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ADDAMS FAMILY Theme Song HAS Been TRICKING You for 60 Years! REVEALED!
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@whiteowl4097 Год назад

Morticia was always my favorite character. Always so down to earth, classy and mysterious at the same time. Love her.

@sandrablanchette2239 Год назад

And pretty

@donnicholas7552 Год назад

"You rang?" Lurch is my favorite. I wasn't aware of the multi-tracking.

@mikeotolski9549 Год назад

Hard to believe that John Astin only one left alive.

@patricial8255 Год назад

Gomez. He was adorable in all the episodes but my favorite was the first one when he was trying to get the kids in school. He was just being a dad. LOL

@rivaridge7211 Год назад

Aw, the wonderful John Astin, at age 93, is the only living original cast member. He outlived his "children" which is sad. Thanks, Rick, for keeping the memory of this fun show current in our minds and hearts. Cheers to all!

@MicahThomason Год назад

In one episode, Gomez was gonna sue someone. He was gonna represent himself and, "regardless of the verdict, I will appeal." I've been working variants of that line into my comedy all my life.

@ricknineg Год назад

Haha

@cjmarshall0221 8 месяцев назад

I get the feeling the writer of that line was a Marx Brothers fan, because that's exactly what I would expect to hear from Groucho.

@ChrisHansonCanada Год назад

I always watch Jackie Coogan in the opening credits. Right before it cuts away to the first close up of Carolyn Jones, Jackie looks over to his left. I always watch him do that.

@irishis3 Год назад

Cousin It is my favorite character. He isn't in nearly enough episodes 😊

@craiglawrence7576 Год назад

I loved it when Lurch wrote his own line with; You Rang! I love it even more when I learned, from this channel, that Lurch was supposed to be silent! He took a big chance speaking! That lead to more lines…..He was outstanding!

@Chuck_Hooks Год назад

I was always struck by Gomez being so passionately in love with Morticia, brilliantly conveyed in 1960s TV whenever she spoke French. Whoever came up with that is a genius. Made such an impression that I worked to model my own love after their awesome love. Great show.

@ricknineg Год назад

Tish, that’s French!

@Chuck_Hooks Год назад

@rick nineg Tish, that French ripples from your lips! Darling, please! Not in front of our son! Camera cuts to Uncle Fester holding a chimp. Hahaha.

@032319581 Год назад

John Astin and Carolyn Jones came up with the passion, but never kiss.

@kevinmiller6380 Год назад

@@032319581 Unlike Tony and Jeannie, or Max and 99.

@kevinmiller6380 Год назад

@@ricknineg Now do the Munsters theme song.

@jamess5154 Год назад

The secret to their success was no matter how odd they were it was a very loving family that except for Lurch totally enjoyed life and you had to love them as well. It was the era of family sitcoms but they were the most loving and happy of any of them.

@dawoool Год назад

Lurch enjoyed his harpsichord.

@sallyn2393 Год назад

Theme songs were so integral to Classic TV. They are so iconic and memorable, some more than others, and The Addams Family surely is one of the catchiest and memorable of all. Thanks for the really interesting info on Vic Mizzy, I had no idea.😊👍👍👍

@dwaynec7542 Год назад

I’ve got to go with Gomez. John Aston is iconic in that role. As an aside, go see him in Evil Roy Slade if you haven’t already. Hysterical!

@jamesanthony8438 Год назад

Oh man, loved that movie as a kid in the 70's. Ran across a DVD of it a few years ago in a bargain bin and snatched it up for the collection. Great film =)

@johngreening463 Год назад

Definitely Gomez. I like upbeat, smiling people with a dark sense of humor. John Astin embodied that.

@vincentcalvelli6452 Год назад

Addam's Family had an iconic cast and their interactions are memorable, which makes choosing a favorite character difficult but I lean to Uncle Fester as my favorite.

@christopherkraft1327 Год назад

Fascinating story Rick!! Many theme songs from shows from the fifties, sixties & seventies are so iconic & instantly recognizable to baby boomers like me that remember every word!!! Thanks for sharing another fun fact!!! 👍👍🙂

@perry3928 Год назад

Love Lurch. The funniest episode with him was when he became a pop star. 🤣.

