The Addams Family - Vol. 1 with John Astin: DVD Cover
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The Addams Family - Vol. 1 Cast: John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy, Jackie Coogan

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  • DVD Release Date: 10/24/2006
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22 original series episodes; You Rang, Mr. Addams featurette; Snap, Snap featurette; The Addams Family theme song karaoke; Audio commentary on The Addams Family Goes to School, Morticia, the Matchmaker and Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family; Original drawings and photos; The Addams Family Portrait featurette

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Creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, and altogether ooky, The Addams Family television series that debuted on ABC in 1964 was inspired by the amusingly macabre New Yorker cartoons of Charles Addams. Addams's humorous, warped idea of a typical American family featured a weirdly twisted bunch of characters. The TV show introduced the wonderful John Astin as Gomez, a lawyer, philanthropist, and father with a childlike sense of wonder at everything around him; his wife, Morticia (Carolyn Jones), a raven-haired and slinkily dressed matriarch who sends her husband into romantic paroxysms with an occasional French bon mot; daughter Wednesday (Lisa Loring), a sweet, happy child with giant pet spiders (contrary to Christina Ricci's portrayal of a depressed and sullen Wednesday in the feature film); son Pugsley (Ken Weatherwax), a genius inventor who is constantly building things; Morticia's uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan), a strange, bald-headed man with a penchant for putting light bulbs in his mouth -- and lighting them; Gomez's mother, Grandmama (Blossom Rock), a talented potion maker with frizzy hair and the ability to ride a broom (but she's not a witch); family butler Lurch (Ted Cassidy), a giant, harpsichord-playing stone face and Wednesday's best friend; Thing, the disembodied hand that has been Gomez's best friend since he was a child; and the chattering Cousin Itt, a relation of Gomez's who's completely covered in hair, with the exception of his bowler hat. The series only lasted two seasons, but subsequent re-airings in syndication later gave the show a cult status potent enough to spawn two feature films, two animated series, numerous video games, and a direct-to-video film. Along with the first 22 (of 34) black-and-white half-hour episodes of Season 1, this set also includes three featurettes, theme song karaoke, commentary on three episodes, and more. Christina Urban, Barnes & Noble

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