Bewitched

[partygirl209]

i miss this show!!

[livinlarge18]

This is my favorite version of the song

[livinlarge18]

I'm gonna put better audio in this video before it goes to RetroJunk

[livinlarge18]

Hold on a minute! cool! Taped from ABC?

[ag06ca]

I'll say

[Astraldragon1]

By the time the 2nd Darrin took over...they had started repeating old storylines from the previous seasons...you can tell a lot of the stories with Dick Sargent were repeats from when Dick York was on the show..I mean if you start repeating stories then it's time to end the show.

[hpmc9]

the one thing i learned from this show, is that all of a sudden, you can end up with a new darren

[fromthesidelines]

Originally, in the opening titles between 1969 and '71, an announcer usually said, "Oscar Mayer and Company presents...", or "Eastman Kodak presents...", followed by "Elizabeth Montgomery in-- 'BEWITCHED'". By season six, she earned the right to have her name "billboarded" above the title...some versions that didn't have a sponsor I.D. omitted the announcer...

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[njlee8785]

Yes...but in season 6, which was the 1969-1970 season, no announcer was heard saying, "Elizabeth Montgomery in.....Bewitched." This did not start until season 7, the 1970-1971 season, and lasted until the end of its run. The only time we heard an announcer in season 6 was when a sponsor was introduced at the end of the credits, where he would go, "Bewitched is brought to you by...."

[fromthesidelines]

York collapsed on the set of "Daddy Does His Thing' [4/3/69]; he was supposed to be on wires for a special effect sequence, but the wires snapped, landing him on the soundstage floor, HARD- he went to the hospital in excruciating pain. Bill Asher, the producer/director, visited him and knew this was the end of the series for Dick. He asked him if he wanted to leave the show, and York gave him a hug, tears streaming down his face [HE knew it was the end; this was mentioned in his memoirs].

[asdjkhasdkjas]

Bewitched was once the best show of the 1960's - 1970's and Elizabeth as Samantha was fantastic, but Dick York was irreplaceable and although Dick Sergent certainly tried to fit his shoes, it never really was the same, was it. The true star of this show however was neither Darren or Samantha but Endore played by Agnes Moorehead. She was a brilliant character and every week we all waited to here what her latest insult to Darren would be like. Remember how she could never rememever his name?

[OldsVistaCruiser]

Speaking of Endora, I just heard her make a marijuana reference in an episode I watched on "Comcast On Demand".

Phyllis Stephens had made some raisin cookies and Tabitha asked "can Grandmama can have one?"

Endora then asked "They wouldn't be from an Alice B. Toklas recipe by chance, would they?"

Mother Stephens replied, "They're my recipe."

Endora retorted, "In that case, I think I'll pass".

Alice B. Toklas was famous for her marijuana-laced recipes.

[ClassicTVChazz]

@OldsVistaCruiser NO WAY! I always wondered what that joke referenced! Go Endora!

[skuttytip]

The departure of Dick York was painful for all involved. Montgomery and Bill Asher waited for improvement that never came. York had bigger problems than his back. There was a cautious silence about the whole thing. In one of York's last interviews there were no hard feelings and he only spoke highly of Liz Montgomery and Bill Asher.

[wendyglowworm]

I don't think Liz was all that sad to see Dick York leave, she had wanted to get rid of him since season 3, that's according to William Froug, producer from season 3 in his book, according to him for reasons unknown Liz could not stand York.

[cuteycindyhoney]

@wendyglowworm I read somewhere that Dick Sargent was the first choice for the role, but he was under contract with another studio at the time.

[wendyglowworm]

@cuteycindyhoney True, but that was when Tammy Grimes was first approached to play the lead, and the name then was Cassandra, not Samantha.

[wendyglowworm]

@cuteycindyhoney True, but that was with Tammy Grimes, who turned the part down. Piece of trivia, when the pilot was written with Tammy Grimes in mind, the main characters name was not Samantha, but Cassandra.

[cuteycindyhoney]

@wendyglowworm I didn't know they originally wanted someone else for the female lead, Thanks for the info!

[reynnic]

Dick York actually injured his back first in 1959 when working on a film. In Bewitched he had to have special furniture for him because of his back. One day on the set of Bewitched he suddenly collapsed on the set in 1969. Because of this, he had to leave the show.

