King of the Polycotton Blues

King of the Polycotton Blues
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Premiere date	October 30, 1993
Starring	Rob Paulsen Edie McClurg Dick Beals Rip Taylor Pat Fraley
Music composed by	Matt Muhoberac John Zucker
Writer(s)	Lane Raichert Bill Matheny
Director(s)	Emory Ron Myrick Gordon Hunt (voices) Ginny McSwain (voices)
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"King of the Polycotton Blues" is the third and final part of the seventh episode of The Addams Family season two, and the thirty-fourth episode overall. It aired on October 30, 1993 on ABC. It was written by Lane Raichert and Bill Matheny, produced and directed by Emory Ron Myrick, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt and Ginny McSwain.

The Addamses ruin a romantic evening for the Normanmeyers.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Happydale Heights
      • Normanmeyer residence
      • Addams residence
• The Moon

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1993.

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 Matt Muhoberac and John Zucker, with additional music by Guy Moon. The music was edited by Peter Collier. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

• Story editor: Bill Matheny
• Executive producer: David Kirschner
• Creative consultant: The Lady Colyton
• Associate producer: Karenia Kamenski
• Supervising director: Ray Patterson
• Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, John Cataldi, Zeon Davush, Daniel De La Vega, Kateland Kubiach, Bob Nessler, Bob Tyler
• Assistant to the producer: Karenia Kaminski
• Storyboard artists: Glenn Hill, Michael V. Bennett, Scott Heming, Salli Hilborn, Elaine Hultgren, Mitch Schauer, Earl Kress, Gary S. Katona, Brad Landreth, Carol Lundburg, Lane Raichert, Karl Toerge, Roman Arambula
• Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
• Talent coordinator: Jill Ziegenhagen
• Supervising recording engineer: Edwin Collins
• Recording engineer: Alvy Dorman
• Design supervisor: Bob Onorato
• Key designer: Ginny Hawes
• Designers: George Goodchild, Frank Rocco, Julian Chaney
• Design assistants: Steve Simone, Barbara Krueger, Donna Zeller, Jesus Rodriguez
• Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
• Background layout key supervisors: Andrew Gentle, Ron Roesch
• Background artists: Ron Roesch, Patty Phillipson, Andrew Phillipson, Maryann Thomas
• Graphic artists: Iraj Paran
• Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
• Color key artists: Brenda Burns, Karen Gresli
• Xerographist: Star Wirth
• Animation checking supervisor: Jan Adams
• Animation checker: Beth Goodwin
• Post-production and supervising supervisor: Tom Gleason
• Post-production coordinator: Jeannine Roussel
• Track readers: James Hearn, Larry Cowan, Carol Iverson, Kerry Iverson, Kay Douglas
• Sound editors: Michele Douglas, Three Rivers Editorial
• Audio post-production: Larson Sound Center
• Re-recording mixers: Anthony Costantini, Doug Gray
• Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
• Production executive: Catherine Winder
• Program executive: Jeff Holder
• Unit production coordinator: Tori Pollock
• Production supervisor: Debby Hindman
• Producton assistants: Michele Furuichi, Sandy Benenati, Valerie Menk, Linda Moore, Gail Prewitt
• Animation services: Fil-Cartoons
  • Overseas layout director: Tapani Knnutila
  • Production supervisor: John Rice

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 30, 1993 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• The family photo gag in the opening theme song is of them all standing on top of each other.
• The end credits song is replaced with a continuation of the blues riff sung by Norman and Normina.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