@timothyimmel4745 Год назад

I thought all the cast members were brilliant in their own right. The casting and makeup was exactly like the cartoon by Charles Addams. As always, you find the most intriguing behind the scenes information that I find delightful, having grown up watching them all in their first run, thank you Rick!

@timothyweers8054 Год назад

It is funny how when these shows were in first-run status and subsequent reruns that all we worried about was watching the shows. As we got older, we started noticing things that were possibly not intended which grew into an obsession to find out more about the shows and to get a bit of trivia to talk about to our friends. I always enjoyed watching for Cousin Itt. You always wondered what trouble he was going to get into, his voice was so fast and to wonder what he said as one of the family would have the joke line.

@pagecampbelljr4562 Год назад

You are a talent in your field of documentary on sitcoms. Thanks.

@jeffthompson549 Год назад

Carolyn Jones is absolutely beautiful

@GoettingRx Год назад

The Carpenters used that same overdubbing technique in their recordings.

@01chippe Год назад

The Beatles did it a lot, called “double tracking”

@lazyhomebody1356 Год назад

A band called Guided By Voices wanted a crowd chanting "GBV" for a song, but they had no fans yet, so they spent hours overdubbing the 5 of them saying GBV a hundred times. It did sound like a big crowd!

@cmm2145 Год назад

Lurch! Definitely my favorite. “You rang?” I loved all the characters though.

@ricknineg Год назад

🛎

@alanr4447a Месяц назад

I note that Vic Mizzy's two famous TV themes from the mid-1960s, _The Addams Family_ and the following year's _Green Acres,_ were both punctuated by a pair of beats.

@hungfao Год назад

I remember when I first heard this theme song back in '64. Instantly catchy. We were all singing it the next day at school (though we didn't know all of the words). At my ripe old age now I look at those lyrics and they're very clever.

@martinbeneteau309 Год назад

My favorite episode was when they had to move their house. They all sat at windows and watched things go by.

@jamesanthony8438 Год назад

Favorite character: Lurch. Ted Cassidy had some _amazing_ comedic timing in that show. =)

@al007italia Год назад

Once again I have learned something new. I knew Vic Mizzy wrote the theme, but not that he sung it.

@ddavenpAZ Год назад

That’s way cool! I knew it could be done but didn’t know it was done for this show. Ophelia would be proud, considering she could sing using multiple voices all at once. I also agree Lurch is the man! He even met Batman, so how cool is that? Thanks for another great video!

@markrowley8177 Год назад

I always loved both Gomez and Morticia and the way they adored each other.

@pipe2devnull Год назад

Anne Reburn does a version of Mr. Sandman using separate tracks/recordings of herself. Pomplamouse does as well. They are both on RU-vid.

@StormBringer- Год назад

Everyone loves Lurch.

@gailwatson4927 Год назад

Thanks Rick. I love fun facts like that. I liked Lurch too.

@michaeltaylor1603 Год назад

Tape recording had become an art in the 50's-60's along with other advances like the Moog Synthesizer. The theme song was another way tape was used and many artists would sing their own back ups. Bill Withers & Michael Jackson are a few examples. The scene in Cinderella 1950 Disney has her singing Sing Sweet Nightingale with her reflection in the soap bubbles. Multiple voices singing in different keys by one person. Brilliant piece of animation + vocal skills. Vick Mizzy used a lot of great instruments including the harpsichord later used by other performers. Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Green Acres theme, Did You Ever Hear the One about the Traveling Saleslady (1968 Phyllis Diller/ Bob Denver)Barry White was one that used Harpsichord. Thanks Rick!

@dmnemaine Год назад

I always am kind of disappointed that Blossom Rock didn't do more with the Grandmama character. Had she chosen to go more "out there" with it, she could have been a standout similar to Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies". For some reason, she held back, and it ended up quite often putting her character in the background.

@CoolCucumber710 Год назад

Can you believe she was the sister of Jeanette MacDonald, famous actress/ singer in all those old movies with Nelson Eddy? Interesting…

@gljm Год назад

Vic Mizzy wrote the music for most of Don Knotts' movies including "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" and "The Reluctant Astronaut" He is probably better remembered for also having written the theme to "Green Acres" But at least there Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor did the singing.

