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Thing T. Thing, referred to as just Thing, is a hand who performs various useful functions for the family, a "handservant".
He is portrayed by Ted Cassidy and appears in seasons one and two of the 1964 ABC TV series The Addams Family. He appears again in the 1977 TV special Halloween with the New Addams Family.
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Among Thing's many useful functions are retrieving mail, lighting cigars for Gomez Addams, switching the channel on the Addams TV, holding Morticia Addams' wool while she knits, transforming grapes into wine in less than a minute, and flipping records on the phonograph (especially when Gomez and Morticia dance the tango). He rides in the glove box with the family on drives, and in one episode when Gomez appears in court, he emerges from his briefcase. Grandmama and Thing enjoy arm wrestling. In a flashback episode on how Gomez and Morticia met, it is uncovered that Thing has been with the Addams family since Gomez himself was a kid, proposing that Thing is the child of a prior age of hand-workers.
Morticia is always very appreciative of Thing's services, and her frequent "Why thank you, Thing" is one of the best known lines of the series. Thing cannot talk, but he does sometimes snap his fingers to attract attention, and is also able to communicate by signaling in Morse code, writing, or with the help of the manual alphabet. Visitors to the Addams Mansion may find this to be very unsettling; In some episodes, as a running gag, a visitor to the Addams household expresses her sincere gratitude to the family and enthusiastically shakes hands with everyone in attendance, saying, "Thank you, Mr. Addams! "Thank you, Mrs. Addams!" Thing then gives them a handshake. And thank you---" begins the visitor before recoiling in inarticulate shock, realizing who and what they have encountered, and leaving the premises.
The Original Addams Family series[]
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Halloween with the New Addams Family[]
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Lady Fingers[]
Lady Fingers is a handmaiden, as well as the counterpart and fiancé of Thing. She accompanies Princess Millicent von Schlepp (aka Aunt Millie), when the latter visits the Addams family. She falls in love with Thing, but is separated from him when Millicent goes to a hotel. She mopes and droops until she is fired. However, her replacement, Esmeralda, turns out to be a thief, and she soon gets her job back. Millicent is planning a round-the-world trip, but Thing will wait for her and give her an engagement ring.
Her father used to be Millicent's footman.
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The Original Addams Family series
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Trivia[]
- Thing was usually played by Ted Cassidy, who also played the lugubrious butler Lurch, although in occasional cases where the two characters appeared in the same scene, Thing would be played by a crew member. Thing customarily emerges from a series of boxes, one in each room in the Addams' mansion, although he occasionally emerged from behind a curtain, within a plant pot, or elsewhere. Since Cassidy was 6'9", using him to depict Thing caused technical difficulties on the set of The Addams Family. He had to lay on his back and be wheeled on a trolley, below the line of sight of the cameras, and inserted his arm through the bottom of the box.
- Thing was usually a right hand, but Cassidy sometimes played him as a left hand, simply to see if anyone would notice.
- Thing is credited as "itself" at the end of each episode.
Other Hands[]
On the 1960s TV series, two similar hands were introduced in the episode "Morticia Meets Royalty":
- Lady Fingers: a female "handmaiden" who was the servant of Cousin Millie, also known as Princess Millicent von Schlepp. When Millicent came to visit, Thing and Lady Fingers fell in love. Lady Fingers later returned in the 1977 Addams Family Halloween special and the 1998 series revival.
- Esmeralda: another female hand hired by Millicent after firing Lady Fingers. Esmeralda turned out to be dishonest, and Millicent rehires Lady Fingers.
In the episode "Thing Is Missing", Gomez and Morticia find a portrait of Thing's parents, a male hand and a female hand.
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