The Addams Family: Season 1
1964 · 34 episodes · ★ 7.1
What Season 1 of The Addams Family
The Addams live at 0001 Cemetery Lane, in a Victorian mansion overgrown with vegetation and with a gloomy air. They share the house with Lurch, a towering butler, and Thing, a hand that pops out of wooden boxes around the house. Gomez adores his refined wife Morticia, and together they raise Wednesday and Pugsley, as well as living with Uncle Fester and Grandmama. They all share macabre hobbies and supernatural powers, though the series never explains where they come from. The engine of each episode is the clash with a normal world that finds them strange, when in reality they are the most close-knit family on television. The storylines range from school problems to a local election campaign.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 The Addams Family Goes to School
Sam Hilliard, a truant officer, shows up at the Addams family home, due to the fact that Pugsley and Wednesday are not attending school. Soon he discovers he's dealing with no typical everyday family.
Directing: Arthur Hiller · Writing: Seaman Jacobs, Ed James · Starring: Rolfe Sedan, Allyn Joslyn, Madge Blake, Nydia Westman
1x02 Morticia and the Psychiatrist
Gomez and Morticia are shocked when Pugsley joins the boy scouts, begins playing baseball and gets a puppy. Fearing something is wrong, they turn to a psychiatrist.
Directed by: Jean Yarbrough · Writers: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: George Petrie
1x03 Fester's Punctured Romance
Uncle Fester puts an ad in the personals column and when he doesn't get an immediate response he's heartbroken. Later, the family mistake a cosmetics saleswoman as a respondent to the ad.
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield · Writer: Jameson Brewer · Starring: Merry Anders, Robert Nunn
1x04 Gomez, the Politician
Sam Hilliard, the ex-truant officer, is running for city council. This puts Gomez in the campaign mood, and he decides to offer financial support.
Directing: Jerry Hopper · Writing: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: Bob LeMond, Allyn Joslyn, Bill Baldwin, Eddie Quillan
1x05 The Addams Family Tree
Pugsley and Wednesday get into a fight over families with their friend Harold, who says that his family is better than theirs.
Directed by: Jerry Hopper · Writers: Harry Winkler, Lou Huston, Hannibal Coons · Starring: Rolfe Sedan, Frank Nelson, Kim Tyler, Jonathan Hole
1x06 Morticia Joins the Ladies League
Gomez and Pugsley visit an old friend of the family, who owns a circus. There, Pugsley befriends Gorgo the Gorilla who later escapes and follows Pugsley home. Meanwhile, Morticia has hopes of joining the Ladies League.
Directed by: Jean Yarbrough · Writers: Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler · Starring: Peter Leeds, George Barrows, Dorothy Neumann, Pearl Shear
1x07 Halloween with the Addams Family
Two bank robbers accept an unknowing invitation and visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween, in order to avoid being caught.
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield · Writers: Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler · Starring: Don Rickles, George Barrows, Skip Homeier
1x08 Green-Eyed Gomez
Gomez throws a fit of jealousy when Morticia's former boyfriend visits.
Directed by: Jerry Hopper · Writers: Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler · Starring: Del Moore, Pattee Chapman, Jimmy Ames
1x09 The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family
A young couple, simple, naive, and very much in love, move into the house next to the Addams'.
Directing: Jean Yarbrough · Writing: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: Cynthia Pepper, Eddie Marr, Peter Brooks
1x10 Wednesday Leaves Home
Family worries when a flustered Wednesday runs away after being scolded for borrowing Uncle Fester's TNT.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: Jesse White, Ray Kellogg
1x11 The Addams Family Meet the VIPs
Visitors from another country regret labelling the Addams gang uncultured.
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield · Writers: Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler · Starring: Stanley Adams, Vito Scotti, Frank Wilcox
1x12 Morticia, the Matchmaker
Morticia plays matchmaker when her cousin Melancholia and a bachelor lawyer hoping to make a business deal both visit at the same time.
Directed by: Jerry Hopper · Writers: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: Barry Kelley, Hal Baylor, Hazel Shermet, Lee Goodman
1x13 Lurch Learns to Dance
Morticia and Gomez are supportive of Lurch and encourage him to follow his gut feeling and take dance lessons.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Jay Dratler, Charles R. Marion, Jerry Seelen · Starring: Jimmy Cross, Penny Parker
1x14 Art and the Addams Family
Grandmama takes up painting and hires the distressed Sam Picasso as her teacher.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: Hugh Sanders, Vito Scotti
1x15 The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik
A young biker on the run from his domineering tycoon dad ends up hiding out in the Addams house, and the Addamses couldn't be happier.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Sloan Nibley, Henry Sharp · Starring: Barry Kelley, Tom Lowell, Barry Brooks
1x16 The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man
An undercover operative is convinced that the Addams family are spies.
Directing: Arthur Lubin · Writing: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: George N. Neise, Norman Leavitt, Rolfe Sedan
1x17 Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family
Morticia and Gomez pose as Lurch's maid and butler when his mother comes for a visit.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Jameson Brewer · Starring: Ellen Corby
1x18 Uncle Fester's Illness
Lately, Uncle Fester's been a bit rundown, literally unable to maintain his wattage. Since Dr. Mbogo, the reliable family witch doctor, is too busy to leave Africa, the Addamses must take their chances by engaging the services of a local physician, who pays them a house call.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Bill Lutz · Starring: Loyal T. Lucas, Lauren Gilbert
1x19 The Addams Family Splurges
The Addams family hopes to vacation on the moon, but needs to raise a billion dollars. Using Gomez's new supercomputer, the family schemes to make the money by betting on horse races.
