| Aunt Clara's Old Flame | |
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| Season 2, Episode 11 Series Episode 47 | |
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| Airdate | November 25, 1965 |
| Written by | Bernard Slade |
| Directed by | William Asher |
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Aunt Clara's Old Flame is the eleventh episode of the second season, and the forty-seventh episode of the Bewitched series. The episode was completed by August 4, 1965.
Plot[]
Aunt Clara asks Samantha for help in meeting an old flame. Endora, who thinks Clara needs looking after, tells Hedley Partridge where to find her. After letting himself in, Hedley first meets Gladys Kravitz and mistakenly thinks she is Samantha. He introduces himself and mentions how he is a warlock and that he does not care about her mixed marriage. When he shows her how he can make flowers dance, she leaves screaming. Just then, Darrin arrives and tells Hedley that Sam and Clara were out shopping. Soon, the two women come back. Hedley still seems to be smitten with Clara. They rekindle their old friendship. However, when Hedley zaps up a cigar, he asks Clara to light it. She casts a spell and believes she is doing it magically, without realizing that Samantha twitches up the table lighter and the flame. When Hedley remembers the time when they used to turn themselves into doves, Clara, assuming her powers have returned, casts a spell on Hedley and turns him into a baby elephant and makes the bottom half of herself disappear. Gladys is snooping outside and quickly returns home, screaming again. She is soon back with Abner. Darrin says the elephant is a model for an advertising campaign. Aunt Clara tries to walk through a wall in front of the Kravitzes, which the Stephenses attribute to nearsightedness. Hedley shows Gladys the strings he attached to the stiff flowers to make them dance. Satisfied with all these explanations, Abner takes his wife home. Clara and Hedley confess that they both now have weakened powers.
Trivia[]
- Remade in Season Seven as "Samantha's Magic Mirror".
Cast[]
- Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens
- Dick York as Darrin Stephens
- Agnes Moorehead as Endora
- Marion Lorne as Aunt Clara
- Alice Pearce as Gladys Kravitz
- George Tobias as Abner Kravitz
- Charlie Ruggles as Hedley Partridge
See Also[]
Sources[]
- Pierce, David L. "The omni-directional three-dimensional vectoring paper printed omnibus for Bewitched analysis : a.k.a. the Bewitched history book." BearManor Media, 2012, pages 141-142.
- James, Adam-Michael. "The Bewitched Continuum: The Ultimate Linear Guide to the Classic TV Series." (Foreword and Edited by Herbie J. Pilato), Bright Horse Publishing, 2014, page 94.
- Pilato, Herbie J. "Bewitched forever : the immortal companion to television's most magical supernatural situation comedy." Summit Pub. Group, 1996, page 138.
- Aunt Clara's Old Flame on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on December 18, 2024.
- Aunt Clara's Old Flame on Wikipedia. Retrieved on December 18, 2024.