The Paul Lynde Halloween Special was a Halloween-themed television special starring Paul Lynde broadcast October 29, 1976 on ABC. It featured guest stars Margaret Hamilton in her first reprisal of her role as The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. Also guest starring are Billie Hayes as Witchiepoo from H.R. Pufnstuf, Tim Conway, Roz Kelly, Florence Henderson, rock band KISS, Billy Barty,Betty White.
Paul announces to the audience the show is to celebrate a holiday which might be Christmas, Easter or Valentine's Day. His housekeeper, Margaret tells him that it is none of those holidays and drops a hint about it being Halloween. The subsequent musical number has Lynde sing "Kids" (his signature tune) from Bye Bye Birdie with new Halloween-themed lyrics. In order to avoid "pesky kids" the housekeeper takes him to meet her sister, Witchiepoo, who has a pet vulture named Rover guarding her castle door. Lynde realizes that Margaret's sister is a witch and Margaret transforms into The Wicked Witch of the West. He is terrified and tries to escape, but Rover confines him to the castle. The two witches grant three wishes to him. In his first wish he becomes a trucker who competes against a fellow trucker (Tim Conway) for the love of a diner waitress (Roz Kelly). In his second wish he's a sheik trying to woo a kidnapped beauty (Florence Henderson) only to be interrupted by Tim Conway as a Foreign Legion scout sent in to save Florence from Paul. In his third wish, Lynde allows the witches to make a choice and they wish to go to a disco. At the disco, Florence Henderson returns to sing a disco version of "That Old Black Magic." Paul is also treated to three performances from KISS. They perform "Detroit Rock City", "Beth" and "King of the Night Time World"—and they engage in a comic exchange with the star after Margaret introduces the band to Paul.
The show's finale has the entire cast assembling for a performance of "Disco Baby" (a gender-neutral version of the popular "Disco Lady") by Lynde and Roz "Pinky Tuscadero" Kelly (who is repeatedly billed this way).
This is the official release from Smore Entertainment, not a bootleg.