Starring: John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
The Addams Family Goes to School - S1-E1
Visible crew/equipment: If you look at the shrubbery, you can see the person performing our first glimpse of Thing moving around.
The Addams Family Goes to School - S1-E1
Visible crew/equipment: When the phone rings and Thing hands it over to Morticia, the camera zooms out and you can the actor playing Thing quickly hide behind the couch. (00:24:15)
The Addams Family Goes to School - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: After Mr. Hilliard goes through gate and nears the house, it's really at the real house. A second later, he's approaching the now-familiar front porch on the studio set. This is easy to tell because the layout of the two porches are radically different.
Grandmama Addams: Fester, You're not cheating.
Uncle Fester: Sorry.
Trivia: Although it was kept a secret for years, the part of Thing was performed by Ted Cassidy. He sometimes had to travel to the studio to do it, even if Lurch wasn't in the episode. Though in a few episodes, where both Lurch and Thing appeared in the same shot, assistant director Jack Voglin performed the part of Thing.
Question: How was effect of the light bulb that lit up whenever Fester put it in his mouth achieved?
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Answer: Basically from what I understand, they stuck the innards of a small flashlight into the base of the bulb and put a little switch on it. When he put it in his mouth and bit down, his teeth would hit the switch, which would turn on the flashlight and made the bulb light up.
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