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Turnabout

All Episodes 1979 - 1982
NR

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  • 1979-01-27T02:00:00Z
  • 25m
  • 3h 30m (7 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Universal Television + 1 more, Sam Denoff Productions
  • Comedy
Welcome to the Turnabout guide at TV Tome. The updated plot follows the classic 1930's novel by Thorne Smith (also author of Topper, etc.) fairly well. A 1940 movie was made as well, though it had the voices switching bodies along with their personalities. The characters in the series are similar, although they have been renamed and modernized for a society 50 years in the future of the original novel and movie. Their neighbors, coworkers and jobs are new creationsfor the TV series, but remain in the general style of the prior source material. Penny wishes her life were more like hubby Sam's. And he wishes much the same about his wife. Each thinks the other has the easier life and both wish one night that they could be each other, to have an easier life. Of course dreams don't come true, especially idle ones! Or do they??? Unfortunately, Penny bought a small statuette from a gypsy, unaware that it had the power to grant wishs. As fast as you can say "presto-chango,

8 episodes

1982-11-16T02:00:00Z

Special 1 The Magic Statue

Special 1 The Magic Statue

  • 1982-11-16T02:00:00Z25m

Compilation TV movie comprised of the episodes "Turnabout," "Penny's Old Boyfriend," "Till Dad Do Us Part," and "Statutory Theft"

1979-01-27T02:00:00Z

1x02 Turnabout - Pilot episode

1x02 Turnabout - Pilot episode

  • 1979-01-27T02:00:00Z30m

A cursed Gypsy's statue causes Sam and Penny's spirits to take flight and exchange bodies after they made an idle wish about each other having the better life. Now Sam is his wife and Penny is her husband. Oh Boy!

1979-02-03T02:00:00Z

1x03 Penny's Old Boyfriend

1x03 Penny's Old Boyfriend

  • 1979-02-03T02:00:00Z30m

Penny's old boyfriend shows up with a job offer that Penny hopes Sam won't refuse now that he literally speaks for her! Penny is excited to see him, and perhaps a bit too affectionate considering her currently male body! But Sam suspects the former boyfriend is more interested in making a move on Penny! Thanks to the magic statue's body exchange a few weeks ago, he's in the perfect position to find out since her ex-boyfriend believes he IS Penny!

1x04 We're a Little Late, Folks

  • 1979-02-10T02:00:00Z30m

Penny informs Sam that her monthly visitor is overdue to visit HIM! Could Sam become the first man to become a mother??? A way too intense visit to Penny's gynecologist is the next step, with the horror stories of the mothers to be in the waiting room putting birth in a new perspective for him now that HE would be the one giving birth. The Doctor examines him. She asks him if he has been under any stress lately since that could explain the late period. She says that the results of her exam and blood tests will be due in a few days. Penny and Sam have a good laugh when Sams tells her that stress might be a cause for the delay. Changing bodies and genders has certainly been stressful for them both! Sam can only wait for the test results to find out if he is... PREGNANT!

1979-02-17T02:00:00Z

1x05 Cry Me a Touchdown

1x05 Cry Me a Touchdown

  • 1979-02-17T02:00:00Z30m

Sam and Penny prepare to participate in a charity touch football game, only Sam is now the cheerleader and Penny is the quarterback and neither has a clue on how to perform those roles!

1979-03-10T02:00:00Z

1x06 Till Dad Do Us Part

1x06 Till Dad Do Us Part

  • 1979-03-10T02:00:00Z30m

Penny's family comes to visit on the occasion of her sisters wedding, and masculine minded Sam has to be the daughter/sister instead of Penny, to Sam's annoyance and Penny's disappointment. But when her father threatens to skip the wedding, Penny, still stuck inside Sam's body, has to break through her father's reservations about his son-in-law and show him the error of his actions regarding BOTH his daughter's choices in spouses.

1979-03-24T02:00:00Z

1x07 Crass Reunion

1x07 Crass Reunion

  • 1979-03-24T02:00:00Z30m

Shhhh. Sam is invited to a fraternity reunion, only the wives are not invited! Too bad Penny is now occupying Sam's body and is the one to get the news! So they both return to Sam's old college for a wild reunion!

Season Finale

1979-03-31T02:00:00Z

1x08 Statutory Theft

Season Finale

1x08 Statutory Theft

  • 1979-03-31T02:00:00Z30m

The magical statue is STOLEN!!! Will Sam and Penny be cursed to stay in each other's body forever?

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