The benign to the point of vacuous Thanksgiving pageant in Values takes its first satiric turn when Pugsley belts out his big tune while dressed in turkey regalia, leading an avian chorus line.įollowing the unintended double-entendre of that song, titled "Eat Me," Wednesday proceeds to hijack the proceedings entirely. The song is heard in an original pageant at summer camp in the film, where Wednesday and Pugsley Addams – offspring of the macabre yet loving Morticia and Gomez – have been exiled due to the machinations of a gold-digging serial murderer with designs on their beloved Uncle Fester.
Rudnick and Shaiman crafted it not for the stage, but rather for a scene in the film comedy Addams Family Values, released in 1993. What are those lyrics wafting along on the breeze, thanks to playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick and composer Mark Shaiman?Īdmittedly this ditty isn't a Thanksgiving standard, but it's hard to argue with its authors' theatrical pedigree. So we must face up to the fact that there aren't any well-known show tunes that offer us something to savor for Thanksgiving.īut don't give up hope. Musical-theater buffs insist upon reminding anyone who will listen that " Turkey Lurkey Time," from Promises, Promises, is performed within the show at an office Christmas party.