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The Addams Family is an American television comedy based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams for the New Yorker. Unnamed in the strip, the characters were named for a black and white TV series that rab from September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966 It starred John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassidy and was remade in 1990 as a movie with Raul Julia, Angelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd and Christina Ricci with a following sequel with Peter Graves. The series is possibly best known for being confused with "The Munsters."

Season 1

Season 4

  • Manos: The Hands Of Fate - Cousin Itt, a recurring giant walking mound of hair with no visible face and a hat is mentioned.

Season 8

  • Overdrawn At The Memory Bank - Raul Julia laments that a female character doesn't speak French as Gomez expected of Morticia. The quote, "Fester, is that you." is repeated as Gomez was looking for Fester who turned into his brother for the movie. Originally, Fester was Morticia's uncle.

Season 9

  • The Space Children - The movie stars Jackie Coogan and is "festered" with Addams references such as putting a light bulb in Coogan's mouth, a recurring Addams gag. Cousin Itt is mentioned.
  • A Touch Of Satan - Mike says, "Thank you Lurch!," referring to the overture that the manservant Lurch played in the series.
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