John Astin
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Sep 11, 2026
Austin ProctorHOST
He was also in the criminally underrated Pool Hall Junkies as Corey.
Austin ProctorHOST
John Astin as the judge.
Austin ProctorHOST
He was in 64 episodes of The Addams Family as Gomez Adams.
Austin ProctorHOST
Jeffrey Combs as Milton Dammers, also in Re-Animator as Dr. Herbert West.
DeweyHOST
Now, I couldn't grab his name, didn't have a chance to get it, but did he play Gomez? Yes.
Costa DillonGUEST
Yes, John Astin.
DeweyHOST
Yeah.
Costa DillonGUEST
How old was he? Yes, he played Gomez in the television, Adam's family.
14 MINS LATER
DeweyHOST
So with the characters that are in the new one, are there any original cast members that are still around or are they in this particular movie?
Costa DillonGUEST
Only two.
Costa DillonGUEST
John Astin.
Costa DillonGUEST
Yep.
Costa DillonGUEST
The cast was new.
Costa DillonGUEST
Everybody else was new except John Astin.
Costa DillonGUEST
We we got John Astin's voice again.
Costa DillonGUEST
Oh, the he's 95 years old, I think.
Costa DillonGUEST
So we couldn't get him on screen, but we got his voice.
DanHOST
Yeah.
DanHOST
You've got a John Astin cameo in it who played Gomez in the original Adam's Family.
SarahHOST
Apparently, when Gizmo first sees him, he says Gomez.
DanHOST
But I didn't
19 MINS LATER
DanHOST
um bubba smith we've mentioned jerry goldsmith the composer of the gremlins theme
SarahHOST
who's he
DanHOST
uh he's in the um at the frozen frozen yogurt stand is a frozen customer i think he just says something like what is happening right um john astin we've mentioned yeah joe dante we've mentioned i've got one more who this counts as a cameo
SarahHOST
uh
DanHOST
Yeah.
DanHOST
John Astin, the original Gomez, was offered the role of Grandpa Adams, but decided to turn it down, which I completely understand because that movie shouldn't have ever been made.
DanHOST
As much as I loved him, Daryl Hannah playing Morticia, not the best choice.
DanHOST
Christopher Lloyd said he was offered the part, but the director at the time said, no, we never offered Fester back to Christopher.
JohnHOST
But Adam's family, funny enough, just stuck out a bit more.
JohnHOST
A lot of it really does come from the incredible chemistry between John Astin and, oh, I forgot the name of the actress.
JohnHOST
I'm terrible.
JohnHOST
I forgot the name of the actress who played Morticia.
JohnHOST
John Astin, we all know and love as the father of Sean Astin, who people know as Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings.
LynnHOST
I liked him in Frisco County as the inventor.
JohnHOST
That's right.
LynnHOST
I'm going to shatter when we lose you.
TimHOST
Now, there's so many freaking people in this movie.
TimHOST
Yeah, John Astin is the janitor that's
Paul GloverGUEST
Gomez and Adams
TimHOST
stuff.
Adam CarollaHOST
Yeah.
Bruce CampbellGUEST
Horses are the most ripped thing, and every time they take a shit on set, John Astin, who was in the show too, he was a vegetarian, he goes, "Be thankful the horses are vegetarians."
Adam CarollaHOST
Right.
Adam CarollaHOST
'Cause the-
Duncan Crabtree-IrelandHOST
Sean, I don't know if you want to jump in.
Sean AstinGUEST
Yeah, I was speaking on the drive into our headquarters office this morning with my father, who's 96 years old, John Astin, who played Gomez in the original Addams Family.
Sean AstinGUEST
He taught drama at Johns Hopkins for 25 years.
Sean AstinGUEST
And he was asking me a technical question about the nature of a contract or which contract controls a certain kind of radio interview or something like that.
WhiteyHOST
I've
DamoHOST
gone for European Vacation just because I love the opening with John Astin.
DamoHOST
In the pig and the poke.
DamoHOST
Funny.
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