Bewitched (TV Series 1964–1972) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces. Creator: Endora and Clara have their powers switched when Endora is exposed to an extinct Do-Do bird. 9.3 After wishing to be his boss for a day, Darrin turns into Larry Tate. 9.3 Endora puts a spell on Darrin which causes his ears to grow anytime he lies. Unfortunately he has a surprise present for Samantha which he has to be sneaky about.

9.3 a list of 43 titles created 11 Apr 2013 a list of 30 titles created 21 Apr 2014 a list of 25 titles created 18 Mar 2015 a list of 31 titles created 12 Jun 2015 a list of 25 titles created 01 Jan 2016 Search for " Bewitched " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 13 wins & 27 nominations. See more awards » Photos A United States astronaut finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie. Stars: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Bill Daily A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely. Stars: Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Yvonne De Carlo The misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.

Stars: John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan Seven men and women are stranded on an uncharted island following a torrential storm. Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus A nouveau riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways. Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Donna Douglas, Irene Ryan The Cunningham family live through the 1950s with help and guidance from the lovable and almost superhuman greaser, Fonzie. Stars: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross The misadventures of two single women in the 1950s and '60s. Stars: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, David L. Lander The misadventures of a large family united when two widowed people married. Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis A New York City attorney and his wife attempt to live as genteel farmers in the bizarre community of Hooterville. Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Tom Lester A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents, and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.

Stars: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Ralph James The misadventures of a suburban boy, family and friends. Stars: Jerry Mathers, Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home. Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie Edit Storyline The young executive of an advertisement agency, Darrin Stephens marries a beautiful woman, Samantha Stephens. On their honeymoon, Sam discloses a secret to him: she is a witch with magic powers. He makes her promise him that she will live like a mortal, without using witchcraft and spells in their lives, but sometimes she uses her magic to help Darrin and herself. Sam's mother, Endora does not accept her mortal son-in-law, hates him and can hardly say his name correctly. In the suburb of Westport, Connecticut in the street of Morning Glory Circle, where they live, their curious next-door neighbor Gladys Kravitz suspect Samantha, but can never prove the weird situations she sees to her husband Abner Kravitz. Darrin works in the McMahon and Tate ad agency with Larry Tate, who is married to Louise Tate.

Samantha frequently receives her witch aunts in her house, specially her sweet old Aunt Clara. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17 September 1964 (USA) See more » Also Known As: The Witch of Westport See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Bernard Fox appeared earlier on the show as a witch-hunting anthropologist before taking on the role of Dr. Bombay. See more » Goofs In early episodes, the daughter is referred to in the credits as "Tabatha". In later episodes, however, the spelling of her name is changed to "Tabitha". See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits Whenever Samantha's cousin Serena appeared on the show, the credits for the episode listed the actress as "Pandora Spocks". This was Elizabeth Montgomery 's idea as an inside joke. Elizabeth Montgomery played Serena. See more » Connections (England) – See all my reviews The 1960's was a great time for TV comedy-we had The Munsters, The Addams Family, I Dream of Jeannie and my personal favourite-Bewitched. The late Elizabeth Montgomery played modern day witch Samantha Stevens who was married to Darrin Stephens.

The episodes were very formulaic-Darrin would mess something up and through a sequence of events Samantha would put it right with a twitch of her nose whilst trying not to arouse the suspicion of the neighbours/friends etc. The funniest thing about this show was how true to life it was. I think it's safe to admit that us males usually need a woman to sort out any problems we have. Okay, she may not literally do it with the twitch of a nose but a woman is always good at sorting a problem out. That was the crux of Bewitched. Darrin was always making mistakes and getting into a predicament but he could always depend on his wife Samantha to sort things out. In fact, he would have been lost without her. All in all, a great comedy show with some truly hilarious episodes particularly any featuring Agnes Moorehead as Endora. 12 of 15 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes ‘Bewitched’ Follow-Up Series Lands At NBC With Pilot Production Commitment | Deadline ‘Bewitched’ Follow-Up Series Lands At NBC With Pilot Production Commitment Sony Pictures TV In a very competitive situation, Bewitched , a new take on the classic supernatural sitcom, has landed at NBC with a pilot production commitment. Sony Pictures T V took out the comedy , penned by The Vow writers Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, last week, garnering interest from multiple networks that created a bidding situation between NBC and ABC, the network that aired the original series from 1964-1972. Coming on the 50th anniversary of Bewitched‘s debut, the new version is a reimagining of the original series two generations later. It centers on Daphne — Samantha’s granddaughter and Tabitha’s daughter — a single twentsomething witch who has always used her magical powers to conjure herself the perfect life. But she soon realizes that the one thing she cannot conjure and control is the one thing she wants most — real love.

