Friday, May 02, 2008

The Addams Family: Uncle Fester's Illness (1965) (TV)

Synopsis [spoilers]: Uncle Fester doesn't have enough electric power to feed Gomez's trains during one of his staged accidents, and confesses he's not feeling well since morning. Everyone resents him a little because they planned an excursion for the following day -- they were going to explore some caves. They decide to call their witch doctor in Africa, but he doesn't make house calls anymore. They have no alternative but to call a regular doctor. Dr. Milford examines Fester but the results are positively unhuman: his temperature is below zero, his pressure made the measuring device blow up, his heartbeats sound like a submarine. Dr. Milford tries a second temperature measurement, but this time Fester eats the thermometer, to the doctor's astonishment. To everyone's surprise, Fester feels better after having eaten the thermometer. He is cured, and everyone is happy because they can make the excursion they planned.

Saw it dubbed in Portuguese.

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