 Producer Scott Rudin (qv) got the idea of making the movie after  shuttling various leading executives around in a van one day. One of  them spontaneously started humming the theme song of  _"Addams Family, The" (1964)_ (qv), only for the rest of the vans  occupants to start the singing the lyrics. This led  Scott Rudin (qv) to believe that there was sufficient residual  interest and memory of the show and cartoon for him to attempt a  feature film.