Left in the Lurch

Left in the Lurch
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Premiere date	September 15, 1973
Run time	23:55
Starring	Lennie Weinrib Janet Waldo Cindy Henderson Jodie Foster Jackie Coogan Ted Cassidy John Stephenson
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols Wally Burr (voices)
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"Left in the Lurch" is the second episode of The Addams Family season one. It aired on September 15, 1973 on NBC. It was produced by Iwao Takamoto, directed by Charles A. Nichols, and voice directed Wally Burr.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Gomez Addams	Lennie Weinrib
Morticia Addams	Janet Waldo
Lurch	Ted Cassidy
Thing	N/A
Wednesday Addams	Cindy Henderson
Abigail	N/A
Bonnie Joe	Janet Waldo
Bonnie Joe's friend	Unavailable
Pugsley Addams	Jodie Foster
Uncle Fester	Jackie Coogan
Drifter	Unavailable
Ocho	N/A
Grandmama	Janet Waldo
Ali	N/A
Cop #1	Unavailable
Cop #2	Unavailable
Rock festival manager	Unavailable
Sparky	Unavailable

Organizations

• Freddie and the Frogs
• Weakly Weekly (mentioned)
• Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
• Bobbie and the Boulders (mentioned)
• The Jefferson Submarine (mentioned)
• Rango and the Crickets (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville
        • Bobbie Joe's residence
        • Music theater
        • Jail
    • Wyoming (map)
    • South Dakota (map)
    • Nebraska (map)
    • Kansas (map)
    • Minnesota (map)
    • Iowa (map)
    • Missouri (map)
    • Arkansas (map)
    • Wisconsin (map)
    • Illinois (map)
    • Mississipi (map)
    • Indiana (map)
    • Kentucky (map)
    • Alabama (map)
    • New York (map)
    • Pennyslvania (map)
    • Ohio (map)
    • Virginia (map)
    • North Carolina (map)
    • Georgia (map)
  • Romania (indirectly mentioned)
    • Transylvania (mentioned)
• The Sun

Objects

• Weakly Weekly newspaper

Vehicles

• Creepy Camper

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as the musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 15, 1973 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• Cousin Itt is absent.

Errors

• Freddie is also spelled Freddy.
• Before going to Nashville, the Addams Family is either in Minnesota or Wisconsin, which is unclear from the way Pugsley is pointing to the map on Uncle Fester's chest.
• When Bonnie Joe first appears under the curtain, her nose is missing.

Marketing and promotion

• In 1975, Gold Key Comics turned this episode into a comic for The Addams Family #3.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • 1991: Hanna-Barbera Video releases The Addams Family: Left in the Lurch on VHS.
  • May 21, 1992: Image Entertainment releases The Addams Family Cartoon Adventures: Volume 1 on LaserDisc.
  • October 19, 2010: Warner Archive Collection releases The Addams Family: The Complete Series on DVD.