 | Luther James Directed by |
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Airdate: April 2, 1970
Guest cast: None
Note: This episode was directed by Luther James. William Asher is mistakenly credited in many sources.
Endora unexpectedly
interrupts Samantha's anniversary celebration and brings a
painting for a present. The painting is exactly like the Mona Lisa
with the obvious exception of the face which is unmistakably
Samantha's. The artist's signature has also changed and in the
place of Leonardo Da Vinci is Darrin Stephens. Darrin, with his
usual modesty, goes along with the plot and doesn't reject
Louise Tate's suggestion that he should be painting for a living.
Darrin, whose real painting experience has been limited to
painting the kitchen, turns away his first commission - that of
painting Louise - on the grounds that he's a little rusty after years
of inactivity. Upon her insistence, Darrin arranges for Samantha
to cast a spell that would bring out the Da Vinci in him to enable
him to paint Louise. With a kiss and a twitch from his wife,
Darrin - singing Figaro -in a falsetto voice - makes contact with
the canvass. The expected masterpiece turns out to be a cartoon-like caricature of Larry's wife. Not especially enjoying the joke,
Larry threatens to have the last laugh by firing Darrin. Larry
looks to Sam for a favorable twitch and she comes through just
before Louise gets a chance to see the artistic "atrocity". The
newly twitched canvas is indeed a fine painting and Larry, not
understanding how it could have changed, is pleased with
Darrin. Samantha makes up an excuse so that Darrin won't have
to paint again. She says he Save up painting because he has an
allergic reaction to paint. Darrin takes the hint and gives a big "a-chew" thereby sneezing himself out of a canvass career.