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The warped mind of Charles Addams brings you this macabre funhouse.

- Charles Addams never named his characters, but he had to come up with names for the characters on the TV show. Within a week he decided on all of them--except for Mr. Addams, who almost wound up being called Repelli (for "repellent") instead of Gomez.

- Carolyn Jones and John Astin decided to give Gomez and Morticia "a grand romance" as an antidote to the virtually asexual parents then common in television shows.

- In the pilot, Ted Cassidy, who plays Lurch, ad-libbed the famous line, "You rang?" Originally, Lurch didn't have lines. But the line got a wave a laughter and Cassidy got more dialog.

The Addams Family Minisode

Rating: TV-G Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

You Rang? Based on Charles Addams hilarious cartoons, come experience the passion of Gomez and Morticia, the lonely desires of Fester, and the innocent fun Pugsley and Wednesday have with Dynamite caps.

Starring:

John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Ken Weatherwax, Lisa Loring, Marie Blake

The Addams Family: Thing Is Missing

(6:25)

By: The Minisode Network Released: 6/3/2009 Genre: Comedy

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All Hand Alert: Thing is Missing! (Get my joke? The "All Hand Alert"? Feel free to use it.) When the Addams can't find their favorite "thing", Gomez takes charge and busts out the magnifying glass. It's just like CSI, but without the dumb one liners.