@vintagemarie2391 Год назад

That song from The Ghost and Mr Chicken gets in your head! 🤣

@robertdragoff6909 Год назад

Lurch, because no matter how big and monstrous he looks there’s a bit of love that comes through….. There’s an episode where Lurch has to learn to dance and Wednesday takes it upon herself to teach him! There’s a moment where the two of them are talking and Cassidy gently touches Wednesday’s face with his hand….

@briangordon782 Год назад

Wasnt that the episode where he got stuck dancing and couldnt stop? Lol

@PaulTesta Год назад

Rick, Was it also Vic Mizzy who said: "Neat, Sweet...Petite"?

@Nathan-jq1uw Год назад

Oh, hey yeah! I never thought of that. The "neat sweet petite" part sounds like Ted Cassidy!

@MikeB071 Год назад

My favorite character is Gomez: frenetic energy combined with effortless panache. And those double breasted suits were sharp!

@joesinkovits6591 Год назад

I always thought Filmways was the production company/studio, while ABC was just the airing network.

@morganm9040 Год назад

Thing was a great actor. There is a youtube with Vic Mizzy discussing how he did the Addams Family theme and it shows him playing the keyboards. Mr Mizzy also did the Green Acres theme.

@CoolCucumber710 Год назад

And I believe Lurch played Thing (well, his hand did!)

@Susie_Floozie Год назад

Vic Mizzy was a TV theme master! He did the GREEN ACRES theme, too. As a kid, I thought that name Mizzy was something wonderful.

@briangriffin4937 Год назад

Vic wrote the catchiest theme songs. Have you heard his theme for comedian Red Buttons’ short-lived ‘60s spy spoof “The Double Life of Henry Phyfe”? another gem. He also co-wrote the ‘50s Mills Brothers hit “The Jones Boy.”

@Susie_Floozie Год назад

@@briangriffin4937 I remember Henry Phyfe! I'm an old tart who grew up in the '60s, watching everything on a B&W TV...even STAR TREK. Rich kids with color TVs had sport with me, telling me Mr Spock's ears were green on the tips. Man, the influence Other Kids had on us was rough to suffer through.

@MsBackstager Год назад

You rang. Uncle Fester was a cutie.

@raiderjohnthemadbomber8666 Год назад

Ah,yes the old Chet Atkins trick! Lurch is far and away my favorite although I've been favorably compared to Gomez most of my life. Their love affair is iconic in that they truly, deeply love one another.

@user-fr3hg3vx3t Год назад

Gomez is my favorite. I love the delivery of the lines.

@dagthewog6290 Год назад

They also had a relative that could talk in various octaves...at the same time.

@GeeBoggs 11 месяцев назад

My all time favorite Addams Family character was “Cousin Itt.”

@petequintanilla4237 Год назад

The episode where Lurch becomes a teen singing idol, the producer they hire to record his "songs" was named Mizzy Bickle.

@donfoley6946 4 месяца назад

Thing was played by Ted Cassidy when he wasn't in the scene. They also trick us with the model train crash scenes, which were done by trick photography, smoke, and a breakaway bridge, and the scenes were repeated on other episodes! If you watch closely, the footage is pieced together and some sections don't match the others! Different locomotives and such.

@Jared_Wignall Год назад

Very interesting to know something about the theme song. I didn’t know this until now, thank you for the video Rick, I hope you’re having a great day. Take care!

@michaelrochester48 Год назад

Rick it is quite common to overdub and make it look like there’s more than a few voices. Pop and rock records have been doing that decades earlier. Google Les Paul

@marktexaspatriot2527 Год назад

👍Great Video! Grew up with this series heard the theme song a million times but had to go listen haha. Thank you for all you do!

@sandrasanders706 Год назад

I thought it was a group singing this theme..Wednesday, Lurch, and Moritica!🤌🤌

@nickimontie Год назад

It's amazing the ingenuity of people when they have a need but no money 😅😊

@brianrebmann5398 Год назад

Excellent video. Thanks for excellent bit of trivia. Keep up the great work

@ricknineg Год назад

Thank you so much Brian

@chesterlane3032 Год назад

Wednesday is my favorite character on the Addams Family because she was named after a day of the week

@themichiganoracle Год назад

Morticia and Cousin Itt were always my favorites ~ and oh thats not what i was expcectimg from this video at all ~ i thought it was going to be the finger snaps being lids or something xD Thats so cool its just the one guy!

