Series
The Addams Family
“When we’re together, every night is Halloween.”
ComedyFamily
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.
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Seasons & episodes
Season 1 consists of 34 episodes and established the iconic characters and the show's subversive humor: that the "monstrous" Addams family was actually the most loving, stable, and well-adjusted family on television compared to their "normal" neighbors.
1The Addams Family Goes to School18 Sept 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.5Sam Hilliard, a truant officer, shows up at the Addams family home, due to the fact that Pugsley and Wednesday are not attending school. Soon he discovers he's dealing with no typical everyday family.
2Morticia and the Psychiatrist25 Sept 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.7Gomez and Morticia are shocked when Pugsley joins the boy scouts, begins playing baseball and gets a puppy. Fearing something is wrong, they turn to a psychiatrist.
3Fester's Punctured Romance2 Oct 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.3Uncle Fester puts an ad in the personals column and when he doesn't get an immediate response he's heartbroken. Later, the family mistake a cosmetics saleswoman as a respondent to the ad.
4Gomez, the Politician9 Oct 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.3Sam Hilliard, the ex-truant officer, is running for city council. This puts Gomez in the campaign mood, and he decides to offer financial support.
5The Addams Family Tree16 Oct 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.5Pugsley and Wednesday get into a fight over families with their friend Harold, who says that his family is better than theirs.
6Morticia Joins the Ladies League23 Oct 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.3Gomez and Pugsley visit an old friend of the family, who owns a circus. There, Pugsley befriends Gorgo the Gorilla who later escapes and follows Pugsley home. Meanwhile, Morticia has hopes of joining the Ladies League.
7Halloween with the Addams Family30 Oct 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.7Two bank robbers accept an unknowing invitation and visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween, in order to avoid being caught.
8Green-Eyed Gomez6 Nov 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.8Gomez throws a fit of jealousy when Morticia's former boyfriend visits.
9The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family13 Nov 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.4A young couple, simple, naive, and very much in love, move into the house next to the Addams'.
10Wednesday Leaves Home20 Nov 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.6Family worries when a flustered Wednesday runs away after being scolded for borrowing Uncle Fester's TNT.
11The Addams Family Meet the VIPs27 Nov 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.4Visitors from another country regret labelling the Addams gang uncultured.
12Morticia, the Matchmaker4 Dec 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.6Morticia plays matchmaker when her cousin Melancholia and a bachelor lawyer hoping to make a business deal both visit at the same time.
13Lurch Learns to Dance11 Dec 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.2Morticia and Gomez are supportive of Lurch and encourage him to follow his gut feeling and take dance lessons.
14Art and the Addams Family18 Dec 1964 · 25m · ★ 7.0Grandmama takes up painting and hires the distressed Sam Picasso as her teacher.
15The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik1 Jan 1965 · 25m · ★ 7.4A young biker on the run from his domineering tycoon dad ends up hiding out in the Addams house, and the Addamses couldn't be happier.
16The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man8 Jan 1965 · 25m · ★ 7.4An undercover operative is convinced that the Addams family are spies.
17Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family15 Jan 1965 · 25m · ★ 7.0Morticia and Gomez pose as Lurch's maid and butler when his mother comes for a visit.
18Uncle Fester's Illness22 Jan 1965 · 25m · ★ 7.5Lately, Uncle Fester's been a bit rundown, literally unable to maintain his wattage. Since Dr. Mbogo, the reliable family witch doctor, is too busy to leave Africa, the Addamses must take their chances by engaging the services of a local physician, who pays them a house call.
19The Addams Family Splurges29 Jan 1965 · 25m · ★ 7.2The Addams family hopes to vacation on the moon, but needs to raise a billion dollars. Using Gomez's new supercomputer, the family schemes to make the money by betting on horse races.
20Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family5 Feb 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.5Parks Commissioner Fiske visits the Addams house seeking contributions for expansion of the city zoo. Gomez believes visiting Cousin Itt - all hairy and gibbering four feet tall of him - would be perfect as the zoo's new curator. He has the two meet, but Commissioner Fisk misunderstands the intent and mistakes Itt for a new exotic animal attraction whom he has hauled away in chains when the others aren't looking. When the family finds out what's happened, Uncle Fester is ready to administer retribution the Addams way - with a bullet from behind.
21The Addams Family in Court12 Feb 1965 · 25m · ★ 7.0Grandmama is arrested for telling fortunes and soon the whole family is being held in contempt of court.
22Amnesia in the Addams Family19 Feb 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.0Gomez suffers from amnesia after being hit in the head with Indian clubs, and his personality changes dramatically.
23Thing is Missing5 Mar 1965 · 25m · ★ 7.0When Thing goes missing, the family discovers he's been "thing-napped."
24Crisis in the Addams Family12 Mar 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.6Uncle Fester applies for a job as an insurance salesman with the same company which is threatening to cancel the Addams' policy.
25Lurch and His Harpsichord19 Mar 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.8Lurch feels betrayed when Gomez and Morticia give their antique harpsichord to a museum.
26Morticia, the Breadwinner26 Mar 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.2When Morticia believes the family to be bankrupt, she sells her railroad shares to a mystery buyer to raise money.
27The Addams Family and the Spacemen2 Apr 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.8With reports of UFOs in the area, the Addams believe they have been visited by two Martians. Vito Scotti appears as Professor Altshuler.
28My Son, the Chimp9 Apr 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.5The family believes that Pugsley has been turned into a chimp.
29Morticia's Favorite Charity16 Apr 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.8Morticia's favorite charitable organization is holding a fundraising bazaar, so Morticia persuades her family to part with their belongings in order to donate them to the charity auction.
30Progress and the Addams Family23 Apr 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.8The Addams Family ignores notices from Arthur Henson that their house is to be condemned to make way for a freeway.
31Uncle Fester's Toupee30 Apr 1965 · 25m · ★ 7.4Fester's penpal drops by unexpectedly, so he must assume the false personality he has been pretending to be.
32Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor7 May 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.5Morticia and Gomez call an expert to find Cousin Itt a job after he fails at being a marriage counselor, almost splitting up Gomez and Morticia in the process.
33Lurch, the Teenage Idol14 May 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.5Low grunts and grumbles while at the harpsichord constitute Lurch's manner of singing. Gomez has a record company record him and soon the Addams house is surrounded by excited teenyboppers, fawning and fainting over Lurch when he becomes the newest hit sensation. All that blind adoration goes to Lurch's head, and the Addames quickly find they have a self-centered butler who won't "buttle" any longer. Could it be they've created a monster?
34The Winning of Morticia Addams21 May 1965 · 25m · ★ 6.2Members of the Addams household devise schemes to start a battle between Gomez and Morticia.
Details
- Created by
- Charles Addams
- First aired
- 18 Sept 1964
- Last aired
- 8 Apr 1966
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ABC
- Episodes
- 64
- Votes
- 459 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Cast
Carolyn JonesMorticia Addams
John AstinGomez Addams
Jackie CooganUncle Fester
Ted CassidyLurch
Marie BlakeGrandmama
Lisa LoringWednesday Addams
Ken WeatherwaxPugsley Addams
