A Thing is Born

A Thing is Born
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Premiere date	October 17, 1992
Starring	Debi Derryberry Jeannie Elias Rip Taylor Carol Channing Jim Cummings
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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"A Thing is Born" is the first part of the sixth episode of The Addams Family season one, and the eighth episode overall. It aired on October 17, 1992 on ABC. It was written by David Schwartz, directed by Robert Alvarez, Don Lusk, and Carl Urbano, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Thing becames a hand sensation in Hollywood.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Happydale Heights
      • Addams residence
    • California
      • Los Angeles
        • Hollywood
          • Hollywood Boulevard
            • Hollywood Walk of Fame
            • Grauman's Chinese Theatre
            • Hollywood Glitzy Fashions
          • Hollywood Palms

Vehicles

• Bus

Production

Development

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

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1992.

Music

The theme song was adapted from Vic Mizzy's original composition that was used for the 1960s live-action Addams Family TV series. The rest of the episode's music was composed by Guy Moon. The music was edited by Peter Collier. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

• Story editors: Bill Matheny, Lane Raichert
• Executive producers: David Kirschner, Mark Young
• Producer: Ron Myrick
• Creative consultant: The Lady Colyton
• Supervising director: Ray Patterson
• Animation directors: Joanna Romersa, Frank Andrina, Joan F. Drake, Allen Wilzbach, Richard J. Bowman, Margaret Nichols, Art Scott, John Kafka, Kunio Shimamura, Rebecca Bristow, Ed Love, Bob Kirk, Ken Southworth
• Assistant to the producer: Karenia Kaminski
• Storyboard artists: Michael V. Bennett, Linda Rowley Blue, Barrington Bunce, Bwana, Greg Garcia, Drew Gentle, Gary Hoffman, Elaine Hultgren, Scott Jeralds, Peter Kingston, Brad Landreth, Tom Nesbitt, Phillip D. Stapleton, Mario Piluso, Lan Raichert, Keith Sargent, Karl Toerge, Keith Tucker, Barbara Dourmashkin Case, Louis Scarborough, Jr.
• Animation casting director: Lynn Batchelor
• Talent coordinator: Jill Ziegenhagen
• Graphic artists: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
• Design supervisor: Scott Jeralds
• Character designers: Ginny Hawes, Andre St. Amour, George Goodchild, Emily Michels
• Design assistants: Dana Granger, Barbara Krueger, Jesus Rodriguez
• Animation supervisor: Chris Cuddington
• Assistant animation supervisor: Nary Jamlig
• Clean-up supervisor: Butch Orosa
• Animation checking supervisor: Jan Adams
• Animation checker: Beth Goodwin
• Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
• International background supervisor: Jonathan Goley
• Background key layout artists: Drew Gentle, Al Gmuer, Jim Hickey, Gary Mouri, Ronald Roesch, Swinton O. Scott, III, Dean Thompson
• Background artists: Bonnie Callahan, Jonathan Goley, Andy Phillipson, Patti Palmer-Phillipson, Leonard Robledo, Ron Roesch
• Xerographist: Star Wirth
• Tracing supevisor: Ros Mandi
• Word processors: Gail Prewitt, Linda Germain
• Ink and paint supervisors: Alison Leopold, Stella Reyes
• Color key artist: Brenda Burns
• Production managers: Kris Zimmerman, Catherine Peza
• Assistant production manager: Benji Agoncillo
• International production coordinator: Jo Harn
• Production coordinators: Vicki Casper, Rosanne Rodriguez
• Producton assistants: Tori Pollock, Sandy Benenati, Debby Lathrop, Valerie Menk, Linda Moore
• Program executive: Ellen Cockrill
• Production publicist: Joseph Swaney
• Supervising film editor: Terry W. Moore
• Editors: Gil Iverson, Tom Gleason, Tim Iverson
• Sound editor: Michele Douglas
• Track readers: Jim Hearn, Kay Douglas, Kerry Iverson, Carol Iverson
• Sound director: Ed Collins
• Re-recording mixers: Jim Aicholtz, Ezra Dweck
• Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
• Camera operators: Dan Bunn, Raul Salgado
• International production executive: Paul Sabella
• Executive in charge of production: Jayne Barbera
• Animation services: Fil-Cartoons
  • Production supervisor: Jerry Smith

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 17, 1992 at 10:30 am on ABC

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on "A star is born."
• The family photo gag in the opening theme song is of them all standing in their own picture frame.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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