Created by Sol Saks and executive produced by Harry Ackerman, Bewitched starred Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha, a witch married to an ordinary mortal man, and chronicles the way her powers and wicked family get in the way of her efforts to live a normal, magic-free life as a typical suburban housewife. Her daughter, Tabitha, got her short-lived spinoff series on ABC in 1977. Lisa Hartman played adult Tabitha who, along with her brother Adam, worked at a TV station. The Bewitched reboot hails from Sony TV and Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick’s Red Wagon Entertainment, which produced Columbia Pictures’ 2005 Bewitched film starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell, and also teamed with Sony TV on a potential series remake at CBS in 2011 with different writers. Also producing the new version is Television 360, with Daniel Rappaport executive producing. While the movie remake didn’t fare well, the original series remains popular. It has enjoyed a long after-life in syndication and around the world with local versions mounted in Russia, India, Argentina and Japan. The classic sitcom has also been embraced by new technologies, with seasons available on the Hulu streaming service.

Bewitched is part of the wave of classic series and movies that are getting series treatment this development season as the networks are relying heavily on well-known properties, in part because of the dearth of available seasoned creators, many of whom are tied to existing shows. 1000+ images about BEWITCHED!!! on Pinterest | Statue of, Get a life and Psychedelic For those of you who don't know: Elizabeth Montgomery Was Samantha from Bewitched. See More A ‘Bewitched’ Remake Is In The Works From Sony Pictures TV : MStarsNews A ‘Bewitched’ Remake Is In The Works From Sony Pictures TV By Johnni Macke | Oct 16, 2014 03:37 PM EDT Get the Most Popular Mstars News (Photo : Getty/ABC Television) Elizabeth Montgomery (l.) played Samantha Stephens, while Marion Lorne played Aunt Clara. With so many remakes in the works, it makes sense that the classic TV series Bewitched would make a comeback as well. It has been 50 years since Bewitched debuted in 1964, but now it might be returning to your TV set with a new remake thanks to Sony Pictures TV.

Deadline learned that Sony Pictures is thinking about a possible remake of the comedy, which ran from 1964-72, on ABC. "I hear there is already interest from multiple networks in the modern-day take, which is being penned by The Vow writers Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein," Deadline reported. Advertisement The original series was about a young woman named Samantha Stephens, who was also a witch and married to an ordinary man named Darrin Stephens. She cannot resist using her magic powers to fix any problem that comes her way. Despite promising Darrin that she won't use magic, she uses her powers in secret to help them in their daily lives. Plus, Samantha would wiggle her nose every time she cast a spell, making it her signature move. In the 1964 series, Elizabeth Montgomery played Samantha and Dick York played Darrin. Dick Sargent eventually replaced York as Darrin in the series. "Sometimes [Elizabeth] would play Samantha's cousin Serena, a character flaunting short skirts and short black hair. While it wasn't exactly a secret that Montgomery was playing Serena, the credit was given to a made-up actress named Pandora Spocks," Time magazine reported.

After the series ended, Bewitched was revived as a film in 2005 starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. The new TV revival comes from Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick's Red Wagon Entertainment. Lucy and Douglas also produced the 2005 Bewitched film and teamed up for a potential CBS remake in 2011. "Also producing the new version is Television 360, the TV arm of Management 360, which reps Kohn and Silverstein, along with CAA. Daniel Rappaport and Marcus Blakely executive produce," Deadline reported. Check out the original intro and end of the 1964 series Bewitched: © 2017 Mstars News, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. Advertisement Bewitched (1972) - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com EDIT Bewitched is a fantasy sitcom chronicling what happens when a witch and a mortal fall in love and get married in 1960s and '70s suburban America. At the very center of the show is Elizabeth Montgomery's portrayal of a good-hearted witch named Samantha.

A strong, independent woman with the world at her finger tips (or at the twitch of her nose), she gives up her witchly life to do things the "mortal way". Her mortal husband Darrin Stephens (played by Dick York, and later Dick Sargent) is a talented advertising executive with McMann & Tate. He obsesses with leading a "normal life" where one works hard to earn a good living for one's family. He constantly struggles against disapproving witches and warlocks, like Samantha's powerful mother, Endora (played by Agnes Moorehead). Endora is determined to prove to Samantha that the mixed-marriage marriage is a tremendous mistake. Over the show's eight year run, Endora tries numerous spells, all creating humiliation and chaos in Darrin's mortal world. This often ends up affecting Darrin's money-obsessed boss and best friend, Larry Tate (played by David White). Larry's wife, Louise (played by Irene Vernon and Kasey Rogers), is Samantha's best friend, although she is unaware that Sam is a witch.

In season two, life changes dramatically when Samantha and Darin give birth to daughter Tabitha Stephens (played by five babies that season and by twins Erin and Diane Murphy starting in season three). Many early Tabitha episodes revolve around whether she is a witch or mortal until the big reveal in season three. Later in season six, the Stephenses give birth to a boy, Adam. Although less airtime is spent on his character, eventually audiences find out that he too has powers. Recurring characters include Samantha's favorite aunt, Clara, who is a lovable, bumbling witch (played by Marion Lorne). Due to Aunt Clara's extended age, she is suffering the loss of her powers and inadvertently wreaks havoc at the Stephens home. Also often wreaking havoc are Samantha's practical joking Uncle Arthur (Paul Lynde), her Shakespeare orating father, Maurice (Maurice Evans), a bad joke-telling witch doctor, Dr. Bombay (Bernard Fox) and a shy witch-maid Esmeralda (Alice Ghostley). Elizabeth Montgomery also portrays Samantha's free-spirited, mischievous twin cousin, Serena.

On the mortal receiving end of the seemingly hallucinogenic world of witches are neighbors Gladys and Abner Kravitz. Gladys, first portrayed by Alice Pearce and later by Sandra Gould, was immediately aware that the Stephens household was positively strange, and was certain that something "beyond this world" was at work across the street. Abner (George Tobias) never believes it. Darrin's mother, Phyllis Stephens (Mabel Albertson), fairs no better, as she is forever witnessing zany antics only to have her husband, Frank Stephens (Robert F. Simon and later Roy Roberts) not believe it. Bewitched earned nearly two dozen Emmy nominations during its run. Marion Lorne and Alice Pearce won well deserved awards, as did director and producer, William Asher (Elizabeth Montgomery's husband at the time). In 1970, Bewitched presented a Christmas episode regarding bigotry and racism, and received a special Emmy, the Governor's Award, for the landmark episode "Sisters at Heart". Beyond the theme of bigotry and "mixed-marriages", the series explored cultural issues of consumerism, materialism, human vanity, women's liberation, and mass hysteria.

Season six of Bewitched brought about the biggest change to the series as Dick York was replaced by Dick Sargent in the role of Darrin. This element of the show has become a cultural touchstone, with many viewers debating their favorite Darrin. First Telecast: September 17, 1964 Last Telecast: July 1, 1972 ABC Daytime: 1968 - 1973 ABC Saturday Morning: 1971 - 1973 Episodes: 254 Episodes (74 black and white, 180 color) Ratings Season 1: #2 Season 2: #7 Season 3: #8 Season 4: #11 Season 5: #12 Season 6: #25 Season 7: (above #25) Season 8: (above #25) moreless Bewitched (2005) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.

Error Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic sitcom Bewitched (1964). Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 22 titles created 06 Nov 2011 a list of 47 titles created 11 Nov 2011 a list of 43 titles created 13 Aug 2013 a list of 22 titles created 02 Nov 2013 a list of 40 titles created 06 Dec 2015 Search for " Bewitched " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 2 wins & 13 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline Out in California's San Fernando Valley, Isabel is trying to reinvent herself. A naïve, good-natured witch, she is determined to disavow her supernatural powers and lead a normal life.

