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S1 E18 Uncle Fester's Illness

Comedy

9+

25 minutes

21 Jan 1965

Uncle Fester's electrical output fails abruptly. Should they call a doctor or an electrician to bring Fester back? Morticia prescribes a bowl of porcupine mold, and both she and Gomez agree that long exposure to moon rays would be beneficial.Featuring: Blossom Rock, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, John Astin, Ken Weatherwax, Lisa Loring, Ted Cassidy

Season 1, 34 Episodes

The Addams Family - The Addams Family Goes To School

The Addams Family Goes To School,

Morticia and Gomez decide to keep Wednesday and Pugsley home from school after Morticia sees the fairy tales they have to read. When the truant officer comes to investigate, he is shocked at what he finds.

The Addams Family - Morticia And The Psychiatrist

Morticia And The Psychiatrist,

Morticia calls a psychiatrist after she fears Pugsley is becoming normal after he abandons his pet octopus for a puppy and is seen wearing a Boy Scout uniform, playing with a baseball bat, and helping an old lady cross the street.

The Addams Family - Fester's Punctured Romance

Fester's Punctured Romance,

Uncle Fester, who has become lonely, convinces Gomez and Morticia that it is time for him to find a bride. He decides to put an ad in the newspaper, looking for love. But things go awry when a door-to-door saleswoman comes by.

The Addams Family - Gomez, The Politician

Gomez, The Politician,

Election fever grips the Addams household, as Gomez (John Astin) supports the council candidate whose campaign promise is to drain the town's disgusting bogs. Morticia (Carolyn Jones), who likes "the lovely bogs," labels the candidate an extremist.

The Addams Family - The Addams Family Tree

The Addams Family Tree,

Pugsley and Wednesday start a row at a party when their gift of a tarantula upsets Harold, the birthday boy. Harold's parents insist that the Addams children lack breeding and, therefore, are no longer allowed to play with their son.

The Addams Family - Morticia Joins The Ladies League

Morticia Joins The Ladies League,

After Pugsley befriends Gorgo, a circus gorilla, Gorgo decides to follow Pugsley and Gomez home, where is accepted as one of the family. But Gorgo gives Morticia's tea guests, the Ladies League members, quite a shock.

The Addams Family - Halloween With The Addams Family

Halloween With The Addams Family,

A pair of bank robbers are welcomed as Halloween trick-or-treaters by Morticia and Gomez. The creepy atmosphere of the house, Morticia's smoldering holiday punch, and Lurch's ominous presence impel the crooks to abandon their plans.

The Addams Family - Green Eyed Gomez

Green Eyed Gomez,

When Lionel Barker, a former suitor of Morticia's, shows up, Gomez is jealous. But he's soon calmed when he learns that Barker is after Mildred, the new maid. The Addamses then discover that Barker is a con man--after Mildred's money, not her love.

The Addams Family - New Neighbors Meet The Addams Family

New Neighbors Meet The Addams Family,

Newlyweds move in next door. But the honeymoon loses its tranquility when Uncle Fester enters their house through a tunnel and they flee in terror at the sight of Lurch, Grandmama sharpening her ax, and Morticia and Gomez bathing the octopus.

The Addams Family - Wednesday Leaves Home

Wednesday Leaves Home,

The family faces a crisis when Wednesday packs her spider and runs away (after being scolded for playing with Uncle Fester's TNT). When they try to file a missing person report, a detective is anxious to retire early due to their story.

The Addams Family - The Addams Family Meets The V.I.P.'s

The Addams Family Meets The V.I.P.'s,

Official visitors from an unfriendly nation receive the shock of their lives when they decide to exploit the Addams Family as an average uncultured family. The visitors are shaken up by Morticia's carnivorous plants among other things.

The Addams Family - Morticia, The Matchmaker

Morticia, The Matchmaker,

Morticia's cousin, Melancholia, wants to marry Clarence P. Harvey after most of her marital prospects have joined the Foreign Legion. Clarence recoils when Melancholia puts on a campaign to win him, backed by Morticia, Gomez and Clarence's boss.

The Addams Family - Lurch Learns To Dance

Lurch Learns To Dance,

Lurch becomes a veritable gazelle when he takes dancing lessons at Gomez and Morticia's suggestion after he admits to being a wallflower at social functions. Each member of the Addams Family teaches Lurch a different step.

The Addams Family - Art And The Addams Family

Art And The Addams Family,

Grandmama's paintings leave an art critic speechless, so Gomez sends for his friend, Sam Picasso, to teach Grandmama to paint in the abstract. The starving artist ignores Grandmama's and Morticia's work as he eats and paints.

The Addams Family - The Addams Family Meets A Beatnik

The Addams Family Meets A Beatnik,

Rockland Cartright III is a beatnik who crashes his motorbike into a tree and recuperates at the Addams house. Each regards the other as an oddity, although the family learns to appreciate certain aspects of Rockland's life.

The Addams Family - Addams Family Meets The Undercover Man

Addams Family Meets The Undercover Man,

Mr. Briggs, the postman, is hired by the government to do undercover work in the Addams house. While pretending to be a stamp collector, he investigates rumors that coded radio messages are being sent from the house.

The Addams Family - Mother Lurch Visits The Addams Family

Mother Lurch Visits The Addams Family,

Lurch's tiny fire-eating mother visits and demands that Lurch's employers wait on her boy hand-and-foot after Lurch leads her to believe that it's his house. Lurch revels in the unexpected attention he gets from Morticia and Gomez.

