Carolyn Jones

And he's like, yeah, I think I might have made it.

He was married to, guys, who was he married to? Carolyn Jones from The Addams Family.

Which he produced with Danny Thomas.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Did you ever watch the show? The original with Carolyn Jones? Not the

original.

Really? Really?

There's a Pluto channel that's just Adam's family.

Oh, really? And we put it on in the background and we put records on just to have it playing.

And it's just, it's Carolyn Jones is my favorite Morticia.

I love Angelica Houston, but there's this sweetness that Carolyn Jones brings that I think Angelica Houston doesn't.

His journey leads him to the King Creole nightclub where he becomes entangled with the local crime boss, Maxie Fields, played by Walter Matthau.

The film explores Danny's relationships with two women, the innocent Nellie, played by Dolores Hart, and the troubled Ronnie, played by Carolyn Jones, Maxie's girlfriend.

These relationships, along with his father's struggles, create a web of challenges that Danny must navigate.

Elvis Presley, known as the King of Rock and Roll, delivers a surprisingly compelling performance as Danny.

His musical performances in the film, including the title song, King Creole, New Orleans, and As Long As I Have You, add a dynamic layer to the narrative showcasing his undeniable charisma and vocal prowess.

The supporting cast is equally impressive.

Walter Matthau portrays Maxie Fields with a menacing charm while Carolyn Jones shines as Ronnie, delivering a performance that is both vulnerable and captivating.

Dean Jagger as Danny's father adds depth to the family dynamic, highlighting the generational tensions and emotional struggles that drive the story.

Those names actually came when the cartoons were adapted into a live-action ABC television series called The Adams Family in 1964.

The original series started John Astin as Gomez, Carolyn Jones as Morticia, Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester, Lisa Loring as Wednesday, and Ken Weatherwax, what a great name, as Pugsley.

It ran for two seasons from 1964 to 66, and it also gave us Vic Mizzi's instantly recognizable theme song.

We're not really covering the television series today, but it's an important bridge between Charles Adams' cartoons and the family our generation would eventually meet at the movies.

Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher.

Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Eddie Firestone, Carolyn Jones, Herb Vigran.

Script by John Robinson.

Music by Walter Schumann.

Charles Addams had drawn the macabre clan for The New Yorker, but the series gives them names, voices, and a gloriously gloomy home.

Carolyn Jones is Morticia.

John Astin's Gomez adores her with operatic intensity.

Wednesday and Pugsley play with dangerous toys.

First adapted for screen in 1956 in the middle of the 50s, Alien Invasion craze coincided with the McCarthy Red Scare period of the 50s and bland conformity was the social mandate.

It starred Kevin McCarthy and Carolyn Jones, likely better known to you as TV's Morticia Adams.

That's right.

The original became one of the paranoid classics of the era with one of sci-fi and horror's most memorable endings.

Oh no. No. absolutely not the same the same thing with roger moore when he was on british tv as the saint and then they did a saint movie a couple of decades ago with val kilmer as the saint no you know some things you you just need to leave them where they belong yeah Nobody talks about the new Addams Family.

They only talk about the original with Carolyn Jones and Ted Cassidy and all the rest.

Yeah, I guess Wednesday is technically not the Addams Family because it's just a character, an offshoot from the original story, which i'll give them props on wednesday it has been pretty awesome i'll give them that but it's it's not they're not trying to you know make the original show you know what i mean is they took from it and made a whole different story from it which i can respect that so again that being said i hope i hope this um it's coming out next year i don't have the exact date but it's coming out 2027 and

coming to a multiplex near you yeah let's just cross our fingers and um you know

scared.

Theodora, or as she's called, Teddy, is played in the movie by Carolyn Jones, whom people might be better acquainted with as the original Morticia Adams from the television series The Addams Family.

Almost unrecognizable because she's got short blonde hair in this film.

Oh, right.