Bewitched (1964–1972): Season 5, Episode 8 - Is It Magic or Imagination? - full transcript

On a lark but also on the urging of her mother-in-law, Samantha enters a slogan contest, the first prize which is a trip for two to Tahiti. A surprised Samantha wins the contest. What she is unaware of is that the company for which she submitted the winning slogan is a client of Darrin's, he who was working on a new campaign for them, that which is kiboshed by her slogan. An angry Larry fires Darrin over the incident. Darrin, in turn, accuses Samantha of using witchcraft to win the contest, which she claims she didn't. Despite not appreciating Darrin's accusations against her, Samantha thinks she knows a way for the client to accept Darrin's advertising proposal and get his job back, if only he'd listen to her.

Hello?

Good morning, Mrs. Stephens.

Oh, no, no. I'm not busy.
Just relaxing.

Well, couldn't you
come over a little later?

You see, I have to go out, and...

You're in the neighborhood?

At the corner drugstore?

Oh, no. No, you know
you're always welcome.

Yes. Bye-bye.

No. No, I'll do it myself.

There. That's better.



Better than what?

Good morning, sweetheart.

I'll be the judge of that.

What does that mean?

It means if anything goes
around here...

why don't you redecorate the room
as an encore?

Sweetheart, that was
me running around...

putting everything away, and...
Boy, am I pooped.

You should be.
It was like watching a silent movie.

It was just a little speed-up spell.

I wouldn't have done that
if I hadn't been pushed to the wall.

- Who pushed you to the wall?
- Your mother.

What has my mother got to do
with your ring-a-ding-ding?

Well, sweetheart,
I had the living room all torn up.



I was cleaning. She called
and said she was coming.

- So?
- Well, I didn't want her...

to see the house looking a mess.

You know, with your mother,
it's not a visit, it's an inspection.

That's not true.

If you want, I can put the mess back.

No, no. I...

I guess you had good intentions.

It's just that witchcraft doesn't
set too well on an empty stomach.

How about some waffles
and strawberries?

- Great.
- Good. I'll fix one for your mother too.

Shouldn't you wait
until she gets here?

She'll be here any minute. She was
calling from the corner drugstore.

Holy cow. I didn't know it was this late.
I gotta run.

I'll grab a cup of coffee
and a doughnut at the office.

Darrin, don't you wanna
say hello to your mother?

Not when I need
a shine on my shoes...

and it's been two weeks
since I've had a haircut.

- Hello, Mrs. Stephens.
- Samantha.

It's so nice to see you.

Thank you, dear. And here's
a little doll for that little doll.

Oh, thank you. I'm sure she'll love it.

Tabitha's out back playing.

Would you like a cup of coffee?

Well, I've only got a minute,
but I might have a cup of tea.

We've certainly been having
a lot of dust lately, haven't we?

It must be all those
soft landings on the moon.

My, Samantha,
this kitchen is immaculate.

Looks like you've really
been busy with your broom.

You might say that.

Would you like a cookie
or something?

No. No, thank you, dear.

Actually, I'm on my way to a bon
voyage luncheon for Miriam Rogers.

She's leaving for Paris.

- How exciting.
- I should say.

- She won the trip in a contest.
- Really?

If Miriam Rogers can think of a slogan,
you certainly can.

Mrs. Stephens, are you trying
to tell me something?

Why, Samantha,
all I'm trying to tell you...

is that you and Darrin
should get out of the house.

- You never go anywhere.
- We don't want to go anywhere.

How about a two-week
all-expense-paid trip to Tahiti?

- Tahiti?
- Here's an entry blank.

All you have to do
is come up with a slogan...

for Tinker Bell Disposable Diapers.

Mrs. Stephens, I...
I'm not very much on slogans.

Give it a try. Think, dear.

Well, okay.

What do you say about diapers,
except that you keep changing them?

Well, how does this sound?

Switch to Tinker Bell Diapers.
It's time for a change.

"Switch to Tinker Bell Diapers.
It's time for a change."

Oh, Samantha,
that's absolutely divine.

You'll adore Tahiti. Start packing.

Do you really think they'll...

Be sure and take
suntan lotion for Darrin.

Like all geniuses,
he has tender skin.

Poor baby.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, my goodness.

Sam, do you remember
where I put that portfolio...

with the layouts
for Barton Industries?

Yes, I think they're down here
in the hall closet.

- Thanks, honey.
- Darrin...

