Oh, that was good, Kathy. I loved her.
And I agree, msbelle -- for the longest time, I couldn't understand why *my* mom wasn't entertaining my dad's clients at home all the time, and serving cocktails on a tray and all.
My god...he's gonna do the whole speech.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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Amy - Jan 07, 2010 9:47:05 am PST #6042 of 30000
Because books.
Amy - Jan 07, 2010 9:48:32 am PST #6043 of 30000
Because books.
A large percentage of the cast of Bewitched was gay.
I just read somewhere that Agnes Moorehead wasn't, despite rumors. But lots of the others, yes.
And man, how much did I love EM playing Serena. She clearly got such a kick out of it, too.
msbelle - Jan 07, 2010 9:48:45 am PST #6044 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
maybe I should not be resisting my move to suburbia so much mentally. I will shift gears instead and see it as a return to Bewitched.
erikaj - Jan 07, 2010 9:50:17 am PST #6045 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
The Attractive Fantasy...one of the TV-writing books I read says every show has one. Bewitched has "Look, I'm awesome at being normal, but that's not all I am. Check it out! Magic." But then, what's the AF of like...Deadwood? Not a lot of wish-fulfillment there, except if you ever thought "When I get big, I will curse as much as I want."
Frankenbuddha - Jan 07, 2010 10:11:36 am PST #6046 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I wish I could rewatch the TV movie with Elizabeth Montgomery as Lizzie Borden.
I think I have this on VHS somewhere! At least I did at one point. I saw it as an adult, and it still worked very well. Ah, back in the 70s when TV movies were a thing and sometimes had teeth.
Yeah, LOVES me some Elizabeth Montgomery.
This was the big draw of the show for me - I had a huge crush on her.
She makes the Bewitched statue in Salem a bit more palatable, that's for sure.
Fred Pete - Jan 07, 2010 10:30:54 am PST #6047 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
TVLand used to show Bewitched daily a couple of years ago. Hubs and I TiVo'd it until they started recycling episodes -- took maybe a year, maybe a little less.
Regardless of what the show's Powers That Be intended, it has interesting things to say about the situation of The Outsider in mainstream society. Because Samantha doesn't only get pressure from that society to conform to its norms -- she also gets pressure from Witchly Society (especially Endora) to conform to its norms.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2010 10:42:12 am PST #6048 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yep. Though I think that aspect tended to correspond more to the overt racially mixed marriage metaphor than the gay subtext.
juliana - Jan 07, 2010 11:09:40 am PST #6049 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Bewitched is on today. On, um, I don't know what channel, but I saw it while going through the DirectTV channel guide. Right after I Dream Of Jeannie
Amy - Jan 07, 2010 11:11:25 am PST #6050 of 30000
Because books.
A Chicago station shows it -- it's on now! We get the station for some reason. Oh, it's WGN, which I guess is sort of a superstation?
Kathy A - Jan 07, 2010 11:24:36 am PST #6051 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Definitely a superstation. My sister likes to catch the Chicago news on it now that she lives in Vegas. I called her last night and mentioned the snow forecast, and she had more details about it than I did!