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Fester Goes on a Diet: Directed by Sidney Lanfield. With Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy. For his impending visit from pen pal Yvette of the Folies Bregeré, Uncle Fester is secretly trying to whip himself into shape, even recruiting guidance from fitness guru Jack LaLanne himself.
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- Comedy, Family, Horror
- Sidney Lanfield
- 1966-01-14
Fester Goes on a Diet: Directed by Gary Harvey. With Glenn Taranto, Ellie Harvie, Brody Smith, Nicole Fugere. To try impress a girl on a date, Fester tries to lose weight.
- (15)
- Comedy, Family, Horror
- Gary Harvey
- 1998-11-03
Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for The Addams Family : Fester Goes on a Diet (1966) - Sidney Lanfield on AllMovie - Fester tries to keep his diet a secret. Jack La…
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Fester Goes on a Diet is the eighteenth episode of the second season of the original series of The Addams Family, and the fifty-second overall episode of the series. It first aired 14 January 1966 on ABC.
Pugsley has been exercising, much to his parents' disapproval. Uncle Fester gets a letter from his French pen-pal, Yvette, who is coming to visit. He decides he has to get into shape too, but trying zen yogi in his bedroom doesn't work. He wakes up early to exercise with TV fitness guru Jack LaLanne, but Gomez and Morticia are appalled and give the...
•Pugsley has a girlfriend named Marie.
•When Thing snatches the mail from Mr. Briggs, he is a left hand instead of his usual right.
•The moose's head is mentioned.
•Cousin Slump, Grandpa Squint and Cousin Blob are mentioned.
•Despite Blossom Rock and Lisa Loring being credited, they only appear in the opening and closing credits.
•It was remade for The New Addams Family episode with the same name.
"The Addams Family" Fester Goes on a Diet (TV Episode 1966) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Buy The Addams Family — Season 2, Episode 18 on Vudu, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV. Uncle Fester hopes to shed a few pounds before his pen pal arrives.
Morticia and Gomez see Fester conferring with TV muscleman Jack LaGrann (Jack LaLanne), and think that Fester is planning a television career. However, Uncle Fester confides to Lurch that he has to go on a secret diet and exercise.
