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Vic Mizzy: Composer who wrote the catchy theme tune to 'The Addams Family'

Vic Mizzy, the American composer and king of TV sitcom themes, was fond of saying: "Two finger-snaps and you live in Bel Air", a reference to the success of the infernally catchy one-minute song he wrote for the opening credits of the spoof horror... Full Article at The Independent

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  3. LOS ANGELES -- Vic Mizzy, a songwriter who composed the catchy themes for the 1960s sit-coms “The Addams Family” and “Green Acres,” has died. He was 93. Mizzy died Saturday at his home in Bel Air, his manager Jonathan Wolfson said. Full Article at China Post

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