Uncle Arthur Has A Girlfriend! | Bewitched

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[@jarrodbarkley9061]

"How long are you going to carry on this masquerade?" That could be taken a few ways 😂😂😂

[@scattysafari7742]

Apparently it was absolutely intentional. See Matt Baume's channel about the deliberate gay subtext in Bewitched. It's great.

[@smileynetsmileynet7922]

Something to do with routing, firewalls, and linux iptables?

[@chrisjeffries2322]

LOL, your right on it!

[@diesellove]

😂😂😂 I know

[@evoextremeX]

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[@Gargoyle_75]

“The masquerade goes on.” Agreed.

[@BPlank64]

I came here to say this.

[@chake46]

Indeed!!!!

[@brasschick4214]

So sad 😞

[@chake46]

@@solofemaletravelerme No disrespect intended, I meant let the fun continue. Paul Lynde gifted us all with many laughs in many forms Movies, TV, Cartoon voices , Game Shows, Late night...etc.

[@mirobbins6998]

I love it when Sam says to Aretha "I know a place where you can go!"

[@brentritchie6199]

Gotta love uncle Arthur’s voice a great actor

[@brentritchie6199]

@@solofemaletravelerme That is such a great story that he inspired you to become an actor well done! I wish you the greatest success in your career.

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Templeton the Rat.

[@arlenes.4590]

My favorite Paul Lynde as Uncle Arthur always had me laughing

[@sammcbride2149]

Uncle Arthur was always my favorite relative of Samantha. He still is today.

[@raheempeters6813]

I know how you feel. Uncle Arthur is one of my favorites as well.

[@lloydkline1518]

❤uncle arther;; comic genius:: seen I him in I dream of jeanne episodes

[@sammcbride2149]

@@lloydkline1518 That's right he was in 3 Jeannie episodes. All very funny.

[@thatjpwing]

The allegorical implications of this episode are absolutely fascinating

[@davidstemmler1836]

Uncle Arthur with a girlfriend is the most unbelievable thing in this series.

[@Deutschie]

Uncle Arthur also had a son ! Remember Cousin Henry ? He turned a pesky salesman into a mannequin.

[@skyone4950]

Not really since this a tv show about a character named Uncle Arthur not about the real actor Paul Lynde. When watching stay in the fantasy.

[@davidstemmler1836]

@@skyone4950 Do you instruct people on how to breathe. You must be the life of a party. How can anybody exist without your deep intellect and knowledge? You must have an IQ way up in the eighties.

[@JohnLee-pt5jz]

@@Deutschie I didn't know Arthur had a son.

[@davidstemmler1836]

@@solofemaletravelerme Totally accurate snow flake.

[@stanloretta92]

I'm pretty sure this clip should be retitled "Uncle Arthur Has a Beard!" "The masquerade goes on!" indeed....

[@thegodblogger3812]

Did you have help dreaming that one up?

[@jonathanlegthigh8264]

@@thegodblogger3812, uh huh but it's pretty funny, isn't it Killjoy. Are you gonna lecture Stan Loretta about being homophobic now? Why don't you just NOT comment?

[@thegodblogger3812]

@@jonathanlegthigh8264 Commented cuz I could, Wimpy

[@PhilMoskowitz]

That actress has a timeless look.

[@musickfreek]

However her acting style was very 50s Vaudeville

[@Marebear-bt4rp]

BARBARA RHODES is the actresses name 😊😊❤

[@gretchennelson7056]

This episode was absolutely hilarious. I always loved the ones with”Uncle Arthur” “Au revoir Sammy…the joke’s on you”😂😂😂😂

[@bladecastlevania3653]

😍The talented actress, Barbara Rhodes.

[@brianspangler3771]

Thanks, I was just wondering who that was. She is gorgeous.

[@delennamachoo]

I didn’t realize that was her. I know her but from much later in her life. Thanks!

[@mlongpre100]

co starred with don knotts in shakiest gun in the west

[@jerrypadilla4384]

We never got enough, of the underrated, under used, talent, of Ms. Rhoades.

[@ogam5]

@@jerrypadilla4384 : FEATURED along with Vic Tayback & Pat Harrington in one of THE best Partridge Family episodes.....

[@pamelamays4186]

Sam always had fun with Uncle Arthur.

[@PRmoustache88]

I lost it at "With all those untouchables milling about the streets."

[@drcrumpler]

Samantha: I know a place where you can go. Arthur: Thanks Sammy but we haven't run out of our own ideas. Even when Paul Lynde paused in his lines, he made a funny line even funnier.