@PaulTesta Год назад

Had no idea, Rick, that the opening theme song was all just one man! I'm with you, Lurch was my favorite.

@vincentlara4563 Год назад

Never really took note of it being multiple voices or just one singing the song. I'm not as sharp as you Rick, lol! But I do love the song, music, lyrics, all of it! I actually like all the characters as they all are unique in their own way, but I guess if I had to choose, I'd go with Cousin It. Loved the way the normal sized people had to duck when being inside his bedroom!

@gregoryclemen1870 Год назад

that was common during that time, it was called "FANGING"!!!.

@JerryN7970 Год назад

I always liked Cousin It. I don’t remember him doing a whole lot but I was pretty young when I used to watch the Addams Family reruns and I always thought he was funny.

@peter_a.6651 Год назад

Hi Rick - love the channel - you cover so many of my favorites! I’m currently streaming episodes of ‘Barney Miller’ - would love to see some trivia/behind the scenes if it’s available - Keep up the good work

@MicahThomason Год назад

I'm 53. I used to watch Barney Miller with my dad. I rewatched the first 4 seasons a few years ago and it is literally, LITERALLY!, funnier than anything on tv today.

@ricknineg Год назад

Thanks so much for your support!

@alanr4447a Месяц назад

I think my favorite character was Cousin Itt.

@vozpit Год назад

When I saw the title, I thought you were going to talk about how they slow down the film of Gomez in his close-up, so they could match his snapping with the song. But, I did not know this one! Thanks for the video!

@ricknineg Год назад

You’re welcome!

@LyleFrancisDelp Год назад

The Wellingtons sang the Gilligan's Island them only in the first season.

@edd2771 Год назад

Double tracking was and is very common. The Beatles did it all the time.

@Victor-gi3dy Год назад

Love your videos my friend. My favorite character is uncle fester especially when he has his Musket gun & says " I'll shoot em in the back" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@Ron_Rhodes Год назад

This reminds me that the original Alvin and the Chipmunks were just one person: Ross Bagdasarian .

@ricknineg Год назад

I mean it’s a very smart idea and a wonderful way to save money. And in the end, it works

@robertstroback3362 Год назад

Wednesday was always my favorite. R.I.P. Lisa Loring.

@tolhurst44 Год назад

Hi Rick Morticia is my favourite love Carolyn jones and still love her she created a character that will never be forgotten and still iconic to this very day love your channel👍👍

@jmadratz Год назад

Rick, you failed to mention he wrote the iconic Green Acres theme song, and well as iconic scores to Don Knott’s five movies including The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), and The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968).

@ricknineg Год назад

Most composer has a long list of credits for many other shows and movies

@jmadratz Год назад

@@ricknineg Rick, did you know why her name was Morticia? “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 original TV series). In the television series, her mother is Hester Frump (played by Margaret Hamilton). Her mother-in-law is Grandmama Addams. In the 1990s Addams Family films, familial relationships are changed for the characters of Grandmama and Fester. Grandmama is actually Morticia's mother, not Gomez's, while Fester is Gomez's brother, not Morticia's uncle” [Directly taken from the Wikipedia page for Morticia Addams]. As Johnny Carson used to say : “I did not know that” BTW, with reference to the king of late night talk shows Johnny Carson, is there any possibility you could have a few videos devoted to “Here’s Johnny”

@dennisbrown6885 Год назад

I always enjoy a picture of a candlestick phone because I used one as a very young boy.

@Tim-57 Год назад

Hey Rick Awesome use of your talent. Take care of Yourself

@timothygreene5088 Год назад

Gomez and Morticia. both my favorite.

@rustyrobinson8027 Год назад

Thanks again Rick

@edbarnhart6648 Год назад

Gotta love Lurch.

@MisterPersuasion Год назад

My favorite character was always Cousin It.

