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First Aired: Apr. 15, 1965 on ABC

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Season 1 » Episode #29 - Abner Kadabra

Summary: Gladys catches Sam and her magic at work when he is rearranging pictures. Of course, Samantha convinces Gladys that she's the one doing the magic, by ESP. Then, Gladys goes crazy with the notion that she had ""powers"" that Samantha sets up a seance to scare Gladys. Using her magic, she creates ghosts and turns Abner into a pile of dust! Gladys swears to give up her ""powers"" to bring Abner back, and he returns to his original form.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Darrin Stephens	played by Dick York
Gladys Kravitz	played by Alice Pearce

Episode Quotes

Samantha Stephens: [about Mrs. Kravitz] I never thought I'd beg to eat her cooking.

Samantha Stephens: [after Mrs. Kravitz calls] You'd better go home.
Abner Kravitz: What is it?
Samantha Stephens: She thinks she's getting vibrations.
Abner Kravitz: Vibrations? She's chewing on the electric blanket again.

Samantha Stephens: Now, it isn't all my fault. If you would have helped me hang the pictures, she never wouldn't have caught me.
Darrin Stephens: If you hadn't twitched your nose, she wouldn't have caught you either.

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Trivia

The title refers to the term Abracadabra used by stage magicians which dates back to the Aramaic word meaning "I will create, as I say".