 | Jerry Mayer Directed by |
|---|
Airdate: Feb. 26, 1970
Guest cast:
Richard Powell as Bates as a boy, Ron Masak as Bates as a man,
Jonathan Hole as Waterman, Paul Smith as the policeman.
Samantha and
Tabitha are in a toy store buying a gift for one of Tabitha's
friends. The manager tells them someone will help them shortly.
The salesman, Irving Bates, helps them choose a gift, and when
Samantha goes over to the cashier to pay for the purchase, she
leaves Tabitha with Irving Bates as he wraps the gift. He has a
conversation with Tabitha in which he tells her that she is very lucky to be a little girl, that he had most fun when he was nine
years old and, furthermore, he would like to be a little boy once
again. Tabitha, hearing his wish, twitches her nose and turns him
into a nine year old boy. Irving isn't quite sure what has
happened but when the manager returns and sees a little boy in
place of the salesman and when the policeman makes him get
out from behind the wheel of his car - he begins to get the idea!
He reads the sales slip with Samantha's address on it and goes
to see if she can help him. When Irving arrives and tells
Samantha what happened, Samantha tells Tabitha to remove the
spell and return Irving to his original state. Tabitha can't remove
the spell, however, as Irving is enjoying being a kid so much.
Samantha calls Dr. Bombay, but he, too, can do nothing as
Irving is very happy the way he is. Finally, Samantha takes
Irving to his girlfriend's office just in time for Irving to witness
his girl's boss ask her out on a date. Irving gets angry and kicks
his girlfriend's boss. He then realizes that he does not want to be
nine years old anymore and the spell is removed.