The Addams Family Podcast

 Dear Fiends, My apologies this week that there is no video accompanying the recording. I'll be honest. It's more because of how vulnerable I am feeling with this chronic illness and the toll it is taking. It was really the first time I saw how it is visibly affecting me, and I was not prepared for it.  I don't believe in shame for how a person looks. We are so much more than what our eyes can see. So this has nothing to do with you lovely folks. I just need some time to grapple with the surprise. I guess there was a part of me thinking that no one can really tell how my health is failing me, but it's not quite true. I had a very difficult time editing the video and staring into my own dark sunken eyes and pale skin where I know so much more life wants to be.  But, we'll be back to video next week. Now that I'm more prepared going in I do not foresee this being a problem in the future. In the meantime, our video with our logo is up on YouTube for those who subsc...

 Dear Fiends, In this episode, Uncle Fester needs a toupee to meet his pen pal, who he told that he has beautiful hair. He apparently also told her he played college football, which is easy to believe given his physique. The point is, he said he was someone who he was not, and obviously that doesn't get you far. In this case, it's just as well. Shallowness brings shallowness as we see his pen pal is only trying to find a 6th husband to drive to being unalive, and presumably take all his money. It's an age old story of the value of being yourself. Unfortunately, we live in a world where everyone touts that wisdom but very few practice it. And the ones who do get punished. This is why the Addams Family is so important. Even in the 1960's, we see that people needed a role model to fight against the stigma of what is "counter culture." Counter culture has become such a dirty word, but the fact of the matter is, it's these break away, more accepting cultures ge...

 Dear Fiends, I must've caught something nasty when working with the elves last week, because boy am I sicker than a dog eating the entire German chocolate cake that your Aunt Ida brought for the Christmas dinner. This week, on the last day of 2025, we are sending you out with the final part of our 2 part episodes on Raul Julia as M. Bison, the perfect non Santa Santa. In this one, we dive a little deeper into our thoughts about how the movie industry has changed and how technology is changing the way we do things. We also get sad about a few things, then get really happy about the little family of fiends we have gathered here. We've made a year's worth of episodes, and believe me, we can't believe it either. We are very excited to continue upward and onward. As always, thank you for listening, watching, and supporting. You make us feel like Addams Family Universe celebrities, even though we don't talk near enough about the Addams Family LOL. I'm going to rename...

 Dear Fiends, So I'm a few days late on this one. I was so busy helping the elves make creepy and kooky toys for the goth kids that I got behind on this podcast. But, as a self appointed Addams Family Creepy and Kooky Expert, of course I had to say yes when they asked for me to help out! For Christmas, we wanted to give you kooky kids something special as well. This is a topic JohnPaul and I have long wanted to cover, and we were always kind of waiting for the right tie in to make it work. This fell into our lap like the way Ken and Ryu can't help but make bad decisions. So here we are, the Great Raul Julia, as M. Bison, in the tremendous cult classic that deserves many awards for awesomeness- STREET FIGHTER. Because if anyone can pull off evil Santa and still makes us love him, it is truly Raul Julia, the one and only. This episode was meant to be a fun one off that we assumed would be a pretty campy and short bonus episode. And, while it has our usual shenanigans, it also has...

 Dear Fiends, Our episode this week is shorter than most. We always try to keep them under an hour, but this one clocks in at only 32 minutes! And even that was stretching it! It's a sweet and simple little episode so there wasn't a whole lot to say about it. I can't believe we totally missed that Mr. Henson, played by Parley Baer, is the voice of Chester from the Gunsmoke radio show as well as one of the mayors of Mayberry in The Andy Griffith Show. So dunce caps on us for that one! Also, that double spouted teapot originates from China, not Turkey. I'm sure they are everywhere, but the ones I was referring to that became trendy were the Chinese ones. That said, thinking about moving made me think about leaving things behind, and that let to a wonderful discussion about our relationship to plants and place. Boy, do I miss my grandfather's garden more than anything. For me, Heaven is getting to go back there and take a nap under the elephant leaves with a mango in m...

 Dear Fiends, I'm especially proud of this one this week. While the  fundraiser episode itself was a lot of fun, I love where it took us this week in our discussion. We can laugh, cry, and love together on this podcast, and that's what matters.  Just a few content warnings, we do talk about funerals and death, as well as horror, specifically the pain found in J-Horror. We also talk a lot about processing grief. But don't worry, there's always some laughs to be had, especially when we fantasize about an Addams Family News Cast and the revelation of watching Addams Family while nude! We have it all! This is a wet one. Take that as you will. You were warned! All our love to you, K. Alt Text:  A red background has white text that says, "Morticia's Favorite Charity... S1:E29.. You Rang: Addams Family Podcast." There is a picture of one of the hosts, JohnPaul who seems to be rubbing his eye in pain against a background of shelves with games and collectibles. The...