Darrin, you wanna hear
something exciting?

Sure, honey.

Well, you know, about a month ago...

your mother
mentioned a slogan contest.

It's not here.

Well, anyway, I just kind of...

I kind of just wrote this slogan,
you know, as kind of a laugh.

Where could it be?

As I was saying...

Honey, I told you,
never straighten my desk.

At least when it's messy,
I know where everything is.

Honey, your mother
sent in my slogan...

and you'll never believe
what happened.

I... I won us a trip to Tahiti.

- Great!
- Really? I didn't think you'd...

This will give us another crack
at the Barton account.

- Did you hear what I just said?
- Sure. Swell.

I'll see you later. I gotta go, honey.

Pack your own suntan lotion.

Hi, Larry.

I found the layout I drew up
for Barton Industries.

- It's better than I thought it was.
- Really?

Of all the products I think the most
inventive ad campaign that I have...

is for Tinker Bell
Disposable Diapers.

Very clever, Darrin.

Thanks, Larry.
I wouldn't be a bit surprised...

if we got all of Barton's accounts
just on the basis of this.

That may be a little difficult.

They ran a contest and came up
with a rather catchy slogan.

Well, I hardly think that an amateur
can compete with this material.

Well, Barton seems to like it.

Some little housewife sent it in.

- That's crazy.
- Yes.

And what's even crazier
is her name:

Samantha Stephens.

- Sound familiar?
- It must be a coincidence.

There's an even
bigger coincidence.

We checked,
and she lives at your address.

I can't believe that.
Sam wouldn't enter a contest.

She wouldn't, but she did.

The prize is two round-trip tickets
to Tahiti.

And if I were you, Darrin,
I would cash in the return half...

and invest in beachfront property.

Hi, sweetheart.

What are you doing home so early?

Larry thought I could
use some time off.

Well, that's a coincidence,
because I have some news...

Not just today.
It's kind of permanent.

- You mean you're fired?
- Right.

But why?

We seem to be having a little problem
with the Barton Industries account.

- That's no reason.
- It is when my wife...

writes the winning slogan
for one of their products.

What do Tinker Bell Diapers
have to do with Barton Industries?

- Plenty.
- Well, how was I supposed to know...

that a company that makes
computers and rockets...

and supersonic jets
would make diapers?

Haven't you ever heard
of diversification?

Yeah, but that's dumb.

Sam, if you wanted a trip to Tahiti,
why didn't you say so?

If we wanna go to Tahiti,
we can pay our own way.

Who wants to go to Tahiti anyhow.

That's exactly what
I told your mother.

What's my mother
got to do with this?

She's the one that told me about
the contest and insisted that I enter.

And you twitched your nose
and came up with a slogan?

- No.
- No?

No!

And out of
the thousands of entries...

you just happened to come up
with the winning slogan.

If that isn't witchcraft,
what do you call it?

I'd call it imagination.

I do have some, you know.

You really expect me
to believe that, don't you?

- Are you calling me a liar?
- If the shoe fits.

Samantha, I demand
that you open this door.

Big deal.

- Hello, Darrin.
- Come to give me my severance pay?

No. I came to apologize.

May I come in?

Why, sure, Larry.

Now, look, Darrin,
you should know by now...

that I say a lot of things
I don't mean.

- Really, Larry?
- Of course.

Everybody knows that
I'm a volatile...

excitable, impetuous,
rash, impulsive...

Blowhard?

That wasn't exactly the word
I was looking for.

How about hysterical nut?

I'll stick with blowhard.

- You said you wanted to apologize.
- Yes.

I'm sorry for the way I behaved,
and your job is waiting for you.

Larry, why the sudden switch?

What do you mean,
"Why the sudden switch?"

It takes a big man
to know when he's wrong...

and it just so happens
I'm a big man.

- Well...
- Darrin, please don't make me beg.

It's taken a lot out of me
just to apologize.

All right, Larry.
I accept your apology.

- Glad to have you back.
- Thanks, Larry.

Where's Sam?

Oh, Sam. She's upstairs. Why?

I just heard
through my underground...

that Barton Industries is coming out
with a new paint product.

Don't you see? They'll need a slogan
and we'll be in on the ground floor.

We can deliver the winner of
the Tinker Bell Diaper contest.

Larry, I ought to bust
you in your bazoo.

Now, Darrin.

- Hi, Larry.
- Oh, hi, Sam.