@DaSupermanOf1990 Год назад

🫰 YAY ADDAMS FAMILY 🫰

@johnwilson1489 Год назад

Lurch is my favorite Adam's Family member

@user-et5lt4gf4i Месяц назад

They were really human. The Adams Family. Lurch was a half giant. Pugsley was a digger. they were all immortal.

@paulmclaughlin4132 Год назад

I liked Uncle Fester and Thing.

@StarryDreamer28 Год назад

my favorite is gomez 'cause i'm a HUGE john astin fan after night court. my mom and i always watched repeats. i do love lurch though for how much effort the actor put in :)

@jonathanzuckerman520 Год назад

My favorite episode is when Gomez runs for Mayor because his property taxes are too low!

@ricknineg Год назад

😂

@joangravitz3280 Год назад

In the original cartoon, pugsley was pubert. We had to get much more "mature" as a nation before we could deal with that!

@luisreyes1963 Год назад

The Addams Family has been a favorite show of mine since i was 10. Neat, Sweet, Petite...👨🏻‍🦲

@Vince_Tasciotti Год назад

Morticia has always been my favorite.

@jlovebirch Год назад

Great story -- amazing how petty and cheap the network was with the budget.

@joeyrivful Год назад

I liked Vic Mizzi soundtrack and music. Lurch is my favorite character. I love the episode of how Gomez and Morticia meet.

@PamperedPetz Год назад

Wow thanks Rick🎉 i agree lurch is so cool😅

@roberttelarket4934 Год назад

Hell never thought about this and didn't know about one Mizzey(whoever he is) doing all the voices of the song or the Wellingtons doing Gilligan’s Island. If I had to guess I'd put my money on the fabulous DeVol as the writer of this song. He left his imprint everywhere. Listen to his supreme melody from Family Affair.

@zoperxplex Год назад

Morticia was my favorite.

@enricosanchez894 Год назад

You are incorrect when you said the theme only has the voice of Vic Mizzy. It also features Ted Cassidy ("Neat, sweet, petite"). By the way, Vic Mizzy also wrote the Green Acres theme and scored the show.

@riversarcadereview385 Год назад

"You Rang"

@waynevia6976 Год назад

Gomez. My favorite episode is when gomez loses his memory and the family hit him over the head he gets his memory back. Its a very funny episode.

@ricknineg Год назад

Haha love that!

@8outof10catzDOOM Год назад

So this video is actually about someone harmonising with himself? That was done all the time even back then, and has been done countless times since. No tricks really just a tried and tested musical procedure.

@mewregaurdhissyfit7733 Год назад

I figured out that trick many, many, many years ago. I love ALL the Addams', but if I had to pick ONE......right now, I'd have to say Grandma. But thats just for this show, not the movies.

@DedhedWaldo Год назад

Vic Mizzy also wrote Green Acres and, I believe, Petticoat Junction, and he HATED the digital era and did everything he could to keep his music off of Napster, Kazaa, etc.

@michaelrochester48 Год назад

The theme song is not 60 years old. The Series premiered in 1965 so it’s 58 years old

@m9078jk3 Год назад

The strangest family yet at the same time the most normal. Jackie Coogan was a friend of my Uncle Robert Frantzen but I was the same age as Lisa Loring (Wednesday). It was very hurtful that she recently passed away. Vic Mizzy was an amazing musician and all of the Addams family music of his was very original .

@garycarpenter6433 Год назад

My favorite episodes are the only 2part of the show is the wedding 💒 where the entire family is in the episodes including Morticia 's mother Margret Hamilton Mrs.Frump and twin sister are in it.... Morticia Addams and Ophelia since they are both the same person but I also love Lurch and Uncle Fester

@lisaboolee Год назад

But you didn't play the song or even part of it!?😢

@ricknineg Год назад

Oh I did. It’s in the background during the beginning of the video

@lisaboolee Год назад

@jamesanthony8438 Год назад

@@lisaboolee An 8 second snippet of the theme would've been nice so we could actually hear what you were talking about while watching the show... but yeah, might've gotten a copyright strike on the video for it. Le sigh.

@ricknineg Год назад

We can’t risk a strike on this channel.

@lisaboolee Год назад

@@ricknineg ooohhhhhh kaaaaayyyyy 😎😊