The Wild Life of Lisa Loring Wednesday Addams Family TV

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  • Today Cool Classics takes a deep dive into the life Lisa Loring, who played Wednesday Addams on the 1964 TV Series, The Addams Family. Her childhood was not traditional by any means.
    We take a look at her first Television appearance on Dr Kildare and the ones after The Addams Family. Such as the Phyllis Diller Show and The Girl From UNCLE
    We look into all of her husbands, daughters and her work in the Adult Entertainment Industry.
    Lisa had some serious hardships along the way, and I am glad that she is such a strong woman, to be able to overcome them.
    I hope you enjoy this Biography and my other documentaries.
    Addams Family Facts Behind Scenes

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  • @CoolClassics
    @CoolClassics  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Thank You everyone for the Prayers and Well Wishes!
    I am not sure when or if I post again on Cool Classics.
    Been focusing on work and spending time with my daughters.
    I recently started making a few videos of us exploring old or Freaky places, along with doing some public services, like cleaning up places and cemeteries. If you interested, here is the link to the channel.
    th-cam.com/video/piRt_0SWQWU/w-d-xo.html
    Again, thank you for being so Cool!

  • @thectbchannel
    @thectbchannel ปีที่แล้ว +911

    My favorite part of this story is that the actor who played Uncle Fester made sure those kids got paid properly. Respect.

    • @marksasahara1115
      @marksasahara1115 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Yes, the Coogan Act made sure that in CA child actors had some rights. Unfortunately, this did not carry over to other states and there were loopholes, but God bless that man for taking his personal loss into a crusade to help other child actors. True legend.

    • @Mr.CliffysWorld
      @Mr.CliffysWorld ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Jackie Coogan was a class act .

    • @josephdougherty2399
      @josephdougherty2399 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jackie Coogan was a child actor himself and had been exploited. He was part of the Our Gang group as well as other rolls

    • @TheMrPeteChannel
      @TheMrPeteChannel ปีที่แล้ว +74

      His parents squandered all his money when he was a child actor. He made sure that would never happen to children he worked with.

    • @marksasahara1115
      @marksasahara1115 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@TheMrPeteChannel God bless him for it! "His" law and others help young actors to his day!

  • @cdg1111
    @cdg1111 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

    R.I.P. Lisa, those dancig moves as a little girl will remain memorable and hopefully come back to life one day, absolutely legendary. Loved this video❤

  • @lenellmarshall6595
    @lenellmarshall6595 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    No one can play Wednesday like Lisa. She was perfect.

    • @joerubi6249
      @joerubi6249 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes. Lisa Loring was the perfect Wednesday. But Christina Ricci from both "The Addams Family" (1991) and "Addams Family Values" (1993) was a fantastic Wednesday and Jenna Ortega from Netflix's "Wednesday" is a perfect reimagining of a TV classic.

    • @bobstuckrath1805
      @bobstuckrath1805 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joerubi6249 That's like saying a Beatles cover band is nearly as good, if not better than the Beatles themselves.

    • @joerubi6249
      @joerubi6249 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobstuckrath1805 Bob, that's understandable. Though both Ricci and Ortega have their own interpretations of Wednesday Addams, Lisa Loring was the one that set the standard. Besides, Netflix's recent movie adaptation of "The Munsters" was so terrible that thankfully, it will NOT be remade as a series because it could NEVER be taken seriously.

    • @i_trollforfun3092
      @i_trollforfun3092 ปีที่แล้ว

      She was 🚮

    • @oakmaiden2133
      @oakmaiden2133 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@i_trollforfun3092I feel like your an expert in trash.

  • @dennismason3740
    @dennismason3740 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Lisa and Ted's dance scene is eternal. Thank you.

  • @donnywankan6895
    @donnywankan6895 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    I love that dance. I don't care how many times I see it. She was tied with Uncle Fester as my favorite character when I watched the reruns as a kid in the 70s.

    • @drewweiss1408
      @drewweiss1408 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I liked uncle Fester on the Brady Bunch. He was the cat that took Mrs. Brady to court... wore the knock brace at the trial, only to be duped by Mike and his 💼

    • @arnoldmeades
      @arnoldmeades ปีที่แล้ว

      P

  • @808MANAKAI
    @808MANAKAI ปีที่แล้ว +926

    Lisa was my First (She gave me a kiss on my cheek because I gave her a cookie from my lunch) Girlfriend at 7 years old. Her Name then was Lisa DeCinces. We both went to Dixie Canyon Elementary School. She would miss school sometimes, Because she would be schooled on the movie set. I went to her house a few times for birthday party’s and such. She lived on sunnyslope ave Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando and if I recall at the time her guardian was her Grandmother. Many years later I was working in a Nightclub called Sasch in Studio City when in walks this lady. She walked up to my section on the bar. Paused and said do I know you. She told me her name was Lisa loring. After short conversation she said oh my god did you go to Dixie Elementary school. We talked in between me serving people for about 30 minutes, she said She had a Crush on me in elementary school, then she left and I never saw her again. Last, what’s funny was I was just telling someone this same story a week ago.

