Wednesday, April 02, 2008

The Addams Family: Lurch, the Teenage Idol (1965) (TV)

Synopsis [spoilers]: Lurch's guttural voice draws the attention of Gomez, who thinks that, what with the ever-increasing weirdness of popular taste in music, maybe that's what people are after, so he decides to launch him as a singer. His predictions are confirmed: he is a success and dozens of teenagers flock to their mansion to get a glimpse -- or if they're lucky something more -- of their new idol. Needless to say, he gets way behind in his housekeeping duties, which forces Uncle Fester to cook his own meal, only he mistakes the witches' brew in Macbeth for a culinary recipe, and serendipitously too! Lurch is scheduled for a European tour, but he can't get past his admirers, who rip his clothes apart, so he decides to quit his career and devote himself to less violent affairs.

(Saw it dubbed in Portuguese.)

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