BEWITCHED Season 8 Elizabeth Montgomery "New Night" Promo #1

ABC Network promo with Elizabeth Montgomery proclaiming, "This witch is making a switch", as "BEWITCHED" moves to it's ill-fated Saturday time slot, beginning January 15, 1971, against "ALL IN THE FAMILY".

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[saljustfarted]

Two points to make.....Elizabeth Montgomery was an absolute goddess, and is it me or did she seem to act almost embarrassed to have to read that promo?

[AlanH220]

Either no one's noticed or I'm getting way too old - but Ms. Montgomery is wearing the "Ecology" flag that was created around the very first Earth Day in 1970 (April 22) which was also the birthday of actor and environmentalist Eddie Albert - but that's a story for another day.

[LBrilliante]

@Aeolis7 .... and not a vacuous beauty either.. she had real spark and vibe... seems she was kind of underused after this though she did some interesting television movies. Only recently have I started enjoying the work of her dad Robert Montgomery who bears a strong resemblance and had real presence as well.

[LBrilliante]

@msmithstud All in the Family and Maude were truly groundbreaking.. but looking back there's something very "eat your veggies" about them though they were quite adult. Some of the sillier 60s shows like Bewitched, Jeannie, Get Smart, or Green Acres seem a bit subversive in some sense. The character of Larry White on Bewitched seems more relevant than ever...

[LBrilliante]

@saljustfarted AMEN... and wow could she put a spin on any line. What a character she was!

[TheTzdope]

when your program gets switched to saturday evenings, you know the end is near!!

[MultiJRobert]

@saljustfarted I think she lacked passion to do the series by this time so to me, she seems like she doesn't care.

[Jh49er]

@6470mark: Bewitched was scheduled to be renewed for a 9th season,ABC had already greenlighted it. Elizabeth Montgomery decided she had done enough and it was she who pulled the plug.

[DA90027]

Actually she was 39 in 1972. But still gorgeous and ten times prettier than anyone on TV now. They all look like science projects now. Fake boobs, noses, frozen eyes from botox and freakish. Liz was even stunning right before she died at 62. This promo was a bit campy even Liz had to laugh doing it.

[msmithstud]

@6470mark yeah, tv was changing 180 degrees by this time. I mean how many times are we going to keep watching Endora put a spell on Darrin or watch Esmerelda bring back to life some historic figure from the 16th century? The show had definitely run its course, and ALL In The Family and Maude definitely dealt with  real issues people of that time wanted to hear about(race, sexism, abortion, war) I guess you could say shows like All In The Family and Maude were the first ''reality'' tv shows.lol

[blondewoman]

She was 40 at 8th season, no plastic surgery or deforming botox, beautiful

[pharman100]

@Beenygirl1969 Yes, she went braless for all of season 8 and occasionally on season 7 during some scenes.