Lurch (The Addams Family) In "The New Addams Family", a woman comments to Morticia about Lurch, "Where did you dig him up?", to which Morticia responds, "Funny, I can't remember which cemetery it was." Lurch is also referenced as having "two left feet". On October 30, 1965, a song and dance based on Lurch, entitled "The Lurch", were introduced on the ABC music program "Shindig!". This mirrored an earlier episode of the television series, entitled "Lurch, the Teenage Idol" (which was remade in 1999 for "The New Addams Family"). In it, Lurch records a song on his harpsichord and becomes a pop sensation. Lurch
Lurch (The Addams Family) have no lines, but in the show's pilot episode, Ted Cassidy ad-libbed the line "You rang?" in his trademark deep voice, and it was so impressive that it led to Lurch getting more dialogue; he ultimately had three lines in the pilot. In the films, however, this butler was totally mute except for the occasional expressive grunt. The 1990s revival returned to the original 1960s sitcom style, right down to the noose that rang a gong. In it, Lurch also seemed a little more polite than his earlier counterparts. In Latin Spanish-speaking countries, he is known as Largo, because of