When watching the "E! True Hollywood Story" about Bewitched you get to the part where Paul Lynde's performances are talked about.
"Lynde was a comedic actor, best known for his work on The Perry Como Show and the Broadway and film versions of Bye Bye, Birdie".
Herbie J. Pilato, who wrote a book about Bewitched, says, Paul Lynde was only on eight or nine episodes of the show, but his presence was so strong - that - everybody thinks he's in, like, forty.
Bewitched director Richard Michaels says, "Paul Lynde's personality was so unique that, on our show, or anywhere else he appeared, he was outstanding. So he made a mark bigger than the number of shows he did."
In Paul Lynde's first appearance on Bewitched, in 1964, he was Samantha's driving instructor.
They are stuck in traffic, the instructor tells her to turn, and she says it's One Way, the "wrong" way....
and another driver is laying on his horn, and Paul Lynde calls out the window at him, "Selfish!"
Richard Baer: "He said it with such disgust, and such disdain, that it was hysterical."
(Paul Lynde: "Selfish! .. SELFISH!!")
Richard Baer: "I wouldn't have written it for anybody else, and nobody else would have done it the same, but it was probably my favorite line, and it wasn't even a joke."
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