At the same time, across town, Jack Wyatt a tall, charming actor is trying to get his career back on track. He sets his sights on an updated version of the beloved 1960s situation comedy Bewitched, re-conceived as a starring vehicle for himself in the role of the mere-mortal Darrin. Fate steps in when Jack accidentally runs into Isabel. He is immediately attracted to her and her nose, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the nose of Elizabeth Montgomery, who played Samantha in the original TV version of Bewitched. He becomes convinced she could play the witch Samantha in his new series. Isabel is also taken with Jack, seeing him as the quintessential mortal man with whom she can settle down and lead the normal life she so desires. It turns out they're both right--but in ways neither of them ever ... Written by Sujit R.

Varma Rated PG-13 for some language, including sex and drug references, and partial nudity | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 24 June 2005 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $20,131,130 (USA) (24 June 2005) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia When Penny Marshall was attached to direct in 1993, her cast was to include Meryl Streep as Samantha Stephens, Barry Humphries in his Dame Edna Everage persona as Endora, Robin Williams as Uncle Arthur, Shelley Winters as Gladys Kravitz and Jerry Seinfeld and Billy Crystal alternating scenes as Darrin Stephens, in a nod to the role being recast midway through the original series' run. See more » Goofs (at around 46 mins) In the scene when Isabel opens the glass door to grab the fish sticks, a crew member and his/her camera is visible/reflected on the glass. See more » Quotes [first lines] Isabel Bigelow : [Outside a house at which Isabel has just landed and made available for rent, furnished, with an open house today] It's perfect!

NOT as bad as I'd been led to believes 24 June 2005 | by andydufresne (Little Rock) – See all my reviews When you go to see a SITCOM made into a full length motion picture you go in expecting to see certain things. Almost all of the people involved int the television show are dead now, but I think all of them would have approved of this. What is the plot? Simple. Nicole Kidman plays Isabella a real witch who wants to leave that behind to be like a mortal. She is cast in the roll of Samantha in a remake of the TV show. It is goofy and silly and nonsensical in places but SO WAS THE TV SHOW! Shirley MC is great as the actress who was a grand actress in past, but placed into a sitcom that doesn't really showcase her talent. DO NOT expect anything complicated from this. I enjoyed it for what it is. It's light fun. MY main criteria for liking a movie is do I think I got my money's worth and was I anxious for it to end. YES and NO. MANY of the performances are great.

At times Nicole looks JUST LIKE Liz Montgomery and there are plenty of still of Liz and video of her to compare during this film. Michael Caine was excellent and Steve Carell is SPOT ON as Uncle Arthur. I mean SPOT ON! I grew up watching this and was anxious to see if they harmed it's memory. They did not. DO NOT expect a message. GO to laugh a lot and be charmed and you'll have fun. 163 of 312 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Bewitched (Series) - TV Tropes Darrin: You're a witch! Samantha: That's what I've been trying to tell you. Bewitched is a Sitcom / Fantastic Comedy series which was broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, and took a light-hearted look at the supernatural. Elizabeth Montgomery stars as Samantha, the wife of ad executive Darrin Stephens. She's not the average housewife . In fact, she's a witch, with the power to warp reality as she sees fit.

Darrin encouraged her to suppress her powers and try to live a normal life, but Samantha couldn't help using her powers when she or Darrin were in a jam. With a twitch of the nose, she would make something magical happen and throw Darrin and the rest of the mortal world into a tizzy. While Samantha generally abstained from magic as per her husband's wishes, her family felt no such loyalty. Witches and warlocks popped into Sam's life on a regular basis, and gleefully mucked up the lives of mortals, both intentionally and unintentionally. Not helping was the fact that all of them wanted Sam to forsake the mortal life for full-time witchcraft. Endora was Samantha's mother and the ultimate vicious mother-in-law, not thinking much of mortals like Darrin. Endora was the most common instigator of plots, and trying to reverse one of her spells before any mortals found out was often the driving force for a given episode. Maurice was Samantha's father, and the rest of the magical family included practical-joking Uncle Arthur, fun-loving Serena and forgetful Aunt Clara. Esmeralda was added later in the show's run as a slightly inept witch housekeeper.

She was a timid soul and would vanish into thin air if addressed in a harsh tone. A physician character, Dr. Bombay, was added to the show in 1967. A frequent unintentional witness to Samantha's magical antics was Larry Tate, Darrin's boss. Among the other inhabitants of this bewitched world were Larry's wife, Louise, and the Stephens' next-door neighbors, the Kravitzes, nosy Gladys and long-suffering Abner . Samantha and Darrin would later have two children, Tabitha (spelled Tabatha in the credits until Season Five) and Adam. Tabitha had her mother's powers, but Adam only developed them near the very end of the series (much to Darrin's relief). The show, which could have been forgettable fluff in lighter hands, was buoyed by intelligent writing and sharp performances, and as a result, Bewitched became a favorite with critics and audiences and even won a few Emmys.

