Mr. Merlin | |
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Genre | Situation comedy, Fantasy |
Created by | Larry Rosen Larry Tucker |
Written by | Larry Rosen Larry Tucker Tom Chehak |
Directed by |
Bill Bixby Harry Winer James Frawley |
Starring |
Barnard Hughes Clark Brandon Elaine Joyce Jonathan Prince Phil Morris |
Composer | Ken Harrison |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 22 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Larry Rosen Larry Tucker |
Producer | Joel Rogosin |
Cinematography | Chuck Arnold Ronald W. Browne |
Editors | Robert F. Shugrue John Farrell Kenneth R. Koch |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Larry Larry Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | October 7, 1981 March 22, 1982 | –
Mr. Merlin is an American sitcom that ran for one season, from 1981 to 1982, about Merlin the wizard (played by Barnard Hughes), who is immortal, living in modern-day San Francisco, and disguised as Max Merlin, a mechanic. Mr. Merlin was produced by Larry Rosen and Larry Tucker, working as the Larry Larry Company, in association with Columbia Pictures Television.
Merlin hires Zachary Rogers ( Clark Brandon) to work in his garage, and when Zac pulls a crowbar out of a bucket of cement, the crowbar is revealed to be Arthur's sword Excalibur and Merlin must reveal himself to Zac and make him an apprentice. Leo Samuels ( Jonathan Prince) is Zac's best friend, who naturally has no idea his best buddy is a "wizard in training". Elaine Joyce is Alexandria ("Alex"), Max's equally magical liaison with an unseen "council" (who insisted Merlin take on an apprentice or lose both his powers and immortality).[ citation needed]
Note: A Mr. Merlin strip ran briefly in the British TV Comic.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
Prod. code [1] |
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1 | "Pilot" | John Astin | Larry Tucker, Larry Rosen | October 7, 1981 | TBA |
2 | "The Cloning of the Green" | Bill Bixby | Larry Tucker, Larry Rosen | October 14, 1981 | TBA |
3 | "Starsand" | Herbert Kenwith | Larry Tucker, Larry Rosen | October 21, 1981 | TBA |
4 | "The Music's in Me" | Harry Winer | Tom Chehak | October 28, 1981 | 183402 |
5 | "All About Sheila" | Harry Winer | Larry Tucker, Larry Rosen | November 4, 1981 | 183401 |
6 | "The Two Faces of Zac" | Bill Bixby | Tim Maschler | November 11, 1981 | 183403 |
7 | "A Moment in Camelot" | Harry Winer | William J. Keenan | November 18, 1981 | TBA |
8 | "A Message from Wallshime" | Alan Myerson | Jeffrey Scott | December 2, 1981 | TBA |
9 | "Take My Tonsils... Please" | Bill Bixby | Parke Perine | December 9, 1981 | TBA |
10 | "The Ache" | Larry Elikann | Stephanie Garman, Hollace White | December 23, 1981 | TBA |
11 | "Not So Sweet Sixteen" | Alan Myerson | Tom Chehak | December 30, 1981 | TBA |
12 | "Romeo and Dreidelwood" | James Frawley | Larry Tucker, Larry Rosen | January 6, 1982 | 183419 |
13 | "Getting to Know You" | Leo Penn | Ann Woodall, Paula Lintz | January 18, 1982 | TBA |
14 | "Alex Goes Popless" | James Frawley | Tom Chehak | January 25, 1982 | 183420 |
15 | "Everything's Coming Up Daisies" | Jeffrey Hayden | Don Tait | February 1, 1982 | 183421 |
16 | "The Egg and Us" | Howard Storm | George Geiger | February 8, 1982 | 183417 |
17 | "How to Help a Gymnast in a Foreign Country" | Leo Penn | Martin Donovan | February 15, 1982 | 183416 |
18–19 | "Change of Venue: Parts 1 & 2" | Bill Bixby | Tim Maschler | February 22, 1982 | TBA |
Originally presented as an hour-long episode. | |||||
20 | "An Absence of Amulets" | Harry Winer |
Paul Haggis, Michael Mauer | March 1, 1982 | 183413 |
21 | "Arrivederci, Dink" | Alan Myerson | Julie Kirgo, Dinah Kirgo | March 15, 1982 | 183424 |
22 | "I Was a Teenage Loser" | Bill Bixby | Tom Chehak | March 22, 1982 | 183425 |