    • @CoolClassics
      @CoolClassics  ปีที่แล้ว +76

      😮Thank You for sharing this! I hope she sees your reply👍

    • @chuckmorton8823
      @chuckmorton8823 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Sure, dude

    • @mobiousenigma
      @mobiousenigma ปีที่แล้ว +31

      on the doorknob its from eras gone by more european in styling

    • @Dynamo001
      @Dynamo001 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're a delusional liar.

    • @carlozabbia1157
      @carlozabbia1157 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      What a great memory.

  • @ChiDavid1
    @ChiDavid1 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    RIP, Lisa Loring. She'll always be the ultimate Wednesday Addams.

    • @marlonclark1896
      @marlonclark1896 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      gone too soon RIP Lisa Loring you'll always be Wednesday Addams

    • @ckotcher1
      @ckotcher1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol obviously you guys didn’t hang in for the end of the video…she’s still alive

    • @ckotcher1
      @ckotcher1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@marlonclark1896 oh I didn’t realize she died a few days ago, RIP

    • @believeinjesus8862
      @believeinjesus8862 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Clot shot

    • @Kinann
      @Kinann ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@believeinjesus8862 So there's 2 fairy tales this troll believes in.

  • @tiffanyb.7596
    @tiffanyb.7596 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    She was natural child actor. I’m happy Jackie Coogan was there to help her. I wonder how Lisa’s life would have been had her mom not been an alcoholic. Thank you for your research & video! Lisa passed away too young. 😔❤️

  • @brianvail9212
    @brianvail9212 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I understand she just passed away after a stroke, RIP

  • @doraran2138
    @doraran2138 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    " Little girl, your doll has no head"
    Wednesday, "She's Marie Antoinette." (Delivered deadpan and matter of fact, making this classic!)

  • @flipperssuperawesomechanne7090
    @flipperssuperawesomechanne7090 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    What a good man Jackie Coogan was to have helped out Lisa when no one else was.

  • @Jompani42
    @Jompani42 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sadly Lisa passed away after a massive stroke the 28th of january 2023. RIP

  • @daltonx6177
    @daltonx6177 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Oh My God ! The look Lisa gave to Dr Kildare right after he choked: that was priceless ! 😄 And she was only three ? Great mastering of the emotions in her face ! No wonder she later got the role of Wednesday, she was born for it ! 🤗

    • @ryankillpatrick
      @ryankillpatrick ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I caught that too! The spirit of WEDNESDAY was ALWAYS in her! lol!

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She had a few moment of precocious Wednesday malevolence in the Dr. Kildare episode. The 'death look'.

    • @BruceAlarie
      @BruceAlarie ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i met lisa loring at a spookyworld thing we had a nice chat she seemed very nice

    • @SteveCarras
      @SteveCarras ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those two shows, Kildare and Addams, are actually out of the same studio: MGM 🦁 Television 📺 (Filmways for our lovable monsters 👺) now snap 🫰 those fingers - click click and sing (Vic Mizzy) they’re creepy and they’re spooky they’re creepy and they’re police they’re altogether police, the Addams family.(c) 1964 MGM Filmeays Orion snap snap Gomez “Tish, that’s French”!

    • @annnee6818
      @annnee6818 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes that look... cute and evil. Perfect

  • @michaelnoneya7342
    @michaelnoneya7342 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Today is 29 Jan , 2023. Just read where ms. Loring passed away over the weekend from a stroke. RIP Wednesday.

  • @seansyphers244
    @seansyphers244 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    That’s something eerie right there: When Lisa landed the role of Wednesday, the Addams Family show debuted in ‘64. By the time the show was cancelled 2 years later, she had been in a total of 64 episodes … and now, we have just learned the sad news that Lisa Loring has passed away … at the age of 64…😳😳😳
    *Gets chills*

    • @campaignresources
      @campaignresources ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Actually she wasn't in all 64 episodes. There were many in which the kids did not appear, and for Lisa there are 27 episodes that are credit only.

    • @raceandros5079
      @raceandros5079 ปีที่แล้ว

      @seansyphers
      The lives of luciferians are completely controlled/scripted, to their very deaths. Gematria/numerology.

