Well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen we are now just a few short weeks until Christmas Day which means that every single TV network / TV channel that's out there is going to be filling up your schedules with Christmas specials and with Christmas movies. Well in order to combat this I have decided to review an alternative Christmas special and so join me as I review the christmas special that you never thought you wanted to see until you actually saw with this freaking episode of The Addams Family being freaking called freaking simply just "Christmas With The Addams Family" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is Wednesday and Pugsley are feeling down in the dumps because the addams's neighbour Mr. Thompson has told them that Santa Claus / Father Christmas isn't real and so it's up to Gomez , Morticia , Grandmama , Uncle Fester and Lurch to prove to both Wednesday and Pugsley that Santa Claus / Father Christmas is indeed real indeed. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot of this actual episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot of this actual episode was actually really freaking good and the actual plot of this actual episode was in all honesty really well freaking told in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode are John Astin as Gomez Addams , Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams and Ken Weatherwax as Pugsley Addams. Also starring in this episode are Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams , Blossom Rock as Grandmama , Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester , Ted Cassidy as Lurch , Felix Silla as Cousin Itt and Gregg Martell as Mission Santa Claus. Now then this is perhaps the most complete cast list that I could find for this episode but yeah I did my best to find every single actor whose in this episode there's just one actor whom i couldn't find who did the voice for Santa Claus so it seems like the actor in question has just disappeared of the face of the earth in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Now then in terms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was really freaking. Which seems to be the case with every single episode of the The Addams Family that i've reviewed thus far ad it seems to be a trend with this very / particular freaking show as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
So now then this episode I guess you could say is the start of a trend for the The Addams Family as they would go on to have not one but two more Christmas specials with the kind of a Christmas special called simply just "Halloween With The New Addams Family" TV movie and once again in the nineteen nineties with the The New Addams Family episode also called simply just Christmas With The Addams Family. Yeah I have no idea why production companies seem to think that pairing the The Addams Family with Christmas is a good idea because it's really freaking not a good idea since this family works best when it's around the season of freaking Halloween in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Now then this special episode really does hit it home with the fact that both Gomez and of course Morticia are indeed some really good parents indeed. Since the second that they find out that both Wednesday and Pugsley have had there believe in Santa Claus / Father Christmas shattered by a rather rather nasty neighbour both Gomez and Morticia go out of there way to restore there kids believe if Santa Claus / Father Christmas which is something that alot of parents would actually do for there little kids in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
So now then this special oddly does what alot of Christmas special still do to this very day which is having the cast of the special break character to wish us the audience a merry christmas. Which works well enough for other TV shows specials but it's not something that I personally think that works well enough for the The Addams Family since the The Addams Family would put there own macabre twist on the saying too make it there own and not just use the saying as it is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Now then apart from the out of nowhere musical number which leads to the cast breaking character and thus the fourth wall to wish all of us / us all a merry christmas there was one other thing that I really didn't like about this episode and that's the fact that we really don't get to actually see the rather nasty neighbour in question. Which means we don't really get to find out if this rather nasty neighbour was just a terrible person or was just another over worked and tired / exhausted / stressed out parent neither of which excuses his behaviour towards both Wednesday and Pugsley Addams but still giving the character some screen time would have been very freaking nice in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
So now then this very / particular episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and forty seconds. Which for a story that's this thin and is this thinly drawn out having the episode run as short as it does is a very good thing indeed since increasing this episodes running time even by just five freaking minuets would be stretching this already thinly drawn storyline to it's breaking point in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Now then this is a comedy show after all and that means that there are some actual jokes to be found in this comedy show episode and so that means that I have to actually talk about the actual jokes that are featured / presented to us in this very episode and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual jokes that are featured . presented to us in this very episode are pretty freaking funny. Which is not to say that all of this episodes jokes are winners because there not but there are more then enough jokes in this episode that are actually that actually make this freaking episode worth while watching in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a nice alternative Christmas special to watch since it gives you all of the things that you expect to find in a Christmas special but it's just done with a nice Addams Family twist in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and well that means that this very episode erns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images this film being the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page this is because all of the images that I got and that currently up and featured and on the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high in definition.