The Leprechaun-Artist

"**The Leprechaun-Artist**"
"The Leprechaun-Artist"
The Twilight Zone episode
	Scene from The Leprechaun-Artist
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 19a
Directed by	Tommy Lee Wallace
Written by	Tommy Lee Wallace
Production code	23
Original air date	February 21, 1986
Guest appearances
	Bradley Gregg: Richie ; Danny Nucci: Buddy ; Joey Green: J.P. ; Cork Hubbert: Leprechaun ; : Sgt. Brewer ; : J.P.'s Mom ; : Richie's Dad ; : Buddy's Dad ; Melinda Peterson: Buddy's Mom
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"The Leprechaun-Artist" (also broadcast as "Three Irish Wishes") is the first segment of the nineteenth episode from the first season (1985–86) of the television series The Twilight Zone. It is a story in the tradition of "The Monkey's Paw", with three boys gaining three magical wishes which prove to have unintended negative consequences.

Plot[]

A vacationing leprechaun is captured by three boys named Buddy, JP, and Richie, who take him to their clubhouse. The leprechaun tells them they may have one wish each. Buddy makes a wish for X-ray vision so that he can see beneath girls' clothing. The next morning, Buddy finds it hard to control the intensity of his powers. He sees internal organs and skulls instead of just underneath their clothing, and the power gives him crippling headaches. The leprechaun reverses the wish without charge.

JP wishes that their parents all do whatever they tell them to. As a result, their parents become so docile and mindless that JP has to give his mother step-by-step directions to get her to cook a frozen pizza. The boys accuse the leprechaun of tricking them, forcing them to use their final wish to undo the second one. As a show of good faith, the leprechaun also reverses the second wish without charge.

Richie wishes for a fast, "really hot" car, unlimited gasoline, and a driver with a mind of his own. Having fulfilled his obligation, the leprechaun disappears. They find a limo and driver waiting. At the boys' orders, the driver goes well over the speed limit. The police pursue them for speeding, and the boys tell the driver to pull over. However, the driver shows that he has "a mind of his own" and tries to outrace the police. The limo is forced to stop by road construction and a vehicle coming the other direction. The driver flees, leaving the boys to take the heat.

The boys are held for auto theft, and realize that the word "hot" in Richie's wish was interpreted to mean stolen. The leprechaun appears and, saying that he likes the look of the boys, reverses the third wish. The police now have no knowledge of their crime. The boys gladly go home.

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Season 1	"Shatterday" "A Little Peace and Quiet" "Wordplay" "Dreams for Sale" "Chameleon" "Healer" "Children's Zoo" "Kentucky Rye" "Little Boy Lost" "Wish Bank" "Nightcrawlers" "If She Dies" "Ye Gods" "Examination Day" "A Message from Charity" "Teacher's Aide" "Paladin of the Lost Hour" "Act Break" "The Burning Man" "Dealer's Choice" "Dead Woman's Shoes" "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" "The Shadow Man" "The Uncle Devil Show" "Opening Day" "The Beacon" "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" "Her Pilgrim Soul" "I of Newton" "Night of the Meek" "But Can She Type?" "The Star" "Still Life" "The Little People of Killany Woods" "The Misfortune Cookie" "Monsters!" "A Small Talent for War" "A Matter of Minutes" "The Elevator" "To See the Invisible Man" "Tooth and Consequences" "Welcome to Winfield" "Quarantine" "Gramma" "Personal Demons" "Cold Reading" "The Leprechaun-Artist" "Dead Run" "Profile in Silver" "Button, Button" "Need to Know" "Red Snow" "Take My Life...Please!" "Devil's Alphabet" "The Library" "Shadow Play" "Grace Note" "A Day in Beaumont" "The Last Defender of Camelot"
Season 2	"The Once and Future King" "A Saucer of Loneliness" "What Are Friends For?" "Aqua Vita" "The Storyteller" "Nightsong" "The After Hours" "Lost and Found" "The World Next Door" "The Toys of Caliban" "The Convict's Piano" "The Road Less Traveled" "The Card" "The Junction" "Joy Ride" "Shelter Skelter" "Private Channel" "Time and Teresa Golowitz" "Voices in the Earth" "Song of the Younger World" "The Girl I Married"
Season 3	"The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon" "Extra Innings" "The Crossing" "The Hunters" "Dream Me a Life" "Memories" "The Hellgramite Method" "Our Selena Is Dying" "The Call" "The Trance" "Acts of Terror" "20/20 Vision" "There Was an Old Woman" "The Trunk" "Appointment on Route 17" "The Cold Equations" "Stranger in Possum Meadows" "Street of Shadows" "Something in the Walls" "A Game of Pool" "Room 2426" "The Mind of Simon Foster" "The Wall" "Cat and Mouse" "Rendezvous in a Dark Place" "Many, Many Monkeys" "Love Is Blind" "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich" "Special Service" "Father and Son Game"

The Leprechaun-Artist

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