    • @Jammo1978
      @Jammo1978 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Freaky facts and I'm watching this on Halloween night and only just found out she passed away RIP 🙏 😢

  • @m9078jk3
    @m9078jk3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Jackie Coogan was an army drinking buddy of one of my uncles . I heard that he got swindled out of his money working in the motion picture business by his parents. I fondly watched the Addams family when it first ran in the mid 1960's on a 1948 Black and White Zenith console television with a round picture tube. The next year my father purchased a 1965 Magnavox Color television console for the basement.

    • @jamiegroves5155
      @jamiegroves5155 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      What a great friggin story seems like a great guy to be a drinking buddy

    • @CoolClassics
      @CoolClassics  ปีที่แล้ว +17

      My parents had a Magnavox Color TV when I was a kid in the early 70s
      My Father swore to only buy American for the longest time. That is why he always kept getting Magnavox products.

    • @juantime9616
      @juantime9616 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yes, and it was he who a law was passed for children working in film/ TV industry....The Coogan Act.

    • @shable1436
      @shable1436 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I see what's happening here, we are going to get a great coogan vid in next months, but everyone needs to pitch in and help with any info, leads, links, anything to help in depth study of Jackie, I suggested the boy king autobiography available on Amazon to him a couple weeks ago

    • @secretaryharpsoctas4950
      @secretaryharpsoctas4950 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Jackie Coogan was an Air Commando who served in South East Asia during WW2. He was able to have latest release movies sent to his base for everyones enjoyment via his Hollywood contacts.

  • @friendofdorothy9376
    @friendofdorothy9376 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Door knobs in the center of the front door were very stylish and somewhat popular in the 50’s - 70’s. They were even more a wow factor on large double front doors and often had decorative surrounds (like star or abstract shapes).

    • @GoodJuju.8D
      @GoodJuju.8D ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Family Affair. Watch an episode of Family Affair and you will see the same type of doorknob. It could've even been the same set they used for filming for all we know.
      If you watch an episode of I Dream of Jeannie, where she's riding in a car through the neighborhood, you'll see Samantha and Darren's house from Bewitched.
      Back then there was a studio "neighborhood" street to film on. I believe the Munsters house was there, as well, just farther out so as not to be seen unless it was actually needed.

    • @kpaxian6044
      @kpaxian6044 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I live in an old building...built in the 50s. My front door still has a patch over from where the door knob was moved and recently some of the doors still had the door knob in the center. My building only changed out the fuses from the old glass fuses like a little over a year ago! O.o

    • @curtiss22
      @curtiss22 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      F.O.Dorthy, I was going to say the same thing. I notice in a lot of old movies. Knob closer to the hinges would make it harder to open, but I guess they thought it was stylish.

  • @nserra5354
    @nserra5354 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Rip Lisa Loring

  • @doodlekaboodel
    @doodlekaboodel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Lisa is a pioneer, knowing what she's gone through makes me feel validated for not 'experimenting' in my life. My family's got the addictive gene too and it's scary/sad. It's a shame she had so many challenges in her life.

  • @X-Gen-001
    @X-Gen-001 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Lisa was so adorable as Wednesday. The show was great with an unforgettable cast. I still watch the series occasionally. Along with Get Smart, The Munsters, I Dream of Jeannie, Happy Days, Hogan's Heroes, M.A.S.H and the like.

    • @edwardschmitt5710
      @edwardschmitt5710 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Brady Bunch!

    • @X-Gen-001
      @X-Gen-001 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@edwardschmitt5710 Lost In Space.

    • @X-Gen-001
      @X-Gen-001 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@edwardschmitt5710
      Magnum P.I.
      The A-Team
      Battlestar Galactica
      The Greatest American Hero.
      V
      Welcome Back Kotter
      Mork and Mindy
      Laverne and Shirley
      Knight Rider
      Alf
      The Love Boat haha
      Hardcastle and McCormick
      The 6 Million Dollar Man
      The Bionic Woman
      Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
      The Fall Guy
      Chips
      F-Troop
      Dallas
      Dynasty
      The Dukes of Hazzard
      Tales of the Gold Monkey
      The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
      Bewitched
      Gilligan's Island
      Monkey
      The Goodies

    • @carlwiltse3909
      @carlwiltse3909 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@X-Gen-001, wish I could find these old programs now myself.

    • @X-Gen-001
      @X-Gen-001 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@carlwiltse3909 Well, I got all of it for free from good 'ol pbay. But I paid my dues having purchased VHS and DVD box sets in the past.

  • @johnrife7134
    @johnrife7134 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    I'm glad all the adults took good care of that little sweetheart while she was on the Adams family. Big ol Lerch dancing her is the cutest thing.

    • @stacynels4
      @stacynels4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lurch......

    • @stephenbesley3177
      @stephenbesley3177 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah she definitely fell in with the right crowd with Jackie Coogan to look after her.

