The Day Gomez Failed

The Day Gomez Failed
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Premiere date	September 26, 1992
Run time	22:35
Starring	John Astin Nanci Linari Debi Derryberry Jeannie Elias Rip Taylor Carol Channing Jim Cummings Rob Paulsen Edie McClurg Dick Beals
Music composed by	Guy Moon
Story by	David Schwartz Bill Matheny Lane Raichert
Writer(s)	David Schwartz
Director(s)	Robert Alvarez Don Lusk Carl Urbano Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"The Day Gomez Failed" is the third episode of The Addams Family season one. It aired on September 26, 1992 on ABC. It was written by David Schwartz, directed by Robert Alvarez, Don Lusk, and Carl Urbano, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Gomez is looking to do the one thing he hasn't done in life, which is to succeed at failing.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Granny Frump	Carol Channing
Lurch	Jim Cummings
Gomez Addams	John Astin
Morticia Addams	Nanci Linari
Aunt Scrunge (bust)	N/A
Thing	N/A
Uncle Fester	Rip Taylor
Wednesday Addams	Debi Derryberry
Puglsey Addams	Jeannie Elias
Mother Addams
Father Addams
Norman Normanmeyer	Rob Paulsen
Normina Normanmeyer	Edie McClurg
N.J. Normanmeyer	Dick Beals
Forewoman	Unavailable
Goober Addams
Granny's aura	N/A

Organizations

• Consolidated Grizzle (mentioned)
• Normanwear (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Happydale Heights
      • Addams residence
      • Normanmeyer residence
    • Massachussetts (indirectly mentioned)
      • Salem (mentioned)
  • France (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Mona Lisa

Vehicles

• Bulldozers

Production

Development

David Schwartz, Bill Matheny, and Lane Raichert came up with the story.

Music

The theme song was performed by Vic Mizzy. The rest of the episode's music was composed by Guy Moon.

Crew credits

• Story editors: David Schwartz, Lane Raichert

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 26, 1992 at 10:30 am on ABC

Behind the scenes

• The family photo gag in the opening theme song is of them all sitting on and standing around the couch.
• Cousin Itt is absent.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