Pugsley Addams

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Pugsley Addams is the homely son played by Ken Weatherwax on the macabre 1960s TV sitcom The Addams Family. Pugsley, 9, is the son of Gomez and Morticia. He has a pet octopus, jaguar and lion, and is the subject of constant attempts on the part of his older sister Wednesday to kill him.

Last updated: May 11, 2005.

Maureen Dowd referred in a May 4, 2005, New York Times op-ed to "poignant images of Pugsley-looking rugrats toddling off" because their parents, who preferred their more attractive offspring, were neglecting them.

Link: "All That Glisters Is Gold"

Posted May 4, 2005.

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