Vic Mizzy, who wrote 'Addams Family' theme, dies

Yahoo - AP ^ | 10/19/09 | RAQUEL MARIA DILLON

[Borges]

LOS ANGELES – The songwriter who wrote the catchy theme songs to "The Addams Family" and "Green Acres" television shows has died. Vic Mizzy was 93.

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Mizzy has said that he didn't mind if people only remember him for the finger snaps at the start of the "The Addams Family" theme song. After all, he said "two snaps got me a mansion in Bel Air."

[Young Werther]

Addams Family!

[BlueLancer]

Oh, man, I didn't think anybody except me remembered "The Double Life of Henry Phyfe" ...

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RESISTOR

Swear allegiance to the flag, whatever flag they offer;
Never hint at what you really feel.
Teach the children quietly for, someday, sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight while we stood still.

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[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

But his most famous work was the theme to "The Addams Family," a tune accented by finger snaps and opening with the cleverly quirky lyrics: "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're altogether ooky: the Addams family."

Mizzy sang the song himself and overdubbed it three times to give the impression of multiple vocalists. He also directed the title sequence where he asked actors who played members of the Addams family to snap their fingers in a bored way.

from here

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Just found his own website, where it has more pictures of him, including one when he was young.

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Also, here's his filmography, where it lists every song he wrote.

He also wrote The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (w/ Irving Taylor).

[a fool in paradise]

You PANG?

[a fool in paradise]

Their house is a museum
when people come to seeum
they really are a screeum