tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post7057212487970339839..comments2023-08-05T06:35:34.904-04:00Comments on Notes From the Handbasket: Origins: BewitchedLaura Benedicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474185786017084327noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-64969876878912224972008-11-17T12:17:00.000-05:002008-11-17T12:17:00.000-05:00I loved the magic of Bewitched too - and you're ri...I loved the magic of Bewitched too - and you're right about E. Montgomery in Lizzie Borden.paris parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-38171433115665015742008-11-17T01:26:00.000-05:002008-11-17T01:26:00.000-05:00Tia--You're so right about "I Dream of Jeannie" an...Tia--You're so right about "I Dream of Jeannie" and that version of Cinderella, too! Jeannie was just so racy--I didn't realize how racy until I watched it years later. It was my very favorite Halloween costume as well!<BR/><BR/>Tom--Ah, cool, blond Kim Novak. What a lovely witch she made.<BR/><BR/>Michelle--Me, too! Their house was always so, so tidy. And we don't want darkness all the time...I don't romanticize it the way I did when I was, say, a teenager, thank goodness.Laura Benedicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474185786017084327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-2123536143912736682008-11-15T20:30:00.000-05:002008-11-15T20:30:00.000-05:00Hi Laura,Love this show! I really loved Endora an...Hi Laura,<BR/><BR/>Love this show! I really loved Endora and the whole bunch. You're right about the supernatural not being dark and scary in this show. I just wish I had the house-cleaning talent thing going!Michelle's Spellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769666862403600253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-8166109382384657422008-11-15T02:57:00.000-05:002008-11-15T02:57:00.000-05:00It was a cotton-candy world, wasn't it?I hadn't re...It was a cotton-candy world, wasn't it?<BR/><BR/>I hadn't realized, until recently, how much 'Bewitched' owed to 'Bell, Book and Candle.'<BR/><BR/>Kim Novak became Elizabeth Montgomery. James Stewart became Dick York. Hermione Gingold became Agnes Moorehead. And believe it or not, a young Jack Lemmon became a . . . not so young . . . Paul Lynde.<BR/><BR/>Is this a great industry or what?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254009616865862727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-33876407008399069822008-11-14T21:53:00.000-05:002008-11-14T21:53:00.000-05:00I loved "Bewitched!" I think every little girl lov...I loved "Bewitched!" I think every little girl loved "Bewitched" and "I Dream of Genie". I also loved the annual showing of Leslie Ann Warren's "Cinderella". I loved it so much, in fact, that I purchased the DVD for my own daughter.<BR/><BR/>Now if I can only find the DVD for Mary Martin's Peter Pan.Tia Nevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05489109929908389257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-76812639229564548762008-11-14T12:23:00.000-05:002008-11-14T12:23:00.000-05:00I disagree that Serena was hotter. I think she was...I disagree that Serena was hotter. I think she was sexier, yes, but she wasn't as pretty as Samantha....<BR/><BR/>The Harpies Bazaar site has great bios on the cast. Poor Dick York was in a terrible accident on a film set long before Bewitched. He was apparently in horrible pain all the time and finally just couldn't act anymore.<BR/><BR/>Dick Sargeant was never as funny. He made Darrin kind of a prig.Laura Benedicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474185786017084327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-8552611788144194152008-11-14T10:07:00.000-05:002008-11-14T10:07:00.000-05:00Darrin was an idiot. I, on the other hand, welcome...Darrin was an idiot. I, on the other hand, welcome it when you conjure up ponies and ice cream. Yum!<BR/><BR/>Also, since they were both played by E Montgomery: Why is Serena way hotter?<BR/><BR/>And any thoughts on Darrin's mid-series transmogrification?<BR/><BR/>FWIW The captcha for me to post this comment is "fibbag," which seems pretty insulting, but maybe accurate for a writer.PigHelmethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725612892401962163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-38596530652968220902008-11-14T09:59:00.000-05:002008-11-14T09:59:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.PigHelmethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725612892401962163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-17956193135089902402008-11-14T08:58:00.000-05:002008-11-14T08:58:00.000-05:00Bewitched is one of those series that started out ...Bewitched is one of those series that started out being shot in b&w. Unlike some long-running series, it didn't completely jump the shark, but it was somewhat better at its beginning (which I saw in reruns, of course!) and middle. They did eight episodes in Salem and a European vacation near the end--both a little odd.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for coming by!Laura Benedicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474185786017084327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-4820376262574535332008-11-14T02:39:00.000-05:002008-11-14T02:39:00.000-05:00Sadly, I never watched the original "Bewitched". W...Sadly, I never watched the original "Bewitched". What I did watch was the 2005 Nicole Kidman version (the abomination), and was left feeling utterly disappointed.<BR/><BR/>I will, however, see if I can try to find the classic. It sounds like it's worth watching.Lilithashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533142104140734995noreply@blogger.com