The history of Goo Goo Muck is murky but it might start with 'The Addams Family'. 

Way before it was a kooky 60s TV series, or the hit Hollywood movie franchise that spawned Netflix’s 'Wednesday', 'The Addams Family' was a cartoon in The New Yorker magazine through the 1940s and 50s. 

A dark satire of family life in middle-class America, its creator Charles Addams had worked with famed sci-fi author Ray Bradbury on a project about a family of monsters.

When it didn’t happen, Addams did it himself and The New Yorker published comic strips featuring the family until 1964 when the TV series was launched. 

While the mainstream US media showed an apple-pie America filled with happy families with white picket fences and perfect teeth, The Addams Family gleefully poked fun at these idealised visions of America and tapped into weird America: the dark flipside of the image shown on TV and cinema ads. 

It spilled into music too.

Soon the rock’n’roll business was embracing 'The Weird', with bands creating their own bizarre, daft and horror-themed records.

The late 50s and early 60s saw the release of a load of wild rock’n’roll records influenced by late-night B-movies and horror-flick drive-ins: Songs about martians, cannibals and The Blob, with titles like 'Werewolf', 'Green Fuz' and 'Goo Goo Muck'.

It’s likely that to all concerned, Goo Goo Muck was just a goof – bit of daft fun, taking a hit song and giving it lyrics about a teenager who turns into a monster at night:

“When the sun goes down, and the moon comes up I turn into a teenage Goo Goo Muck"

"I cruise through the city and I roam the street/Looking for something that is nice to eat”.

Comments:

KhaulaSArt

This girl is a genius. Those expressions and those moves. She was born to play Wednesday.

athena3543

Even though these dance moves aren’t challenging or intricate the way Jenna Ortega delivers them is just flawless and captivating

towardthewithin4018

The lead singer (RIP) would be very proud. Really happy this band is getting recognition. Cramps are truly one of a kind.

davidmarcoux7888

I love that Burton used The Cramps here. I'm 53 so I was 14 when this song and album came out. I see it is on the billboard charts. Hope the kids check out more of their stuff. The Stay Sick album is a fun one.

NickedBlade

I am nearly sixty years old and i can not believe how much i love this series! i use to watch the Addams Family back when it was first on TV!! this dance  is a definite highlight!

benwise6517

The movement, comical as they are, are almost...hypnotic. Like a female black widow spider, using her beauty to lure her unsuspecting prey to her, and then strike without warning. That's the takeaway I get from this.

redrocks1983

This girl (Jenna Ortega's) eyes are captivating. She did one hell of a job with this. I hope she has a long/great career.

lauramckenna534

The beginning bit - when she sways her shoulders when the music kicks in. ????

breeesplanada8528

Love Bianca and Enid's characters in the entire series! I thought they're just the typical queen bee and dumb blond architypes but they're so complex once the show progresses.

txphysf

I cannot adequately express the absolute perfection of this dance! Her facial expressions... Exquisite!

Alice.

I think it’s how serious her expression is that pulls you in, it’s hypnotising and makes you pay attention to every move in a way no other actress has done

LE_AZ

00:30 My favorite part is when she taps his shoulder with the beat and her look afterwards. ????

emilywhitney8029

For some reason I am obsessed with this scene

cd24fan

I've seen The Cramps in concert twice. One of my favorite bands ever.

Happylilbeaks

I’m 55 and used to watch the original series and even named my black cat after Wednesday. I absolutely LOVE Jenna’s rendition of Wednesday! She is stunning and is perfect for this role!

Anne6621

a dance scene that will be talked about for 100 years ,  just totally brilliant , and Jenna just the perfect Wednesday and how they cast Christina Ricci was just genius

OnlyHuman24

At 0:57 to 0:59 you can see part of Wednesday's dance from the Addams Family 60s show. I love how Jenna inluded this bit in her choreography. She's a genius!!

brokl26

Selecting this tune for the series was brilliant. The Cramps should be in every movie or tv series. The Cramps make everything better.

johnathanmphoto

I've watched this countless times as her moves and choreography are flawless! However, nobody seems to give any credit to the cinematography and editing which really make it pop! The original Wednesday dance thrown in there was absolutely brilliant!!!

assassin2sick

Best part of the whole Season!

jamespeterson5223

Just wanna say I’m glad the cramps are getting the recognition they deserve. Such a cool UNDERRATED underground band. I’m glad the producers or whoever somehow found and picked this perfect song for the perfect scene along with the perfect dance. Can’t get any better that this.

mikezaremis3457

Wednesday being the only one in a black dress plus  everybody else in white also never blinking her eyes or smiling makes this a classic dance scene . Great acting !

eligarcia215

Never thought in a million years, someone would come along and deliver as good a performance as Ricci did with the Wednesday character but here we are. Fucking brilliant!

johncox2912

Absolutely fantastic dance scene! What we're seeing here is a dance that portrays the different sides of Wednesday Adams. Jenna absolutely nailed it! If you watch the dance moves carefully, you'll see the various aspects of Wednesday's character in each move. Jenna was sheer genius with this dance!

Gr8fulnomad

Good girl, Bianca. Wednesday's dance to The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck is

autumnmutko4356

It was at this moment, that I fell in love with the new Wednesday Addams

johnsprague5889

That had pulp fiction written all over it

tabbiekat435

This took me back forty years. Ortega, The Cramps, and Tim Burton at the top of their game

rhondahacker9436

The song, the dance, the girl -- absolutely entertaining and perfection.

bobbiedaniel7231

OMG! I loved this so much!  I love it that The Cramps are going to be getting new fans! This was THE FIRST Cramps song that I ever heard.  I was in 9th Grade.  Thanks for lending me your copy of Psychedelic Jungle Barrett Baker- wherever you are!