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The Joker is a Card

Episode Number: 41    Season Num: 2    First Aired: October 14, 1965    Prod Code: 3975
Uncle Arthur arrives playing practical jokes on Darrin and Endora while Samantha is trying to get these two antagonists to make up once and for all. Uncle Arthur notices Darrin’s problems with Endora and encourages him do something. Uncle Arthur pretends to teach Darrin some magic, thus Darrin tried to let Endora disappear by performing the "Yagazuzie Zim"-song. Finally a situation occurs when Uncle Arthur seems to need Darrin’s help in getting Endora back.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Ron Friedman
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Star: Dick Sargent (Darrin Stephens [ seasons 6-8 ]),  Paul Lynde (Uncle Arthur),  Erin Murphy (Tabitha Stephens [ seasons 3-8 ]),  Sandra Gould (Gladys Kravitz #2),  Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha Stephens/Serena),  Dick York (Darrin Stephens [ seasons 1-5 ]),  Agnes Moorehead (Endora),  David White (Larry Tate),  Alice Pearce (Gladys Kravits #1 (1964-1966)),  George Tobias (Abner Kravitz),  Maurice Evans (Maurice (1964-1972)),  Roy Roberts (Frank Stephens (2) 116-188 (4 episodes)),  Mabel Albertson (Phyllis Stephens),  Diane Murphy (Tabitha Stephens (1966-1968)),  Irene Vernon (Louise Tate [Seasons 1 & 2]),  Kasey Rogers (Louise Tate [Seasons 3-8]),  Marion Lorne (Aunt Clara),  Greg Lawrence (Adam Stephens (1969-1970)),  David Lawrence (Adam Stephens (1969-1972))
Recurring Role: Robert F. Simon (Frank Stephens (1) 14- 228 (6 episodes)),  Paul Lynde (Uncle Arthur)
Guest Star: Douglas Evans (Mr. Foster)

Notes

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This episode was filmed on July 16, 1965. (edit)
Paul Lynde makes his first appearance as Uncle Arthur in this episode. (edit)

Quotes

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Darrin: Hi, Mom.
Endora: How are you, Darrin?
Darrin: Darrin?
Endora: The name is unfamiliar to you?
Darrin: No, but I thought it was unfamiliar to you?
Endora: I’ll make an agreement with you. I’ll try to remember your name if you promise never to call me "Mom." (edit)
(Samantha, Darrin, Endora and Arthur are together, drinking coffee)
Uncle Arthur: Cream, Darrin?
Darrin: Yes, please.
Uncle Arthur: (he creates instantly a cow by magic) Help yourself. (gets amused) Forgive me. I just can’t help milking a joke. (edit)
Samantha: ...after all you’ve done to him.
Endora: (acts very innocently) What have I done to him?
Samantha: If you’d like me to start at the beginning. On our wedding night you put him into the hotel lobby in his pajamas. (starts counting with fingers) Then...
Endora: I mean recently?
Samantha: How recently?
Endora: Well, we won’t go into that. (edit)
Samantha: (refers to uncle Arthur) He’s my favorite uncle. Do you know, when I was little, he thought me to make my first pony. […] I was only four. I couldn’t get the spell right. (edit)

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Allusions

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Uncle Arthur’s quote "One morning I shot a lion in my pajamas. Now, what he was doing in my pajamas, I'll never know!" has been used at least in 1930 by Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in Animal Crackers. (edit)
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