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield · Writers: Lou Huston, George Haight · Starring: Olan Soule, Roland Winters, Bill Baldwin
1x20 Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family
Parks Commissioner Fiske visits the Addams house seeking contributions for expansion of the city zoo. Gomez believes visiting Cousin Itt - all hairy and gibbering four feet tall of him - would be perfect as the zoo's new curator. He has the two meet, but Commissioner Fisk misunderstands the intent and mistakes Itt for a new exotic animal attraction whom he has hauled away in chains when the others aren't looking. When the family finds out what's happened, Uncle Fester is ready to administer retribution the Addams way - with a bullet from behind.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Anthony Wilson, Henry Sharp · Starring: Felix Silla, Alan Reed, Bill Baldwin, Anthony Magro
1x21 The Addams Family in Court
Grandmama is arrested for telling fortunes and soon the whole family is being held in contempt of court.
Directing: Nat Perrin · Writing: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: James Flavin, Hal Smith, Lela Bliss, Gail Bonney
1x22 Amnesia in the Addams Family
Gomez suffers from amnesia after being hit in the head with Indian clubs, and his personality changes dramatically.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler
1x23 Thing is Missing
When Thing goes missing, the family discovers he's been "thing-napped."
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Bill Lutz, Lorraine Edwards · Starring: Tommy Farrell, Charles Wagenheim, Ray Kellogg
1x24 Crisis in the Addams Family
Uncle Fester applies for a job as an insurance salesman with the same company which is threatening to cancel the Addams' policy.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Sloan Nibley, Preston Wood · Starring: Parley Baer, Eddie Quillan, Bebe Kelly, Richard Cowl
1x25 Lurch and His Harpsichord
Lurch feels betrayed when Gomez and Morticia give their antique harpsichord to a museum.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: Byron Foulger, Leonard Bremen, Ray Galvin
1x26 Morticia, the Breadwinner
When Morticia believes the family to be bankrupt, she sells her railroad shares to a mystery buyer to raise money.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Phil Leslie · Starring: Milton Frome, Ceil Cabot, John J. Fox, Maxine Semon
1x27 The Addams Family and the Spacemen
With reports of UFOs in the area, the Addams believe they have been visited by two Martians. Vito Scotti appears as Professor Altshuler.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: Bob LeMond, Felix Silla, Jimmy Cross, Anthony Magro
1x28 My Son, the Chimp
The family believes that Pugsley has been turned into a chimp.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Don Quinn, Henry Sharp · Starring: Robert Nunn
1x29 Morticia's Favorite Charity
Morticia's favorite charitable organization is holding a fundraising bazaar, so Morticia persuades her family to part with their belongings in order to donate them to the charity auction.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Jameson Brewer, Elroy Schwartz · Starring: Parley Baer, Donald Foster, Maida Severn, John Lawrence
1x30 Progress and the Addams Family
The Addams Family ignores notices from Arthur Henson that their house is to be condemned to make way for a freeway.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Ben Gershman, Cecil Beard, Bill Freedman · Starring: Parley Baer, John Hart, Natalie Masters, Richard Reeves
1x31 Uncle Fester's Toupee
Fester's penpal drops by unexpectedly, so he must assume the false personality he has been pretending to be.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: Elisabeth Fraser, Frederic Downs
1x32 Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor
Morticia and Gomez call an expert to find Cousin Itt a job after he fails at being a marriage counselor, almost splitting up Gomez and Morticia in the process.
Directing: Sidney Lanfield · Writing: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons · Starring: Felix Silla, Richard Deacon
1x33 Lurch, the Teenage Idol
Low grunts and grumbles while at the harpsichord constitute Lurch's manner of singing. Gomez has a record company record him and soon the Addams house is surrounded by excited teenyboppers, fawning and fainting over Lurch when he becomes the newest hit sensation. All that blind adoration goes to Lurch's head, and the Addames quickly find they have a self-centered butler who won't "buttle" any longer. Could it be they've created a monster?
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield · Writer: Phil Leslie · Starring: Patrick Moore
1x34 The Winning of Morticia Addams Season Finale
Members of the Addams household devise schemes to start a battle between Gomez and Morticia.
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield · Writers: Jameson Brewer, Charles R. Marion · Starring: Felix Silla, Lee Bergere, Jan Arvan
Season 1 Cast
John AstinGomez Addams34 episodes
Jackie CooganUncle Fester34 episodes
Marie BlakeGrandmama34 episodes
Lisa LoringWednesday Addams34 episodes
Ken WeatherwaxPugsley Addams34 episodes
Felix SillaCousin Itt4 episodes
Parley BaerMr. Henson3 episodes
Bill BaldwinAnnouncer3 episodes
Rolfe SedanPostman3 episodes
Vito ScottiProfessor Altshuler3 episodes
Bob LeMondReporter's Voice2 episodes
Barry KelleyJames Ferguson2 episodes
George BarrowsGorgo2 episodes
Allyn JoslynMr. Hilliard2 episodes
Eddie QuillanHorace Beesley2 episodes
Leonard Bremen1st Moving Man2 episodes
Don RicklesClaudeEpisode 1
Peter LeedsOscar WebberEpisode 1Where to Watch Season 1 of The Addams Family
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes are in Season 1 of The Addams Family?
Season 1 of The Addams Family has 34 episodes.
When did Season 1 of The Addams Family premiere?
Premiered on September 18, 1964.
Where to watch Season 1 of The Addams Family?
Currently not available on the major subscription platforms (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the audience score on TMDB, episode 1x02, «Morticia and the Psychiatrist», with a 7.6.