You Rang: An Addams Family Podcast

JohnPaul & Fivel Fox discuss what each member of the Addams would have in their life insurance clauses. We also touch on Murder, She Wrote, Death by Snu Snu, Pro Wrestling, Lucha Underground, and more.

A museum owner named Mr. Belmont ( Byron Foulger ) takes an interest in Lurch's Krupnik harpsichord, so Morticia and Gomez plan to donate it to the museum. They don't stop till later to think how this might affect Lurch. Lurch is devastated. The family tries to interest him in other pastimes, but to no avail. Gomez and Fester finally decide they must build him a duplicate harpsichord. Once built,...

Once again, Fester's cannon has wrecked the plumbing. The Henson Insurance Agency is outraged by yet another in a series of payouts on the Addams policy. However, a clause in the small print enables them to finally cancel it. Fester's allowance is subsequently suspended, so he decides to get a job. He scares the insurance man at Henson Insurance into giving him a salesman job. Fester becomes depre...

Thing has been acting temperamental lately and gets insulted by the slightest little comment. He pouts and then disappears. The family believes he's been "thing-napped." Gomez pretends he's a detective and quickly interviews the family, but gets nowhere. The family receives a ransom note for Thing and they hire detective Sam Diamond ( Tommy Farrell ) to follow the instructions. After making contac...

An accident with his new set of old Indian clubs gives Gomez amnesia and a complete shift in personality. It, unfortunately, coincides with the new million dollar double indemnity insurance policy he's just drawn up to benefit Morticia. This causes Gomez, aghast at his macabre home and family, to think his life's in jeopardy. A second blow on the head might return him to normal. Unfortunately for...

Fivel asks JohnPaul and guest cohost Jason 5 Addams related lightning round questions. Along the way we also talk about Money Plane, Croupier, Clive Owen, if Freddy Krueger is Santa, Little Shop of Horrors and more.

While Gomez and Morticia were away bat hunting, Grandmama resumed her old bad habit of fortune telling. She is discovered by undercover police officer Lt. Poston ( James Flavin ) which snags her an arrest on a municipal code violation. In her hour of need, the family rallies to her side as none other than Gomez "Loophole" Addams - who's never lost a case (nor won one either) - dusts off his law de...

Parks Commissioner Fiske ( Alan Reed ) visits the Addams house seeking contributions for expansion of the city zoo. Gomez believes visiting Cousin Itt ( Felix Silla ) - all hairy and gibbering four feet tall of him - would be perfect as the zoo's new curator. Gomez has the two meet, but Commissioner Fiske misunderstands the intent and mistakes Itt for a new exotic animal attraction. Fiske hauls aw...

The family tries to raise one-billion dollars using Gomez's supercomputer to calculate betting on horses for a vacation to the moon. Fivel & JohnPaul also talk about present-ness and intentionality, death, funeral practices, the space race, Futurama, Horse racing rules, the silliness of My Horse Prince and Fivel drops some of her lore, and of course so much more.

Fivel Fox and JohnPaul talk about their dream guest stars for the Addams Family show and why. Along the way, we talk about "that guy" syndrome, Nolte or Busey, hear JohnPaul's Andy Taylor impression, and decide peak Tom Selleck.

Lately, Uncle Fester's been a bit rundown, literally unable to maintain his wattage. Fester may potentially spoil an upcoming family outing. To handle the situation, the Addams call up the reliable family witch doctor Dr. Mbogo by making contact with a hunter (Loyal "Doc" Lucas) who lives near the native village that Dr. Mbogo is in. When Dr. Mbogo is too busy to leave Africa making him unable to...

Lurch learns that his mother ( Ellen Corby ) is coming to visit. Lurch admits to Gomez and Morticia that he told his mother that he owns the Addams house. Morticia suggests that Lurch act like the man of the house, and Gomez and Morticia will act as his servants. Once Lurch's mother arrives, Gomez and Morticia sense their mistake. While Lurch takes only too well to the concept of being head of hou...

Fivel Fox & JohnPaul are inspired by episode 2 when Pugsley joins the Boy Scouts, and try to come up with what merit badges the Addams Family would ask you to earn. Along the way we talk about sheep farming, Money Plane, muckbang, our favorite words, "serving", Morse Code, and of course nut culture.

