Mr. Merlin
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{{Infobox television
| image = MrMerlin.jpg
| image_size = 240
| caption = Mr. Merlin Title Card
| creator = Larry Rosen
Larry Tucker
| producer = Joel Rogosin
| writer = Larry Rosen
Larry Tucker
Tom Chehak
| director = Bill Bixby
Harry Winer
James Frawley
| starring = Barnard Hughes
Clark Brandon
Elaine Joyce
Jonathan Prince
Phil Morris
| composer = Ken Harrison
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 22
| executive_producer = Larry Rosen
Larry Tucker
| cinematography = Chuck Arnold
Ronald W. Browne
| editor = Robert F. Shugrue
John Farrell
Kenneth R. Koch
| runtime = 30 minutes
| channel = CBS
| company = Larry Larry Productions
| first_aired = {{start date|1981|10|7}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1982|3|22}}
}}
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.
Premise
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|date=January 2016}}
Cast
= Main =
- Barnard Hughes as Max Merlin, Merlin the Magician who now works as a mechanic in San Francisco.
- Clark Brandon as Zachary Rogers, Merlin's apprentice.
- Jonathan Prince as Leo Samuels, Zac's best friend.
- Elaine Joyce as Alexandria, Merlin's fellow magician.
- Phil Morris as the Kid.
=Guest cast=
- DeAnna Robbins in "Pilot" (Episode 1)
- Richard Basehart in "A Moment in Camelot" (Episode 7)
- Stacy Keach Sr. in "Take My Tonsils... Please!" (Episode 9)
- Scott McGinnis in "Not So Sweet Sixteen" (Episode 11)
- Mel Stewart in "Alex Goes Popless" (Episode 14)
- Catherine Mary Stewart and Rita Wilson in "Everything's Coming Up Daisies " (Episode 15)
- Eugene Roche in "Change of Venue: Part 1" (Episode 18)
- Holly Gagnier in "I Was a Teenage Loser" (Episode 22)
Episodes
Note: A Mr. Merlin strip ran briefly in the British TV Comic.
{{Episode table
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|title = 28
|director = 15
|writer = 25
|airdate = 15
|prodcode = 10
|country = US
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Pilot
|DirectedBy = John Astin
|WrittenBy = Larry Tucker,
Larry Rosen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|7}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = The Cloning of the Green
|DirectedBy = Bill Bixby
|WrittenBy = Larry Tucker,
Larry Rosen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|14}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Starsand
|DirectedBy = Herbert Kenwith
|WrittenBy = Larry Tucker,
Larry Rosen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|21}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = The Music's in Me
|DirectedBy = Harry Winer
|WrittenBy = Tom Chehak
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|28}}
|ProdCode = 183402
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = All About Sheila
|DirectedBy = Harry Winer
|WrittenBy = Larry Tucker,
Larry Rosen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|4}}
|ProdCode = 183401
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = The Two Faces of Zac
|DirectedBy = Bill Bixby
|WrittenBy = Tim Maschler
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|11}}
|ProdCode = 183403
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = A Moment in Camelot
|DirectedBy = Harry Winer
|WrittenBy = William J. Keenan
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|18}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = A Message from Wallshime
|DirectedBy = Alan Myerson
|WrittenBy = Jeffrey Scott
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|12|2}}
|ProdCode =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = Take My Tonsils... Please
|DirectedBy = Bill Bixby
|WrittenBy = Parke Perine
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|12|9}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|Title = The Ache
|DirectedBy = Larry Elikann
|WrittenBy = Stephanie Garman,
Hollace White
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|12|23}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|Title = Not So Sweet Sixteen
|DirectedBy = Alan Myerson
|WrittenBy = Tom Chehak
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|12|30}}
|ProdCode =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|Title = Romeo and Dreidelwood
|DirectedBy = James Frawley
|WrittenBy = Larry Tucker,
Larry Rosen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|1|6}}
|ProdCode = 183419
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|Title = Getting to Know You
|DirectedBy = Leo Penn
|WrittenBy = Ann Woodall,
Paula Lintz
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|1|18}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|Title = Alex Goes Popless
|DirectedBy = James Frawley
|WrittenBy = Tom Chehak
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|1|25}}
|ProdCode = 183420
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|Title = Everything's Coming Up Daisies
|DirectedBy = Jeffrey Hayden
|WrittenBy = Don Tait
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|2|1}}
|ProdCode = 183421
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|Title = The Egg and Us
|DirectedBy = Howard Storm
|WrittenBy = George Geiger
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|2|8}}
|ProdCode = 183417
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|Title = How to Help a Gymnast in a Foreign Country
|DirectedBy = Leo Penn
|WrittenBy = Martin Donovan
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|2|15}}
|ProdCode = 183416
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 18
19
|Title = Change of Venue: Parts 1 & 2
|DirectedBy = Bill Bixby
|WrittenBy = Tim Maschler
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|2|22}}
|ProdCode =
|ShortSummary = Originally presented as an hour-long episode.
|LineColor = F3F781
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 20
|Title = An Absence of Amulets
|DirectedBy = Harry Winer
|WrittenBy = Paul Haggis,
Michael Mauer
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|3|1}}
|ProdCode = 183413
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 21
|Title = Arrivederci, Dink
|DirectedBy = Alan Myerson
|WrittenBy = Julie Kirgo,
Dinah Kirgo
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|3|15}}
|ProdCode = 183424
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 22
|Title = I Was a Teenage Loser
|DirectedBy = Bill Bixby
|WrittenBy = Tom Chehak
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|3|22}}
|ProdCode = 183425
|ShortSummary =
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}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0081903|title=Mr. Merlin}}
{{TV series based on Arthurian legends}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mister Merlin}}
Category:1981 American television series debuts
Category:1982 American television series endings
Category:1980s American sitcoms
Category:Television series by Sony Pictures Television
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television series based on Arthurian legend
Category:Television shows set in San Francisco