The Paul Lynde Halowen Special

It's not Halloween but this is one of my favorite TV Specials of all time and Halloween is my favorite Holiday.


PART 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC4tp5aCpM4

PART 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FhZ4RBwNdA&feature=related

PART 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgt7gDSFbUU&feature=related

PART 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO8jtQSxPEM&feature=related

PART 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-OGvpnbwZc&feature=related

PART 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxwiG4Qy8lU&feature=related

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Updated On: 6/18/09 at 09:06 PM

I like that funky stuff!

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I think you mean Billie Hayes (aka Witchipoo!)

I love this horrible special. Everyone in it is frighteningly bad... in a good way.

It's almost like they drew random names out of a hat back then, and that was their guest star roster for this show. Love it!

Here's another Witchipoo clip I love, with her and Mama Cass!
A couple o'white witches sittin' around talking

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It's the only time Margaret Hamilton reprised her role on film (or TV).

But she toured the country in a big stage production of The Wizard of Oz. I saw her when she came to Kansas City in the early '70s.

Can you imagine seeing her as the Wicked Witch of the West, live on stage! It was great... even if the show (as a whole) was cheesy.

The Hudson Brothers were the Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion! Need I say more?

Ugh.

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SO, when it came out on dvd a few years back I bought it and watched over and over.Its really funny to hear him tell these jokes that make no sense today but were very timely back then. I remember some joke about Convoy because the song was popular at the time and the sweat hogs reference is classic!Its really a cool special.

I didn't know Margaret toured with a stage version of Wizard of Oz. That must have been awesome!

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Updated On: 6/18/09 at 10:51 AM

Actually, Hamilton reprised it twice more.

Once, on Mr. Roger's, she put the costume on and talked about the film, and then later (I think) appeared in the Land-of-Make-Believe as The Wicked Witch

The second time, she did it on what sounds like a highly surreal episode of Sesame Street.
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_0847

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You can get it through Netflix.

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I always liked Disco Baby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsggNGZ05Ag

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They sure do. I'm not sure if this is true or not but I had heard Margaret Hamilton had been asked for years to reprise her Wicked Witch character but had declined. Paul and Margaret were good friends and she decided to do it for his special.

The trendy references ('Kids and your Sweathogs,The Convoy sketch,and I think I heard Paul say, 'sit on it' in one scene)were so over the top. I watch it every year and enjoy it. I think it takes me back to a different time. The special aired only once on Friday, October 29th, 1976.Not sure how it did in the ratings but its a shame the special went so many years without being seen.

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