"clue that others might find these accounts unusual. In most incarnations of the character, Pugsley had an unusual hobby of stealing road signs, which he used to adorn the walls and door of his bedroom. This may have evolved from an original Addams cartoon in which, rather than road signs, he would steal and decorate his room with cautionary signs, such as high voltage and shallow water signs, thus leading others into danger. He also has a pet octopus named Aristotle. In the episode ""Gomez, The Reluctant Lover"" it is revealed that he has scented paper, (liquorice is his favorite)."
"Latin lover type, Astin suggested the eye-rolling, pencil moustache, and ardent devotion to Morticia. In the Addams cartoons and the television shows, Gomez wore a necktie to his chalk-stripe suit, though in the films, Gomez wears a bow tie and also wears a wide variety of extravagant clothing. He spends $1000 per month on cigars, and he is an accomplished juggler and knife-thrower. He loves crashing toy trains and diving for crabs on Halloween. When he wishes to know the time he will pull a pocket watch from the breast pocket of his coat (the chain is attached to the"
"The Addams Family The Addams Family is a fictional household created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The Addams Family has traditionally included Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, close family members Uncle Fester and Grandmama, their butler Lurch, the disembodied hand Thing, and Gomez's Cousin Itt. The Addamses are a satirical inversion of the ideal 20th-century American family: an odd wealthy aristocratic clan who delight in the macabre and are seemingly unaware, or do not care, that other people find them bizarre or frightening. They originally appeared as an unrelated group of 150 single-panel cartoons, about half"
"Gomez Addams Gomez Addams is the patriarch of The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams for ""The New Yorker"" magazine in the 1930s, and subsequently portrayed in television, film and stage. In Charles Addams's original cartoons, Gomez was the nameless patriarch of the Family. He had a somewhat grotesque appearance, with a tubby body, a snub-nose, a crooked tooth and a receding chin. He was often depicted reading in the den or lounging on the windowsill. In the Charles Addams cartoons, Gomez—as with all of the members of the family—had no given name. When ""The Addams Family"" 1964 television"
"recently completed his second screenplay ""3-Way Split"", an action-heist comedy. Glenn was born and raised in New Jersey. He resided in Brooklyn, NY from July 1981 until September 1992 and has lived in Los Angeles since October 1992. Glenn Taranto Glenn Taranto (born January 27, 1959) is an American actor and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his role as Gomez on ""The New Addams Family"". He has of course an Italian distant relative because Taranto is an Apulian city. He is a member of Academy Award Winner ""Paul Haggis"" unofficial stock company having appeared in six projects for the highly"
"Fester is Gomez's brother (in the television show, he was Morticia's uncle). ""The Addams Family"" notes that Gomez's parents were murdered by an angry mob, though in one scene in the sequel, when Gomez catches Fester with a pornographic magazine, they both look at the centerfold (unseen by the viewer) and fondly say ""Mom"". In ""Addams Family Values"", Gomez and Morticia have a third child named Pubert, a seemingly indestructible baby with a thin, black moustache like his father. Gomez Addams Gomez Addams is the patriarch of The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams for ""The New Yorker"" magazine"
"Edinburgh Festival Theatre on April 20, 2017 starring Samantha Womack, Les Dennis and Carrie Hope Fletcher. The Addams Family The Addams Family is a fictional household created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The Addams Family has traditionally included Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, close family members Uncle Fester and Grandmama, their butler Lurch, the disembodied hand Thing, and Gomez's Cousin Itt. The Addamses are a satirical inversion of the ideal 20th-century American family: an odd wealthy aristocratic clan who delight in the macabre and are seemingly unaware, or do not care, that other people find them"
"Glenn Taranto Glenn Taranto (born January 27, 1959) is an American actor and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his role as Gomez on ""The New Addams Family"". He has of course an Italian distant relative because Taranto is an Apulian city. He is a member of Academy Award Winner ""Paul Haggis"" unofficial stock company having appeared in six projects for the highly acclaimed writer, director. Taranto's first screenplay, Stolen (Originally titled ""The Boy In The Box""), starring Josh Lucas and Jon Hamm was produced by A2 Entertainment and Code Entertainment and released to American theatres in 2010. Mr. Taranto has"
"series was being developed, Charles Addams suggested naming the character either Repelli or Gomez. Addams left the final choice up to portrayer John Astin, who chose Gomez. Because ""Gómez"" is usually recognized as a family name in Spanish-speaking countries, in Hispanic America the character's name was changed to ""Homero"" (""Homer""). Like the other members of the family, Gomez's personality became largely codified by the television series. Gomez is of Castilian extraction. John Astin had long sessions with Addams and series producer David Levy, who gave him free rein in developing the character. Enlarging on Addams' description of Gomez as a"
"Pugsley Addams Pugsley Addams is a member of the fictional Addams family, created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. Pugsley is depicted as a devious young genius in Charles Addams's original cartoons. He is often shown releasing sailboats in the park with other children, except his boats were more macabre in nature. Pugsley is the oldest child of Morticia and Gomez Addams. He is a pre-teen boy (His age is given as eight years old in the pilot episode but is changed to ten years old in the second episode) who is almost always seen wearing a striped T-shirt and shorts."