The Addams Family - Uncle Fester's Illness

Uncle Fester's Illness,

Uncle Fester's electrical output fails abruptly. Should they call a doctor or an electrician to bring Fester back? Morticia prescribes a bowl of porcupine mold, and both she and Gomez agree that long exposure to moon rays would be beneficial.

The Addams Family - The Addams Family Splurge

The Addams Family Splurge,

The family would like to vacation on the moon, but the billion-dollar travel cost is slightly prohibitive. Uncle Fester volunteers $21.13 and Morticia, using Gomez's new supercomputer, suggests placing a $2,000 bet on the daily double horse race.

The Addams Family - Cousin Itt Visits The Addams Family

Cousin Itt Visits The Addams Family,

Cousin Itt is advocated as curator of the local zoo. Gomez uses his influence with Park Commissioner Fisk (guest star Alan Reed) to promote Itt for the job, but the zookeepers are convinced the Addamses' cousin should be confined to a cage.

The Addams Family - The Addams Family In Court

The Addams Family In Court,

Grandmama (Blossom Rock) is hauled off to jail for setting up a fortune-telling booth in the Addamses' living room. Gomez (John Astin) volunteers to act as attorney, and the court session becomes a shambles.

The Addams Family - Amnesia In The Addams Family

Amnesia In The Addams Family,

Gomez (John Astin) loses his memory after hitting his head; he fails to recognize Morticia (Carolyn Jones) and says the house looks like a condemned museum. The Addamses take turns hitting Gomez on the head trying to help him regain his memory.

The Addams Family - Thing Is Missing

Thing Is Missing,

Thing disappears from his box. Failing to find a single trace of Thing, Gomez (John Astin) conducts an investigation--with all members of the household under suspicion. Also starring Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy.

The Addams Family - Crisis In The Addams Family

Crisis In The Addams Family,

Uncle Fester applies for a job as an insurance salesman with the same company which is threatening to cancel the Addamses' policy (because Fester keeps blowing things up). Fester convinces the company interviewer that he is qualified for the job.

The Addams Family - Lurch And His Harpsicord

Lurch And His Harpsicord,

Lurch becomes inconsolable when Gomez donates the family antique harpsichord to a collector. Gomez and Morticia offer Lurch a balalaika and a set of drums. When this proves unsatisfactory, Gomez and Fester decide to build a new harpsichord.

The Addams Family - Morticia, The Breadwinner

Morticia, The Breadwinner,

When Morticia hears the stock market has crashed, she assumes that Gomez has been financially wiped out and rallies the family to help make money. Morticia gives lessons, Lurch and Fester run an escort service, and the kids run a poison drink stand.

The Addams Family - The Addams Family And The Spaceman

The Addams Family And The Spaceman,

While enjoying a moonlight picnic and snail hunt, the Addams Family is mistaken for Martians by uniformed investigators from Mysterious Space Objects Headquarters. In turn, Gomez (John Astin) and the clan regard their inquisitors with suspicion.

The Addams Family - My Son, The Chimp

My Son, The Chimp,

An organ grinder's fugitive monkey leads Fester to believe that he has turned Pugsley into a monkey. Morticia and Gomez treat the monkey as though he were their son, welcoming him to the dinner table and giving him Pugsley's chores.

The Addams Family - Morticia's Favorite Charity

Morticia's Favorite Charity,

Morticia's favorite charity is having an auction--so Morticia persuades her family to part with things to sell. Donations include Wednesday's headless doll, the old flogging table, a stuffed vulture and Uncle Fester's dynamite.

The Addams Family - Progress And The Addams Family

Progress And The Addams Family,

The Addams Family ignores notices that their house is to be condemned to make way for a freeway. When sudden explosions cannot be traced to any member of the family but, instead, to city workmen, Gomez is forced to consider moving the house.

The Addams Family - Uncle Fester's Toupee

Uncle Fester's Toupee,

Uncle Fester's pen pal, Madelyn, is coming to visit. Fester panics, as he has described himself as handsome, heroic and romantic. Gomez and Morticia agree that all Fester needs is a toupee and they help him make several styles.

The Addams Family - Cousin Itt And The Vocational Counselor

Cousin Itt And The Vocational Counselor,

Morticia and Gomez are worried about Cousin Itt because he spends his days sleeping and dreaming in his tiny room. They decide that Itt would make an excellent marriage counselor, and pretend to be a couple with a failing marriage.

The Addams Family - Lurch, The Teenage Idol

Lurch, The Teenage Idol,

A recording company's platter of Lurch's gravelly voice brings a screaming mob of teenage fans to the Addams house. To calm the crowd, Lurch seats himself at the harpsichord and rewards his fans with a song to end all songs.

The Addams Family - The Winning Of Morticia Addams

The Winning Of Morticia Addams,

Taken in by a psychologist's pronouncement that the only happily married couples are those who fight members of the Addams household devise schemes to start a battle between Gomez (John Astin) and Morticia (Carolyn Jones).

Details

The Addams Family

Comedy

9+

2 Seasons

25 minutes

"The Addams Family," TV's most frightfully funny family, returns for Season 2 with more creepy capers and hair raising hilarity, terrifying their neighbors and delighting viewers like never before!

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