The Addams Family in New York

The Addams Family in New York
Premiere date	September 8, 1973
Run time	23:56
Starring	Lennie Weinrib Janet Waldo Cindy Henderson Jodie Foster Jackie Coogan Ted Cassidy John Stephenson Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols Wally Burr (voices)
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"The Addams Family in New York" is the first episode of The Addams Family season one. It aired on September 8, 1973 on NBC. It was produced by Iwao Takamoto, directed by Charles A. Nichols, and voice directed Wally Burr.

Gullible Gomez starts to buy up previously owned property in New York due to two con artists.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Morticia Addams	Janet Waldo
Gomez Addams	Lennie Weinrib
Uncle Fester	Jackie Coogan
Lurch	Ted Cassidy
Charlie's partner	Don Messick
Charlie	John Stephenson
Pugsley Addams	Jodie Foster
Grandmama	Janet Waldo
Wednesday Addams	Cindy Henderson
Cousin Itt	John Stephenson
Toll guard	Unavailable
Benny	Unvailable
Thing	N/A
Benjamin Franklin (drawing)	N/A
Cop	Don Messick
Ripoff	John Stephenson
Ocho	N/A
Moby Dick (model)	N/A
Van Dyke Addams (mannequin)	N/A
Chief Pawhattan (mannequin)	N/A
P.T. Barnum
TV reporter	Don Messick
Police chief	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Empire State Building (mentioned)
        • East River (mentioned)
        • Lincoln Tunnel
        • Central Park
        • American Museum of Natural History
  • Western Asia (indirectly mentioned)
    • Mesopotamia (mentioned)
  • Egypt (mentioned)
  • France (mentioned)

Objects

• Instant swamp mix

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 8, 1973 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• Although this is their first episode in a full fledged series, they had previously appeared as guest stars in The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode "Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family," which could be seen as a backdoor pilot.

Marketing and promotion

• In 1975, Gold Key Comics turned this episode into "Visit to Fun City" for The Addams Family #2.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • 1991: Hanna-Barbera Video releases The Addams Family in New York on VHS.
  • May 8, 1992: Image Entertainment releases The Addams Family Cartoon Adventures: Volume 2 on LaserDisc.
  • October 19, 2010: Warner Archive Collection releases The Addams Family: The Complete Series on DVD.