The Mardi Gras Story

The Mardi Gras Story
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Premiere date	October 6, 1973
Run time	23:31
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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"The Mardi Gras Story" is the fifth episode of The Addams Family season one. It aired on October 6, 1973 on NBC. It was produced by Iwao Takamoto, directed by Charles A. Nichols, and voice directed Wally Burr.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Daniel: I thought we were celebrating Mardi Gras, not Halloween.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Lurch	Ted Cassidy
Ali	Unavailable
Mr. B	Unavailable
Ocho	N/A
Gomez Addams	Lennie Weinrib
Pugsley Addams	Jodie Foster
Morticia Addams	Janet Waldo
Wednesday Addams	Cindy Henderson
Uncle Fester	Jackie Coogan
Grandmama	Janet Waldo
Al	Unavailable
Silky	Unavailable
Thursday	Unavailable
Watson	Unavailable
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Chestnut
Sonny Bono
Cher
Madam Bon-Bon	Janet Waldo
Daniel Godfrey	Unavailable
Godzilla
Cha Cha	N/A
Thing	N/A
Sherlock Holmes
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Count Dracula
Judge #1	Unavailable
Judge #2	Unavailable
Harry	Unavailable
Andrew Jackson
Burt Reynolds

Organizations

New Orleans Police Department

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Louisiana
    - New Orleans
      - Police station
      - Bon-Bon residence
      - La Fitte Arms
      - Pierre Jewelers
      - Home Sweet Home Trailer Park
  - South Dakota (mentioned)
    - Deadwood (mentioned)

Objects

Madame Bon-Bon's bon-bons

Vehicles

Creepy Camper
Parade floats
Tractors
Silky and Al's helicopter

Production

Development

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: October 6, 1973 on NBC

Behind the scenes

Cousin Itt is absent.
Al refers to Uncle Fester as "Uncle Godzilla."
The Addams Family wear masks of the following celebrities:
- Wednesday = Shirley Temple.
- Pugsley = John Wayne.
- Uncle Fester = Paul Newman (referred to as Paul Rueman).
- Grandmama = Zsa Zsa Gabor (referred to as Cha Cha Zabor, which is weird because moments ago Uncle Fester spoke to his pet cobra, Cha Cha).
- Lurch = Mickey Rooney (referred to as Rickey Mooney).
- Ocho = Truman Capote (referred to as Grueman Tapote)
- Ali = Lassie (referred to as Sassie).
Watson says he should've gone to the Mardi Gras as the title character of the 1970 book Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach.

Errors

When the Addamses look out the camper to the Mardi Gras sign, Mr. Be is on Morticia's shoulder when he was supposed to be on the hood.
Morticia sounds more like Grandmama when says, "Why did he [Lurch] stop, dear?"
When Harry points out the creepy camper driving past, he and the other judges' hair has gone form brown to grey. Harry is also grey when he first takes a ride in the creepy camper.

Critical reception

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.
- May 21, 1992: Image Entertainment releases The Addams Family Cartoon Adventures: Volume 1 on LaserDisc.
- October 19, 2010: Warner Archive Collection releases The Addams Family: The Complete Series on DVD.

References