    • @gasmith7486
      @gasmith7486 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Now Lurch is married to the Mayor of Chicago

    • @johnrife7134
      @johnrife7134 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@gasmith7486 lurch is dead

    • @jfjc5694
      @jfjc5694 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes she was so cute 🥰

  • @toupac3195
    @toupac3195 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Oh my. Well played. She was great. I wished my sister was as cool as her. Spoiler alert, she was not. 🤪

  • @nerblebun
    @nerblebun ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow. I worked on the island of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands for several years. Had no idea Wednesday (Lisa Loring) was born on that tiny potato chip of an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean....2,500 miles west of Hawaii.
    🏴‍☠

  • @roser2889
    @roser2889 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Just heard she passed away. I think we all loved her and our childhood memories. May she R.I.P.

  • @alicia8643
    @alicia8643 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Ugh, it would be so fun to see behind-the-scenes things, and watch Carolyn Jones interacting with Lisa and John off set. everyone always said how much fun Carolyn was behind-the-scenes, and how Lisa would spend hours in her dressing room. I feel like those moments could be so sweet. I wish they saved bloopers and behind the scenes stuff back then. However, I’m sure those things are out there somewhere, I just wish there was access to them

  • @Wishpool
    @Wishpool ปีที่แล้ว +21

    RIP Lisa. You were a real treasure! 😢

  • @gliveron
    @gliveron ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Very interesting and very well done sir. I'd keep producing more of these types of biographies, there's definitely an audience and you're good at doing it. Sounds like you found your niche.

  • @clydekimsey7503
    @clydekimsey7503 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Door knobs almost to the center were in vogue in that time period

    • @toupac3195
      @toupac3195 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah my grandmother in the northeast had a few in her old house. It was strange, for sure.

    • @CoolClassics
      @CoolClassics  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Freaky Stuff 😉

    • @shotgunbettygaming
      @shotgunbettygaming ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I've seen a few...I honestly think it was an uprising of Locksmiths that took them out of fashion 🤣

    • @robertdragoff6909
      @robertdragoff6909 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gee, I wonder why?

    • @srobertweiser
      @srobertweiser ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My crazy Uncle Leopold had three door knobs on every door in his house.

  • @bigearl1624
    @bigearl1624 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    They really should get Lisa Loring to play Morticia in a modern Addams Family remake. Even if she doesnt work, it'd still be entertaining to see.

    • @brettbanta2100
      @brettbanta2100 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They should definitely at least give her some type of cameo

  • @srobertweiser
    @srobertweiser ปีที่แล้ว +40

    That was definitely my favorite episode. I could've sworn I saw her getting-down in another episode with a transistor radio in her hand. That kid could boogie.

    • @Alan-vg7cn
      @Alan-vg7cn ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The girl was doin' the James Brown!

  • @joerubi6249
    @joerubi6249 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    RIP Lisa Loring. She was the ultimate Wednesday Addams and Jenna Ortega from Netflix's "Wednesday" would make LL proud.

    • @MrMackmonster
      @MrMackmonster ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really.... That new show sucks

    • @joerubi6249
      @joerubi6249 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrMackmonster Some do think the show's corny. Others do not. But considering the recent crop of mediocrity that Netflix has these days, "Wednesday" is considered an improvement.

  • @JTLaser1
    @JTLaser1 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Thank you for the great video! I’m so happy to hear Lisa is doing well, it’s hard to find stories about people who were actors as children and still managed to thrive. Thank you Jackie Coogan!

    • @lisascorp
      @lisascorp ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sadly she just passed away.

  • @robertdragoff6909
    @robertdragoff6909 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I had no idea what this woman went through, even a suicide attempt!
    I’m glad that she’s still alive today and, I’m not sure, but she and John Aston are the only two surviving cast members….
    It was one strange but funny TV show.

    • @bruceeverett9015
      @bruceeverett9015 ปีที่แล้ว

      What happened to Pugsly?

    • @robertdragoff6909
      @robertdragoff6909 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bruceeverett9015
      Sadly, Ken Wetherwax, the actor who played Pugsley passed in 2014

    • @princesshannahbanana2090
      @princesshannahbanana2090 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bruceeverett9015 He died from a heart attack.

  • @kirbyhumphrey3653
    @kirbyhumphrey3653 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The show Family Affair sported doors with the handle in the center.

  • @shotgunbettygaming
    @shotgunbettygaming ปีที่แล้ว +27

    One of the greatest shows of all time! You do good work, bro. I'm glad I found your channel!

  • @charitylboisseau7526
    @charitylboisseau7526 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I'm so glad I found this channel. I loved this show as a kid. Uncle Fester is so awesome to take care of those kids!