[@pexxos1]

"How along are you going to go on with this masquerade?" This is as close to the issues of closeted gays on 60s TV. Actually, this entire episode involves closeted gays (if she finds out I'm a "joker" (homosexual) she'll'' drop me...").

[@patricksaxon3983]

I love magical sound effects! With his funny personality, I amazed that he does not have many women chasing him. I love his sense of humor, very funn!

[@thegodblogger3812]

I've always wondered how those sound effects were generated. I'm thinking early synthesizers.

[@gretchennelson7056]

“Uncle Arthur? Uncle Arthur?” “Uncle Arthur? Uncle Arthur?”😂😂😂😂

[@equinox6944]

Omg! I recognise that voice. Is he Templeton from the original Charlotte’s Web???

[@thetarotdetective3363]

Yes

[@3912James]

and The Hooded Claw in The Perils Of Penelope Pittstop.

[@DutchVai]

@@3912James And the centre square on Hollywood Squares lol

[@justins2559]

Endora was the goose

[@Mimzie-Arizona]

Samatha dress is what we wore in those days

[@corneliuswhite5139]

Pucci designs

[@carmineredd1198]

@@corneliuswhite5139 i like Pucci

[@jirasi5557]

I watch just to c dresses n home decor n kitchen stuff of those days n they r so pretty that it takes hours to search them online

[@Yolanda_Ortiz]

He was my favorite character 🤣

[@AStri-zg5xc]

Paul Lynde deserves to have his story told. I think Steve Carell would be excellent in this role. Who agrees?

[@yakky6052]

OMG! you are right! He would be absolutely PERFECT!!!

[@tamaraclaw]

Interesting

[@AStri-zg5xc]

I've been thinking about a Paul Lynde biopic for a while now....and then one day was watching Steve Carell and thought...."LIGHT BULB" LOL 👍😆

[@malisle13descendantslover46]

Didn’t Steve carell play a version of him that bewitched movie with will Farrell or am I think of someone else

[@AStri-zg5xc]

@@malisle13descendantslover46 I didn't see that movie......I'm not sure!

[@gretchennelson7056]

“I’m sorry Sammi, I just couldn’t control myself” “I’m having a little trouble myself”😂😂😂😂

[@chelseagirl278]

That dress is my dream wedding dress!

[@friendofdorothy9376]

I love how Sam’s hair is all dry and poufy just seconds after leaving the kitchen.

[@WLM596]

Magic

[@lindabrinkman1713]

Uh...witch 😒

[@georgeplagianos6487]

He's masquerade going around as a straight heterosexual man

[@slickchick5811]

looks like a mess, not sure what style they were going for with the ribbon.

[@BrylcreemBill]

Maybe she zapped it dry, but I noticed that myself. I don't know why any witch or warlock would get the least bit flustered by water in the face, water over the head, a pie in the face, or any other mess. All they'd have to do is zap it away.

[@howtubeable]

"But what am I gonna do tonight?" Oh, Paul. We all know that answer to that question.

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

😂😂

[@caribman10]

Paul Lynde with a "girlfriend" is a joke in itself.

[@heretomakeitclear4194]

We all know Uncle Arthur would’ve been a catch with the men

[@harley_arrow]

I always thought that their house was so cosy & cute!!! I liked the first Darren...hated the 2nd!!

[@raheempeters6813]

With the extension of Aunt Clara and Serena, Uncle Arthur is the only relative of Samantha that I really like.

[@1talldaddy]

yeah even Darrin liked Aunt Clara and was cordial to Uncle Arthur and Serena.

[@sashineb.2114]

This episode with Uncle Arthur and Aretha is The House that Uncle Arthur Built. Aretha Franklin had a hit in 1968 called The House that Jack Built.

[@crustycurmudgeon2182]

I'm pretty sure Paul Lynde never had an actual girlfriend, I think for pretty obvious reasons (watch the old episodes of "Hollywood Squares", if you doubt me!) Anyway, he was gold in many ways-- and I have a healthy appreciation of him to this day! My favorite "Uncle Arthur" Bewitched episode involves Uncle Arthur teaching Darrin a spell for something. It goes: "Yaga-zoozy, yaga-zoozy, yaga-zoozy ZEM!" Darrin falls for it, nothing happens... freaking comic GOLD! (I was like 8 or 9 years old first time I saw that!). RIP Mr. Lynde.