"fictional characters, he was ranked #12 with a net worth of $2 billion. As a young man, Gomez was, per flashback in ""Morticia's Romance,"" a perennially sickly youth, gaining perfect health only after meeting Morticia. He nevertheless studied law (voted ""Most Likely Never to Pass the Bar"") and is quite proud his law class voted him ""Least Likely to Succeed""; and although he rarely practices, he takes an absurd delight in losing cases, boasting of having put many criminals behind bars while acting as their defense attorney; this is somewhat contradicted in the episode ""The Addams Family Goes to Court,"""
"Morticia Addams Morticia Addams is a fictional character from ""The Addams Family"" television and film series. Created by cartoonist Charles Addams, she was based on his first wife Barbara. Morticia first appeared in Charles Addams' newspaper cartoons as the stern, aloof matriarch of the Family. She often appeared with the rest of the family, and was, along with Gomez and Grandmama, one of the few members to actually speak in the cartoons. Morticia is the wife of Gomez Addams and mother of Wednesday, Pugsley and Pubert Addams. The character originated in the Charles Addams cartoons for ""The New Yorker"" magazine"
"Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. In all versions, players control Gomez Addams as he attempts to rescue other members of the Addams family. The Addams Family's lawyer, Tully Alford, has taken control of their Gothic mansion and imprisoned Morticia Addams, Pugsley Addams, Wednesday Addams, Granny and Uncle Fester. The player controls Gomez Addams as he explores the various rooms in the mansion, locating items and battling monsters, until he has located all of the lost family members. The game follows the Addams Family father and husband, Gomez Addams, as he attempts to save the members of his family"
"lapel) while simultaneously checking a wrist watch. Gomez is an athletic, acrobatic, and eccentric multi-billionaire. Though an extremely successful businessman, having acquired much of his wealth through inheritance and investments, he has little regard for money and will casually spend thousands of dollars on any whimsical endeavor. Gomez's investments are guided more by whimsy than strategy, yet luck rarely fails him. Gomez owns businesses around the world, including a swamp, bought for ""scenic value"", crocodile farm, a buzzard farm, a salt mine, a tombstone factory, a uranium mine, and many others. In Forbes 2007 ""Fictional 15"" list of the richest"
"treading on the tail of Kitty Kat the lion. The crooks employ a fake Gomez and Morticia to help in their plans, along with two strong-arm goons, Hercules and Atlas. Gomez returns home for the Halloween party and trimming of the scarecrow. Lafferty poses as Quincy Addams (from Boston) to gain entrance to the house during the party. He has his men tie up Gomez and Morticia and the doubles take their places, confusing Pancho, who is still in love with Morticia, and Ophelia, who is still in love with Gomez. Gomez and Morticia escape (thanks to the ""Old Piccolo"
"anything, only to realize in the end of the episode that he is only a failure in failure. This is additionally contradicted in ""New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family"" Season 1 : Ep. 9(1960). He specifically states that Thing always beats him at bridge. In the 1960s American television series, Gomez was portrayed by John Astin. Astin also voiced this character in an episode of ""The New Scooby-Doo Movies"" which featured the family. In the first animated series by Hanna-Barbera, Gomez was voiced by Lennie Weinrib. In the second animated series, also by Hanna-Barbera, Gomez's voice was again performed by"
"Gomez was jealous of Fester's success with women, and wooed the conjoined twins Flora and Fauna Amor away from him out of envy. Gomez starts to suspect that ""Fester"" is an impostor when he is unable to recall important details about their past. Gordon attempts to return to the vault, but is unable to get past a booby trap. Gomez's wife Morticia reminds ""Fester"" of the importance of family among the Addamses and of their vengeance against those who cross them. Fearing that the family is getting wise to their con, Abigail (under the guise of Dr. Pinder-Schloss) convinces Gomez"
"long-lost relative, Gomez's brother, Fester Addams, who is actually the adopted son of a con artist intending to swindle the Addams clan out of their vast wealth and fortune. The film was noted for its troubled production; originally developed at Orion, the film went $5 million over budget due to constant rewrites throughout shooting; health problems of people involved in the filming and an overall stressful filming for Sonnenfeld himself, caused multiple delays. The rise in production costs from the film's $25 million budget to $30 million led Orion, fearful of another big-budget flop and financially struggling, to sell the"