  • @RockSClone
    @RockSClone ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Rest in Peace..You were an unforgettable child talent. Thank you for the entertainment. 🙏✝️🕊️

  • @timmack2415
    @timmack2415 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I can't even imagine how much research goes into your videos. You're writing, arrangement and presentation are really second to none. Thanks for another wonderful, interesting and informative video.

  • @phoenixobrien163
    @phoenixobrien163 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    I'm glad there's mostly a happy ending, but how Lisa could remain so centered after 5 failed marriages and a short bout with drugs and once married to a porn star is beyond me. It looks like working and doing creative things kept her balanced and gave her inner strength. I'm glad for her. I don't know what her and her husbands all fought about or had differences with because Lisa seems so easy to get along with.

    • @CoolClassics
      @CoolClassics  ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Just looking at things from a distance, I feel like Lisa prefers the pretty boy, overconfident types. They are usually very self-centered and hard to deal with for a long period of time.

    • @dragonchaserkev
      @dragonchaserkev ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@CoolClassics And narcissists (as one) tend to become more and more unbearable over time if not kept in check.

    • @jaycee330
      @jaycee330 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I think if Jerry Butler could have overcome his addiction to the lifestyle sooner than he finally did, they could have made their marriage work in the end. Jerry always came across as a funny and decent person, and it's sad how he died so young from cancer.

    • @curbozerboomer1773
      @curbozerboomer1773 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      What? How do you even know what her behavior is really like?..Anyone married five times has to be a hot mess!

    • @jaycee330
      @jaycee330 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@curbozerboomer1773 Now you are making assumptions about her behavior.

  • @Treechris23
    @Treechris23 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Rest in peace, Lisa..

  • @srbaruchi
    @srbaruchi ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Fantastic job with this minibio! Kudos!
    I met Lisa when I was an editor for an entertainment magazine in So. Cal., 1986-87, and attended the VSDA (Video Software Dealers Association) convention in Las Vegas. As I was strolling through the booths on the "adult" side of the convention floor, I was magnetically drawn to a booth occupied by a stunning brunette.
    We started chatting, and I asked her if she was in the (adult) business. She said, "No, but my husband is." Her husband, at that time, was the famous Jerry Butler. That was surprise Numero Uno. Then I asked if she had done any acting. Rather coyly, Lisa said, "I was a child actor on TV. Do you remember The Addams Family?" I stared ... then blurted: "Little Wednesday?" Lisa returned a bright smile, and I knew I'd nailed it.
    Now, this wasn't any kind of news I could work into our magazine; however, over the years, it's made for what I think is a pretty good story -- one which I tell on a fairly regular basis.

  • @abearslife1121
    @abearslife1121 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I have nothing but wonderful memories of watching the Addams Family in my childhood, I'm so glad Lisa came through all of her challenges, I was shocked when you said she was married and a mother at 15, wow! Loved seeing this video, you always do such an incredible job, thank you :)

  • @swampghost72
    @swampghost72 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    We grow up watching these kids on tv when we were kids.Not knowing what they went through after the cameras stopped rolling for them..I was never a child star but i can relate to a tough childhood and later drug addiction I was a drug addict for 25 years of my adult life..Im happy to say im clean five years now..And im happy when one of the child stars that I watched as a kid gets clean to..

  • @GK-ob1ni
    @GK-ob1ni ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Wouldn't it be great if they could get Lisa Loring to make a guest appearance in season 2 of the new Netflix show Wednesday? Then we could have all 3 Wednesdays (Lisa Loring, Christina Ricci and Jenna Ortega) all together in one scene. How cool would that be? They are looking for a new principal after all...

  • @darryl3422
    @darryl3422 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Before Jenna before Christina there was Lisa who set the standard for their portrayals of Wednesday and the Dance

  • @davidstumer3360
    @davidstumer3360 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What a beautiful lady and she was one of my favorite characters growing up. I know her wing's were ready but our hearts were not.🙏😇❣️🌹 Heaven is your's now Lisa.🤟

  • @battlestar6364
    @battlestar6364 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    The dancing scene made me smile so huge! Lisa was such a cutie. I never really watched Addams Family (just the movies with christina ricci as Wednesday) but this episode of Cool Classics peaked my interests for sure!

    • @HandofOmega
      @HandofOmega ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wednesday has moves to make James Brown proud! And was Lurch actually... krumping??

    • @sangeli1901
      @sangeli1901 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I like the mashup video of her and lurch dancing to megadeths music. It’s boss!!

    • @SteveCarras
      @SteveCarras ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Always have loved 🥰 Lisa loring ❤️

    • @koilvondailey8030
      @koilvondailey8030 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *piqued

  • @TheAzmountaineer
    @TheAzmountaineer ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Having been a child actor himself, Jackie Coogan was the perfect guy to help her out.