Over the years, many people have criticized Darrin's hatred of magic, but not all of it came from his reactionary fear of non-conformity; he also could never have survived in Samantha's world due to his lack of magical powers. The first time he met Samantha's mother, she threatened to kill him, and the first time he met Samantha's father, he did kill him — but Samantha persuaded her father to bring Darrin back to life a few minutes later. It would only take a slight change in approach to make most of the Bewitched storylines into terrifying horror stories. Yet through all the hexes and curses and involuntary shapeshifts, Darrin remained loyal to Samantha, and vice versa. The tension between the mortal and supernatural worlds, and Samantha's precarious balancing act between the two, formed the backbone of all the episodes. On any given episode, Samantha might try to keep the peace with her father when he discovered Darrin was a mortal, or Endora might decide Darrin needed a sense of humor and put a hex on him to make him crack jokes uncontrollably.

These premises might have seemed simple on the surface, but they quickly achieved complexity when worked through the show's intricate web of character relationships, and just about always ended on a lesson about accepting one's family, no matter how bizarre or embarrassing they may be. The show's scripts were always solid and utilized a consistently high level of imagination when working the supernatural elements into the story. In one show, Esmerelda was asked to make a Caesar salad and accidentally conjured up Julius Caesar himself. The show's ensemble was tight and funny, and their across-the-board chemistry both brought the stories to life and made the material believable. The show also had a rare consistency of style and tone, thanks to the fact that the show had one regular producer and director, William Asher, to guide the actors through their paces. It is interesting to note that Mr. Asher was the real-life husband of Elizabeth Montgomery, Samantha Stephens herself. Bewitched experienced many casting changes during its long run. Kasey Rogers replaced Irene Vernon as Louise Tate in 1966, and Sandra Gould replaced Alice Pearce as Gladys Kravitz the same year.

Tabitha was played by no fewer than three sets of twins: Heidi and Laura Gentry and Tamar and Julie Young all played Tabitha throughout much of 1966, but were replaced permanently by the duo of Erin and Diane Murphy. (Eventually Erin Murphy took over the role entirely.) But the most noticeable replacement (and one of the most famous in TV history) occurred in 1969 when Dick Sargent replaced an ailing Dick York as Darrin . Usually having multiple changes like these are detrimental to a show's quality, but Bewitched managed to weather all the changes with nary a hair out of place. The show ended its run in July 1972 after eight seasons, having won Emmys for Asher's direction and Marion Lorne's performance as Aunt Clara. Montgomery was nominated five times for her work as Samantha, but never won. Just the same, she will always be remembered fondly by television viewers for the role of Samantha Stephens.

Tabitha , a Spin-Off series built around the now-grown daughter character (played by Lisa Hartman Black), was aired on ABC during the 1977-78 season, bringing supernatural comedy back to the small screen, at least for a while. In 2005 a movie adaptation hit the big screen, and approached the subject matter from a direction never before tried: instead of merely adapting the series for the big screen, it was a comedy about adapting the series for the big screen. The twist? A real witch of the Bewitched mold (Isabel, played by Nicole Kidman) was cast as Samantha ("I wasn't allowed to watch Bewitched. Daddy said it was racist."). Bewitched has been dubbed into dozens of languages for distribution all around the world. In addition, the series has been remade many times in foreign markets, most notably on Japanese TV in 2004 as Oku-sama wa majo — literally, My Wife Is A Witch but subtitled in English Bewitched in Tokyo.

Furthermore, Bewitched is credited as a major influence on the very first Magical Girl anime , Sally the Witch (Mahōtsukai Sally, broadcast 1966-1968), making it the ultimate ancestor of all Cute Witch characters in Japanese animation. More recently, explicit homage was paid to Bewitched by the anime Oku-sama wa Maho Shojo: Bewitched Agnes (2005). Finally, the rights to Bewitched have been owned since 1989 by Sony , a Japanese company; this is coincidental (it was a side effect of their purchase of Columbia Pictures ), but certainly fits, given the series' popularity in Japan. This series provides examples of: Absentee Actor : Dick York missed several season 5 episodes, due to the chronic back pain that would lead to his retirement from the series and replacement by Dick Sargent in season 6. A Day in the Limelight : Serena gets one in "Serena Stops the Show." This is somewhat offset by the fact that she is already played by the star of the show. 'Bewitched' Celebrates its 50th Anniversary and – Oh Baby! – Look at Tabitha Now!