"in the 1930s. In the cartoons, none of the family members had names. When the characters were adapted to the 1964 television series, Charles Addams' selection of her name was inspired by ""mortician"". Morticia's maiden name is ""Frump"" and she has an older sister named Ophelia (also played by Carolyn Jones). In the television series, her mother (Uncle Fester's sister) was named Hester Frump (played by Margaret Hamilton). Her mother-in-law is Grandmama Addams. In the 1990s Addams Family films, Grandmama is actually Morticia's mother, not Gomez's. Morticia is described as a witch; she is slim, with extremely pale skin and"
"The New Addams Family The New Addams Family was an American-Canadian sitcom that aired from October 1998 to August 1999 on YTV in Canada and Fox Family in the United States. It was produced by Shavick Entertainment and Saban Entertainment as a revival of the 1960s series ""The Addams Family."" The Addams Family consists of husband and wife, Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children, Wednesday and Pugsley, as well as Grandmama, Uncle Fester, and their butler, Lurch. The Addamses are a close-knit extended family with decidedly macabre interests and supernatural abilities. No explanation for their powers is explicitly given in"
"John Astin John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television series, as well as a television director and voice artist. He is best known for starring as Gomez Addams in ""The Addams Family"" (1964–1966), reprising the role in the television film ""Halloween with the New Addams Family"" (1977) and the animated series ""The Addams Family"" (1992–1993). Notable film projects include ""West Side Story"" (1961), ""That Touch of Mink"" (1962), ""Move Over Darling"" (1963), ""Freaky Friday"" (1976), ""National Lampoon's European Vacation"" (1985), ""Teen Wolf Too"" (1987) and ""The Frighteners"" (1996)."
"family is forced to move into a motel and find jobs. Morticia tries her hand as a preschool teacher, Wednesday and Pugsley sell toxic lemonade, and Thing—the family's animate disembodied hand—becomes a courier. Gomez, despondent, sinks into depression and lethargy. Morticia returns to the Addams home to confront Fester and is captured by Abigail and Tully, who torture her in an attempt to learn how to access the vault. Thing observes this and informs Gomez using Morse code, who gathers the family and rushes to Morticia's rescue. Abigail threatens Morticia's life if Gomez does not surrender the family fortune. Fed"
"where it is noted that while Gomez has ""never won"" a case, he has ""never lost"" one either. In ""The New Addams Family"", Gomez had also studied medicine. Gomez has offered contradictory views on work; in one episode, he claims that, although his family was wealthy even in his childhood, he nonetheless performed odd jobs and ""scrimped and saved [his] kopeks,"" which he considered character building. When his son Pugsley decided to find a job, however, Gomez was horrified, claiming that ""No Addams has worked in 200 years!"" In the 1991 animated series, Gomez deliberately tried to fail at something,"
"Halloween with the New Addams Family Halloween with the New Addams Family is a 1977 American made-for-television comedy horror film based on the 1964–1966 sitcom ""The Addams Family"" which reunited original cast members John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Lisa Loring, Ken Weatherwax and Felix Silla. Gomez and Morticia have had two more children, Wednesday Jr. and Pugsley Jr., who strongly resemble their older siblings. Gomez's brother, Pancho, is staying with the family while Gomez attends a lodge meeting in Tombstone, Arizona. Gomez is jealous of his brother, who once courted Morticia. Halloween is near, and Pancho tells"
"his closet to think. After receiving the gift of a motorcycle in the episode ""The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik"", Fester often drove it through the living room, inevitably crashing in the conservatory (Several episodes used identical footage of this scenario.). Fester also collects three-dollar bills. The 1998 live-action series continues the tradition of having Fester (played by Canadian actor Michael Roberds) as Gomez's biological brother, yet between this version and the 1960s series this is the only visible difference. In a furtherance on the original series running gag of Uncle Fester being able to store electricity, one episode has"
"while she knits, turning grapes into wine in under a single minute, and turning over records on the phonograph (particularly when Gomez and Morticia dance the tango). It accompanies the family on drives by riding in the glove compartment, and in one episode, where Gomez appears in court, it emerged from Gomez's briefcase. Thing and Grandmama are fond of arm-wrestling. In a flashback episode on how Gomez and Morticia met, it is revealed that Thing has been with the Addams family since Gomez himself was a child, suggesting Thing is the son of an earlier generation of hand-servants (see below)."
