* If Valuev cant stay in the ring, put him on the silver screen Nov 11, 2009
The roles practically line themselves up: Frankensteins monster, Lurch from the Addams Family, the Incredible Hulk. There are no more Lord of the Rings movies but there must be room for him on the forthcoming Hobbit. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Fantasy and farms Nov 6, 2009
The catchy, finger clicking theme from the Addams Family, was the work of the composer ... However, it is for the Addams family tune for which Mizzy will be best remembered. (BBC News -- UK)
Passages & Obituaries Nov 1, 2009
Vic Mizzy, whose infernally catchy themes for the television comedies The Addams Family and Green Acres are as entrenched in the memories of Americans who grew up in the 1960s as any pop tune or protest anthem, died Oct. 17 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 93. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Haunted Valatie theater a diamond in the rough Nov 1, 2009
Once you ve gotten through the line, you re greeted by Lurch from the Addams Family and then taken by your tour guide through a variety of rooms ranging from a mad scientist to scenes from the movie Saw. If you look carefully, you may even see a corpse rising eerily from a grave in the cemetery, making excellent use of the theatre stage s trap door. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
The Addams Family Gets Animated Oct 31, 2009
With some work and creativity, the Addams Family had been born ... The Addams Family (1992) features the usual characters: Gomez, Morticia, Thing, Uncle Fester, Pugsley and Wednesday Addams are an unusual family and certainly enjoy anything creepy or spooky ... The Addams Family is a Family Like No Other. (Suite101.com)
10 things to do this weekend Oct 30, 2009
Watch the "The Addams Family" movie (rated PG-13) and get in a Halloween mood. Oct. 30, 6:30 p.m. 9 p.m. Admission is $5, including popcorn and a hot dog. (Crain's Chicago Business)
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The Friday Night Sing-Along Halloween event will be held at the plaza on Friday, Oct. 30, from 6:30-8 p.m. Lyric sheets will be provided and a live band will accompany traditional Halloween tunes such as The Addams Family theme song, Bad Moon Rising, Somebodys Watching Me, Purple People Eater and The Phantom of the Opera. Admission is free but tickets are required and will be distributed 45 minutes before the start of the event. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
V. Mizzy; composed TV's famous 'buh-buh-buh-bump (snap snap)' Oct 24, 2009
Vic Mizzy wrote the The Addams Family theme song ... LOS ANGELES - Vic Mizzy, a film and television composer best known for writing the memorable theme songs for the 1960s sit-coms Green Acres and The Addams Family, died of heart failure Oct. 17 at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles ... Then came an offbeat assignment: The Addams Family, the 1964 to 1966 TV series based on Charles Addams s macabre magazine cartoons and starring John Astin as Gomez Addams and Carolyn Jones as his... (Boston Globe)
Save-A-Date: Oct. 22 Oct 22, 2009
Oct. 31: Halloween favorites like Michael Jackson s Thriller and the themes from Harry Potter and The Addams Family will ring out from the Wellesley College bell tower as students from the Guild of Carillonneurs host a Haunted Tower from 5 to 7 p.m. Visitors should enter Green Hall from the academic quad, and follow the signs up to the tower. The event is free and open to the public. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Daily guide to television and radio Oct 22, 2009
The Addams Family 8 p.m. (FAM). The ghoulish family comes to the big screen. (Boston Globe)
Addams Family composer dies Oct 21, 2009
The songwriter behind The Addams Family theme tune, Vic Mizzy, has died at the age of 93 ... His famous, finger-snapping Addams Family tune was reprised in the 1990s feature films. (BBC News -- Americas)
Read the story Oct 21, 2009
Vic Mizzy, who wrote 'Addams Family' theme, dies - CBS News ... Vic Mizzy, who wrote 'Addams Family' theme, dies ... Vic Mizzy, who wrote theme songs to 'The Addams Family' and 'Green Acres,' dies at 93. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Vic Mizzy, who wrote 'Addams Family' theme, dies Oct 20, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP): Vic Mizzy, a songwriter who composed the catchy themes for the 1960s TV comedies "The Addams Family" and "Green Acres," has died ... But his most famous work was the theme to "The Addams Family," a tune accented by finger snaps and opening with the cleverly quirky lyrics: "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're altogether ooky: the Addams family." ... He also directed the title sequence where he asked actors who played members of the Addams family to... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Vic Mizzy, who wrote Addams Family, 'Green Acres' themes, dies at 93 Oct 20, 2009