  • @danusdragonfly6640
    @danusdragonfly6640 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    She will always be lovingly remembered as the original Wednesday! I am so happy her life has turned out well after she had so many tough obstacles to overcome. Another great video btw! I appreciate your delicacy in covering the more tumultuous times in her life.

    • @edwardschmitt5710
      @edwardschmitt5710 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know I hope so, sounds like she never waited on tables or anything really hard.

  • @WTFlux-lh2tf
    @WTFlux-lh2tf ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Another total winner for CC! Lisa Loring, still a BEAUTIFUL and TALENTED one of a kind lady to this very day.

  • @supergoober1021
    @supergoober1021 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I was very young when my family visited my grandfather in a hotel suite. The doorknob was right in the center of the door. I was so confused how you could possibly open the door without knowing which way it would open. I’ve never seen another like it until this video.
    Edit: That was about 60 years ago!

    • @dennisdiebold6158
      @dennisdiebold6158 ปีที่แล้ว

      The ex won nathans hot dog eating contest probably came in handy for his film career

    • @jackieprasek179
      @jackieprasek179 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think Family Affair had a door like that

  • @matthewwilson9656
    @matthewwilson9656 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I was waiting for the horrible ending to Lisa's story. So glad she's doing ok. I love the Addams family show. Thank you for sharing this video

  • @luiszuluaga6575
    @luiszuluaga6575 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It seems Lisa Loring is a survivor in an otherwise thankless industry. Thanks for the great story!

  • @mariekitty
    @mariekitty ปีที่แล้ว +52

    She’s a beautiful woman still. Wednesday Addams is a legend and an icon. Happy to know Lisa is healthy and working the cons. Love your vids.

    • @JOHNSMITH-vx5yz
      @JOHNSMITH-vx5yz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is she still around. Now days. ???????

    • @mariekitty
      @mariekitty ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JOHNSMITH-vx5yz yes, healthy and meeting fans at conventions

  • @seanjustinification
    @seanjustinification ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Man, she even looks like Carolyn Jones in her later years! That's crazy!

  • @DardanellesBy108
    @DardanellesBy108 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was stunned to see the news today about her passing away. RIP Wednesday. 😢

  • @charleschidsey2831
    @charleschidsey2831 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Great job! God bless this young woman for enduring and overcoming the challenges placed in her way. Wish her all the best!

  • @Aquarium-Downunder
    @Aquarium-Downunder ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Fred Gwynne was the only other person who could have done lurch right,
    Jackie Coogan found a good role to play, one that would take his name around the world long after his death. He did do a lot of work in movies and TV. but this role is the he will always be remembered for. Jackie Coogan did so much for children, after what had been done to him, the children made the money, Jackie made the point that the children would keep the money.

    • @Alan-vg7cn
      @Alan-vg7cn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fred Gwynne forever!

  • @shaunhall960
    @shaunhall960 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Loved this show so much. Wonderful cast!

  • @SideserfCakes
    @SideserfCakes ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Just found your channel and we love your videos!!

  • @eyetrollin710
    @eyetrollin710 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simply Beautiful!!!! pity everyone in Hollywood's trying to look like a Kardashian these days, I miss when Hollywood had beautiful people and original faces

  • @santarick6902
    @santarick6902 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Rest in peace Lisa Loring. (Wednesday Addams) Passed away in Jan. 30, 2023. Loring was 64 years old.

  • @optophobe
    @optophobe ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I really enjoy your channel. Your video support, well-researched facts, excellent pacing and warm voice means this channel of yours will also become a classic. Very well done. Thanks.

  • @teedub127
    @teedub127 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great video, one of my favorite TV shows growing up.

  • @memecats5698
    @memecats5698 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I remember watching the Addams family when I was little and I love the show along with the Munsters also. I didn’t realize as she grew up how beautiful she became, she was gorgeous. I’m happy her life turned out OK in the end and she got rid of the no good guys.

  • @lot6129
    @lot6129 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I loved the old school American TV shows, classic TV

  • @waynepennington1
    @waynepennington1 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Very good to see our original Wednesday in a happy place. Lisa Loring is responsible for a lot of great childhood memories. Thanks for this update.

    • @fallendevonish1869
      @fallendevonish1869 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1 hour to soon

    • @waynepennington1
      @waynepennington1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fallendevonish1869 Found out after this post she had passed away. She was too young to go.

  • @toupac3195
    @toupac3195 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    2nd comment: oh my, you did great research. My mind is blown! Wow, I remember these shows and flicks (not the adult ones)...I had no idea! 🤯

    • @srobertweiser
      @srobertweiser ปีที่แล้ว

      You can't remember any of those adult flicks? I'm curious now and I wanna know what films she's worked on in the adult industry.

