(Broadcast from 1964-1972)
I enjoyed compiling the photions and photos for this post so much. Not only do they have oodles of kitschy, retro appeal, many of them are hilarious. I remember watching reruns of this sitcom only a handful of times quite a few years ago, and now it's something I'd love to get on DVD so I can enjoy it further.
It's been interesting to read up a bit on the actors and actresses who starred in it and to find out what made them tick; I've included a few snippets about a few of them.
To address the topic of the series, i.e., witchcraft, I don't support the practice of anything in the occult realm (Christianity being my seat of faith); however, I think the way witchcraft was incorporated into the plot seems to have worked well and created a stage for tons of silly shenanigans. I'm unsure of how what is presented on the sitcom reflects actual witchcraft, but the show is very tongue-in-cheek; for example, though the witches cast "spells" and even have a spellbook, those spells involve such trickery as turning someone into a dog. Moreover, the witches aren't humans who practice witchcraft; they are a different type of being altogether and are not considered to be "mortals."
On a different note, I can't help but find shadowings of real-life issues within what this wacky family of witches goes through. For example, in one of the photion series, you'll find that Samantha lets Tabitha know that Darrin does not appreciate their witchy ways and wants them "to be just plain people." Oh, if it were only that easy to be "normal." I'm sure we can all think of instances of people's unique, innate quirks and differences being unappreciated and even wished away. This lack of acceptance of what makes people different is addressed in the show, as some of the characters campaign (signs and all) for equal rights for witches...
Anywho, have a cackle as you look through these bits of telly history. Because I ended up with so many gifs and pics, I had to split them between two posts so they would load more efficiently. So after you've finished this post, you can continue on to the second one ☺. I'll probably do a Halloween Bewitched post one year down the road which will be devoted to some of the kooky costumes which were worn during the series, along with photions and stills from the Halloween episodes.
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"Once upon a time, there was a typical American girl, who happened to bump into a typical red-blooded American boy. And she bumped into him, and bumped into him. So, they decided they’d better sit down and talk this over before they had an accident..."
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Have to love Agnes Moorehead's robin's-egg blue eyeshadow ☺
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Darrin: Look at all the clothes I bought! I look magnificent in them!
Samantha: Shouldn’t I be the one to tell you that?
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The following photion series is from an episode from Season 1, which is entitled, "Driving is the Only Way to Fly." According to Wikipedia, in it "Samantha enrolls in a driving school and is saddled with a nervous wreck driving instructor."
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A comic book from 1966...
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And with every wayward breeze
that within your branches leap
you will weep and weep and weep...
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Stifling a sneeze...
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Elizabeth Montgomery could not control her laughter filming this scene, and of course it could only be done once. When she says “I am going to give you three seconds…” she is covering laughter in her voice. AND when she says “Well, how is it, good as usual?” they had to dub in Liz’s voice because she was laughing so hard after she was pied!
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"Liz would do things that I respected and admired her so much for - let’s say that it’s a close-up of Liz, and Darrin or Endora had just done something, and she had just finished the dialog. Asher wouldn’t say CUT. Liz would just stand there and do reactions - and she would react to the scene and what had just happened, and she had such a variety of reactions that always pertained to the situation. Asher would wait and wait and wait while she would go through reaction after reaction, on purpose, just to see what she would do. He finally would eventually say CUT. It was beautiful."
Kasey Rogers (Louise Tate) Bewitchednet
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According to Bewitched historian Herbie J. Pilato, "Dick York absolutely loved Agnes Moorehead… quite simply the relationship between Dick York and Agnes Moorehead was the exact opposite of the relationship between Darrin and Endora.” Moorehead was a very religious lady, having grown up as the daughter of a fundamentalist minister. She saw Dick as a kindred spirit. “I probably understand him better than the others. He’s rather profound, you know,” Moorehead told TV Guide in 1965. “He has a spiritual quality. I am a religious girl. I have great faith. This creates a rapport between us.”
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