The Best Episodes Directed By Sidney Lanfield

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.3/10(6 votes)

   #1 - Halloween with the Addams Family

   S1:E710/30/1964

   Two bank robbers accept an unknowing invitation and visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween, in order to avoid being caught.

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   7.2/10(4 votes)

   #2 - The Addams Family Meet the VIPs

   S1:E1111/27/1964

   Visitors from another country regret labelling the Addams gang uncultured.

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   7.2/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Lurch Learns to Dance

   S1:E1312/11/1964

   Morticia and Gomez are supportive of Lurch and encourage him to follow his gut feeling and take dance lessons.

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   7.2/10(5 votes)

   #4 - Uncle Fester's Illness

   S1:E181/22/1965

   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.

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   7.0/10(5 votes)

   #5 - Fester's Punctured Romance

   S1:E310/2/1964

   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.

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   7.0/10(4 votes)

   #6 - Wednesday Leaves Home

   S1:E1011/20/1964

   Family worries when a flustered Wednesday runs away after being scolded for borrowing Uncle Fester's TNT.

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   7.0/10(4 votes)

   #7 - Art and the Addams Family

   S1:E1412/18/1964

   Grandmama takes up painting and hires the distressed Sam Picasso as her teacher.

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   7.0/10(4 votes)

   #8 - The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik

   S1:E151/1/1965

   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.

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   7.0/10(5 votes)

   #9 - Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family

   S1:E171/15/1965

   Morticia and Gomez pose as Lurch's maid and butler when his mother comes for a visit.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Uncle Fester's Toupee

    S1:E314/30/1965

    Fester's penpal drops by unexpectedly, so he must assume the false personality he has been pretending to be.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Morticia's Romance (1)

    S2:E29/24/1965

    On Morticia and Gomez's thirteenth wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children a bedtime story of how she and Gomez met.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Morticia's Romance (2)

    S2:E310/1/1965

    Wednesday and Pugsley refuse to go to sleep until they are told the rest of the story of their parents' romance.

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    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Christmas with the Addams Family

    S2:E1512/24/1965

    Uncle Fester is chosen to slide down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus to prove the existence of St. Nick to the children. Fester gets stuck in the chimney, so Gomez, Lurch, Cousin Itt, and even Morticia and Grandmama each don a red suit and appear to the children.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Addams Family Splurges

    S1:E191/29/1965

    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.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Crisis in the Addams Family

    S1:E243/12/1965

    Uncle Fester applies for a job as an insurance salesman with the same company which is threatening to cancel the Addams' policy.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Addams Family and the Spacemen

    S1:E274/2/1965

    With reports of UFOs in the area, the Addams believe they have been visited by two Martians. Vito Scotti appears as Professor Altshuler.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - My Son, the Chimp

    S1:E284/9/1965

    The family believes that Pugsley has been turned into a chimp.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Morticia's Favorite Charity

    S1:E294/16/1965

    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.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Progress and the Addams Family

    S1:E304/23/1965

    The Addams Family ignores notices from Arthur Henson that their house is to be condemned to make way for a freeway.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - My Fair Cousin Itt

    S2:E19/17/1965

    All the world's a stage for Itt, Fester, and Lurch as they vie for the lead in Gomez's new play.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Morticia Meets Royalty

    S2:E410/8/1965

    Gomez's aunt Princess Millicent visits with her hand maiden Lady Fingers, who is a perfect match for Thing.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Cousin Itt's Problem

    S2:E610/22/1965

    Cousin Itt is shedding hair, and the family is worried that he'll lose his great good looks along with his hair. Fester gets out his chemistry set to produce a batch of hair restorer and prevent a disaster.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Morticia, the Writer

    S2:E811/5/1965

    When Morticia begins writing twisted tales for children, Gomez tries to sabotage her career.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Gomez, the Reluctant Lover

    S2:E1011/19/1965

    A smitten Pugsley sends one of Morticia's love letters to his schoolteacher, resulting in her believing Gomez sent the letter.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Feud in the Addams Family

    S2:E1111/26/1965

    The Courtneys make social advances toward the Addams Family, mistakenly believing that the socially prominent Abigail Quincy Adams resides there.

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