So you’ve been invited to meet the Addams family
Morticia, Gomez, Wednesday and young Pugsley
Beware they’re strange and morbid ~ macabre as they come
Caution: don’t stick around for dinner as a rule of thumb
Ever since I was a youngster, I loved my comedy shows
So, I've wrote about some comedy that most everybody knows
Remember watching "The Honeymooners" late at night tucked in your bed
Remember watching "The Flintstones" with Barney, Dino and Fred
Remember Soupy Sales, Red Buttons and Benny Hill
And don't forget about Mr. Rogers, and good old Mr. Bill
Remember Laurel and Hardy and remember Charlie Chan
And remember all the "Bowery Boys" and the "Little Rascals" clan
Remember all the "Munsters" and the "Addams Family" too
And remember watching "Tom & Jerry" and the classic "Scooby-Doo"
Remember all those comedy shows, I really loved them all
But still my favorite is "I Love Lucy" starring- Lucille Ball
Young man, sit down, a poem to write.
I can't. I've been thinking day and night.
Go forth, then, to old man Palmer's field.
That spooky place, ideas will yield.
Inspiration from my brain to wring,
what about the Addams family Thing?
That gentleman was only one hand.
I found the other on Palmer's land.
Yes, ma'am, there it was, lying face up.
This kind of thing, you just can't make up.
At home, I put it by my rusty nails
with my collection of lizard tails.
I soon forgot it and went to sleep,
and that hand wrote this poem, so deep.
So, if you happen on a severed hand,
he only hopes you will understand.
Lisa starred as Wednesday Addams in "The Addams Family".
When I say she was talented, I'm sure that people will agree.
She also starred in "Fantasy Island", "Barnaby Jones" and "As The World Turns".
People are very sad because her life came to an end and she will never return.
She died too young and it's terrible that she's not alive anymore.
After living for over six decades, she died at the age of sixty-four.
Lisa was born in 1958 and she passed away in 2023.
She will be remembered for starring as Wednesday in "The Addams Family".
[Dedicated to Lisa Loring (1958-2023) who died on January 28, 2023]
Television's Funster's
Two of my favorites
The Addams Family and the Munster's
The Honeymooner's- with Ralph and Ed
Their still on late at night
Fun to watch- 'fore we go to bed
The Odd Couple- a comedy treat
It is certainly odd
Oscar so messy, Felix so neat
Fred, Barney and Dino the dinosaur
Got to love the Flintstone's
I must have watched them a thousand times...or more
The Little Rascals- all of the gang
Spanky, Buckwheat, Darla...
Oh, and how Alfalfa Sang
When it comes to smartness- Abbott was the worst
Costello was the genius...
He wrote- "Who's on first"
The smartest man to play his part
Obviously, it has to be Don Adams
He was "Maxwell Smart"
The funniest lady of them all
The one that I love
I Love Lucy's- Lucille Ball
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He was a terrific actor and his name was Ted Cassidy.
He portrayed Lurch and Thing in The Addams Family.
He decided to be an actor which was a good choice.
He was six-feet-nine tall and he had a deep voice.
He was the narrator during the opening credits of The Incredible Hulk TV show.
He died in January of 1979 which was forty years ago.
He starred in a few episodes of Star Trek and once in Daniel Boone.
When we lost this man at the young age of 46, we lost him too soon.
{Dedicated to Ted Cassidy (1932-1979) who died on January 16, 1979.]
Moms beat their children half to death
For scissoring up their best white sheets
Cutting out two holes for eyes
Ghosts don't really look like that
Damaged linens is the Outer Limits
Is Addams Family crazy beyond the pale
Whiter than white turned gray
Thank you Thing!
Give Cousin Itt a comb for all that hair
To see through this vale of tears and darkness
Hand him a brush with death
A hand sandwich with mustard on it
Hand him a knife to cut through clouds
Gray beyond the pale
Beyond white sheets with holes cut in them
Blowing in the wind with ghosts still in them
TIS ADDAMS THING
(Gomez introduces Morticia)
Lurch hears rings.
heavy hands
smirk.
woman meets Thing.
Thing slaps fives
— under, overs.
Thing snaps,
waves.
outdo Thing?
trick Thing?
...gutsy!
Thing
lives
boxed.
fluke —
Gomez loves lady’s words.
“jolie femme”
Thing claps!
spicy wench
first sight — amour
3/5/2018
A Little Laughter Five Contest/Edward McCall
American comedy T.V. Show “The Addams Family”
Morticia would speak French and Gomez couldn’t help but be turned on,
kissing her hand and arm. Some other crazy characters in the cast: A hand that lives in a box called “Thing” and “Lurch” the scary butler. He was famous for his deep voice “You Rang?” as he answered the door to visitors.
jolie femme — pretty wife
amour - lover
Hours of fun, excitement by this anomaly
being a member of the Addams family
I’m Bewitched and I dreamed of Jeannie,
our humble abode on Gilligan's Island,
also lived our friends The Munsters,
the Beverly Hillbillies and The Brady Bunch,
around the corner lived Denis the menace,
so at times we had to Get Smart then there
were That Girl she was courting Batman or
was it Robin, my love was my horse Mr Ed,
lived with The Monkees on Petticote Junction,
I met my favourite Martian in The Twilight Zone,
he told me that he got Lost in Space, now he’s
become a Fugitive great friend of The flying Nun,
my memories of entering the Time Tunnel on the
way to my Voyage to the bottom of the sea,
I’ve been Branded by the Invaders, The Prisoner,
if it wasn’t for Mr Terrific and Captain Nice the
Mob Squad from The Land of the Giants would
be the Avengers of F Troop from Star Trek.
