Sabrina, the Teenage Witch/The Long and Winding Short Cut

The Long and Winding Short Cut
Season 3, Episode 22
Airdate	April 30, 1999
Written by	Carrie Honigblum & Renee Phillips
Directed by	Gary Halvorson
Produced by	Kenneth R. Koch
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Season Three

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The Long and Winding Short Cut is the twenty-second episode of the third season of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and the seventy-second episode overall.

Starring: Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina Spellman), Caroline Rhea (Hilda Spellman, Fay Wray), Beth Broderick (Zelda Spellman), Nate Richert (Harvey Kinkle), Jenna Leigh Green (Libby Chessler), Lindsay Sloane (Valerie Birkhead), Nick Bakay (The Voice of Salem)

and Martin Mull (Willard Kraft)

Guest Starring: Mary Gross (Mrs. Quick), Monty Hall (Himself)

Co-Starring: Evan O'Meara (Hank), Dave Nemeth (Reporter), Ritch Brinkley (50 Year Old Man), Carmen Filpi (Old Guy), William H. Bassett (Uncle Roy)

Plot Overview

Sabrina wants to vote in the Other Realm election because one of the propositions will allow her to tell Harvey that she is a witch. However she can't vote because she hasn't figured out her family secret yet. Because Mrs. Quick figures out one of the clues in a few moments, Sabrina asks for her help to solve the family secret. Mrs. Quick is addicted to game shows so to take advantage of that Sabrina sets up a game show called the "Guess The Family Secret". Mrs. Quick figures out the first word of the family secret before Aunt Zelda finds out that Sabrina is taking a shortcut. Zelda casts a 'no short-cut' spell to stop Sabrina using any modern convenience including alarm clocks and a calculator. Meanwhile Mrs. Quick figures out the answer to the second clue and attempts to tell Sabrina. Eventually her curiosity gets the better of her and she reads the answer. She is then sent into the Other Realm Prairie with Mrs. Quick as a punishment for her shortcut. While there, an Old Man asks for her to make him something to eat. She is then forced to make a sandwich the 'hard' way by making bread and butter from scratch. By making the meal she is convinced that she will make up for her wrong-doing. It is here that she figures out the second clue. However it turns out that the Other Realm Prarie that she was sent to, was actually a tourist stop in Westbridge as she figures out when Valerie and Harvey turn up wearing dresses ready to perform a play.

One of the other propositions in the election is the banning of 'mental floss'. Hilda and Zelda, as always, are taking different sides. Hilda uses 'mental floss' quite frequently (as proven in this episode) While Zelda feels that use of 'mental floss' is a waste of someone's brain. Each campaign for their side and some literal mud slinging occurs.