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To Trick or Treat or Not To Trick or Treat
Vintage sitcom. Endora is upset that Samantha and Tabitha are celebrating Halloween with negative witch stereotypes., As with the previous season’s “Twitching for UNICEF,” this Bewitched episode is a half-hour endorsement for the United Nations Children’s Fund. Not wishing to see her “national holiday” exploited, Endora refuses to allow Samantha and Tabitha to go trick-or-treating on behalf of UNICEF. When Sam defies her, Endora retaliates by transforming Darrin into a hideous Halloween witch. By episode’s end, however, Endora is won over to the UNICEF cause — and so, presumably, is the viewer. Written by Shirley Gordon, “To Trick or Treat or Not to Trick or Treat” first aired, appropriately enough, on October 30, 1969., Endora, convinced that Halloween gives witches a bad name, tries to spoil everybody’s fun until Sam persuades her to trick-or-treat for UNICEF., Endora, convinced that Halloween gives witches a bad name, tries to spoil everybody’s fun until Sam persuades her to trick-or-treat for UNICEF. Samantha: Elizabeth Montgomery. Darrin: Dick Sargent. Endora: Agnes Moorehead. Larry Tate: David White. Mr. Bartenbach: Larry D. Mann.