[@geoffreycoulson2039]

I've always loved the " size" of the average american home on TV or on film ,its always about as big as mansion in london.

[@danielh3179]

The episode first aired on 11 February 1971, over 50 years ago. Those were the days.

[@drewpamon]

Why would a witch need servants?

[@wutta-do5zy]

Exactly

[@BlacKnightRising]

Paul was funnyy-as-all-hell on the classic Hollywood Squares Game show but there's no way in the world anyone would ever, EVERY BUY (no matter what character Paul was playing) -- that he was remotely interested in women much less would have a girlfriend or a wife LOL

[@kerrykeene6471]

Sam, "I know where you can go." 😀

[@wutta-do5zy]

Best burn of the episode

[@dansby37]

And she meant that too, she didn't like that pretentious snob of a witch at first sight, LOL. Samantha doesnt like snobs, dont matter if they are witch/warlock or mortal.

[@wutta-do5zy]

Mrs Uncle Arthur lmao

[@vladimirenlow4388]

I never really got this episode. There was nothing between Arthur and Aretha, at all. It would have made sense if she were as much of a jokester as he was.

[@PatrickTheWriter]

Especially when you consider the fact that Arthur, unlike most of Samantha's relatives, doesn't actively dislike Darren. With the exception of Aunt Clara, all of Samantha's other relatives despise him to varying degrees. So, why is Arthur hooked up with an insufferable snob like Aretha?

[@legaleagle46]

@@PatrickTheWriter Because his hormones overruled his common sense!

[@malisle13descendantslover46]

@@legaleagle46 exactly

[@slickchick5811]

would have been overkill with the jokes and pranks

[@weeshbohn6251]

It's a reference to closeted gay men married to women...

[@rextrek]

3rd... I love when Uncle Aurther's Fiance' i trying to decide where to go on their Honeymoon...and Author suggests India and Riding Elephants ....and she says - she doesn't want to MIX with THOSE people.....and Samantha Says I KNOW WHERE You can GO! Hysterical....

[@AStri-zg5xc]

Actually she says she doesn't want to be around 'untouchables'. In India due to the caste system even the other Indians don't want to be around these people. That's why they are referred to as 'untouchables'.

[@hildamartin6892]

I like his laugh

[@chelseagirl278]

It is addictive and gives him, his distinct personality

[@user-dk4ir6hn9n]

I love Liz's hair during this era

[@foodiefreak9750]

Could we please get some episodes of Uncle Arthur

[@DadInTaiwan]

That snooty transatlantic accent is perfect for Aretha's character. She sounds like Gloria Upson from Auntie Mame.

[@mscarolynnigro]

That was one colorful kitchen

[@dianetheisen8664]

This was a funny episode!

[@eliranpinhasov5940]

Most gayest unbelievable husband 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chelseagirl278]

Like Liza Minnelli’s ex-husband 😂

[@eliranpinhasov5940]

@@chelseagirl278 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏

[@evohumans]

That's right, be yourself Uncle Arthur, and let that hag go.

[@corneliuswhite5139]

I think Uncle Arthur is really Loki. ;)

[@veronicalloyd7902]

Aretha played by the beautiful Barbara Rhodes..👍

[@PeterPlayhouse2043]

Beautiful Barbara Rhoades. I am so glad she is still with us, even if retired.

[@ownSystem]

“Girlfriend” 😂

[@johino1]

I love your channel. I subscribed.

[@jedicobb1753]

I love Paul lynde

[@gretchennelson9965]

She also played Lavonne Laverne on The Partridge Family

[@harperstacey9604]

That's actress Barbara rhoades. She has appeared on many TV shows. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@samanthab1923]

I remember her from Goodbye Girl!

[@alfredoprime5495]

I don't think the writers really thought this one through: what would a witch need with servants if she can conjure up anything she wants?

[@mlongpre100]

some people need to demean others

[@patryk88]

Had exact same thoughts!!

[@red_five3325]

Dobby: "Is Dobby a joke to you?"

[@Andycas510]

To feel powerful !!

[@SH-yu3nf]

too good uncle Arthur is Fab too good

[@daniels7907]

Hey, Uncle Arthur, love the new beard.

[@alfredbernasek6761]

AUCH HEUTE NOCH EIN HIT

[@tapeduk]

This is the last Uncle Arthur episode.....Paul Lynde didn't appear in season 8

[@MsJoyce31202]

They're below mine, too.😂

[@mlongpre100]

Aretha has no gaydar !

