Witch or mortal? On Screen Gems' comedy series "Bewitched", that is the question. In eight fun-filled years on network television, the popular series has mixed witches with mortals and emerged with perhaps the largest cast of regulars in any television comedy.
The core of the show is Samantha and her family, of course. Samantha (played by the series star Elizabeth Montgomery) is a lovely witch married to Darrin (Dick York 1-170, Dick Sargent 171-254), a rather ordinary if bemused mortal. This marriage has produced two offspring, Tabitha (Erin Murphy), who has already discovered that by wiggling her fingers she can activate witching powers, and Adam (David Lawrence), who has not - to his father's delight - shown himself to be anything but a little boy.
Endora (Agnes Moorehead) is a perfect witch of a mother-in-law. She uses any tactics she can to prove "Durwood", as she lovingly calls Darrin, is unworthy of her beautiful daughter. Samantha's father, Maurice (Maurice Evans), also proves to be an adversary for Darrin. .In addition to Sam's eccentric family on the show, there are the confused mortals. Phyllis and Frank Stephens (Mabel Albertson and Robert F. Simon), Darrin's parents, love Sam but often are convinced they need a long rest after spending time in their son's house. Darrin's boss, Larry Tate (David White) and his battling wife, Louise (Kasey Rogers), find the Stephens' lifestyle rather peculiar. Lastly, there are Gladys and Abner Kravitz (Sandra Gould and George Tobias), who are typical nosy neighbors with some good reasons to be nosy. All in all, it's a big happy group that visits with viewers on each episode. But it makes you wonder what would happen if Sam and Darrin ever held a family reunion! |
