Happyester Fester

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 (voices)
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"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, directed by Robert Alvarez, Don Lusk, and Carl Urbano, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

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

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

• Normanwear
• Rump Co.

Locations

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

Objects

• Juliet
• The Art of Channeling Mimes Vol. I
• The Art of Channeling Mimes Vol. II
• Happyester

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

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."

Marketing and promotion

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

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning