| Samantha's Not So Leaning Tower of Pisa | |
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| Season 8, Episode 4 Series Episode 232 | |
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| Airdate | October 6, 1971 |
| Written by | Ed Jurist |
| Directed by | William Asher[1] |
| Episode Guide | |
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Samantha's Not So Leaning Tower of Pisa is the fourth episode of the eighth season, and the 232nd episode of Bewitched series. The episode was completed by July 2, 1971.
Plot[]
Samantha and Darrin have moved their European vacation to Pisa, Italy, where Darrin and Larry meet with Pisan, Count Bracini, to discuss how to market his olive oil in the States. Esmeralda, who is sitting with the children while Samantha and Darrin are gone, inadvertently makes her own way to Pisa in even more distress than usual. Pisa is the site of arguably Esmeralda's most high profile goof, the Leaning Tower. She used to date the architect, Bonanno Pisano, when he was building the tower.
Esmeralda's distress slowly disappears to the best she has felt about herself in a long time when she meets the count, who sweeps her off her feet. She feels so good about herself that she believes that she can right this most famous wrong of hers by straightening the tower to its true upright position, not realizing that if she does so, it will remove the one attraction that separates Pisa from all other Italian towns in the eyes of tourists.[2]
Esmeralda cannot remember the spell to make the tower lean, so she and Samantha travel back to the past to try to recreate how she did it.
Spells[]
- Esmeralda - to call Samantha in Pisa via lampshade
- Telephone upon the table,
- Just as soon as you are able,
- Send my voice to Sam in Pisa,
- In the land once ruled by Caesar.
- Unintended Result: Esmeralda accidentally sends herself to Samantha instead.
- Esmeralda - to straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa
- My heart is light,
- My spirit soar,
- Tower that leans,
- Lean no more!
- Samantha - to send Esmeralda and herself back in time
- Time and tide,
- Wind and sea,
- Back to Bonanno's age go we.
- Master builder,
- Cursed by fate,
- Esmeralda's ancient date!
- Esmeralda - to produce a tower special sandwich for Bonanno
- One tower and make it lean!
- Unintended Result: The bell tower tilts and leans.
Trivia[]
General[]
- Bonanno appeared to know Esmeralda was a witch because he did not seem surprised when she tried to make a sandwich with magic. He also did not seem to be surprised when Samantha and Esmeralda disappeared.
Casting[]
- Agnes Moorehead did not appear and received credit only.
- The actress playing the assistant at the television studio was uncredited.
Bloopers and Continuity Errors[]
- The Tower Special sandwich that Bonanno liked was made with lean roast beef, Swiss cheese and turkey. The turkey is a North American bird which would not have been known by 12th century Europeans.
Cast[]
- Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens
- Dick Sargent as Darrin Stephens
- David White as Larry Tate
- Alice Ghostley as Esmeralda
- John Rico as Count Bracini
- Robert Casper as Bonanno Pisano
- Erin Murphy as Tabitha Stephens
- Steve Conte as Priest
- Peter Virgo as Cab Driver (as Peter Virgo, Sr.)
- Phil Garris as Announcer
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ Bewitched, Season Eight episodes on Wikipedia. Retrieved on July 12, 2021.
- ↑ Huggo. Samantha's Not So Leaning Tower of Pisa, episode summary, Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on July 12, 2021, edited.
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