(EXCLUSIVE) : Entertainment : Headlines & Global News 'Bewitched' Celebrates its 50th Anniversary and – Oh Baby! – Look at Tabitha Now! (EXCLUSIVE) By Sep 18, 2014 11:36 AM EDT HNGN spoke with Erin Murphy, who played Tabitha in the classic show "Bewitched." PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTOPHER AMERUOSO EXCLUSIVELY FOR HNGN Advertisement This week marks the 50th anniversary of "Bewitched," the now-classic television comedy about witches and warlocks that ran from 1964 to 1972, and is known to even contemporary audiences. Modern kids have enjoyed shows such as "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and of course the Harry Potter craze, but we all know Samantha was the original enchanter.

For the uninitiated, "Bewitched" revolved around a gorgeous nose-twitching witch named Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) who was married to a bemused advertising executive husband, Darren (Dick York and Dick Sargent), an ideologue who believed in "earning his keep" and strongly disapproved of his wife using her powers to help them get ahead in the mortal realm (aka the suburbs). Throw in a catchy theme song, some great opening animation, and some colorful characters, and the show couldn't help but become an instant hit. Other beloved personas include Samantha's indulgent warlock dad and her indignant son-in-law-hating mother, played by Hollywood veteran Agnes Moorehead. Then producers went and spiced things up in the third year by introducing the world to darling "Baby Tabitha," the couple's half-witch daughter who took after mom in both the looks and talents departments. The build-up to the extraordinary television birth was something of an event on the scale of Little Ricky's birth on "I Love Lucy" a decade and a half earlier.

The adorable and magical tot Tabitha was played by Erin Murphy, who started acting before she could speak and was a self-described "good kid." Erin grew up on the show's soundstage set and says she thought of Elizabeth Montgomery as a second mother. In fact, she often gets mistaken for her on-set mom whose real-life daughers are still "like cousins." These days Erin lives on a ranch where she raises horses and alpacas. She has six sons who "bring the chaos" she confesses to thriving on. She is often surrounded by a large group of friends, many of whom are former child actor friends from shows such as "The Brady Bunch," "The Partridge Family," "My Three Sons," "Little House on the Prairie," and "The Waltons." Over the years Erin kept in touch with her "Bewitched" co-stars, but is now essentially the only cast member still alive. She also attended the premiere of the 2005 movie remake of "Bewitched" starring Nicole Kidman. She enjoyed the movie, and said the only thing that would have made it better was if they had switched Darrens halfway through.

Erin still acts, but a number of projects routinely take her away from the set: writing magazine articles, running a martini popsicle business and fighting for autism awareness. In celebration of the long-lived show's anniversary, Erin will host a 24-hour-long marathon to air on Antenna TV this Saturday Sept. 20. HNGN recently caught up with Erin, who took us on a nostalgic journey to celebrate the classic television comedy's golden anniversary. HNGN.com: What are your fondest memories from the making of the show? Erin Murphy: It's a really great place to grow up. I started out on the show on the very first color episode, so the first episode of the third season and then I was on for the rest of the eight seasons. I had a lot of fun, I worked with wonderful people...it was a really, really fun place to grow up. I have memories of working with everybody; I was 8 when the show went off the air so I remember a lot of it. HNGN.com: Do you have any especially memorable moments on the set? Anything that stands out?

EM: My favorite ones are always when they have the animals there, when they would bring on a pony and turn it into a unicorn. Also seeing the special effects people setting everything up for the magic, seeing behind the scenes was fun. HNGN.com: Do you remember how they performed the special effects on the show? EM: When Elizabeth Montgomery wiggled her nose it was filmed at a slow speed and then played back at a fast speed. But for me they figured a baby witch couldn't twitch her nose like that so they had me do it with my finger. HNGN.com: Do you know what inspired the idea for "Bewitched" in the first place? EM: They were going to do a show called "The Rich Girl" or something like that, and the premise was that there was a really, really rich girl (who would have been Elizabeth Montgomery) who fell in love with a really poor boy. So she marries him, she could have had anything that she wanted in the world but she chose this poor guy and gave up her money. It's sort of the same thing as a witch who gives up her powers to marry a mortal, so it was a takeoff of that.

