The Addams Family readership and did not want it associated with characters who could be seen on television by just anybody. After Shawn's 1987 retirement, the characters were welcomed back to "The New Yorker". The Addams Family's first animated appearance was on the third episode of Hanna-Barbera's "The New Scooby-Doo Movies", "Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family" (a.k.a. "Wednesday is Missing"), which first aired on CBS Saturday morning, September 23, 1972. Four of the original cast (John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy) returned for the special, which involved the Addamses in a mystery with the Scooby-Doo gang. The Addams Family characters
The Addams Family (video game) side-scrolling stages on a quest to locate, and steal, the Addams' vast wealth. Alford's main weapon is his umbrella, which can shoot fireballs, or he can transform into a wolf man. In 1993, Ocean released "" based on the "Addams Family" animated series of the early 90s. The mechanics of the game are largely the same. The NES and Game Boy versions of "Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt" are actually ports of the movie "Addams Family" game, with the lead character replaced by Pugsley and the collectible dollar signs replaced with candy. Some of the levels from "The Addams Family", such as