[@suzanneoshannessy7666]

Love uncle Arthur ❤️

[@kathyfowler7511]

2:57😂

[@hebneh]

I'm not sure why Paul Lynde was cast as a ladykiller more that once in his career.

[@byrdziakbrigitte9009]

Quel est l episode, de quelle série en français svp? Merci!

[@lordbyron3603]

His girlfriend is what Uncle Arthur wishes he could be ! 😝

[@DTD110865]

His girlfriend may be stuck up, but she's nice-looking.

[@TomYaz]

If he turned his girlfriend into a man it would be more believable

[@clarekuehn4372]

🤣

[@jesseparedes195]

That is why it is called FICTION.

[@lloydkline1518]

Uncle Arthur: charm can get all the pretty woman he wants;;

[@lloydkline1518]

Uncle Arthur get a pretty red hair woman

[@JP5466]

Bubbles McCall!

[@guysalzmann9302]

Paul Lynde... the greatest. Sad such short life. But girlfriend? Don’t think so... wrong gender.

[@lawrencehawkins7198]

“The masquerade goes on.” Hmmmmmm, yeah.

[@findusfishfingers]

Poor Paul, he lived in a time where he had to carry on the masquerade his entire life 😞

[@msmithca1]

Uncle Arthur's last appearance

[@kerrykeene6471]

Sam doesn't like mortal snobs. She likes witch snobs even less. Notice when she was about to suggest where they could go, and it aint the North Pole. It's a lot hotter. 🙂 Sam: "That's not the word I'd use."

[@hotsingle1983]

I wish they would have allowed him to be his gay fabulous self

[@richardc7869]

Beard? 😆

[@kerrykeene6471]

Well, Sony is in the process of bringing another BEWITCHED movie to the big screen. From reports, the movie will resume where the series left off. Maybe they'll cast Steve Carroll, if fans let Sony know when/if casting begins . Can't hurt. As Darrin said in WHAT EVERY YOUNG MAN SHOULD KNOW, witches are just like humans acting like any other mother/daughter. Of course, he said it in a burst of anger and he had a right. In this episode, we see witches have snobs in their ranks, too, and Sam has no more use for witch versions than she does for the human kind. I've read that the chimps in this episode made Dick Sargent and Elizabeth a bit nervous. If you'll notice, these chimps look larger and older than the ones used in earlier episodes. Chimps can be aggressive, even trained ones, and are much stronger than humans.

[@blackcattheultimatemoonwal4935]

Arthur’s girlfriend doesn’t like fun

[@elleevans3290]

Ha ha 😂

[@HisWordisLife4U]

It would be over as soon as she found out he was gay as a maypole.

[@leoderosia9279]

Rest assured Paul Lynde had no interest in the beautiful Elisabeth ....he mustve partied hard to die at 55 , funny guy and a original

[@VictorLepanto]

Paul Linde has a girlfriend? That is a magic trick. It is interesting how often homosexuality is dealt w/ implicitly in this time period. Dr. Smith on Lost In Space is a case in point. Originally, when he was portrayed as a villain character he affects a waspy manner, then, when they want him to a more positive character he takes a more flaming type behavior. He becomes comic relief.

[@VictorLepanto]

@Mike Schwinn Have you seen the pilot of earlier episodes? Originally, Lost In Space set a more adult serious tone. It was not -yet- meant for kids. People besides Gene Roddenberry were trying to get serious sci-fi on the air. Most producers & network executives still saw it as Buck Rogers child stuff. The network made them turn LIS into a childish bit of nonsense. In both the pilot & regular series Smith always had distinctly homosexual traits. The original Smith was a nasty, waspy, humorless villainous character. A perverse & cruel type villain who tries to sabotage the Jupiter 2 & kill all on board. He merely accidently gets trapped on board. As I said, later he is played more vampily & effeminately.

[@zzzbbbooo]

It was never implied that either Uncle Arthur or Dr Smith were of any sexuality. It wasn't relevant to their roles. Jonathan Harris (Smith) was not gay in real life - he had a wife and son.