Everybody knows IT.
From the Addams' Family show.
That blond haired creature.
Long locks that flowed.
IT moved like the Darleks.
Trying to kill Dr. Who.
Which was front, which was back?
No one ever knew.
IT reminds me of my daughters,
with identical coloured hair.
If they were joined together,
they were IT I swear.
Frankie boy,
you’re so ghoulishly handsome
with your graveyard tan
My baby boy is
one Munster hunk of a man
With your strong and cold
cadaver Addams Family hands
You’re gonna make
your momma Morticia cry
And wipe the nightshade mascara
from my bloodshot, vampire eyes
Frankie boy,
tighten your steel bolts
and straighten that skeleton necktie
Your future bride,
with the electroshock hair,
said she’s gonna zombie stop on by
And your favorite uncle, my brother Festus,
with the light bulb bald head
Will be dating her Bewitched auntie Endora,
that’s what our butler Lurch said
My other mother’s daughter Lily,
and her husband Fred
Along with her Grandpa,
and your cousins, Pam and Ed
All will be coming thru to voodoo visit too
Frankie boy,
tell your two daddies
Vic and Gomez to come downstairs
Make sure they shut the lab door,
‘cause there’s a draft in the dank castle air
Frankie boy,
go get your sister and brother,
Wednesday and Pugsley
Tell them to come on down too
It’s our favorite night of the year, it’s Halloween ...
and we got a lot of scaring to do!
May I Dance With You
Ghouls and the Ghosts are throwing a hoe down.
The killer clowns are having a frightful good time
as frankenstein flits onto the dance floor.
The vampires are sat in the corner having a bite.
Beetlejuice the dj plays the monster mash.
The addams family start to sway
uncle fester's break dancing away.
and the things doing is funky thing.
Freddie Kruger cutting that rug up.
Draculas daughter dances round her handbag
as johhny popped his head in the door ,heres johhny.
They have even let riff raff loose
the monsters and ghouls know how to dance
as Galeo ds shakes their @@@
comp entry 11/10/2016
Remember Petticoat Junction?
Perhaps Green Acres too?
I Love Lucy and Carol Burnett,
Just for a laugh or two?
Dick Van Dyke and The Munsters,
Back when the "tube" was fun;
Doris Day and Love That Bob,
Don't forget The Flying Nun
Maxwell Smart was an agent,
We all knew Uncle Jed;
Hazel was that clever maid,
It's sad how comedy's fled
The Honeymooner's over,
F Troop's down to zero;
The Beaver's long forgotten,
While Hogan's lost his heroes
Gilligan's left the island,
A Jeannie no longer dreams;
Car 54, where are you?
At times, I wanna scream!
Andy was a country boy,
Gomer, a seargent's pest;
Who made room for daddy?
Don't fathers know what's best?!
Maynard shaved the goatee,
Mister Ed's lost his voice;
My Three Sons are missing,
Ozzie and Harriet had no choice
McHale can't find his navy,
The Addams flown away;
A Martian ain't so favorite,
Our Laugh In's gone astray
Primetime's lost its essence,
Laughter is a con man's game;
A Family Affair's in mourning,
Is the "new age" ours to blame?
Florida Evans
Ethel Mertz
Theodore Huxtable
Michael Scott
Mary Albright
Bob Vance
Dr. Johnny Fever
George Jefferson
Esther Anderson
Mayor Quimby
J.J. Evans
Lily Aldrin
Lisa Douglas
Gloria Stivic
Uncle Fester
Oliver Wendell Douglas
Arnold Ziffel
Archie Bunker
Gomez Addams
Baldrick
Gomer Pyle
Lord Percy Percy
Grady Wilson
Wally Cleaver
Gomez Addams has a very eccentric life.
He has an unusual woman named Morticia for his wife.
Gomez has mannerisms that seem rather mild.
However, when Morticia speaks French, it drives him wild.
He grabs her arm and starts kissing away.
That’s what he does to her if she happens to say:
Bonjour, Au Revoir, C’est La Vie, even Soup du jour.*
Gomez inundates Morticia with kisses and more.
We can say this couple has a life far from bleak.
I used to tune in and watch them each week.
*Bonjour=good morning or good day.
Au Revoir=farewell or goodbye
C’est la Vie=That’s life
Soup du jour=soup of the day.
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