Bewitched Original Syndicated Opening - Black and White Years

[partygirl209]

i miss this show!!

[Soundfrequency]

Burn her at the stake!! >:O

[BoyMeetsWorldVault]

This is the cleanest Season Two Opening print I have ever seen!

[njlee8785]

You are right about the DVDs and TV Land episodes. If any of you have the colorized DVDs of Bewitched, turn your TV to black and white....that is exactly what it looks like on the B&W DVDs and TV Land.

[mickthemacdaddy]

WGN does not show the first two seasons of Bewitched neither in black and white nor colorized. However, I find that strange, since they do show the first season of I Dream of Jeannie, which not only was in black and white, but also had a different theme.

[mickthemacdaddy]

Nick @ Nite had the original opening when they originally ran them from 1989 to 1991, then again from 1994 to 1996. Unfortunately, the change came when they remastered all the episodes in 2000. The results are seen on TV Land (both the b/w's & color eps. and on WGN America (the color episodes only).

[BoyMeetsWorldVault]

@mickthemacdaddy what do you mean WGN America (the color episodes only) are you saying WGN doesn't air Seasons 1 & 2 or are you saying they air them in color instead of Black & White

[livinlarge18]

I thought this was from a 1964 episode look at the roman numerals

[livinlarge18]

Why didn't Sony clean up this intro instead we got Season 3 drained

LAZY BASTARDS!

[livinlarge18]

Sony should have restored this original intro but those bastards were too lazy to do so

[livinlarge18]

I'm restoring the Season 2 audio but I will speed it up so it synchs with ur video

[kduideo]

no offense but the young and or the jews control media.

[livinlarge18]

There's a huge difference

Samantha's lips are black she gets smaller after she changes clothes there is a cabinet in the kitchen and Sam is a white cat not a purple cat

[livinlarge18]

I know TV Land aired the original openings go to snowpeck's channel they have two openings from TV land but they replaced the Season One Music

[livinlarge18]

If you look at this you'll see Sam's lips were supposed to be red and in the colored versions they are pink

[livinlarge18]

How is it going on coloring this intro?

[livinlarge18]

It was awful for Bob Simmons to color these episodes they are meant to be in Black & White

[livinlarge18]

OMG! I never noticed after Sam wiggles her nose she gets smaller

[americarunsondunkin]

Also, are you sure the DVDs are the colorized versions of the episodes with the color turned off? The opening surely is, but the episodes themselves don't look it. Usually with colorized shows that have the color turned off, something seems a little off about the picture. But, on season 1 anyway, the black and white seems authentic.

[ClassicTVChazz]

@americarunsondunkin Positive. The contrast is much different on these episodes then before they were colorized. I have many of the B/W episodes before their 1999 colorization and they look a lot different. Plus, many of them have a greenish hue to them.

[livinlarge18]

@ClassicTVChazz before colorization they had dust and debris on them

[americarunsondunkin]

I remember this opening well, from my childhood watching the repeats on Nick at Nite, when all they showed was the B&W episodes. However, I also picked up one of the Colubia House collectors edition VHS tapes, and it, like the DVDs, had the 1966 opening with the color turned off. I don't know why the original opening was scrapped; I prefer it. I really like the detail.

[choirboyfromhell1]

There's a space between the stove and counter, and the 'do is different.

[Largo3point0]

I like this version of the theme song best!

[WSenator1]

@Largo3point0 - Me too. I had a junior high school crush on EM/Samatha. If I had been Darrin, she coulda done all the magic she wanted to. Oh, what a time we woulda had!

[njlee8785]

The differences in this are the houses, for one. They are more detailed here....The cartoon Samantha looks a bit different. Just look at the eyes, and you will see what I mean. EM's name is very diiferent by that it is a bolder font than that from in color. The kitchen...we have more cabinets, they stove is by itself, and the appearance of the actors' names are in a style that is a little different than that from the color. Yea...you can tell I watch this show A LOT! LOL

[ClassicTVChazz]

What i find interesting is the lack of nostril here during the nose twitch... that appears in the color DY opening... only to disappear again when DS entered in season 6.

[njlee8785]

During its actual original run on ABC, it wasn't until around Season 4 where you saw the line in the nostril when she twitches. So, in season 3, there was still a lack of nostril LOL

[ClassicTVChazz]

No way!?! I have to go back and watch my sponsor openings now. LOL.

[njlee8785]

Yep. The Quaker Oats opener has the lack of nostril still. In the Chevy opener, though, you have the line in the nostril.

[njlee8785]

@livinlarge18 It does, but in the original run with the sponsor openings, Chevy has the nostril...Quaker Oats did not. Try to locate a poster named THE BEWITCHED COLLECTOR and search for Season 3 Quaker Oats opening.

[livinlarge18]

@njlee8785 I did he's the guy who supplies me with ideas for Bewitched intros

[americarunsondunkin]

I just don't get why this opening is no longer used; not just in the TV reruns, but on DVD too. It obviously still exists, and there's not even a hint a sponsor tag is there. It's a better opening; I like the additional detail in the backgrounds. It also gets nostalgia points, for reminding me of how the show looked when I watched it on Nick at Nite when I was young.

[newstart2009]

I agree americarunsodunkin I bought the DVD set and feel gypt. ....For one all the bw episodes are colorized :( and they use the same theme on all the episodes. no real bonus footage either i.e. behind the scenes etc.

[hannahmontanafan80]

This was actually used in only season 1, season 2 had a completely different theme (but not cartoon).

[ClassicTVChazz]

During the original broadcasts from 1964 to 1966, yes... both season's opening songs were near identical to their end tunes - along with a commercial for Quaker Oats and Chevrolet. However since since day one in syndication (reruns), this theme was used in both seasons 1 and 2.