Vic Mizzy, who wrote 'Addams Family,' 'Green Acres' themes, dies at 93 ... LOS ANGELES Vic Mizzy, a songwriter who composed the catchy themes for the 1960s sit-coms The Addams Family and Green Acres, has died ... But his most famous work was the theme to The Addams Family, a tune accented by finger snaps and opening with the cleverly quirky lyrics: Theyre creepy and theyre kooky, mysterious and spooky, theyre altogether ooky: the Addams family. (Florida Today)
Halloween Costumes for Grown-Ups & ... Oct 11, 2009
Gomez and Morticia from "The Addams Family" ... Lurch or Uncle Fester from "The Addams Family". (Suite101.com)
Edgar Allan Poe gets funeral Oct 7, 2009
Actor John Astin, best known as Gomez Addams on TV's "The Addams Family," will serve as master of ceremonies. "It's sort of a way of saying, 'Well, Eddie, your first funeral wasn't a very good one, but we're going to try to make it up to you, because we have so much respect for you,"' said Astin, who toured as Poe for years in a one-man show. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
IGN Playlist: Favorite Horror Comedies Oct 5, 2009
The freaks in question are the Klopeks, a low-rent Addams Family whose basement windows strobe with hell-hot light and who drive their garbage down the street and beat the hell out of it with a stick in front of Ray and his hemorrhoid of a pal, Art. Tom Hanks and Bruce Dern's Rumsfield provide ample funny lines for quoting around the watercooler ; "Oh well, Ricky Butler says;" or "Hey, Pinocchio! Where are you going?" ; while making up a great ensemble cast in a movie best described as... (IGN FilmForce)
Celebrity birthdays for Sept. 27-Oct. 3 Sep 24, 2009
Child actor Ken Weatherwax (Pugsley on "The Addams Family") is 54. Singer Suzzy Roche of The Roches is 53. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Stars take 00004000'Rain' check Sep 16, 2009
but Lane remains a draw, and I predict he's going to be the king of Broadway again this spring when "The Addams Family" comes to town ... but Lane remains a draw, and I predict he's going to be the king of Broadway again this spring when "The Addams Family" comes to town. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Amid New Survey Showing Increased Food Support Needs, Macy's Launches "Come Together" Campaign with Feeding America to Aid Domestic Hunger by Raising 10 Million Meals Sep 15, 2009
The commercial directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, The Addams Family) running in 30-second and 60-second spots, features an all-star cast including Jessica Simpson, Queen Latifah, Mariah Carey, Usher, Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, Tommy Hilfiger and Donald Trump. A Spanish-language commercial features TV/Film star Carlos Ponce. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Woodstock's curtain call Sep 11, 2009
Marshall Brickman) "Jersey Boys" and the upcoming "The Addams Family." ... High on his list, I'm told, is Rick Elice, who co-wrote (with Marshall Brickman) "Jersey Boys" and the upcoming "The Addams Family.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
James Murdoch condemns 'chilling' expansion of British state broadcaster... Aug 30, 2009
Mr Murdoch said the decline in advertising is making the situation for UK broadcasters difficult enough, with the heavily-controlled UK industry as dreary as "the Addams family" and over-regulated UK media groups worse off than those in other countries in which News International operates. "Thanks to Darwin we understand that the evolution of a successful species is an unmanaged process," he added, suggesting that continuing with the creationist approach will damage UK broadcasters. (The Drudge Report)
Rob Zombie opens fall's horror assault with 'Halloween II' Aug 28, 2009
Or the towering polar bear from The Addams Family. Or the shrunken head that he can never keep track of. (USA Today)
Comics, films, TV stars pack Mini MegaCon Aug 21, 2009
Among the many celebrity guests are Charisma Carpenter, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson and Adam Busch from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"; Sylvester McCoy, the seventh doctor from "Doctor Who"; and Lisa Loring of "The Addams Family.". Several comic-book artists will be on hand, and activities include computer gaming, anime events, belly dancing and discussion panels. (Florida Today)
The mother lode Aug 2, 2009
I was a bit like Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, she recalls. I walked around with this headless doll that I took everywhere. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Addams Family Finds Home On Broadway Jul 23, 2009
NEW YORK (July 22, 2009)The Addams Family" musical will open April 8 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway. Previews begin March 4 after a Chicago tryout that starts in mid-November. It's based on the delightfully ghoulish cartoons that originated in The New Yorker magazine and became TV series and movies. As previously announced, Nathan Lane will play Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth will be Morticia in the production. Also in the cast are Kevin Chamberlin as Uncle Fester, Jackie Hoffman as... (KWTX.com, TX)
4 things to make you smarter Jul 7, 2009
