You Rang: An Addams Family Podcast

Fivel and JohnPaul discuss the end of season one, the impact of The Honeymooners, Fester's Quest, self esteem, healthy relationships, Yogi Bear, community, being punk rock, and more! Episode summary below: A magazine article by eminent psychologist Dr. Francois Chalon has Uncle Fester believing Gomez's and Morticia's marriage is doomed to fail because they are too compatible. Fester makes it his duty, for family peace and harmony, to get them fighting so they can let off emotional steam and become a truly happy couple. He recruits others in the family to help but winds up with little to show for it. Finally, Fester calls in Dr. Chalon himself. However, the eminent doctor proves to be a modern-day Casanova when he starts to woo Morticia. Gomez challenges Dr. Chalon to a duel for her hand. Chalon is more than happy to oblige as he is a great swordsman. But when Chalon realizes that Morticia will never go away with him, he leaves.

Fivel Fox & JohnPaul have a therapy session and talk about Lurch being taken advantage of, living room fishing, BTS, food truck, travel shows, Weird Al, and more! See below for episode description: Low grunts and grumbles while at the harpsichord constitute Lurch's manner of singing. Lurch's musical talent earns him a record deal and legions of teenage fans. 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. When told that he will be going on a "world tour", Lurch loses his voice. After regaining his voice, Lurch decides to stay home when he is mobbed by fans.

Fivel & JohnPaul discuss the changing role of occupational counselors today, Chumbawamba, dancing as a movement, Rorschach tests, Richard Deacon, when to give up, Cousin Itt, the role of shame, and much more! Episode description below: Morticia thinks marriage counseling would be the perfect career choice for Cousin Itt. To prove it to him, she and Gomez pretend to be a couple in trouble. But things go awry when she starts believing in parts of Gomez's fanciful play-acting. Now Morticia and Gomez really are a couple in trouble, and Itt won't do as a marriage counselor at all. Morticia and Gomez call professional vocation advisor Mortimer Phelps (Richard Deacon) to find Cousin Itt a job. Phelps evaluates Itt and decides he should be a marriage counselor.

Uncle Fester is going to meet his pen pal, and he needs to live up to the fibs he has been writing. The family helps out by buying him toupees for the big meet up. Hilarity ensues. Fivel Fox & JohnPaul also talk about the cultural why of Saturday Morning Cartoons, 3rd spaces, Cary Grant, tokusatsu, parallel play, weird Aunts and Uncles, and so much more!

Part 2 of our bonus episode about Raul Julia as M. Bison. We also chat about our love for pre internet and 90s movies, why people need art, how archiving and nostalgia are very different, and the evolution of Addams Family

Fivel and JohnPaul talk about Raul Julia's incredible performance as M. Bison in the STREET FIGHTER movie (94). They also chat about their favorite Santas, Japanese Christmas, keep mixing up two Dicks, and revel in how good Raul Julia really is. This is part 1 of 2.

The city is planning to put a freeway through the Addams' neighborhood. In fact, the Addams' house is slated for demolition. Gomez and Morticia must find a solution, or else the house will be destroyed. Arthur J. Henson, city commissioner, visits to underscore the point that the Addams must move out. Unwilling to leave their precious home, Gomez and Morticia arrive at the idea to have the house moved to another location. Gomez buys the vacant lot next to Arthur Henson's home, and he pays to have their house moved there. Henson convinces the city council to reroute the highway so the house won't have to be moved.Fivel and JohnPaul also talk about the power of memory to places and plants, and Fivel gives a mini history lesson!

Morticia's favorite charitable organization, run by Arthur Henson (Parley Baer), is holding their annual charity bazaar. Morticia persuades her family to part with their most precious (and, of course, bizarre) items in order to donate them to the charity auction. But the giving goes too far when Gomez hands over Pugsley's beloved wolf's-head clock without first asking. The boy sulks up the chimney, threatening never to come down, so Gomez and Morticia independently head back to the bazaar to get his clock back. Gomez and Morticia wind up bidding against each other. When the price starts to climb, a Mr. Clayton (Donald Foster) bids as well and wins the clock. Lurch manages to get the clock back for Pugsley.Fivel and JohnPaul also chat about a fictional Addams Family newscast, J-Horror, Grief, Mortality, and importance of boundaries in giving.

Uncle Fester thinks his conjuring mishap has turned Pugsley into a chimpanzee. The family is unaware that Fester's explosion merely knocked Pugsley into a secret room, where he's trapped. The chimpanzee is a real chimpanzee that escaped from an organ grinder and climbed into Pugsley's window. Pugsley befriended the animal outside anyone's notice and the chimpanzee dressed itself in a duplicate set of his clothes. Fester keeps trying but can't seem to turn the chimpanzee back into Pugsley. In the end, Fester accidentally frees Pugsley and gets himself trapped in the secret room. Fivel and JohnPaul also chat about comic books, Trash Pack toys, Detectives, New York City movies, and how bad JohnPaul is at primates.

Fivel Fox & JohnPaul talk about the Addams midnight picnic as well as give a lost sock theory, discuss Fabio and the Goose, debunk old west mythology, ogle John Astin's swimsuit, and much more!

Fivel Fox & JohnPaul get back to the original series and talk about the silliness of money with the Addams, Fivel's JASON X kink, hitting 1 million subscribers, show off tattoos (in the videocast), and Fivel shares how JURASSIC PARK got her to finish college.

We finish discussing Paul Lynde's Halloween Special with our special guest Paul. We talk about the complicated man Paul was, sexuality in the 70s, Bruce Vilanch, and more! This is Part 2.

We are joined by a guest, Paul, to talk about the Paul Lynde Halloween Special! We get a helluva Paul Lynde impression, talk 70s, talk branding, conventions, and so much more! This is Part 1.

Fivel Fox & JohnPaul celebrate the Halloween season by talking about the failure that is Halloween with the New Addams (1977).

Fivel Fox & JohnPaul finish talking about the 1991 Addams Family movie. Along the way, we also hit topics like MONEY PLANE, JohnPaul's "awakening", creature effects, and the Mandela effect of Addams promotions. You can also watch us in person on YouTube!

Fivel Fox and JohnPaul discuss THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991) movie. This is part one. We mostly stay on topic too!

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, the family tell Lurch that they changed their minds and decided not to give the harpsichord away. Two delivery men arrive a day early, while Lurch is home alone, to take the harpsichord away. Lurch now feels betrayed, but lets the men take the harpsichord. It turns out Mr. Belmont was a crook and tried to sell the harpsichord to the museum. When the museum realized the harpsichord was a fake, they have Belmont arrested. Lurch gets his original harpsichord back.Fivel Fox & JohnPaul talk about more horny Addams, museums, indie artists, Charlie Brown, Freeing the nipple, school lunches, Stan Winston, and much more!

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 depressed when he cannot sell a policy to anyone. Gomez tries to teach Fester how to make a sale and winds up buying a policy from him. That has the head of the company storming his way to the Addams house to wheedle out of it. It turns out Gomez has a controlling interest in the company.Fivel and JohnPaul also chat deeply about the issue of insurance, TV tropes, Mario Bros., Movie Magic, Batman 66, Snick, Nick at Nite, Stephen King movies, and much more!

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 contact with Thing, the frightened detective comes back and returns his fee. Thing returns and lets the family know that he was feeling neglected and wanted to see if the family cared enough about him to pay the ransom. Charles Wagenheim appears as Mr. Boswell.JohnPaul and Fivel also chat about Wormeaters, Jason X, Billy Madison, the Three Stooges, Sherlock Holmes, mob names, the original Constanza photo, & more!