  • @juanramirez-wk8ty
    @juanramirez-wk8ty ปีที่แล้ว +8

    She was a very pretty little girl and grew up to be a very beautiful woman.

  • @larryspiller6633
    @larryspiller6633 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I grew up with a kid who's house had a door knob like that one, right in the middle of the door. I thought it was the coolest thing. Never have seen another one until now.

  • @THEJR-of5tf
    @THEJR-of5tf ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Lisa is still a beautiful woman. I was in my teens when she played Wednesday Addams. Her precocious charms were so natural. She was awesome.
    I hope Lisa has a long and happy life. If she needs help I available any time. Love you LisaXX

  • @chefp1472
    @chefp1472 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Really cute as a little girl and really beautiful as an adult. A great little actress. I'm glad that she had a somewhat normal life and not like many other child actors/actresses.

  • @JR-gc8el
    @JR-gc8el ปีที่แล้ว +24

    What a life! Glad she made it out through all that mess! You would have never known all she has been through and she also became very beautiful .

  • @Cautela
    @Cautela ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Jackie Coogan also had quite a wild life, and more than one historical contribution as well...

  • @aussietaipan8700
    @aussietaipan8700 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love your video's and how you bring these actors back to life, this one is really cool.

  • @Sansanuno
    @Sansanuno ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Passed away on saturday, Lord rest her soul.

  • @Wildman9
    @Wildman9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ted Cassidy it use to live in my hometown. He would shop in our food market. That guy had gigantic hands, and the tallest man I've ever seen. Great info on Lisa, RIP and Godspeed. Your fans will surely miss you.

  • @bennyboogenheimer4553
    @bennyboogenheimer4553 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    She's an amazing woman, and Mom.
    I'm blown away she has 49(?) & 41 y/o daughters, at 65.
    I hope she is well, happy, lives long, and prospers.
    Oh, she's on Twitter, and very sweet!

    • @coryburns9161
      @coryburns9161 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She's 64

    • @stefeniedavidmusic
      @stefeniedavidmusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why is she an amazing woman and "mom" ....i presume you mean mother.

    • @jasonalexander845
      @jasonalexander845 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If she's so amazing, why did she get divorced four times?

    • @memyself898
      @memyself898 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jasonalexander845 she was so amazing she managed to have 4 husbands!! What a gal!!

  • @rallymaster001
    @rallymaster001 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    R.I.P. Lisa Loring, the original and BEST Wednesday Addams!

  • @lannguyen-pu1db
    @lannguyen-pu1db ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, as she ages she stats to look like her Addams tv mummy.

  • @heywanda88
    @heywanda88 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    it turned out that when she was old, she became more and more like Morticia Addams. Glad to see her much better now..

  • @One-EyedJack
    @One-EyedJack ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I'm a former classmate of Lisa's from Millikan Jr. High School. She was beautiful, sweet, but kept to herself. Since there were a lot of child actors and children of actors at this school, it was a place where they could feel a little "normal" around the rest of us kids who had newspaper routes and mowed lawns to make money. So very happy to hear she's doing well.

    • @CoolClassics
      @CoolClassics  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💜👍

    • @Bugaboo-wq5sc
      @Bugaboo-wq5sc ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's really nice of you to say and she does seem like a very nice person

  • @rullmourn1142
    @rullmourn1142 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Her addiction was heroin, it's too good to try even once.

    • @CoolClassics
      @CoolClassics  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I believe Heroin is the fastest to addict you and one of the hardest to quit.

    • @shannon_w.
      @shannon_w. ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They call it “The Devil’s Candy” and it is rightly named that. I am happily 11 1/2 years sober from it ☺️

  • @rockerjim8045
    @rockerjim8045 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The quality of this TV recording is incredible.

  • @tweetdriver
    @tweetdriver ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Doorknob in the center was kind of a Mid-Century Modern thing. It also was usually on wide doors, because the knob all the way at the edge could cause some issues on very wide doors.

  • @davidanderson_surrey_bc
    @davidanderson_surrey_bc ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Watching your coverage of Lisa's audition process for The Addams Family, I could see how she won the role. If you watch closely, you'll see her use that Hannibal Lecter expression which involves lowering the head slightly relative to the camera, and then looking up and straight at the viewer. The result is menacing, even coming from an 8-year-old.
    Side note: In the dance scene with Lurch, I wonder if the director had originally planned to keep the camera on Lisa that long, because the scene extends past the point of necessity and seems to go on simply for the sheer joy of watching this little imp do her Swingin' Sixties thing.

  • @dashfatbastard
    @dashfatbastard ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Wednesday teaching Lurch to dance produced two of the best scenes in 60s comedy.

