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Halloween with the New Addams Family is a television special that reunited most of the cast of the original series.
Summary[]
Gomez's brother, Pancho Addams, stays with the family for Halloween while Gomez attends a Snake Lodge meeting in Tombstone, Arizona. Pancho tells Pugsley Jr. and Wednesday Jr. the legend of Cousin Shy, a shy spirit who carves pumpkins and distributes gifts on Halloween. Gomez worries that Pancho will take his place as father and husband before he returns the next night, but he waves goodbye to Morticia and Kitty Kat and departs. Meanwhile, a trio of crooks are spying on the family with cameras placed throughout the mansion. They arranged Gomez' absence to gain easier entrance and sent Mikey Grimm in posing as a tax assessor.
Wednesday Sr. returns home from Music Academy, and Dr. Pugsley Sr. Addams returns from Nairobi Medical School. After enduring all sorts of ookiness in the cemetery and playroom, Mikey is on the verge of a breakdown. Dr. Addams tries to help with a chant, causing Mikey to flee. Gomez returns home early to find the family trimming the Halloween scarecrow without him, but Cousin Itt reassures him and tells him to think of the children and Halloween. He helps them finish the trimming, and then they welcome Ophelia and other guests for a masquerade party. The other crooks, "Bones" Lafferty and Louie "the Lard," and their bodyguards pose as John Quincy Addams and family to join the party while sending lookalikes of Gomez and Morticia in through the back. A number of mistaken identities and incidents later, the bodyguards and look-alikes fled the ookiness too. When the police arrive because of a noise complaint, Bones and Louie confess and beg to be taken away.
Cast and Characters[]
- John Astin as Gomez Addams
- Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams / Ophelia Frump / Lady Fingers
- Ted Cassidy as Lurch / Thing
- Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester
- Jane Rose as Grandmama
- Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams (senior)
- Ken Weatherwax as Pugsley Addams (senior)
- Felix Silla as Cousin Itt
- Elvia Allman as Granny Frump
- Henry Darrow as Pancho Addams
- Jennifer Surprenant as Wednesday Jr. Addams
- Ken Marquis as Pugsley Jr. Addams
- Parley Baer as Bones Lafferty
- Patrick Campbell as Louie the Lard
- Vito Scotti as Mikey Grimm
- Dean Sothern as Fake Gomez
- Terry Miller as Fake Morticia
- David B. Johns (credited as David Johns) as Hercules
- Clinton Beyerle as Atlas
- George Ranito Jordan as First Cop
- Suzanne Krazna as Countess Dracula
- Alice Fries as Witch Kid (uncredited)
Crew[]
Animal Supervisor[]
- Ralph Helfer - Animal Supervisor: Gentle Jungle (us) (uncredited)
Animal Trainers[]
- Barbara Gaddy-Edrington - Animal Trainer: Lion (uncredited)
- Donna Martin - Animal Trainer: Lion (uncredited)
- Gayle Phelps - Animal Trainer: Lion (uncredited)
- Jackie Martin - Animal Trainer: Lion (uncredited)
- John Compolongo - Animal Trainer: Lion (uncredited)
- Juanita Inn - Animal Trainer: Lion (uncredited)
- Madeleine Klein - Animal Trainer: Lion (uncredited)
- Ron Oxley - Animal Trainer: Lion (uncredited)
- Steve Martin - Animal Trainer: Lion (uncredited)
- Toni Helfer - Animal Trainer: Lion (uncredited)
Art Department[]
- C. Randall Berkeley (credited as Randall 'Ted' Berkeley) - Property Master
Art Direction by[]
- Bill Ross
Assistant to the Director[]
- Lynn Tanke
Casting by[]
- Caro Jones
Cinematography by[]
- Jacques R. Marquette - Director of Photography
Costume and Wardrobe Department[]
- Vou Lee Giokaris - Costume Supervisor
Costume Design by[]
- James Kessler (credited as Jim Kessler)
Directed by[]
- Dennis Steinmetz
Editing by[]
- Ken Baker
Makeup Department[]
- Helen Grizuk - Hairdresser
- Carol L. Dary - Makeup Artist
Music by[]
- Vic Mizzy
Music Department[]
- Vic Mizzy - Conductor
Produced by[]
- Paul Pieratt - Associate Producer
- Charles W. Fries (credited as Charles Fries) - Executive Producer
- David Levy - Producer
Production Assistant[]
- Joseph J. Kontra (credited as Joseph John Kontra)
Production Coordinator[]
- Linda Sohy
Production Management[]
- Malcolm Stuart - Executive in Charge of Production
- Linda Sohy - Production Manager
- William P. Owens - Production Manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director[]
- Peter Barth - Associate Director
Set Decoration by[]
- Edward M. Parker (credited as Edward Parker)
Sound Department[]
- Jack Tossman - Audio
Special Effects by[]
- William H. Schirmer - Pyrotechnician
- Robbie Knott - Special Effects Coordinator
Stage Managers[]
- David Wader
- Paul Pieratt Jr.
Technical Director[]
- Jim Swick
Technical Operations Supervisor[]
- James Fred Donelson (credited as Fred Donelson)
Writing Credits[]
- Charles Addams - Based on characters created by
- George Tibbles - Written by
Quotes[]
TBA
Trivia[]
- Since the television show, Gomez and Morticia Addams have had two more children, named Pugsley Jr. Addams and Wednesday Jr. Addams, who are lookalikes of their older siblings, Pugsley Addams and Wednesday Addams.
- Morticia recalls their honeymoon in that heavenly place, Death Valley.
- The family motto is "You must never bury anybody without leaving a marker."
- The scene where Lafferty asks Mikey to go into the Addams house is a spoof of a Life Cereal commercial.
- When Thing hands Mikey his hat, he uses his left hand instead of his usual right.
- Pugsley Sr. has a tattoo of Doctor Mbogo, though he calls him Doctor Mgumbo.
Artifacts shown[]
- Marie Antoinette
- Pierre
- Bear
- Two Headed Turtle
Characters Mentioned[]
- Uncle Faustus
- Bluebeard Addams
- Cousin Ahab
- Miss Salem Addams
- Charles Freeze Addams
- Cousin Ptolemy
- Cousin Sloth
- Uncle Morbid
- Cousin Shy
- Doctor Mbogo
- Boston Branch of the Addams Family
Ooky Food[]
- Hopping Eggs
- Molten Eye of Newt Pudding
- Whale Ribs
- Salamander Cake
Pets[]
Theme Song[]
- The theme song is a reworked instrumental version of the theme from the original series. A new song, "A Merry, Shh, Creepy Hallowe'en", is sung throughout the show.