 | Phillip and Henry Sharp Directed by Richard Michaels |
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Airdate: Jan. 5, 1972
Guest cast: Richard K. Slattery as Mr. Norton, Jeanne
Arnold as Mrs. Norton, Ricky Powell as Ralph, Christian
Juttner as Robert.
Esmeralda
arrives at the Stephens' home and mistakenly lands in the
bedroom. She proceeds to get very upset over the fact that all her
spells go wrong and decides she is a failure as a witch. To make
matters worse Samantha has asked Aunt Hagatha to baby-sit
that evening and not Esmeralda. In the midst of the scene, Larry
arrives. He announces that the client, Mr. Norton, and his wife
cannot find a baby-sitter for their son and won't be able to join
them for dinner. Larry, seeing a chance for his contract to be
signed at dinner, loses no time arranging for Esmeralda to baby-sit for the Nortons. There ensues an evening of botched up magic
courtesy of Esmeralda - much to Ralph Norton's pleasure. The
next day, however, Ralph comes home from school with a black
eye due to his unbelievable tales of the night before. Enter the
overprotective mother! The result is that Larry's business
prospects with Mr. Norton disappear and quite without the use
of magic. Samantha arranges a party complete with a magic
show by Esmeralda. The Nortons are all invited and when the
grown-ups view Esmeralda's unique form of wizardry they
understand how Ralph might have believed Esmeralda was a
witch. Everyone winds up friends again and Larry regains his
client.