History Series / ThePaulLyndeHalloweenSpecial

-->'''Paul/Florence of Arabia:''' Because I'm a very chic skeik.

** Also invoked by Betty White as Miss Halloween of 1976: Apparently, Witchiepoo and Margaret promised her a date with a famous Paul, but she was hoping for Paul Newman, [[Music/TheBeatles Paul McCartney]], Music/PaulWilliams, Les Paul, or even Saint Paul, certainly not Paul Lynde.

* InstantSeduction: Subverted, at first. In the Florence of Arabia segment, Paul is a sheik, trying to seduce his kidnapped victim (Florence Henderson as a Proper English woman), though his attempts to woo her fail... until he bribes her with a parrot that was once kissed by Series/{{Barretta}}, ''then'' she falls for him.

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Aired only once on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1976, the musical comedy special is noted for a number of its highlights, including [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Margaret Hamilton]] reprising her role as the Wicked Witch of the West for the first time in nearly 40 years, as well as the first primetime television appearance of the then relatively unknown band Music/{{KISS}}.

The basic plot of the special has Creator/PaulLynde going away for a rest period, so as to avoid all of those pesky trick-or-treaters on Halloween night. His housekeeper (Margaret Hamilton) takes him to the home of sister (Billie Hayes reprising her role of [[Series/HRPufnstuf Witchiepoo]]); it is here that Paul learns the two are, in fact, witches, and their real reasons for bringing him was to have a well-known and loved TV personality help soften the image of witches, and show that they're not really bad after all. In exchange for his help, the two grant Paul ThreeWishes; after they grant his first two wishes (to be a rhinestone trucker, and a romantic sheik), Paul is convinced that witches are good, and decides to use his last wish on them, granting them their wish to go to a disco rave.

In additional to Margaret Hamilton and Billie Hayes, the special also includes appearances by Creator/BillyBarty, Tim Conway, Roz Kelly, Florence Henderson, Creator/BettyWhite, and Donny & Marie Osmond. Because a majority of the appearances in this special are made by Krofft actors (a number of Krofft crewmembers also worked on it), there has been a common misconception that this special is a [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid & Marty Krofft production]], however, the Kroffts had absolutely nothing to do with its production.

For many years, it was believed that no master copy (or ''any'' copy for that matter) of this special existed, until thirty years later, when a copy was found, and the special was given a DVD release in 2006.

* {{Mondegreen}}: A variation in the Florence of Arabia segment, in which Florence of Arabia attempts to buy Lady Sessly Wesslinghouse's love with, "A cockatoo that was once kissed by Barretta." However, what he presents to her is actually a macaw.

'''''The Paul Lynde Halloween Special''''' is a HalloweenSpecial [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin starring Paul Lynde]].

The basic plot of the special has Paul Lynde going away for a rest period, so as to avoid all of those pesky trick-or-treaters on Halloween night. His housekeeper (Margaret Hamilton) takes him to the home of sister (Billie Hayes reprising her role of [[Series/HRPufnstuf Witchiepoo]]); it is here that Paul learns the two are, in fact, witches, and their real reasons for bringing him was to have a well-known and loved TV personality help soften the image of witches, and show that they're not really bad after all. In exchange for his help, the two grant Paul ThreeWishes; after they grant his first two wishes (to be a rhinestone trucker, and a romantic sheik), Paul is convinced that witches are good, and decides to use his last wish on them, granting them their wish to go to a disco rave.

In additional to Margaret Hamilton and Billie Hayes, the special also included appearances by Creator/BillyBarty, Tim Conway, Roz Kelly, Florence Henderson, Creator/BettyWhite, and Donny & Marie Osmond. Because a majority of the appearances in this special were made by Krofft actors (as well as a number of Krofft crewmembers also worked on the special), there has been a common misconception that this special is a [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid & Marty Krofft production]], however, the Kroffts had absolutely nothing to do with the production of this special.

* ActingForTwo: Almost everyone appearing in this special:
** Margaret Hamilton: Herself and the Wicked Witch of the West.
** Creator/BillyBarty: Gallows, Witchiepoo's butler; and a [[DontExplainTheJoke short-order cook]] in the Rhinestone Trucker segment.
** Tim Conway: Long Haul in the Rhinestone Trucker segment, and Seymour of the Foreign Legion in the Florence of Arabia segment.
** Florence Henderson: Herself and Lady Sessly Wesslinghouse - Proper English Woman and Heiress in the Florence of Arabia segment.

* GoodWitchVersusBadWitch: Witchiepoo and Margaret want Paul to use his notariety to help raise awareness that witches aren't as bad as people make them out to be.

** Also invoked by Betty White as Miss Halloween of 1976: apparently, Witchiepoo and Margaret promised her a date with a famous Paul, but she was hoping for Paul Newman, [[Music/TheBeatles Paul McCartney]], Music/PaulWilliams, Les Paul, or even Saint Paul, certainly not Paul Lynde.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The Rhinestone Trucker segment has Paul and Tim Conway as two truckers, both set on marrying a waitress at a diner (Roz Kelly); because both of their impending marriages are at the same time, to the same woman, a battle of strength, wits, and riches ensue. Ultimately, Long Haul (Conway) may be the smartest (and the short-order cook the strongest), but Paul is the richest, so Paul wins Pinky over.

* GratuitousDiscoSequence: Paul uses his final wish to wish something for Witchiepoo and Margaret, who both wish to go to a disco; the wish is granted, and Witchiepoo's mansion is transformed into a disco rave, complete with dancers, Florence Henderson belting out a disco version of Creator/FrankSinatra's, "That Old Black Magic," and a closing number with, "Disco Baby."