The Reluctant Astronauts' Trip to the Moon

The Reluctant Astronauts' Trip to the Moon
Premiere date	October 27, 1973
Run time	23:56
Starring	Lennie Weinrib Janet Waldo Cindy Henderson Jodie Foster Jackie Coogan Ted Cassidy
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols Wally Burr (voices)
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"The Reluctant Astronauts' Trip to the Moon" is the eighth episode of The Addams Family season one. It aired on October 27, 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
Uncle Fester	Jackie Coogan
Lurch	Ted Cassidy
Mr. B	N/A
Morticia Addams	Janet Waldo
Gomez Addams	Lennie Weinrib
Botham	Unavailable
Gripe	Unavailable
Cop	Unavailable
Ali	N/A
Ocho	N/A
Grandmama	Janet Waldo
Pugsley Addams	Jodie Foster
Thing	N/A
Cousin Itt	N/A
Wednesday Addams	Cindy Henderson

Organizations

• United States Army (mentioned)
• Minneapolis Wrecking (mentioned)
• Ace Service (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Florida
      • Brevard County
        • Cape Kennedy
      • Trailer park
      • Gas station
    • Minneapolis (mentioned)
    • Texas (indirectly mentioned)
      • Houston (mentioned)
  • France (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Botham and Gripe's tandem bicycle

Vehicles

• Space rockets
• 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: October 27, 1973 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• In 1974, Cape Kennedy was renamed Cape Canaveral.

Errors

• When Gripe questions Botham on the legitimacy of selling riverbed rocks as moon rocks, Gripe's jacket is white like his shirt.
• As Botham is telling Gripe they'll sell the Addams garbage, Gripe's jacket is missing.
• When Botham says to Morticia, "No, not that crater," his mouth isn't moving.
• When Botham says, "Oh, please, don't mention it," and Gripe adds, "Yeah, to anybody," their words are coming out of each other's mouths.
• Cousin Itt (who's actually in this episode for a change) has gloved hands.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • 1991: Turner Home Entertainment releases The Addams Family: The Reluctant Astronauts-Trip to the Moon on VHS.
  • October 19, 2010: Warner Archive Collection releases The Addams Family: The Complete Series on DVD.