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The Real Reason There Were Two Darrins On Bewitched
Grunge ^ | 6/15/21 | Karen Corday

Posted on 11/02/2024 5:43:18 PM PDT by DallasBiff

It's a question that continues to puzzle people 50 years after it happened: why did the TV show Bewitched suddenly and seemingly inexplicably replace the actor who played Darrin in the middle of its run?

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bewitched; darrinstevens; dicksargent; dickyork
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To: Windcatcher

When I was a kid, we were lucky to get either channel 2, 7, or 9 (ABC, CBS, and NBC).
It was rare that more than 2 at a time could be watched, and never got a clear picture (always “snowy”).


81 posted on 11/03/2024 12:31:30 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: DallasBiff

“The Real Reason There Were Two Darrins On Bewitched”

So what is the fake reason there were two Darrins? We’ve known the actual reason for decades.


82 posted on 11/03/2024 12:31:34 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Bewitched was based on a movie called “I Married A Witch” with Frederic March and Veronica Lake, early 1940’s. Very funny movie.

My hypothesis is that the movie "Bell, Book, and Candle" (with Jimmy Stewart as the beleaguered "mortal" and Kim Novak as the witch) provided the actual impetus. The film came out in 1958, and probably prepared the way for the tv show.

The film even has characters which could be viewed as forerunners for the "Aunt Clara" and "Uncle Arthur" characters on "Bewitched."

Regards,

83 posted on 11/03/2024 12:51:02 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Windcatcher
I wonder how many people know that a bell, book, and candle are used in the Rite of Excommunication. That’s where the reference comes from.

That is explicitly explained in the film (though it fudges and instead refers to "exorcism").

Regards,

84 posted on 11/03/2024 1:00:35 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: DallasBiff

One of the funniest gags ever was Roseanne’s switching actresses playing Becky Connor, from Roseanne and Dan watching Bewitched in disapproval, to switching actresses mid-scene.


85 posted on 11/03/2024 2:11:45 AM PST by dangus
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To: Beowulf9

I finally realized who Mr Bean reminds me of!


86 posted on 11/03/2024 2:16:20 AM PST by dangus
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To: DallasBiff

The Dick Van Dyke show was far superior


87 posted on 11/03/2024 4:17:26 AM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: Leaning Right

What an odd coincidence!


88 posted on 11/03/2024 6:49:51 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: lastchance

Thank you so much.


89 posted on 11/04/2024 10:21:10 AM PST by desertsolitaire ( Lee Harvey Oswald and the Bands final performance)
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To: DallasBiff

I grew up as a kid in the 1970s, watching daily syndicated reruns of Bewitched, among many other sitcoms.

I turned towards watching LOTS of tv not just for the entertainment, but being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home, also to provide myself with escape and comfort from my misery. I really loved the portrayal of a nice, normal (as normal as a familybofcwitches can get), happy, loving middle class family living in the suburbs.

I was too young to notice the difference between dick york and dick sargent. They may have played the character of Darrin differently, but I still loved them both just the same.


90 posted on 11/04/2024 2:35:23 PM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: DallasBiff

Idiots are still puzzled. Dick York got very, very ill.


91 posted on 11/04/2024 2:37:21 PM PST by Fledermaus (Turn out the lights, the election is over. Trump 47.)
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To: desertsolitaire

You are welcome.


92 posted on 11/04/2024 2:58:52 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: DallasBiff
Elizabeth Montgomery was wicked hot.

I don't care about any of the other actors on that series.


93 posted on 11/04/2024 3:10:43 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: raccoonradio; mware

Paul Lynde and Bernard Fox actually played other characters previously on that show before Uncle Arthur or Dr. Bombay. Lynde played a driving instructor and Fox sort of a professor / philosopher type character.


94 posted on 11/04/2024 4:02:00 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat; All

Yes and on shows like MASH, All in the Family and the Sopranos actors turn up in
small roles then show up as different
characters in other roles

All in the Family—Allan Melvin as police
sgt, Barney Hefner
MASH—Harry Morgan as insane general then
Col Potter
Sopranos—Joe Giannoscoli as bakery
customer then Vito Spadafore


95 posted on 11/05/2024 6:21:29 PM PST by raccoonradio
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