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THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 3/18/91 60A.

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FEATER:

Three parts dynamite, with a

nitroglycerin cap. It's perfect

for small homes, carports and

toolsheds.

WEDNESDAY:

What about picnics?

Fester smiles approvingly. He reaches into a crate and

holds up a HAND GRENADE. The children's eyes sparkle,

as if it were Christmas Day.

ANGLE on the window of FESTER'S ROOM, high above Festerand the children. Abigail stands at the window, looking

out. She is not pleased.

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81 INT. FESTER'S ROOM - A FEW MINUTES LATER 81

ABIGAIL:

(in her real voice)

Everyone will be at the children's

play tonight, correct?

FESTER:

Oh, yes. I've been working with

them. It's going to be fun!

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Fun?

for?

ABIGAIL:

(livid)

Fun? Is that what we're here

FUN?

She SLAPS Fester.

hugs him.

Then she immediately grabs him and

ABIGAIL:

Darling, I'm sorry! You see what

they've driven me to? I've raised

a hand to my child, my reason tolive. You can't go to the play.

FESTER:

But... the kids...

ABIGAIL:

The house will be deserted!

vault will be ours!

The

But...

FESTER:

Abigail hugs Fester's head to her bosom.

ABIGAIL:

Can you hear it, my treasure? Myheartbeat? It beats only for you.

Listen closely - it says, "Gordon,

I love you... Gordon, the vault..."

FESTER:

I do hear it...

ABIGAIL:

Soon we'll have the money, andwe'll be far from here... Lovingmother, grateful son... this isno time for theatre...

(she gives his heada twist and becomes

quite fierce)

Understood?

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86 EXT. ROOF - EVENING 86

Fester stands alone on the roof, looking out over thecemetery, brooding.

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GOMEZ (O.S.)

There you are! At last!

Gomez joins Fester at the railing.

GOMEZ:

What a fool I was to doubt you! Dr.

Pinder-Schloss explained everything.

What a lovely woman - so chilly.

Displacement - it's a commonpsychosis. Isn't that grand?

FESTER:

Is it?

Gomez slaps an arm around him.

GOMEZ:

Look at it, Fester.

Beaming, Gomez gazes down into the cemetery. It is morbid

and magnificent in the moonlight. The swamp bubbles.

Patches of fog crawl. Unidentified beasties gambol.

GOMEZ:

The primeval ooze. Quicksand. Fumes.

Toxic waste. It's all ours, Fester.

You belong here, old man.

FESTER:

You don't know what you're asking.

You have a beautiful wife. Wonderful

kids.

(gesturing to the swamp)

A wasteland. I'm... in the way.

GOMEZ:

In the way? A brother?

FESTER:

Gomez, take care. For you - lifeis all fun and games. A dance in

a graveyard. Stench and decay.

But... things change.

GOMEZ:

Precisely - you're back! Those

years apart, Fester. We can't do

that again. You're home.

Gomez holds out his hand. Thing is there with a golfclub. Gomez passes the club to Fester. Thing suppliesGomez with another club.

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The two men hit golfballs off the roof, and over thecemetery, into the darkness. In the distance, OS, we

hear the sound of a WINDOW BREAKING.

GOMEZ:

Fore!

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87 INT. FESTER'S ROOM - LATER 87

Fester sits on the edge of his bed, brooding.

Wednesday and Pugsley appear in the doorway.

PUGSLEY:

Come on, Uncle Fester. Come to

the play.

FESTER:

I said I was busy!

WEDNESDAY:

But you said you'd help us. With

the Shakespeare. And the pus.

FESTER:

I changed my mind!

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A91 EXT. SCHOOL - NIGHT A91

The Duesenberg pulls up in front of the school building.

By-standers eye the strange and wondrous automobile.

Lurch steps out of the car, and opens the rear door, with

great ceremony. As the by-standers gape, the Addamsfamily steps out of the car, as if attending the AcademyAwards.

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THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 2/26/91 63A.

B91 INT. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM LOBBY - NIGHT B91

The lobby is crowed with the families of students. As the

Addamses enter, a young woman, SUSAN FIRKINS, approachesMorticia. Susan is Wednesday's teacher; she's wholesome,

frazzled and a little too eager.

SUSAN:

Mrs. Addams?

MORTICIA:

Yes?

SUSAN:

Could I see you for a moment? I'm

Susan Firkins, Wednesday's teacher.

MORTICIA:

Oh, of course. Ms. Furkins

Wednesday's told us so much about

you. Have you ever heard from

your husband?

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B91A INT. FESTER'S ROOM - SAME TIME B91A

At his desk now, Fester works with great concentrations.

He appears to be building a bomb. He looks at the clock.

He hurries.

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C91 INT. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM LOBBY - A MINUTE LATER C91

Susan Firkins is showing Morticia a bulletin board hangingon one side of the lobby.

SUSAN:

Wednesday is an excellent student, but

frankly, I'm concerned. This is our

class bulletin board. This month our

theme is "Our Heroes", people we love

and admire. You see, Susan Ringo has

chosen the President.

(she points to a magazinecover of President Bush,

hanging next to a child'sessay)

Isn't that sweet? And Harmony Feldhas picked Diane Sawyer.

(she pints to a photo ofDiane Sawyer, hanging nextto Harmony's essay)

MORTICIA:

(concerned)

Have you spoken to her parents?

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SUSAN:

(not comprehending)

But Wednesday brought in this picture

-"Calpurnia Addams."

(she points to a photo ofan oil painting of anevil-looking crone.

MORTICIA:

(touched and very proud)

Wednesday's Great Aunt Calpurnia. She

was burned as a witch in 1706. Theysay she danced naked in the townsquare, and enslaved a minister.

SUSAN:

(shocked)

Really?

MORTICIA:

Oh, yes. But don't worry, we've toldWednesday - college first.

ANGLE on Susan, with her mouth hanging open.

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91 INT. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM LOBBY - NIGHT 91

Tully and Margaret are chatting with the Addamses. The

Alford's son, TULLY JR., is wearing a felt ELF COSTUME.

MARGARET:

(holding her son's

shoulders)

Isn't he adorable? I made this

myself.

MORTICIA:

It's charming. What is he -- a

lizard?

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MARGARET:

An elf.

(she kneels and wipesTully Jr.'s facewith a Kleenex)

Look at you - that's better. You

are just too precious for words.

Why, I could just eat you alive!

MORTICIA:

No, Margaret. Too young.

TULLY:

So Gomez, um, where's Fester this

evening?

GOMEZ:

Moody -- as usual. We're all out

on a jaunt, and he's home alone,

in that big empty house.

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