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3. Lurch was originally a non-speaking part

Initially the tall, gloomy butler character of Lurch was written to be a non-speaking part, thinking a towering mute would add a creepy element to the show. So when Ted Cassidy first spoke the deep resonating line “You rang” it was totally ad-libbed. Ted also spoke the line “Neat, sweet, petite” in the opening credits.

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