campier and sexier" than the mute and flat-chested Addams character, in part to avoid plagiarizing Addams' intellectual property. Vampira was known to appear in broad daylight in full costume. Her husband
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The Addams Family (1964 TV series)


The Addams Family is an American horror comedy black sitcom based on the characters from Charles Addams' "New Yorker" cartoons. The 30-minute television series was created by David Levy and Donald Saltzman and shot in black-and-white, airing for two seasons on ABC from September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966, for a total of 64 episodes. It is often compared to its CBS rival "The Munsters" which ran for the same two seasons and achieved somewhat higher Nielsen ratings. The show is also
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The Addams Family (2019 film)


. The Addams family's lives begin to unravel when they face-off against the 21st century and its treacherous, greedy, arrogant and sly reality TV host Margaux Needler (Allison Janney) while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration. In 2010, after acquiring the rights to the "Addams Family" comics, the film originally began production at Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment as a stop-motion animated film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Chris Meledandri. However, in 2013, it was
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The Addams Family (video game)


fourth was produced for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. In all versions, players control Gomez Addams as he attempts to rescue other members of the Addams family. The Addams Family's lawyer, Tully Alford, has taken control of their Gothic mansion and imprisoned Morticia Addams, Pugsley Addams, Wednesday Addams, Granny and Uncle Fester. The player controls Gomez Addams as he explores the various rooms in the mansion, locating items and battling monsters, until he has located all of the lost family members.
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Pugsley Addams


Family Values", Pugsley is played by Jimmy Workman. He acts as an unwitting accomplice to his (older?) sister, Wednesday, who makes attempts to inflict lethal harm upon him - although he has returned the favor on occasion. In "The Addams Family", Pugsley and Wednesday open a lemonade stand, but their drinks are toxic, and cause Lurch to spit flames when he tries it. In "Addams Family Values", Wednesday and Pugsley are sent to Camp Chippewa, a summer camp, where they
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Morticia Addams


when she was standing or lying in dim light. Daryl Hannah played Morticia in the 1998 film "Addams Family Reunion". Canadian actress Ellie Harvie played Morticia in the revival series, "The New Addams Family". In the first animated series made in 1973, Morticia was voiced by Janet Waldo. Jones also voiced this character in an episode of "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" that featured the family. In the 1992 animated series, she was voiced by Nancy Linari. In the 2010 Broadway musical, Morticia
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The Addams Family (musical)


as part of their 2017-2018 season. After the last show in January 2018, the show moved to the Casino de Paris on October 7, 2018 for a limited engagement. On September 5, 2016, it was announced that "The Addams Family" musical would embark on a major UK and Ireland tour produced by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, and John Stalker for Music & Lyrics Productions, with Associate Producers James Yeoburn and Stuart Matthew Price for United Theatrical, and Guy James. The production was directed by Matthew
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Grandmama (The Addams Family)


Grandmama is a fictional character in the "Addams Family" television and film series. First appearing in the works of cartoonist Charles Addams, she is a supporting character in series film, television and stage adaptations. Grandmama Addams is an aged witch who concocts potions and spells, and dabbles in fortune telling and knife throwing. She is the grandmother of the Addams children, Pugsley and Wednesday, although her relationship to the other family members is less consistent. Grandmama first appeared along with the then-unnamed Addams family in Charles Addams
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Christina Ricci


youngest daughter, Kate. She also appeared—alongside Cher and co-star Winona Ryder—in the music video for "The Shoop Shoop Song", which featured on the film's soundtrack. The following year, she starred as the morbidly precocious Wednesday Addams in Barry Sonnenfeld's "The Addams Family", based on the cartoon of the same name. She reprised the role for the 1993 sequel, "Addams Family Values". Both films were a commercial success, and critics singled out Ricci's performances as highlights
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Charles Addams


of his cartoons (although it reprints a few from previous collections); it is a scrapbook-like compendium of vintage images (and occasional pieces of text) that appealed to Addams' sense of the grotesque, including Victorian woodcuts, vintage medicine-show advertisements, and a boyhood photograph of Francesco Lentini, who had three legs. Addams drew more than 1,300 cartoons over the course of his life. Those that did not appear in "The New Yorker" were often in "Collier's" and "TV Guide"
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Transamerican Love Story


Transamerican Love Story is an American reality dating show in which suitors woo transgender woman Calpernia Addams. Addams chooses a suitor by process of elimination. When the show first aired, viewers could vote their preferences online, but it was Addams who chose whom to eliminate. Calpernia is accompanied by her friend Andrea James; each episode is hosted by comedian Alec Mapa. "Transamerican Love Story" is the first reality dating show in the United States in which contestants compete for the attention and approval of a transgender woman. Logo TV,
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The Addams Family


