21. Listening to the wall, as much fun as that sounds, doesn't really do it for the kid either. Man, what a drag it is coming to Uncle Johnny's house - you can only talk with him after midnight.
22. Lewis doesn't still believe Jonathan is a witch. For proof, Jonathan pulls out his secret book and reads a suspiciously sounding chant.
23. Everybody remembers this classic scene in the book where Jonathan's magic spell levitates Lewis so we'll just skip ahead..
24. Named "Best Special Effects" in any Bellairs adaptation to date.
25. Now that Lewis knows his uncle is legit, he heads off to school to impress the chicks. As production costs were too high to hire women (like Mrs. Zimmermann)...
26. ...Lewis winds up impressing Tarby, baseball superstar and all-around lousy actor. Tarby says no way that old man is a witch.
27. Lewis angrily defends his uncle, claiming his uncle -- wizard's the name -- can raise the dead.
28. Tarby says no way am I getting another TV job after this one.
Audio: Lewis "brags" about not having anything to do except cast spells. (0:15)
29. Lewis agrees. The two decide to meet later that night at the cemetery.
30. At home, Lewis goes through the secret book, looking for neat spells and far-out ways to show Tarby how awesome he is. He finds a spell for eclipsing the moon and thinks how much easier that could have been. But nothing says "I'm cool" like reanimating the dead. That's the professionally precise way!
