Rainmaker

When a locale experiences a devastating drought, a character claims they can make it rain. Usually they're right.

My Favorite Martian

Appearances

• My Favorite Martian: Season 2 episode 11, "Don't Rain on My Parade" (1964). During a long dry spell, a neighbor, Mr. Baldetti, claims he can make it rain with a combination of his "stamp" dance and rainmaker machine.
• Gilligan's Island: Season 1 episode 14, "Water, Water Everywhere" (1965). The castaways are running out of water, so the Howells don stereotypical Native American garb and attempt a rain dance that Mrs. Howell claims "worked last year in Yellowstone Park for the Cherokees." They conclude that it didn't work because Gilligan was nearby, and he's bad luck.
• Barney Miller: Season 7, episode 21, "The Rainmaker" (1981). Deitrich and Wojo arrest a man for starting a bonfire in Washington Square, and the man explains that he's a rainmaker, and he was hired by the city to make it rain.