Retro Picks
SITCOM HALLOWEEN CLASSICS!
If you prefer to laugh your way through spooky season, don’t miss these episodes today. Start fright and early with six festive installments of . One standout: 1965’s “Trick or Treat,” in which Darrin (Dick York) is transformed into a werewolf by his mischievous mother-in-law, who casts the spell while Maureen McCormick!). Meanwhile, author and innkeeper Dick Loudon’s (Bob Newhart) eccentric Vermont neighbors fear they’re being invaded by aliens in a memorable 1987 edition of . There’s plenty of toil and trouble in primetime with the ) airing the comedy’s six Halloween episodes, including 1999’s offering when the young heroine (Melissa Joan Hart, above center) tries to escape the hijinks by working. As if! A trio of favorites includes the 2001 riot in which the psychiatrist (Kelsey Grammer) throws a bash where guests come dressed as their heroes, and his brother, Niles (David Hyde Pierce), shows up as their dad (John Mahoney). Stick around for back-to-back episodes of The proud prank master (Roseanne Barr) is outdone in 1993’s “Halloween V” and gives birth to Jerry Garcia Conner in 1995’s “Halloween—The Final Chapter.”