The feds get interested in the Addams Family due to Pugsley's ham radio, powered by Uncle Fester, sending out mysterious "coded" messages worldwide. Agent Hollister ( George N. Neise ) recruits local tradespeople to infiltrate the house like the postman Mr. Briggs ( Rolfe Sedan ) and the plumber Mr. Conkey ( Norman Leavitt ). The Addamses become aware that something's not right and call in the fed...

The Addams family take care of an injured motorcyclist named Rockland "Rocky" Cartwright III ( Tom Lowell ). The family is captivated by Rocky and his beatnik way of speaking. He, on the other hand, is trying to get a part for his bike so he can leave. After his bike is fixed, he is about to leave when he sees his domineering tycoon father ( Barry Kelley ) coming to the house. The children tell th...

When art critic Bosley Swain ( Hugh Sanders ) recommends that Grandmama get a teacher to help her paint better, Gomez gladly hires none other than Picasso for Mama. Not Pablo Picasso, Sam Picasso ( Vito Scotti ), a penniless non-talent from Spain. Despite Bosley saying Sam's paintings are bad, Gomez believes Sam is an undiscovered master. Gomez doesn't want Sam to waste his talent. Sam soon finds...

Fivel and JohnPaul list 13 of their favorite Addams Family universe things. AND! For once they actually stay on topic the entire time with things like Jackie Coogan Mellencamp, the history of cakewalks, the Kmart Blue light Special, being Pro Pugsley, fighting over Wednesday, and how tall gothic houses equals horror.

Lurch receives his annual invitation to The Butlers' Ball, which he ignores as usual because he can't dance. Morticia is determined he accept this year's invitation to avoid the reclusive direction in which he's headed. A dance teacher is hired, but due to her frequent fainting spells and then Lurch fainting, it doesn't work out. Wednesday teaches Lurch ballet. When Morticia tries to teach him the...

Cousin Melancholia ( Hazel Shermet ) visits. Abandoned by her fiancé Fred ( Hal Baylor ), she needs a man. Meanwhile, the firm of Ferguson-Riche and Fisher send Mr. Harvey to broker a deal with Gomez since he's the only one who's dealt with him before. When the Addamses remember the lawyer is a bachelor, they're very eager to have him come by. Morticia dresses up Melancholia to look just like her....

Gomez feels as though he's in a rut, doing the same things all the time. Displeased with the preplanned tour devised by Mr. Sam Harris ( Frank Wilcox ), two suspicious Soviet dignitaries, Ila Klarpe ( Stanley Adams ) and Miri Haan ( Vito Scotti ) want to meet a normal American family. That normal family happens to be the Addams. There, they take note of all the astonishing things they see. Mr. Har...

Wednesday is punished for using Uncle Fester's explosives and is forbidden to play with her pet spider Homer. She decides to run away from home but goes only as far as hiding in Pugsley's bedroom so she can watch the outcome. Not knowing this, Morticia phones the police to report her missing but afterwards discovers where Wednesday really is. Sgt. Haley ( Jesse White ), a detective from the missin...

Fivel Fox and JohnPaul discuss their dream Addams Family movies if they got to choose the director, style, cast, etc. They also ask if John Waters is a family director, chat about CLIFFORD love, a Wrestling Fester, gay Addams Family, and try to figure the name of our fans.

In a special episode of The New Scooby Doo Series, they meet the Addams Family in an episode called, "Wednesday Goes Missing." The Scooby gang gets called to the Addams house to be housekeepers while Gomez and Morticia go on vacation. The house seems to be haunted and Wednesday disappears. After miscellaneous hijinks, the gang finds Wednesday. They uncover the mystery. It was an elderly couple in...

Newlyweds Hubert and Amanda ( Cynthia Pepper ) Peterson move into their new home. But when they find themselves right next door to the frightening Addams estate, they straightaway want out of their one-year lease. Unfortunately for them, the owner is none other than Gomez Addams. Morticia and Gomez invite the Peterson's over to play bridge. It's not long before they are scared away. Hubert makes u...

When Morticia’s childhood friend Lionel Barker ( Del Moore ) visits, Gomez views him as an old beau and current rival. Lionel is really there because he knows they have a lot of money. He intends to sell them some phony oil stock. Fearing Lionel and Morticia might run off together, Gomez hires an awkward, man-crazy maid named Mildred (Pattie Chapman) to pull Lionel from Morticia. When Morticia cat...