"into the Addams household on Halloween. With the family whole again, Morticia informs Gomez that she is pregnant. Scott Rudin, a development executive at 20th Century Fox, pitched to the studio an adaptation of Charles Addams' ""The Addams Family"" comic strips, and the studio enthusiastically agreed that the comics would make a good film, and set out to purchase the rights. However, Fox would ultimately not make the film, as Orion Pictures, who owned the film rights to ""The Addams Family"", would not sell the property, as they were planning on producing a rebooted TV series. Further crucial property rights"
"cartoons in that Fester is Gomez's brother, and Grandmama is Morticia's mother. Many cast members from the original series and the ""Scooby-Doo"" episode reprise their roles in the series, with the exceptions of Astin and Jones whose characters were voiced by Lennie Weinrib and Janet Waldo. The show also introduces the Addams Family's animal companions Ali the alligator, Ocho the octopus and Mr. V the vulture. The theme music was mostly different, except for the four-noted tune from the live-action series. Concurrently with their series, the animated Addams characters appeared in public service announcements for the Boy Scouts of America"
"she was regularly illustrated with shoulder-length frizzy hair and a fringed shawl. Addams described Grandmama in a 1963 character synopsis as ""a disrespectful old hag"" and ""foolishly good-natured ... a weak character [who] is easily led."" In Charles Addams' original ""The New Yorker"" cartoon strips, the character was referred to as Grandma Frump, therefore making her Morticia's mother. For the original television series — as well as ""The New Addams Family"", in which she is named Eudora Addams — her relationship to the family is retconned and she becomes Gomez's mother. However, both the feature films and animated television series"
"have been lost in the Bermuda Triangle for twenty-five years. A loan shark named Abigail Craven (Elizabeth Wilson) conspires to steal the Addams' fortune using her son, Gordon, who displays an eerie resemblance to the missing Fester. On the night that the Addams' hold a séance to contact Fester's spirit, Gordon shows up at their door, posing as Fester. Although he is baffled and horrified by the Addams' at first, Gordon begins to take a liking to the family and their strange ways. In the end, he disobeys his mother and helps Gomez and his family get their house back."
"with the New Addams Family"" and voiced the role of Gomez in the animated series ""The Addams Family"" from 1992 to 1993. In the Canadian-American television series ""The New Addams Family"", which ran from 1998 to 1999, Astin appeared as Grandpapa Addams, with the role of Gomez played by Glenn Taranto. Astin joined the retooled ""The Pruitts of Southampton"" (re-titled ""The Phyllis Diller Show"") for the second half of the 1966–67 season, playing Diller's brother-in-law, Angus Pruitt. He also played the Riddler in the second season of ""Batman"" (Frank Gorshin returned for the third and final season.) He played submarine"
"originally produced by head writer Nat Perrin for Filmways, Inc. at General Service Studios in Hollywood, California. Successor company MGM Television (via The Program Exchange for broadcast syndication and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment for home video/DVD) now owns the rights to the show. The Addams are a close-knit extended family with decidedly macabre interests and supernatural abilities, though no explanation for their powers is explicitly given in the series. The wealthy, endlessly enthusiastic Gomez Addams (John Astin) is madly in love with his refined wife, Morticia (Carolyn Jones). Along with their daughter Wednesday (Lisa Loring), their son Pugsley (Ken"
"The Addams Family (1973 TV series) The Addams Family is an animated sitcom adaptation of the Charles Addams cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1973. Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassidy who played Uncle Fester and Lurch respectively from the 1960s television series returned in voice-over roles. The Addams Family consists of husband and wife, Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children, Wednesday and Pugsley, as well as Grandmama, Uncle Fester, and their butler, Lurch. The Addamses are a close-knit extended family with decidedly macabre interests and supernatural abilities. No explanation for their powers is explicitly given in the series. This series"