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Remember When Endora Named Sam and Darrin’s First Born…?
While Were at it Check Out these Fun Facts about Bewitched
- The biggest controversy onย Bewitchedย wasย the sudden switch in Darrins. Dick York played Darrin from 1964 to 1969, when Dick Sargent slipped into the role with no explanation. Dick York had suffered a back injury while filming a movie in 1959. Continued pain left him addicted to prescription painkillers, which damaged his health as years went by. By 1969, he was suffering blackouts on the set. In January York was rushed from the set to the hospital and never returned to Bewitched. After he left the show, he was flat on his back for a year. York also suffered financial losses from bad investments and he and his wife cleaned houses for a living at one point. By 1980 he kicked the drugs and began acting again. York died of emphysema in 1992
- Ratings forBewitchedย fell in its final three years, which many blamed on the Darrin switch. It wasn’t Dick Sargent’s fault; people just didn’t like the change from a more familiar face. In fact, Dick Sargent could have very well been the original Darrin! He auditioned for the show in 1964 andย was actually offered the job, even before Elizabeth Montgomery was cast as Samantha. However, he had to decline as he was under contract to Universal Studios, which wanted him for the seriesย Broadside.
- ย A few new phrases were born fromย Bewitched.ย Darrin Syndromeย is the term for replacing the actor of a main character with no explanation. This situation is sometimes calledย The Other Darrin. It happens a lot, but in the case of the character Becky in the seriesย Roseanne, there were constant jokes about the switch. In one episode, the family watchedย Bewitchedย on TV and actress Sarah Chalke (the second Becky) remarked that she preferred the second Darrin. Of course.
- Darrin was not the only character played by two actors inBewitched. Among others, the neighbor Gladys Kravitz was portrayed byย Alice Pearceย at first, then byย Sandra Gould. However,Gladys Kravitz Syndromeย has nothing to do with TV casting. It’s a term used when people are just too nosy about the lives of their neighbors.
- The characters onย Bewitchedย drank so much alcohol that a fan website createdย a database of the drinking incidentsย with locations and episode numbers.
- Elizabeth Montgomery, who played Samantha, also played her deliciously mischievous cousin Serena in several episodes. She was not credited for the role, as producers figured it would be obvious. The role was credited to”Pandora Spocks”, who didn’t exist but received fan mail from viewers who didn’t get the joke. Spocks eventually receivedย her own biographyย from a fan site.
- The real house used in the 1959 movieย Gidgetย was copied, but reversed, to buildย the set forย Bewitched. The patio and living rooms were copied from those used in the 1963 movieย Gidget Goes to Rome. The exterior set used for the home of nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz later became the home ofย The Partridge Family.
- The Stephens had two children during the run of the series, but they wereย notย ratings gimmicks. Elizabeth Montgomery produced two children, her second and third, as she played Samantha inย Bewitched, and both pregnancies were written into the show. Her son Robert Asher was born in 1965 as daughter Tabitha appeared in the series, and daughter Rebecca Asher was born in 1969 as Adam Stephens was born in the series
- In the last year of the series,Bewitchedย was cursed with terrible time slots. Already showing its age, the series’ ratings fell faster than ever in 1971-72 when it was scheduled against the very popularย Carol Burnett Showย and then moved opposite the powerhouse seriesย All in the Family.
- ย Elizabeth Montgomery cherished her privacy, andย felt no need to make her vital statistics public. When she died in 1995, her age was published as 57, although she was actually 62. She had married Robert Foxworth a couple of years before her death, but few.
Credit: neatorama.com
SEE IF YOU GOT ALL OF THEM
1. Theย bird in the window is gone
2.ย The Frame has dissapeared
3.ย Her buttons are gone
4.ย The thrid toy on the shelf is gone
5. Hisย socks are missing
6. The picture frames have switched places