QUESTION: What is The Addams Family. ANSWER: This 1950s adventure series based on an action comic of the 1930s featured a superhero who was seriously allergic to kryptonite. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Lloyd: `Back to the Future' still gratifying Jun 16, 2009
He said favorite movie roles include Klingon Commander Kruge in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" and Uncle Fester in "The Addams Family.". But Lloyd recognizes that he's likely most remembered for the "Doc" Brown character who repopularized the old expression "Great Scott!". (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Craig and Jackman head for Broadway May 28, 2009
Nathan Lane brings Addams Family to stage. Add Theater headlines to your news reader. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Popular North Andover Middle School teacher Rooney retiring May 22, 2009
She and Rooney demonstrate one of his quotes, snapping their fingers and singing to the tune of The Addams Family. Get rid of the gum [snap, snap] get rid of the gum [snap snap] get rid of the gum, get rid of the gum, get rid of the gum [snap, snap. (North Andover Citizen, MA)
Cowell: Lambert will win May 13, 2009
Lane, Neuwirth to starin 'Addams Family. "The Addams Family" has found its merry macabre menagerie for Broadway ... "The Addams Family" will open April 8 at a theater to be announced. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Addams Family set to hit Broadway May 13, 2009
The Addams Family is to be made into a Broadway musical starring Nathan Lane, the show's producers have announced ... Based on the creations of cartoonist Charles Addams, The original Addams Family television show ran in the 1960s. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
A mother lode of entertaining TV moms May 10, 2009
GOTH GREATNESS Morticia Addams, "The Addams Family" Played by Carolyn Jones. The original Goth mom, she was crazy in the best way. (Boston Globe)
For Tony, Dolly's A Bust May 6, 2009
"The Addams Family," due on Broadway next year, is said to be the backup tenant at the Marquis. Parton's producers reportedly are shocked and angry about the snub. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Now hear this: Put a muzzle on the PA announcer May 6, 2009
I'd love to get a close-up look at any marketing person who thinks it's funny when the foreboding "Jaws" music gets played during an opponent's possession, or how "The Addams Family" theme is supposed to brighten the mood. That's a person who wouldn't know good taste from a rotten tomato. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Well, doggies: 'Hillbillies' on YouTube slate of films, shows Apr 18, 2009
With Children Jericho MacGyver Bewitched Party of Five Bonanza ALF The Beverly HillbilliesThe Addams Family Fantasy Island I Dream of Jeannie ... The rest of the 1,000-plus shows are golden nuggets such as Beverly Hillbillies, Charlie's Angels, Bewitched and The Addams Family ... "If only one-tenth of the users care about Bewitched or The Addams Family and watch, advertisers will be very happy," he says. (USA Today -- Tech)
YouTube Adds Studio Pacts Apr 18, 2009
Google's video-sharing vehicle top video vehicle has signed new and expanded agreements with studios Sony, Lionsgate and MGM, among others, which will enable uses to view full episodes of such classic TV fare as Married with Children, Star Trek and The Addams Family. One new show, CBS's serial killer serial Harpers Island will also be able to screened in its entirety, while clips of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live are also available, according to a Google spokeswoman. (Multichannel News)
Pilgrims Pride Says It Will Close Processing Plant Apr 14, 2009
(Fans of the Addams Family movies will get a laugh from this. . (KWTX.com, TX)
Williams top turn at royal show Mar 25, 2009
John McCain - Uncle Fester from The Addams Family. " National anthem Bill Bailey, with his clever fusion of music and comedy, also had the Royals - who arrived at the Prince's Trust charity evening just a couple of minutes before curtain up - in stitches. At one point Prince Charles nearly fell off his chair as Bailey imagined, on his keyboard, how the Belarussian national anthem might sound. Rowan Atkinson also impressed, reprising an old favourite - his bumbling vicar delivering a sermon.... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Film Fun for Friday the 13th Mar 14, 2009
Based on the newspaper cartoons by Charles Addams and the television series of the same name, the movie shows the collection of odd and extreme Addams family members who enjoy dark thoughts and seem to think the reverse to the rest of the world. The Munsters. (Suite101.com)
Mohawk Follies salutes Hollywood Feb 12, 2009
Hooray For Hollywood Let s Go To The Movies, Hooray For Hollywood, The Polar Express, The Addams Family, SpongeBob SquarePants, The James Bond Theme, Stayin Alive, Eye Of The Tiger, Flashdance, What d I Say, Love Song, That s Entertainment, Concert Choir. Act 2. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