I don't think most people know that, but that is the true story. HNGN.com: Do you think the other cast members' personalities were similar to their roles in the show or were they really different people? EM: I think they were really different. I think Elizabeth Montgomery was more like the character Serena than Samantha, she had a lot of fun when they brought that character on. HNGN.com: Do you remember when they switched Darrens? EM: I do. I worked with each of them for three seasons each. Dick York was in so much pain in the end that he had this board on the set he had to lean against because he had a bad back; so he had to lean against that or sit down or lay down. They wrote seven episodes that season without the Darren character altogether. One time he had a seizure on set and after that they decided they had to replace him. HNGN.com: Were you there when that happened? EM: I was. HNGN.com: Was it scary? EM: I don't remember it being scary. I mean I'm sure it probably was, I remember it, I just don't remember being afraid. HNGN.com: What was your relationship like with him?

EM: We stayed in touch after, he was very inspirational. As of late he was on oxygen and in bad condition because of emphysema, but he was still working to raise money and gathering mattresses for homeless shelters and things like that, he was a very inspirational guy. HNGN.com: Was it strange to have Dick Sargent on set as a replacement? EM: It wasn't; he was really good friends with Elizabeth Montgomery. They had actually offered him the role of Darren first and another actress the role of Samantha so I think he was the only choice when they brought him on set. He was a really great guy. It wasn't like they replaced a nice guy with a bad guy, they were both really great. HNGN.com: What was your relationship like with Agnes Moorehead (Endora)? EM: I loved her, she was probably my favorite. It's funny because people ask me more than the other characters if she was scary, but she was the least scary person in the world. She was like my Grandma, I loved her like a Grandma. I thought she was so pretty because she was so colorful with her red hair and purple eyeshadow.

HNGN.com: Was the staff on set patient with you? Was it hard to learn your lines being such a young child at the time? EM: No, because I grew up on the set (I started acting when I was 11 months old) it's easy, it's always been a part of my life. People were really patient with me too, I was really, really well behaved. I was a good kid. HNGN.com: Was it strange to have a sort of alternate set of parents on the set? EM: It's the only life I know, so I grew up with two sets of parents. It seemed normal, but they also did seem like other parents. I know in a lot of ways I'm more like Elizabeth Montgomery in my own life than my own Mom and I think it might be because we spent so many daytime hours together. I definitely have her dirty sense of humor. So much of my personality is similar to hers and so many of her children and family and friends say that I'm so much like her. It's funny because the parts of her personality that I have horrify my own mother.

HNGN.com: Did you keep in touch with most of the cast after the show went off the air? EM: I did, we talked a bunch of times about doing a "Bewitched" remake, there's even talk about doing it now but I'm still looking at scripts and deciding. We stayed in touch in different ways; Elizabeth Montgomery's children are still some of my closest friends...I see them all the time, they come to parties at my ranch, we go out for lunch, we're Facebook friends. Her daughter Rebecca and I share a birthday, so we're very close. You could say they're more like cousins than siblings, we're really, really good friends. HNGN.com: I know your twin sister Diane was on the set with you for a bit and then wasn't as you got older. Did that cause any strain in your relationship? EM: It didn't cause strain at all. They were only auditioning twins for the role of Tabitha and we were fraternal twins so even at the beginning they didn't really use us interchangeably, they would shoot my sister from the back or at a distance.

She kind of hated being on set, so I think she was happy to go back home and not do it. Entertainment is either for you or it's not; some people sort of thrive on it, which I do, but my sister hates it. So I think it worked out great, and of course she's one of my closest friends, she's my sister! HNGN.com: Do you know what happened to the twins that played your little brother on the show? EM: One works in post-production and the other is a chef. HNGN.com: Did you keep in touch with them? EM: I did. We have this group that is sort of every child actor. We started with a party at my ranch and invited every kid actor from every T.V. show we knew from all the generations, so we're kind of all friends. It's like this little secret underground thing. HNGN.com: Who else is involved in that? EM: If you name a T.V. show from "The Brady Bunch" to "The Waltons"... we're all in it.

There's a certain common ground that child actors share, we have experiences that other people don't, so I think it's easy to fall into friendships based on that. Susan Olsen from "The Brady Bunch" is a great friend, she walks my dogs when I go out of town. HNGN.com: Who are some of your best friends from the group? EM: Oh my gosh that's hard... Cathy Silvers who played Jenny Piccalo in "Happy Days" is one of my great friends. HNGN.com: Do you feel like people still think of you as baby Tabitha or have you moved past that by now? EM: I think people loved the show so much, so of course they remember me from that. I think I was one of the few child actors who had a steady career in the business as an adult because I'm familiar but I don't automatically look like Tabitha. HNGN.com: Do you ever get recognized on the streets? EM: Constantly. I've kind of stayed in the business, I mean I'm still on T.V. and on talk shows. I get a lot of 'oh I know you, I know you' and they almost always get it.

At first they sometimes think I'm Elizabeth Montgomery but then they're like 'you're much too young. Did you play Tabitha?' Which is very flattering. HNGN.com: Was it hard to transition into being an actress as an adult? EM: It really surprisingly wasn't, but I think it's because I took some time off where I wasn't acting but doing other things in the entertainment business. I worked in casting for years, I worked as a PA, I had all different careers on set. When I thought about coming back to acting people were kind of welcoming and I think it's because I turned down so many things over the years. I think sometimes kid actors keep trying to act right after whatever their big thing is and then it gets to the point where maybe they can't find work and then they can't make the transition later. I think since I kind of walked away from the business they were really welcoming to me when I came back. HNGN.com: What advice would you give to child actors trying to make the transition today? EM: Well, I think the best advice you could give to anyone, adult or child actors, is to have something else that you're interested in doing.

Acting is great but so few people actually make a living as actors. You can do community theater, but maybe pick a different career, entertainment somewhere or education or something else to fall back on. HNGN.com: So what are you doing now? EM: I'm doing a lot of things. I'm doing a play out here in L.A. called "Hollywood Shorts," it's written by T.V. writers and performed by former T.V. actors. That's something I'm really just doing for fun, I'm still acting, I'm an entrepreneur and I own a company that makes frozen martini popsicles. We're all across the country and in Australia and China. I have a ranch where I raise horses and alpacas...I do a million things. HNGN.com: And what about your home life? I know you have six sons, did you ever wish you could have some magical powers to help you out with that? EM: Well, I think everybody wishes they could twitch their nose and get the house clean. But I thrive on chaos, so I'd rather be doing a million things at once than one thing, so I think it's fun. I always wanted a big family.

HNGN.com: Did your kids watch "Bewitched" growing up? EM: Yeah they did. And it's funny, because I don't specifically sit down and watch it myself. I had to remind myself 'oh gosh the kids haven't even seen this' and kind of tell them 'hey I was on this show' and introduce them to it, they love it. It's funny because their teachers always end up knowing who I was and are excited so the kids have to know what the show is. HNGN.com: You have an autistic son and work with autism awareness organizations. Do you think people are becoming more aware of the condition? EM: I think they are. There is something in the environment, there's something out there, that has caused the number of cases of autism to rise so drastically. Growing up I truly had never even heard of autism and now the numbers are so great. I was involved with autism-related charities before my son was diagnosed, but as a parent you're there to support other parents and answer questions. I think talking about it openly helps let people know about it because it's a very confusing condition.

HNGN.com: You've also written for magazines, is that something you plan to keep doing? EM: I love to write, I always thought I'd be a writer when I grew up but I'm still waiting to grow up. I'm writing a book right now on crowd funding of all things. I've written articles about fashion and lifestyle and beauty. HNGN.com: That's great. Going back a bit, what did you do with the money you got from "Bewitched." EM: When I turned 21 I got my money from "Bewitched" and I got a house and a horse. It wasn't like lunch money it was real money. HNGN.com: How do you feel about the upcoming 50th anniversary of "Bewitched"? EM: I think it's exciting that 50 years later people are still watching the show and are interested in it. It's great that a show we made so long ago is still loved by so many people.

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Question: Which actress played Samantha in the comedy series Bewitched
Answer: Elizabeth Montgomery