The Worst Episodes of The Addams Family

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

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

An undercover operative is convinced that the Addams family are spies.

Director: Arthur Lubin

Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Lou Huston, George Haight

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

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Sloan Nibley, Preston Wood

Members of the Addams household devise schemes to start a battle between Gomez and Morticia.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Jameson Brewer, Charles R. Marion

Morticia takes up sculpting, and Gomez, wanting her to believe she's good at it, pays an art collector to buy them.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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.

Director: Jerry Hopper

Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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.

Director: Jean Yarbrough

Writer: Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler

Morticia plays matchmaker when her cousin Melancholia and a bachelor lawyer hoping to make a business deal both visit at the same time.

Director: Jerry Hopper

Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

Grandmama is arrested for telling fortunes and soon the whole family is being held in contempt of court.

Director: Nat Perrin

Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

When Thing goes missing, the family discovers he's been "thing-napped."

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Bill Lutz, Lorraine Edwards

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

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Henry Sharp, Don Quinn

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.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Jameson Brewer, Elroy Schwartz

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

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Leo Rifkin

Morticia's pet plant Cleopatra gobbles up her favourite photo of Gomez from the family album. When the original photographer is found and asked to make a duplicate picture, it is discovered that he is now with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Director: Sidney Salkow

Writer: Bill Lutz, Henry Sharp, Leo Salkin

For his impending visit from pen pal Yvette of the Folies Bregeré, Uncle Fester is secretly trying to whip himself into shape, even recruiting guidance from fitness guru Jack LaLanne himself. With all the sudden dieting and exercise going on, Morticia and Gomez know something's up but think Fester's trying to join the space program.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

Ophelia's upset that her latest beau, Montrose, has gone off to join the Peace Corps. His looking so much like Uncle Fester gives Fester the idea to join the Peace Corps as well. Ophelia's all excited that Fester, once in, can look for her Monstrose, but can Fester pass the entrance exam?

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Arthur Weingarten

Ophelia visits, upset as usual. He latest boyfriend has left her, as usual, and the family tries to find something she's good at.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Jameson Brewer

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.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Sloan Nibley, Henry Sharp

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.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Bill Lutz

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

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Carol Henning, Ed Ring, Mitch Persons

Fester takes a correspondence course and boldly storms the gates of the business world. Roy Roberts appears as business executive Thaddeus Logan.

Director: Sidney Salkow

Writer: Sloan Nibley, Preston Wood

Ophelia brings a new beau to show off, but the Addams believe him to be a fraud.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons