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These Addams Family Movie Secrets Deserve Double Snaps
Cheerios on strings coaxed the twins to crawl, and Fester's suit was a Godfather Part Two hand-me-down; the family was mostly held together by snacks.
Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on this story, from BBN Tonight at 6:23 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are E! News's, the jokes are ours.
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- First reported by E! News: “These Addams Family Movie Secrets Deserve Double Snaps”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 6:23 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance.
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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe big-screen Addams Family films hid some odd secrets, including that the crawling twins were lured with Cheerios tied to strings, E! News reports.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCheerios on strings. Did the babies get to keep the cereal, or is that a separate contract?

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe twins also had their black hair tinted slightly darker. Cheerios and a dye job. That is how this family was built.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd Christopher Lloyd's Fester suit came secondhand. It was worn by Bruno Kirby in The Godfather Part Two, in nineteen seventy-four.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA suit with a better résumé than most of the cast. And Sir Anthony Hopkins reportedly turned the part down first.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorReportedly. So Fester was the backup plan?

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe studio wanted Cher. The director said she would unbalance the film. I have seen coups with less courtesy.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMy pitch: watch it if you have ever followed a snack across a room. Rated four snaps out of two hands.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI'd watch it for the Cheerios, Chip. They did the hardest work in the film, unpaid, and then the babies ate them.
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