 | Leo Townsend Directed by Richard Michaels |
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Airdate: March 18, 1972
Guest cast: Reta Shaw [The Ghost
and Mrs. Muir] as Hagatha, Janos Prohaska as the dodo bird,
Benson Pong as Mr. Fong, Bernie Kopell [When Things Were
Xotten] as the apothecary, Richard K. Slattery as Fred, Suzanne
Little as Nurse Often, Herb Vigran as the sergeant, Paul Smith
as Charlie.
A new Chinese restaurant account calls for an exotic dinner with
the new client. But a new drink called "The Heavenly Himalayan" based upon a secret formula - leaves Samantha dizzy,
weak, powerless - and with bright red stripes on her face! Dr.
Bombay is summoned and quickly determines that Samantha
has Bright Red Stripes disease attributed to Himalayan cinnamon which ancient Tibetan monks used to drive away witches.
The antidote is simple; Dr. Bombay prescribes eye of condor,
powdered snake skin, fig newts, a pint of unicorn milk - non-fat,
and a toasted cheese sandwich on rye. Aunt Hagatha zaps Sam
to the apothecary and after fighting off the lecherous druggist,
she finally gets the antidote. But the potion doesn't work; all it
does is add horizontal red stripes to Sam's now checkered face!
It seems Dr. Bombay forgot to include one ingredient: the tail
feather ofa do-do bird. As do-do birds are extinct, Aunt Hagatha
has to zap one out of a book. The do-do bird is huge, ugly and
ornery. To get a tail feather, Darrin must chase the bird around
the house and up on the roof. Once again the potion fails to work.
Dr. Bombay has actually forgotten another important ingredient: a piece of Himalayan cinnamon stick. Since only the
Chinese restaurant has this particular cinnamon, Darrin must
break in to get some. But he is caught by the police. No
explanation is believed. So after putting up bail, Darrin rushes
home, prepares the correct potion, and finally cures Samantha
of her embarrassing disease.