The Addams Family is a fictional household created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The Addams Family has traditionally included Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, close family members Uncle Fester and Grandmama, their butler Lurch, the disembodied hand Thing, and Gomez's Cousin Itt. The Addams’ are a satirical inversion of the ideal 20th-century American family: an odd wealthy aristocratic clan who delight in the macabre and are seemingly unaware, or do not care, that other people find them bizarre or frightening. They
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Jane Addams


reason in the habit of married folks keeping together", Addams wrote to Smith. According to Christie and Gauvreau (2001), while the Christian settlement houses sought to Christianize, Jane Addams "had come to epitomize the force of secular humanism." Her image was, however, "reinvented" by the Christian churches. According to Joslin (2004), "The new humanism, as [Addams] interprets it comes from a secular, and not a religious, pattern of belief". According to the Jane Addams
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Morticia Addams


Morticia Addams is a fictional character from "The Addams Family" television and film series. Created by cartoonist Charles Addams, she was based on his first wife Barbara. Morticia first appeared in Charles Addams' newspaper cartoons as the stern, aloof matriarch of the family. She often appeared with the rest of the family, and was, along with Gomez and Grandmama, one of the few members to actually speak in the cartoons. Morticia is the wife of Gomez Addams and mother of Wednesday, Pugsley and Pubert Addams. The
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The Addams Family (1991 film)


1964 TV series, as the show had not achieved the syndicated popularity of the similarly-toned comedy "The Munsters". However, production finally moved forward when Addams' widow sold the remaining rights to Orion, who put the film in production with Rudin producing. Anjelica Huston said she based aspects of her performance on her friend Jerry Hall to give the character more warmth. Huston said she would have expected the role to go to Cher but was a longtime fan of Morticia. Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson wrote the first
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Charles Addams


to take out a US $100,000 insurance policy. Addams consulted a lawyer on the sly, who later humorously wrote: "I told him the last time I had word of such a move was in a picture called "Double Indemnity" starring Barbara Stanwyck, which I called to his attention." In the movie, Stanwyck's character plotted her husband's murder. The couple divorced in 1956. "The Addams Family" television series began after David Levy, a television producer, approached Addams with an offer to create
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The Addams Family


Although Addams's own characters were well established by the time of their initial encounter, in a 2001 interview, Bradbury states that Addams "went his way and created the Addams Family and I went my own way and created my family in this book." In 1964, the ABC TV network created "The Addams Family" television series based on Addams's cartoon characters. The series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons in 64 half-hour episodes (September 18, 1964 – September 2
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Debutante


the main character attends a debutantes preparation program throughout the movie which ends with the Debutante's ball". Something New", a romantic comedy has a cotillion scene of upper class African Americans on the west coast. "The Debut", a film on contemporary Filipino American life, touches upon a wide variety of cultural themes within the plot of an informal débutante event. The 1992 film "The Addams Family" is centred around the reconciliation of Gomez and Fester Addams, who had had a falling out as teenagers when Gomez
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The Addams Family (1991 film)


family who reconnect with who they believe to be a long-lost relative, Gomez's brother, Fester Addams, who is actually the adopted son of a loan shark intending to swindle the Addams clan out of their vast wealth and fortune. The film was noted for its troubled production; originally developed at Orion, the film went $5 million over budget due to constant rewrites throughout shooting; health problems of people involved in the filming and an overall stressful filming for Sonnenfeld himself, caused multiple delays. The rise in production
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The Addams Family (1991 film)


's memory, and he turns out to actually have been Fester all along, having suffered amnesia after being lost in the Bermuda Triangle and turning up in Miami, where Abigail had taken him in. He is enthusiastically welcomed back into the Addams household on Halloween. With the family whole again, Morticia informs Gomez that she is pregnant. Barry Sonnenfeld makes an uncredited cameo as a passenger on Gomez' train. Scott Rudin, a development executive at 20th Century Fox, pitched to the studio an adaptation of Charles Addams' "
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Jane Addams


with her stepmother, traveling some of the time with friends and family who joined them. Addams decided that she did not have to become a doctor to be able to help the poor. Upon her return home in June 1887, she lived with her stepmother in Cedarville and spent winters with her in Baltimore. Addams, still filled with vague ambition, sank into depression, unsure of her future and feeling useless leading the conventional life expected of a well-to-do young woman. She wrote long letters to her friend
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When You're an Addams


this point, and Gomez is eventually joined by his wife Morticia, and after a few more stanzas, the entire family is singing. They then call upon their ancestors to join them in this celebration, which involves line dancing, the bunny hop, the twist, and rigor mortis. The last lines, which are among the most well known from the musical, are as follows:br It's family first, and family last,br And family by and by!br When you're an Addams,br The standard answers
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Ray Bradbury


my career as a writer is 'At play in the fields of the Lord.'" Bradbury was a close friend of Charles Addams, and Addams illustrated the first of Bradbury's stories about the Elliotts, a family that resembled Addams' own Addams Family placed in rural Illinois. Bradbury's first story about them was "Homecoming", published in the 1946 Halloween issue of "Mademoiselle", with Addams' illustrations. Addams and he planned a larger collaborative work that would tell the family's complete history, but it
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The New Addams Family


