Gomez and Morticia are mortified when Pugsley announces his desire to find a job and make money. They decide to allow their son to work in order to teach him a lesson.
When Gomez invites neighbors, the Digbys, to the mansion, Mrs. Digby politely compliments the decor, prompting Morticia to offer her decorating skills for their home.
Morticia and Gomez are absolutely bewildered - and a bit worried - when they see Uncle Fester trying to diet and exercise with the help of television fitness guru, Jack La Lanne.
Morticia is concerned because the family's pet lion, Kitty Cat, seems to have lost his appetite. After trying some home remedies, the family calls in the aid of a local veterinarian.
Gomez and Morticia learn that their dear old friend and former truant officer, Mr. Hilliard, is now running a private school and agree that Pugsley and Wednesday must be enrolled there.
Ophelia visits the Addams mansion, distraught after having lost yet another man, Montrose, to the Peace Corps. Fester offers to join up as well to find Montrose and return him to her.
Lurch falls in love when Morticia's old school chum, Tiny Trivia, comes to visit. Unfortunately, the showbiz-obsessed pixie has no time for, or interest in, the lovable giant.
Morticia invites the family of Wednesday's crush over for tea, and they accept, thinking they'll be able to meet Gomez's socially prominent cousin, Abigail Quincy Adams.
Uncle Fester has been telling his pen pal that he is a "Cary Grant type," so when he learns she is coming to visit, he panics, and Gomez and Morticia scramble to find him a wig.
Morticia is bored and lacking artistic fulfillment. She decides she needs a hobby to snap herself out of her funk and so takes up sculpting.
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