Here's something a little unusual but I feel it has more than a little "Beginner's Luck" sort of vibe. This is "I Dream of Jeannie" Season 2, Episode 26 "A Secretary Is Not A Toy". In it, Jeannie decides to be the secretary to the General to get a promotion for Major Nelson. Unfortunately, the job has just been filled and the new hire is rather snippy with Jeannie, telling her "better luck next time, honey" and to "go find a crying towel" while touching her perfectly coifed hair in disdain.
The arrogant girl gets her comeuppance when she's called in to the General's office. Jeannie blinks and turns her in to a frumpy housewife, her stylish clothes replaced by an ill fitting old lady's nightgown and with her once loose and beautiful hair now up in curlers in a tight bun. Humiliated, she runs crying from the office and quits in frustrated embarrassment. The contrast between her frumps nightgown and the professionally dressed Jeannie is very sharp. It is HER, not Jeannie, who now needs a crying towel.
One can only wonder how she feels-- not only does she have to make her way home in public dressed like that, but she's lost her place as a young attractive woman. This is supposed to be her time to be young, beautiful and desired, the attention of men. She should be out in the world. SHe's now been reduced to battle ax housewife...
The secretary is played by Eileen O'Neill, who was somewhat of a staple on 60's television, appearing as a character in the show "Burke's Law" and even had a guest role on "Batman"...
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