The New Addams Family is an American-Canadian sitcom that aired from October 1998 to August 1999 on YTV in Canada and Fox Family in the United States and CITV in the United Kingdom on weekends. It was produced by Shavick Entertainment and Saban Entertainment as a revival of the 1960s series "The Addams Family." The series was cancelled after one season. The Addams Family consists of husband and wife, Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children, Wednesday and Pugsley, as well as Grandmama, Uncle Fester, and their butler
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Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture


The Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture album was released on Atlas Records in late 1993 to promote "Addams Family Values", a sequel to the 1991 film "The Addams Family". The album features several hip-hop and R&B based cover songs of 1970s funk/soul songs by artists, including: A remixed version of Tag Team's then-current hit "Whoomp! (There It Is)", "Addams Family (Whoomp!)", was used as the lead single. Paramount
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The Addams Family (1991 film)


laments the 25-year absence of his brother Fester, who disappeared after the two had a falling-out. Gomez's lawyer Tully Alford owes money to loan shark/con artist Abigail Craven, and notices that her adopted son Gordon closely resembles Fester. Tully proposes that Gordon pose as Fester to infiltrate the Addams household and find the hidden vault where they keep their vast riches. Tully and his wife Margaret attend a séance at the Addams home led by Grandmama in which the family tries to contact Fester's spirit. Gordon arrives,
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Fossil Ridge High School (Fort Collins, Colorado)


highest honor in scholastic journalism). etchedinstone.org has had over 150,000 hits since launching in September 2012. Fossil's theater department has been recognized as one of the best in the Northern Colorado area. In fall 2016 it staged a sold-out production of Nick Dear's Frankenstein, and performed The Addams Family in spring 2017. The Addams Family won a High School Musical Theatre (Bobby G) Award for Best Leading Actor for Austin Hand as Gomez Addams, and was also nominated for Best Costume Design at the Bobby G Awards
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Uncle Fester


she predicts something that causes him great harm (or in his case, great joy). Fester also is very fond of the Addamses' next door neighbour, Norman Normanmayer, a boring person controlling an underwear empire, who hates Fester (and the whole Addams family) for his strangeness (on an occasion, Fester comes on a visit through the sewer pipes). Fester seems quite oblivious of the fact that Norman hates him and, possibly due to the Addams family nature, thinks that all the angry and aggressive outbreaks
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The Addams Family


. The Addamses are seen speaking Japanese – most prominently Gomez (for whom a voice actor was used to impersonate Julia while footage from "Addams Family Values" was seen) and Morticia. In 2007 and 2008, the Addams Family appeared as M&M's in an advertising campaign for M&M's Dark Chocolate. A CD compilation of the music from "The Addams Family" TV Series was released in 1991 featuring the theme song from "The Addams Family" and each of the characters theme music as well as incidental music from the
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The Addams Family (1964 TV series)


Addams Family Reunion", aired on the Fox Family Channel, followed by the series "The New Addams Family" that ran from 1998 to 2000. Astin appeared in the series as Grandpapa Addams. MGM Home Entertainment has released "The Addams Family" on DVD in Region 1, 2 and 4 in three-volume sets. As of April 2019, the series can be purchased on iTunes, and can be streamed in the United States via Amazon Video (the season 2 episode "Gomez, the People's Choice"
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The Addams Family


magazine, the first in a series of tales chronicling a family of Illinois monsters, the Elliotts. Bradbury and Addams became friends and planned to collaborate on a book of the Elliott Family's complete history, with Bradbury writing and Addams providing the illustrations; but it never materialized. Bradbury's Elliott Family stories were anthologized in "From the Dust Returned" (2001), with a connecting narrative, an explanation of his work with Addams, and Addams's 1946 "Mademoiselle" illustration used for the book's cover jacket.
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Addams Family Values: The Original Orchestral Score


Addams Family Values: The Original Orchestral Score was one of the two soundtrack albums released in support of the 1993 film "Addams Family Values", the sequel to the 1991 film "The Addams Family". "The Original Orchestral Score" featured selections from the film's incidental score music, produced by composer Marc Shaiman and conducted by Academy Award nominee Artie Kane. The other "Addams Family Values" soundtrack, "", featured hip-hop and R&B recordings. * This track has Shaiman and Kane sharing performance credits
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Charles Addams


, with a connecting narrative and an explanation of his work with Addams, and Addams' 1946 "Mademoiselle" illustration used for the book's cover jacket. Although Addams' own characters were well-established by the time of their initial encounter, in a 2001 interview, Bradbury stated: "[Addams] went his way and created the Addams Family, and I went my own way and created my family in this book." Janet Maslin, in a review of an Addams biography for "The New York Times"
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