 | Jerry Mayer Directed by |
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Airdate: Jan. 15, 1970
Guest cast: Cliff Norton as Summers, Jay Robinson as Phipps, Todd Baron as Artful Dodger, Gordon De Vol as the elevator boy,
Irene Hyatt as Betty, Limer Modlin as the headwaiter. 
While Samantha is preparing Tabitha for kindergarten by hiring a warlock
tutor, Prof. Phipps, Endora, hoping to help Darrin impress his
boss, casts a spell that causes every phrase he speaks to come out
as a cliche. The meddlesome mother-in-law mistakingly thinks
cliches are an asset to Darrin's advertising career and so he is
plagued to saying things like: "A rolling stone gathers no moss
- tickled pink - what' s good for the goose is good for the gander."
The problem comes when Larry threatens to cook his goose if
he doesn't show more originality in his latest ad campaign for
H.B. Summers, head of marketing for Multiple industries.
Meanwhile, Prof. Phipps has added a personal touch to his
instructing and makes Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist more
meaningful by blinking the Artful Dodger on the scene. The
Dodger lives up to his infamous reputation by lifting
Samantha's ring and Darrin's wallet. When Endora adds realism to her cliches by making Darrin's watch go suddenly airborne when he says "time sure flies," and loud ringing bells when he says "that rings a bell", Darrin decides he's had enough
of bells and spells. He makes Samantha stop her mother's
madness, dismisses Tabitha's tutor, and sends the artful Dodger
back to the book where he came from - but not before the lighthanded youngster leaves H.B. Summer's shirt linkless.