I just dropped by to welcome
Darrin back into the firm...

and offer you a job.

- Me?
- Right.

To head up our slogan department.

Well, I'm flattered that you have
so much confidence in me, Larry.

What's good enough for
Tinker Bell Disposable Diapers...

is good enough for me.

It's a very flattering offer,
but I'm not interested.

Don't worry about me. You can
whip up all the slogans you want.

I am no longer with the organization.

- You're not?
- That's right, Larry.

One Stephens is enough
for any company.

You can consider this
my resignation.

- Well, Darrin?
- Well, what?

If you're no longer with the company,
would you mind leaving?

This is a closed meeting.

That tears it.

Sweetheart,
Larry was just kidding.

No, no. I wouldn't want
to be in the way...

when you two are talking business.

Darrin...

Don't give it a thought, Sam.
He'll cool off.

Well, he seems pretty upset.

Larry, if this is your idea
of some kind of joke...

I think it's very unkind.

Unkind? How can you
say I'm unkind?

I not only came to tell Darrin
I was taking him back...

I even offered his wife a job.

Oh, good grief.

You don't come in here
very often, do you?

Only when I've had
a fight with my wife.

It's the same with me...

and I haven't missed a night
in 11 years.

And that goes for birthdays,
anniversaries, Christmas...

New Year, Armistice Day...

Labour Day and Groundhog Day.

Groundhog Day?

I said, " If he sees his shadow,
it'll be a late spring."

And she says, " If he sees his shadow,
it'll be an early spring."

Do I have to tell you?

Charlie, another double here.

When you're married to a witch,
life is a little more complicated.

If you think you're married to a witch,
you should see my wife.

She's got a mother
that's a witch too.

When my mother-in-law comes...

I put a pumpkin in the window.

Hello, Darrin?

Hi, Larry.

No. No, he's not home yet,
and I'm beginning to worry.

Larry, I don't think that sitting around
thinking up slogans...

is going to take my mind
off my troubles.

Well, I just don't know.

The last time we had an argument,
he went to this little bar, and I...

Wait... Wait a minute. That's it.

I'll talk to you later, Larry. Bye-bye.

Hi, Clarissa.

You be a good girl
and sit with Tabitha.

I'll be back in a few minutes.

Gonna offer me a drink, Darrin?

A zombie for the lady, please.

- Don't tell me that's your wife?
- That's her, all right.

Well, she doesn't look like a witch.

She is, all right.

Darrin, now you know I wouldn't
have accepted that job from Larry.

Why not? That's the way for him
to get the Barton account.

The best way to get the Barton account
is to show him your layouts.

They're not interested
in my layouts.

They're waiting for another one
of your brilliant slogans.

Darrin, why don't we go home
and talk this over?

Oh, no. I'm staying here
with my friend.

Really?

That's how you solve
all your problems, by witchcraft.

- I didn't even pay the cheque.
- You can do that later.

Now you can listen.

If you didn't want your zombie,
you should have said so. I wanted it.

Okay.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

Thank you.

That's just what I needed...

to see things
in their true perspective.

There you go, sweetheart.

There. You have
a good night's sleep...

and tomorrow you'll
feel much better.

I hope.

Hello?

Oh, Larry.

Did you have to ring
the phone so loud?

Did what?

I am?

I did?

It was?

But, Larry...

That's good news, Larry.

I'll see you later.

That was Larry.

He said Barton found my layouts
on his desk this morning.

Now, Darrin...

You put them there, right?

Yes. Did he like them?

What do you mean, "Did he like them?"
Didn't you rig the computer analyzer?

What analyzer?

- Then you didn't know.
- Know what?

About the consumer analyzer.

They tested your slogan on it,
and it was a complete washout.

Why did they run it
through an electronic machine?

Didn't they have any faith
in their own judgment?

Who cares? The point is,
your slogan was rejected.

It was lousy,
which proves it was your imagination.

Well, I don't think
that's very nice.

Honey, you know what I mean.

Yes, I know, and I don't care.

I'm sorry, honey. I should have
known you'd never lie to me.

It's time you learned
about witches.

If I didn't have to go to work,
I'd love to stay home...

and take a couple of lessons.

Hello.

Oh, hi, Larry.

What...? Well, that's great.

Thanks, Larry. Yeah, okay. Bye.

How do you like that?

- Larry gave me the day off.
- Well.

I wonder what came over him.

- Yeah, so do I.
- Sam.

Well, I had one free twitch coming.