For the author who uses this as a pseudonym, see Uncle Fester (author)

Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester is a member of the fictional Addams Family. He was played by Jackie Coogan (famous as Charlie Chaplin's sidekick in The Kid, 1921), in the television program, and by Christopher Lloyd in the two movies, and by Pat Thomas in Addams Family Reunion. Michael Roberds played Fester in The New Addams Family. Uncle Fester is the author of such controversial books as Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture, and Silent Death. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the TV series, see The Addams Family (TV series). ... John Leslie (Jackie) Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. ... “Charles Chaplin” redirects here. ... Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid The Kid is a 1921 Charlie Chaplin film. ... See also: 1920 in film 1921 1922 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres. ... A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting. ... For other persons named Christopher Lloyd, see Christopher Lloyd (disambiguation). ... Pat Thomas (born 1954) is an American football player. ... The Addams Family Reunion was the third movie of The Addams Family series, released in 1998. ... Michael Roberds (born January 18, 1964) is a Canadian actor. ... The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. ...

Character

Uncle Fester is a completely hairless, hunched, and barrel-shaped man with dark, sunken eyes and often a deranged smile. He always wears a heavy, full-length fur coat. Fester was derived from a character drawn by cartoonist Charles Addams, although these were single page cartoons, with no stories or character names. Nevertheless, the character is recognizable in a number of cartoons, both by his appearance (bald, stooping, sunken eyes) and behavior (e.g. turning the shower to a special "scalding" setting, feeding his garden plants on blood plasma, or releasing an eagle on the neighbor's homing pigeons). However, he is almost never seen in the same cartoons with the rest of the family, even for family celebrations like pouring boiling oil on carol singers (though he was in one cartoon with the two children—going fishing with dynamite). (It may be that he was introduced to the family at the time of the sitcom for dramatic convenience.) It is known that the name "Fester" was chosen by Addams for the sitcom. A fur mozetta, worn by a canon, Flanders Fur clothing is clothing made entirely of, or partially of, the fur of animals. ... Charles Samuel Addams (January 7, 1912–September 29, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters. ... The homing pigeon is a variety of domesticated Rock Dove (Columba livia) that has been selectively bred to be able to find their way home over extremely long distances. ... Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (kieselguhr) as an adsorbent. ...

Fester has a strange ability to conduct electricity. He would often demonstrate this by putting a light bulb in his mouth, which would illuminate, accompanied by a loud, crackling noise (in the TV series the bulb's wire is sometimes clearly visible). He claims to possess 110 watts of power in one episode of the sitcom, while in another episode he demonstrated his "magnetic" quality by levitating a metal paperweight up to his hand. Conduction is the movement of electrically charged particles through a transmission medium (electrical conductor). ... For other uses, see Watt (disambiguation). ...

In the original sitcom of the 1960s, Fester is said to be Morticia Addams's maternal uncle, but in all other filmed and animated content he is Gomez Addams's brother, making him uncle to Wednesday and Pugsley. This article is about a genre of comedy. ... Four major characters from the original television adaptation: Thing (foreground) with Uncle Fester, Morticia and Gomez Addams The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. ... John Astin as Gomez in The Addams Family television series. ... Lisa Loring as Wednesday in The Addams Family television series. ... Ken Weatherwax as Puglsey in The Addams Family television series. ...

Live action TV series

In the 1960s television series, Fester (played by Jackie Coogan) is uncle to Morticia Addams. He becomes perplexed when someone asks what his last name is, suggesting that he has none or has somehow forgotten it. In several episodes, Fester refers to the Addams lineage as if it were his own, but the flashbacks in the episodes "Morticia's Romance, Parts 1 and 2" clearly establish him as Morticia's uncle. Perhaps, lacking a last name of his own, Fester was all the more dedicated to upholding the honor of another. Fester's known ancestry dates back to his Great-Grandfather Blob (not to be confused with Gomez's Cousin Blob), who received the gift of a sacred ruby after he had pried it from the head of a Hindu (whom it was giving a terrible headache). The ruby remained in the family until Fester unthinkingly used his slingshot to hurl it at a yowling stray cat. "It was the only rock in the house!" he said in his defense. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Binomial name Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis lybica invalid junior synonym The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. ...

Per the 1960s sitcom, little is known of Fester's childhood, save that his father (Morticia's maternal grandfather) was an excruciatingly strict man who severely disciplined him, paddling him even when he was good and paying him to stay out of public (Fester considered this to be experience in "public relations"). He refused to allow Fester to even touch a battleaxe (a treasured toy among people with the Addams's macabre tastes) until he was eight. As an adult, Fester defends his father's strictness, pointing to his own character as proof of its effectiveness: "I didn't become what I am by accident! I had upbringing like no other!"

