Happyester Fester

Happyester Fester
Premiere date	September 12, 1992
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
Writer(s)	Lane Raichert Bill Matheny
Director(s)	Robert Alvarez Don Lusk Carl Urbano 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
Pugsley Addams	Debi Derryberry
Wednesday Addams	Jeannie Elias
Morticia Addams	Nanci Linari
Thing	N/A
Granny Frump	Carol Channing
Uncle Fester	Rip Taylor
Normina Normanmeyer	Edie McClurg
Norman Normanmeyer	Rob Paulsen
N.J. Normanmeyer	Dick Beals
Rump Co. boss	Jim Cummings
Fingers	Unavailable
Gate guard	Unavailable
News desk reporter	Unavailable
Journalist	Unavailable
Cousin Itt	N/A

Organizations

• Normanwear
• Rumpco.

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Happydale Heights
      • Addams residence
      • Normanmeyer residence
      • Normanwear headquarters
      • Rumpco headquarters
• The Moon

Objects

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

Vehicles

• Nothing of importance

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, Lane 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 supervisor: 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: September 19, 1992 at 10:30 am on ABC

Behind the scenes

• The family photo gag in the opening theme song has them in all different areas.
• Fester thinks his name is spelled with an "L."

Errors

• In this episode Wednesday's doll is called Juliet, but later changed to Marie.
• The second "n" in "Channeling" is missing in both The Art of Channeling Mimes Vol. I and The Art of Channeling Mimes Vol. II.

Marketing and promotion

• In 1992, Trumpet Club published a novelized adaptation called Fester's Unbelievable Underwear.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