Uncle Fester's Toupee & learning to be yourself
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...