Boola Boola

Boola Boola
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Premiere date	September 22, 1973
Run time	23:30
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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"Boola Boola" is the third episode of The Addams Family season one. It aired on September 22, 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
Lurch	Ted Cassidy
Gomez Addams	Lennie Weinrib
Pugsley Addams	Jodie Foster
Morticia Addams	Janet Waldo
Wednesday Addams	Cindy Henderson
Uncle Fester	Jackie Coogan
Boola Boola	N/A
Grandmama	Janet Waldo
Pet shop owner	Unavailable
Ali	Unavailable
Ocho	Unavailable
Cousin Itt	N/A
Thing	N/A
Buck	Unavailable
Clyde	Unavailable

Organizations

• U-All Haul Yo-Self

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Florida
      • Miami
        • Poocky Pet Shop
      • Everglades
        • Anything for a Buck Buck
        • Black Lake
    • New York (mentioned)
      • New York City (mentioned)
    • Old Smokey
• The Sun

Objects

• Boola Boola's cage

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 22, 1973 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• The newspaper is dated October 30, which Morticia says was a week ago, meaning the day the episode is set would be November 6, if she meant a week precisely.

Marketing and promotion

• In 1974, Gold Key Comics turned this episode into "In Search of the Boola-Boola" for The Addams Family #1. In this version, they were on the way to see a volcano in Hawaii.

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.
  • October 19, 2010: Warner Archive Collection releases The Addams Family: The Complete Series on DVD.