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Happyester Fester
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Premiere date	September 12, 1992
Writer(s)	Lane Raichert; Bill Matheny
Director(s)	Robert Alvarez; Don Lusk; Carl Urbano; Ray Patterson (supervising); Gordon Hunt (voice director)
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Revision as of 13:09, 29 March 2022

"Happyester Fester" is the first episode of The Addams Family season one. It aired on September 12, 1992 on ABC. It was written by Lane Raichert and Bill Matheny, and directed by Robert Alvarez, Don Lusk, and Carl Urbano.

Two rival underwear companies take interest in Uncle Fester's new fabric, Happyester.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Gomez Addams	John Austin
Lurch	Jim Cummings
Puglsey Addams	Debi Derryberry
Wednesday Addams	Jeannie Elias
Morticia Addams	Nanci Linari
Thing	N/A
Granny Frump	Carol Channing
Uncle Fester	Rip Taylor
Normina Normanmeyer	Edi McClurg
Norman Normanmeyer	Rob Paulsen
N.J. Normanmeyer	Dick Beals
Rumco. boos	Jim Cummings
Fingers	Unavailable
Gate guard	Unavailable
News desk reporter	Unavailable
Journalist	Unavailable
Cousin Itt	N/A

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Happydale Heights
    - Addams residence
    - Normanmeyer residence
    - Normanmeyer headquarters
    - Rump Co. headquarters
The Moon

Objects

Vehicles

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The theme song was performed by Vic Mizzy. The music was composed by Guy Moon.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: September 19, 1992 at 10:30 am on ABC^[1]

Behind the scenes

Fester hums the theme song when crawling around in his new office just before Fingers enters.
Fester thinks his name is spelled with an "L."

Errors

Marketing and promotion

In the same year the episode aired, Trumpet Club published a novelized adaptation called Fester's Unbelievable Underwear.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

References

^ "ADDAMS FAMILY, THE: HAPPYESTER FESTER {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)". Paley Center. Retrieved May 23, 2021.

[1] "ADDAMS FAMILY, THE: HAPPYESTER FESTER {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)". Paley Center. Retrieved May 23, 2021.

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@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Gomez Addams]]
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[John Austin]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Lurch]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Jim Cummings]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Puglsey Addams]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Debi Derryberry]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Wednesday Addams]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Jeannie Elias]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Morticia Addams]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Nanci Linari]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Thing]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Granny Frump]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Carol Channing]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Uncle Fester]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Rip Taylor]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Normina Normanmeyer]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Edi McClurg]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Norman Normanmeyer]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Rob Paulsen]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[N.J. Normanmeyer]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Dick Beals]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed The Addams Family characters|Rumco. boos]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Jim Cummings]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Fingers (Happyester Fester)|Fingers]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed The Addams Family characters|Gate guard]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed The Addams Family characters|News desk reporter]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed The Addams Family characters|Journalist]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Cousin Itt]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 |-
 {{CastBottom}}
+==Organizations==
+* [[Normanwear]]
+* [[Rump Co.]]
 ==Locations==
@@ Line 30: / Line 82: @@
 *** [[Happydale Heights]]
 **** [[Addams residence]]
+**** [[Normanmeyer residence]]
+**** Normanmeyer headquarters
+**** Rump Co. headquarters
 * [[Moon|The Moon]]
 ==Objects==
-*
+* [[Juliet]]
+* ''[[The Art of Channeling Mimes Vol. I]]''
+* ''[[The Art of Channeling Mimes Vol. II]]''
+* [[Happyester]]
 ==Vehicles==
@@ Line 50: / Line 108: @@
 ==Behind the scenes==
-* [[Cousin Itt]] is absent.
+* Fester hums the theme song when crawling around in his new office just before Fingers enters.
+* Fester thinks his name is spelled with an "L."
 ==Errors==
@@ Line 56: / Line 115: @@
 ==Marketing and promotion==
-In 1992, possibly January 1, before the episode even aired, [[Trumpet Club]] published a novelized adaptation called ''[[Fester's Unbelievable Underwear]]''.
+In the same year the episode aired, [[Trumpet Club]] published a novelized adaptation called ''[[Fester's Unbelievable Underwear]]''.
 ==Critical reception==