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Gomez Addams (John Astin) takes his son Pugsley (Ken Weatherwax) to the
circus, mainly because it shows killer gorilla Gorgo (George Barrows) and
the owner, Oscar Webber (Peter Leeds), is a friend of his. At the circus,
Pugsley befriends Gorgo, so much so that Gorgo breaks out of his cage at
night to break into the Addams' home - where he's welcomed by all with
open arms. Gorgo really likes staying at the Addams', so he tries to make
himself useful, so much so that butler Lurch (Ted Cassidy) starts fearing
for his job - and one has to admit, Gorgo's better at ironing than he is.
Meanwhile Morticia (Carolyn Jones) tries to join the local ladies league
and has the two chairwomen (Dorothy Neumann, Pearl Shear) over for tea -
but exactly for that occasion, Gorgo has decided to (forcefully) taking
over tea-serving duties from Lurch, with the expected effect ... When
Oscar Webber stops by to retrieve his apre, he's in shock as the Addams
have totally domesticated his once-menacing killer gorilla. But Gomez has
a remedy for that, and from here on Oscar exhibits Gorgo as the first
ironing gorilla ... Not one of the better episodes as it mostly
plays on the joke of the Addams' views on normalcy clash with those of the
outside world and thus becomes predictable from front to back, even if it
tries (and actually succeeds) to tie together two different main narrative
threads. There are still plenty of laughs in here mind you, but the story
could have done with a little more depth.
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