    • @Damidas
      @Damidas ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wonder if that was really a dance move and somebody told her to do it like that or if she made it up herself. whatever the case it looks freakin hilarious lol

  • @mellissarollins9915
    @mellissarollins9915 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I loved Wednesday. I'm glad things worked out for her. Sounds like she had a pretty hard life, but she came through it pretty well she didn't give up. That one time with insulin was a cry saying I need help. She got it and carried on. She's amazing.

  • @dennismason3740
    @dennismason3740 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I used to clean the apartments/condos/houses of "the rich and famous". For some reason the doorknob in the center of the door is popular amongst the mansion owning people in Beverly Hills. And yes it is illogical and requires more muscle to open and close.

    • @rainbowgirlism
      @rainbowgirlism ปีที่แล้ว

      Did it pay well?

    • @dennismason3740
      @dennismason3740 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rainbowgirlism - ten bucks an hour in the eighties. I am the best residence cleaner there is. I am also the most interesting guitar player I have ever known.

  • @antoniobolognio7100
    @antoniobolognio7100 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    She really grew up to be a very attractive woman.

  • @helenelubaroff9311
    @helenelubaroff9311 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Rest in Peace, Lisa Loring 😔
    Thank you, Cool Classics, for all the research and effort that you put into your video bios. They're very interesting, informative, and well done!

    • @CoolClassics
      @CoolClassics  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank You Helene.
      Such sad news to wake up to. Making this video really connected me to Lisa. I was rooting for her 💜

  • @rialovestoread
    @rialovestoread ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In 1987 I had a major operation upon my hip and was only 16 years old stuck in hospital for 3 months in a full hip cast... Not able to walk and at 5 o'clock dinner time The Addams Family followed by The Munsters and The Beverly Hill Billies which I'd grown up watching as a kid but it was the highlight of my day...a great comfort at a very uncomfortable time! Thanks for the info 😊

  • @martinarcher1503
    @martinarcher1503 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    thank you for a very caring biography of Lisa. She was beautiful in person and in character, and she deserved a tribute like this

  • @audigit
    @audigit ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Wednesday/Lisa is a TV Icon, and she's a real icon in her life, and bless her for her work and her life, and her tough spirit!

  • @Imnotplayinganymore
    @Imnotplayinganymore ปีที่แล้ว +7

    At 2:12 the doorknob in the middle of the door. That was very LA. A neighbor in the 60's had door like that on her "Hollywood" house in suburban Stockton, CA. She was from LA and very glamorous. Her house also had a sunken "conversation pit", another must-have with the Hollywood set. She smoked Pall Malls and drank martinis and was the subject of gossip throughout the neighborhood.
    Another cool classic. So happy things turned out well for Lisa. We all take a wrong turn here and there but only the strong survive!

    • @the_real_mister_ed
      @the_real_mister_ed ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Check out the apartment door for the show Family Affair.

    • @CoolClassics
      @CoolClassics  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Man those 60's and early 70's, sunken, conversation pits were all the rage.
      Lots of cigarettes were smoked in them lol

  • @marcomolinero5877
    @marcomolinero5877 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The central door knob helps pull the door a little tighter so that the key can turn a little easier. There are lots of homes in London that are from the georgian era that have these Central doorknobs but those are mostly on the main door to a building but I suppose if you live in an apartment that type of door is your main door.

  • @TheBooks810
    @TheBooks810 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    it looked like wednesday was trying to teach lurch how to dance like james brown..... i love it.. Lol..

  • @jackrichards1863
    @jackrichards1863 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    That darn dance scene is one of theatre movie great visions. It's so marvelous to see a tiny person successfully asserting a huge fellow into agreement. Mostly that she looked so adorable while doing so.

    • @edwardschmitt5710
      @edwardschmitt5710 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "theatre movie"??? Dude it was a tv show in the 60s. There was no cable tv yet so people would gather around the ole' tube tv and watch funny shows. You had to be there when they came on or you were out of luck-no recording stuff for watching later. I grew up in the 70s so it was on tv all the time in reruns. It was a great show, they had a pet under the stairs that scared me every time the stairs lifted up-fog and growling etc. Uncle Fester was also always concocting stuff in his lab that would fail hysterically. Yeah they made a movie out of this tv show as well like everything else copied from my youth.

    • @jackrichards1863
      @jackrichards1863 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edwardschmitt5710 references acting, by actors (& actresses) yes it was on television if y'all had one.

  • @aguynamedave1
    @aguynamedave1 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Thanks for the memories! Lisa and I were friends when she relocated from Hollywood to New York for her TV soap opera show. I flew there to visit her but eventually lost contact. She was such a sweetheart and I’m happy to hear she is alive and well. I truly hope our paths cross again someday.