The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
– Witchipoo and the Wicked Witch of the West give Paul Lynde three wishes for Halloween. KISS performs..
29 Oct 1976
English
Sid Smith
Bob Booker (writing supervisor), George Foster (writing supervisor), Joe Byrne (writing supervisor), Bruce Vilanch, Ronny Graham, Ronny Pearlman, Biff Manard, Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Billy Barnes (special material)
Paul Lynde, Tim Conway, Roz Kelly, Margaret Hamilton
Paul Lynde attempts to celebrate Christmas, Easter and Valentine's Day before his housekeeper, Margaret, gives him the bad news. It's Halloween: the time of the year when a kid can carve up a pumpkin and Lynde's sports car at the same time. Lynde is no fan of ignorant youngsters, who seem to know more about Alice Cooper than Alice Faye. Margaret drives her employer to her sister's house, so he can escape the little pranksters. Unluckily, the sister turns out to be Witchipoo; and Margaret herself is the Wicked Witch of the West. The two witches believe witches in general have a bad rap. And so they want Lynde to be their spokes-human. In return, they give him three wishes. Lynde uses two of them to become a rhinestone trucker and a romantic sheik. Meanwhile, KISS performs three songs and Florence Henderson sings a disco version of "That Old Black Magic."