[@VictorLepanto]

@Mike Schwinn I was going to respond to Renee but I see you've handled her fairly well. I guess she is younger & doesn't understand how things were in more "closeted" times. Gay men used to call their wives (actual wives) their "beards." Maybe he bit the bullet & sired a son w/ her once; maybe it was a professional marriage, which used to be more common in Hollywood, where a young unsuccessful actress attached herself to a more successful homosexual actor. He got cover while she had economic security. Almost a less demanding version of a kept woman. At least a kept woman needed to earn her "keep" once in a while. I suppose a professional beard wife, one who enters into the relationship knowing, would be free to pursue her social life apart from the titular husband. If she got knocked up a couple of times in the process that would simply enhance the beard camouflage. I doubt our friend Renee understands the terms "wasp" or "flamer" relative to homosexual stereotypes. A wasp being an effeminate but emotionally cold or snipish character, commonly portrayed as villains. A flamer was an exaggerated homosexual w/ highly exaggerated effeminate qualities, usually played for comedic effects. Someone should do an examination of how homosexual stereotypes were played for either villain or comedic relief characters. If you look @ the original Dr. Smith character he was clearly & knowingly using waspy mannerisms to make his character unlikable as a villain. He then quite obviously switched to a flamer portrayal when Smith was turned into comedy relief.

[@VictorLepanto]

@Mike Schwinn If you've ever seen the original pilot, Smith wasn't even in it. Someone had simply sabotaged (reprogrammed) the robot to destroy the ship on flight, while the family is in suspended animation. When the show was adopted for a regular series they decided, for some reason, to add the Smith character as an embodied villain for the family to play off. He simply was trapped on the ship after take off, by accident. Originally he pretended to simply be a technician for the space agency but the family figured out he was the cause of their problems. He was entirely waspish in that 1st episode but over time I guess Harris just began acting more like himself. That happens in episodic television. The actors create a character @ 1st but over time the real character of the actor sorta leaks through. The problem w/ having the villain trapped w/ them is why keep him around? They play off that question @ 1st as they originally try to exile Smith. The boy goes out & saves him. I have to wonder how having a small boy befriend a homosexual man was done knowing by the writers? It is all too obvious that the writers of this show were knowingly playing off of Harris' homosexuality. This is where the shift to him being flaming comic relief really comes. They had a similar problem w/ the villain Baltar on the original Battlestar Galactica. In that he is reduced to a kind of talking head by the Cylons. He was something of a waspy villain also. I guess waspy villains were meant to signify the unnatural treachery of the villain @ the time?

[@dennismichael5891]

What a joke this show was.. I KNEW UNCLE ARTHUR PERSONALLY...HE LIKED BIG HAITIAN SALAMIS NOT DEAD FISH AND YOUNG CHICKEN

[@slickchick5811]

?

[@rraaddff]

GGGRRRRRRRRR I want to see the rest of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@blueskye6372]

Witchcraft indeed. ✌️😂

[@ElmerCat]

The character of Uncle Arthur was adopted by Star Trek as the character Q. Samantha and her relatives possess all the same powers as Q. The Q of Star Trek is a mischievous practical joker, just like Uncle Arthur. What Samantha called the Cosmic Cotillion is essentially the Q Continuum. I say, they're all the same species.

[@reelsoffortuneslotsplay4267]

I thought Trelane was a Q

[@ElmerCat]

@@reelsoffortuneslotsplay4267 Yes, even John DeLancie is quoted as saying, "The character of Trelane has a lot of characteristics that are very much like Q." Of course, since all of the Q go by the same name, there are more than one of them.

[@timothyspencer2861]

There life is better than mine

[@chelseagirl278]

I know the feeling. Big hugs 🤗 to you ❤️

[@CrystalClearNews]

She wasn't good enough for him

[@jre617]

Was always a dumbbell show. Paul Lynde's delivery is everything though.

[@gsu4life1]

Uncle Authur with a girlfriend. Ok, I wonder how long the producers and directors had to talk him into going along with this storyline. They didn't fool anybody with this nonsense.

[@natashatracephoenix5998]

Hey will take a trip to the moon on gossamer wings love that part and uncle arthur what wings he was the best joker love paul lynde

[@len1991100]

Samantha is pretty

[@johncritch6812]

Who is the girlfriend ?

[@chelseagirl278]

She is gorgeous!

[@vladimirenlow4388]

Barbara Rhoades was all over the place in the '60s and '70s but never really moved off the B-list. Longest engagement she ever had was on "The Match Game". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Rhoades

[@chelseagirl278]

@@vladimirenlow4388 thanks for this!

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

I believe his girlfriend has no funny bone in her body. Even if she is stacked like a spell book.

[@jamesniezgoda5454]

Is that Madeline Kahn?

[@TrainsFerriesFeet]

Um, hello.

[@hippiewithacowboyhat]

How ironic that Paul Lynde has a girlfriend that looks like a guy in drag..... 🤣

[@oliviadressler7417]

Keep away