THE ADDAMS FAMILY – Pilot – Season One – 9/18/64
“The Addams Family” was based on the characters in Charles Addams’ “New Yorker” cartoons. The wealthy Gomez Addams (John Astin, left) was madly in love with his wife, Morticia (Carolyn Jones, seated), and their two children, Wednesday (Lisa Loring) and Pugsley (Ken Weatherwax). The family, including Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan), their towering butler Lurch (Ted Cassidy), Grandmama (Blossom Rock), and Thing, a hand that usually appeared out of a small wooden box, resided in an ornate, gloomy mansion.
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