It's a shame he had to leave the show. ):

[elliot948]

Dick York hurt his back in 1969 while filming a movie, and he couldn't work. If you buy the 5th season, you'll notice he appears in very few episodes near the end.

[Matto2t]

Actually, he had hurt his back in the late

50s, and the pain was already with him while doing Bewitched. He suffered with it for years until dying in 1992, as a result of the cancer (emphysema), and the residue from the many painkiller medicines he had taken over the years.

[hpmc8]

and then one day, there's a new darren

WHF's up with THAT?

[LightningShadowX]

It was because Dick York had a fatal heart attack. ;-; So sad.

[OldsVistaCruiser]

Dick York died in 1992, twenty years after Bewitched went off the air!

As Elliot948 posted, he did suffer a back injury while filming "They Came To Cordura" (1959).

That movie was made 10 years before York left Bewitched due to that same injury, which became aggravated in the late 1960s.

He fought an addiction to prescription pain killers for many years, and his final fight was against emphysema from his heavy smoking in earlier years.

[fdpoiuy]

Also, Dick Sargent died in 1994.

[mrceleb2006]

...from cancer of the prostate at age 64.

[Matto2t]

He did not have a heart attack. He left the program in '69 because he had a back seizure during rehearsals for an episode. In September of that year, Dick Sargent took over as the 2nd Darrin until the show's cancellation in '72. Hope this comment helps you. ;)

-Matt

[MonkeyBrat12]

Do they sill have Bewitched on TV ?

[jupitr2]

Hanna-Barbera Studios was contracted and did the animation intros for 'Bewitched.' They even animated Elizabeth Montogomery and Dick York in an episode of 'The Flintstones' as both shows aired on ABC.

[TherealRNO]

jupitr: That's 'cause Sam and "Durwood" (:lol:) ended up back in time.

[jumptotheledge]

Dick Sargent looked, to me, like he was 51 or something, but he was 40.

[michie05]

Dick York was not gay. He was married to a women and they had kids. Dick Saregent was the one who was gay!

[handinside]

Both Darrins were named "Dick" and both were gay. H'mmmm

[ph174699]

Dick York was married with children. ONly Sargent was gay.

[fireflameproductions]

Is the announcer included in syndication. (of season s7 and 8.)

[Green18600]

The opening part of the "Bewitched" video clip became an improvement for the show's identity. (The late) Dick Sargent was not as touchy (or bossy) in assuming the role at the start of the 1969-1970 Season. Even if the announcer did not actually named the two stars on the show until the 1970-1971 Season, I believed this video would be rated a 5 -- perhaps a 6 -- in my book. You Figure It Out!!

[DA90027]

Right, they added the announcer later, why I don't know...I prefer the announcer saying "Elizabeth Montgomery in" ...they also had a short blurb with Liz saying "Stay tuned for Bewitched, next in color" and then snapping her fingers and disappearing for the last season.

[theodusmaximus]

Actually, the last season (1971-72) opened with Liz saying, "This is Elizabeth Montgomery inviting ou to stay tuned for Bewitched. Next." They dropped the "in color" because every network, including ABC, had full-color broadcasts by 1971.

[PeterJB]

Okay, so this finally clears up a question in the back of my mind for a long time. When Dick Sargent first took over for Dick York (an unwise move by this show, IMNSHO) as Darrin, in the sixth season of 1969 -70, the show didn't have the introduction by an announcer saying, "Elizabeth Montgomery in ..." That wouldn't start until obviously the seventh season of 1970 -71.

[ph174699]

York was addicted to pain killers. You try to make a TV show when one of your leads is consistantly late to set or worse, sleeping in a corner somewhere. The show's producers had their hands tied and had to move forward, somehow. Besides, it's the ONLY show that sucessfully continued in American TV history with an abrupt character change with a lead. Well, that and The Facts of Life.

[blkbabyboy56]

And Charlie's Angels

[kbirdusa]

Um, what about Cheers? The Hogan Family? Chicago Hope? Three's Company? NYPD Blue? That list goes on and on.

[theweatherchazz]

I loved th Hogan Family.

[WhiteBoy41]

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