She tells the demons to create a diversion by attacking Jack O'Lantern and tells Sir Archibald to take the two children. Zelda, however, says that nothing can go wrong this time. Sir Archibald does not want to involve the children, saying that they are likely to "botch things up". Jack is obviously fond of the two children. She also notices a weakness Jack has that she can exploit. Zelda realizes that the farm is being protected by the powerful leprechaun Jack O'Lantern, who has pulled the midnight sun trick on her before. Zelda the witch and some of the ghostly demons she commands. The frost goes, leaving the fields watered. Jack borrows some of the midnight sun from the North Pole. Zelda calls on the demons to frost the soil. Jack conjures up a tropical storm which puts out the fire immediately. He blows into the horn and sends all of the hailstones flying back up into the sky, where they hit Zelda, Sir Archibald and the demons. Jack catches all of the hailstones in a horn of plenty. Zelda calls on some demons to send down a hailstorm. Zelda and the British-accented Sir Archibald arrive, both flying on broomsticks. Jack says that as long as he has his pot of gold, he will be able to defeat Zelda every time. He tells the children that they do not need to be afraid. Jack says that Zelda and her associates will soon be coming. Shortly before midnight, the children go out to the field. He tells the children to meet him in the field at midnight to see him protect the farm from Zelda and her minions. Jack goes on to explain that the pot of gold which he keeps with him in his pumpkin shell gives him greater magical power than any ghost or witch. Zelda wants to drive all the farmers away so that she can take their land. Jack tells the children that their father's farm and all the neighboring farms are being magically attacked each night by Zelda the witch, her husband Sir Archibald the warlock and the ghosts, goblins and ghouls that Zelda commands. He explains to the children, however, that crows are not the reason why their father's farm is not prospering. Jack appears to enjoy the idea of being a scarecrow. Jack O'Lantern likes the fact that the two children are named Michael and Colleen because those names remind him of his native Ireland. He took on the form of a pumpkin seed, which later grew into a pumpkin, in order to hibernate. The voice says that he is really a leprechaun named Jack O'Lantern. Michael admits that he did it and apologizes to the pumpkin. The voice asks who carved holes into the pumpkin.
A voice speaking in an Irish accent then comes out of the pumpkin. When Michael finishes carving the pumpkin, it starts to glow. There, Michael carves a face into the pumpkin. He asks Colleen to bring a pumpkin which she found to him in the barn. Michael thinks that things might get better if he improves his scarecrow, which does not even have a head. The children's father says that, in that case, the problem must be caused by ghosts and goblins because neither he nor any of the neighboring farmers are managing to grow anything. Colleen points out that crows have not come to the farm since Michael made a scarecrow.
He complains that crows eat all the seeds. Although the children's father works hard, he does not succeed in growing any crops. They have a horse named Swayback, a cow named Lulu and a goat named Billy. The two children want their grandfather to tell them a story, one that they have obviously heard before, about the jack-o-lantern on Michael's windowsill.Īs a boy, Michael and his sister Colleen move with their father from the city to a farm. Jack offers to use his superior magical powers to protect the farm.Īn old man named Michael is visited on his farm by his young grandson and granddaughter. Jack explains to the boy and his sister that the reason why their father is unable to grow any crops on his farm is because the farm is being magically attacked each night by a witch and her husband. Jack O'Lantern is awakened when a boy carves a face into the pumpkin in order to make a head for a scarecrow. The episode's title character is an Irish leprechaun who takes on the form of a pumpkin in order to enjoy a long sleep. It bears hardly any resemblance to the traditional tale of Stingy Jack. Although the majority of episodes of Festival of Family Classics are based on famous novels, poems or folktales, "Jack O'Lantern" is an original story written by William J. The episode first aired in the United States in syndication on October 29, 1972.
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"Jack O'Lantern" is a Halloween-themed episode of the American animated TV series Festival of Family Classics, which was produced and directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr.
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