Fester has also offered contradictory information about his educational background. In the sitcom's first episode, he notes that he never went to school ("And look how [well] I turned out!"), but he later claims to have failed recess three times. As an adult, Fester took correspondence courses in various subjects, and his educational endeavors occasionally formed an episode's main plot. It may be from one such course that he obtained his fraternity paddle, which he once threatened to use on Wednesday in imitation of his father's punishment style; however, like many an uncle, Fester proved to have more bark than bite in dealing with the children. When he suspected someone of maligning, cheating, or otherwise mistreating anyone in the family, Fester is ever ready with his blunderbuss "Genevieve", eager to "shoot 'em in the back!" Another prized possession was his cannon, "Old Reliable", which he normally kept in his bedroom. Fester maintained a treehouse in the Addams yard and frequently retreated to his closet to think. After receiving the gift of a motorcycle in the episode "The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik", Fester often drove it through the living room, inevitably crashing in the conservatory. Fester also collects three-dollar bills. Children can be found playing on playhouses such as this during recess. ... Lisa Loring as Wednesday in The Addams Family television series. ... An English flintlock blunderbuss A blunderbuss is a muzzle-loading firearm with a flared, trumpet-like barrel and is the predecessor to the shotgun. ... For other uses, see Cannon (disambiguation). ... Beatnik is a media stereotype that borrowed the most superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s to present a distorted (and sometimes violent), cartoon-like misrepresentation of the real-life people and the spirituality found in Jack Kerouacs autobiographical fiction. ...

Animated TV series

In the first animated series by Hanna-Barbera, Jackie Coogan reprised his role as Fester. In the second animated series by Hanna-Barbera, Fester was voiced by Rip Taylor. In this series, Fester is perhaps the most loving of self-inflicted injury. He would allow other members (usually Lurch) to harm him anyway they can, but his greatest fondness was blowing himself up. As a running gag, Fester would never believe Grandmama's predictions until she predicts something that causes him great harm (or in his case, great joy). Fester also is very fond of the Addamses' next door neighbour, Norman Normanmayer, a boring person controlling an underwear empire, who hates Fester (and the whole Addams family) for his strangeness (on an occasion, Fester comes on a visit through the sewer pipes). Fester seems quite oblivious to the matter that Norman hates him and, possibly due to the Addams family nature, thinks that all the angry, aggressive outbreaks are a sign of sympathy. Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... Rip Taylor (born Charles Elmer Taylor, Jr. ... Lurch is the fictional manservant to The Addams Family created by cartoonist Charles Addams. ... Four major characters from the original television adaptation: Thing (foreground) with Uncle Fester, Morticia and Gomez Addams The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. ... A pair of mens briefs Undergarments, also called underwear or sometimes intimate clothing, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. ...

This Fester also introduces himself, through his self-made comic books, as "Festerman", a gothic hero, who gives his flying cape to enemies upon request—so as to fall and would bring villains to their knees...simply by enjoying all the harm they would give him to the point of wearing them out. During this series, he is given a musical-type episode about the "Fester Way", his own, strange way of life. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Gothic woman, traditional style, with big hair, spikes and piercings Gothic fashion is a dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion and style of dress. ...

Film

Christopher Lloyd as Fester in The Addams Family film (1991).

In the movie, The Addams Family, Fester (played by Christopher Lloyd) is the long-lost brother of Gomez Addams. He was believed to have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle some years ago. A woman named Abigail Craven has a son, Gordon, who has an eerie resemblance to the missing Fester. Intent on getting the Addamses' wealth, she disguises her son as Fester. The Addamses have a séance to contact his spirit, and Gordon shows up at their door, posing as Fester. after spending time with the Family, Gordon begins to take a liking to the Addamses eccentric ways. In the end, it is discovered that Gordon Craven is actually Fester, and that Abigail actually found him after his accident in the Bermuda Triangle, suffering from amnesia. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other persons named Christopher Lloyd, see Christopher Lloyd (disambiguation). ... The Addams Family is an Academy Award-nominated comedy film based on the popular characters, The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The Addams Family is an Academy Award-nominated comedy film based on the popular characters, The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams. ... NASA image of the western Atlantic, showing the popular borders of the Bermuda Triangle. ...

In Gomez's home movies from their childhood, Fester is shown to be hairless as a child (although, as Gordon Craven, he is seen shaving his head). At the end of the movie, it is revealed that Fester acquires his ability to conduct electricity after being electrocuted. Sign warning of possible electric shock hazard An electric shock can occur upon contact of a human or animal body with any source of voltage high enough to cause sufficient current flow through the muscles or nerves. ...

Fester also appears in the film's sequel (again played by Lloyd), Addams Family Values. This film centers around Fester's marriage to Debbie, the recently hired nanny who wishes to murder Fester and inheret his share of the Addams fortune. Addams Family Values (1993) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated sequel to the 1991 comedy The Addams Family. ...

Fester again appears in the direct-to-video sequel Addams Family Reunion, here played by Patrick Thomas. The Addams Family Reunion was the third movie of The Addams Family series, released in 1998. ...

Video games

Uncle Fester has appeared in several Addams Family video games, usually in a non-playable role. He is the star of his own Nintendo Entertainment System game titled Fester's Quest and the main playable character in the Addams Family Values Super Nintendo Entertainment System game. “Computer and video games” redirects here. ... “NES” redirects here. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Addams Family Values was a game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) was a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Brazil between 1990 and 1993. ...

Trivia

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• As revealed in a 1977 New Yorker retrospective on Charles Addams, Fester was the avatar Addams chose to represent himself.
• Uncle Fester is also the name used by a member of the nationally-syndicated radio show The MJ Morning Show.
• In the 1965 book The Addams Family by Jack Sharkey, there is a chapter titled "From Here to Perplexity," in which Fester gets drafted. He turns the induction center upside down, when they discover that, among other things, he has orange marmalade in his veins, electronic circuitry on his skin, no fingerprints on his fingers; and he is weightless.

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