@@sooverit5529 I think dick Sargent did an ok job. He wasn't as fussy as dick York. I liked though the way Sam would twitch her nose and make things happen.
The show also ran its course. With how they handled replacing Darrin in the show, it was a matter of time before they pulled the plug on it. Still, Bewitched is an excellent show. Thanks for the video Rick, I hope you’re doing well. Keep up the great work and take care!
Yes! I heard about this affair on another platform. Such a shame 2 marriages were destroyed. But I think the show had run its course. Thank you Rick 😊 for another great video. 👍
Dick York suffered from emphysema caused by smoking. Dick Sargent replaced York because York was using too many pain killers. Both imo we're great actors.
@@jimshannononsounds yep. Dick York dedicated his last years to homeless people, even though himself he was basically homeless too. Such a sweet soul. I pray for him in heaven all the time. He made me laugh for 40 years. I'm 50 now. Shame on Hollywood for not taking care of their great former actors after they retired. Still making millions on the show. I'd assume.
I saw a video talking a bit more indepth about their marriage and Bill Asher said in later years that "...most of the causes of their breakup....was his own fault...!" I heard that the series was originally going to star Tammy Grimes and the name of her character was going to be "Cassandra"! Also that Dick Sargent was wanted for Darrin in the beginning but wasn't available. I have to wonder - like having Bea Benederet and Gale Gordon playing Ethel and Fred Mertz - if the show would have been successful!
"Bewitched" is coming to Blu Ray early next year. I hope the episodes will look better than the "I Dream of Jeannie" Blu Ray release, which was a disappointment.
I’m so glad you’ve discovered the wonders of Bewitched! I’ve been a mega fan for years. Although I did know about the affair covered in the video, I like how you compared it to Lucy & Desi. I wonder if you’ve seen the episode where Serena and Uncle Arthur basically recreate the Lucy candy factory scene, but with chocolate covered bananas! I’m lucky enough to have seen some of Bewitched (and Here’s Lucy) first run.
Thanks Rick. I really appreciate your channel. Yours is one of the very few that reminds us that celebrities are people, just like us, & often can make dumb, & really awful decisions. Also love that you don't get into spreading ridiculous & mind numbing conspiracies, like so many other channels. Great video, as always. It's sad that Dick York couldn't stay on the series, due to his crippling back pain. What movie was it that he suffered his injury, on again?
Bill Asher had his own affairs too. A few years later he married Joyce Builfant (He didn't know her while he was married before.), who was first married to James MacArthur from HAWAII FIVE-O and later to Bill Mallory of DAYS OF OUR LIVES prior to Asher. After she gave Asher his requested divorce, and after another quick marriage, Joyce Bulifant married Roger Perry, who'd been married to JoAnne Worley for 25 years prior. Ms. Bulifant writes about her life & marriages in her bio MY FOUR HOLLYWOOD HUSBANDS. She was married to Mr. Perry until he died in 2018.
The original Darrin was Bumbling and loveable but the second Darrin came across as intolerant maybe even dare I say bigoted the way interacted with Samantha's relatives.
Possibly. But divorce transcends Hollywood. 50% of all marriages end in divorce. My aim was to look at the affair leading to the divorces which led to the ending of that show. It’s hard to work with your divorced partner on a show like that
I always shake my head when I see season 5-8 episodes that are exact copies (minus a few small things) of episodes from seasons 1-4. Most notably, Ben Franklin and George Washington
Bill Asher was reputed to have had affairs as well. Under these circumstances, it must have been challenging to continue collaborating on the show for any length of time. Fleetwood Mac survived inside affairs and splits, but they agree it wasn't easy. As for the Darrens, I liked Sargent better and heard he was supposed to be the original.
Never get your honey where you get your money. The divorced star and director working together would have been a whacky 70's sitcom. Darren fastens his top button on his PJ's!
True! The constant/unending episodes of Endora putting a "spell" on Darrin had me (as pre-teen) rolling up my eyes. Even Gary Larson (of "Farside" fame) wrote a very funny "panel" on this very thing.
Being human is messy- for all of us, especially celebrities in the spotlight. The show had a great run, I think the Darrin switch probably had more to do with its demise.
Cheaters cheat. Anyway, had Gig Young put the bottle down, he and Elizabeth may have been married longer, and we may have never had a Bewitched series at all.
I had the pleasure of meeting Elizabeth when I was 16 and got her autograph. She was gorgeous. This was in the mid 70s. It was at a Disney movie shooting location near our town. She wasn't in the movie. I believe she was dating the director. There were other notable stars there, too. It was a real treat. Vic Morrow, Joan Hackett, Mills Watson and the legendary Peter Ustinov were all there. The movie is called The Treasure of Matacumbe.
The reason the show ended was because Elizabeth Montgomery and her boyfriend flew to Paris and she said she's not doing any more new episodes. Since they had a contract with ABC, Bill Asher sold them "The Paul Lynde Show". Paul as a perpetually annoyed married man with children and a son-in-law living with him didn't really work.
I loved that show and still watch today. I’m interested to see what you dig up that I do t know yet! LOL. I do know that there are quite a few things that you can find as far as mistakes, seeing wires, seeing Elizabeth’s double when she was Serena etc. can’t wait to see you do more!
This question has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand, but I couldn’t help think about it as I looked at the pics you included with the video. When they filmed Bewitched did they decorate the sets to complement the black and white film being used or did they film it in black and white regardless of how they decorated the sets? As for the topic, unless we were we there, we really don’t know what truly caused the end of the show. It’s probable based on what you’ve said, but even then, that in itself may not be necessarily the case. Great video regardless and as always. I’m looking forward to the next one! 😊
I'm so sorry her marriages dissolved. I wonder if the men were also jealous of her success :( but it takes two (usually) Thank you for reviewing this show ❤ I just prefer the 1st Darren.
I think the series ended because it got tired. The stories were just being re-hashed and the jokes got cornier. I did like the Sabrina and Uncle Arthur episodes, though. As for I Love Lucy, I think they were just tired of the series and wanted to move on. Lucille Ball went on to have a few very popular series, and Desi created The Mothers in Law, which i liked. The subject material was updated in each of their series. It would have been fun, though , to see Little Ricky grow up and get married, but that would have taken years. Thanks for your channel.
i heard about this supposed affair i heard Elizabeth montgomery said it was not true richard michaels wrote a book ut was not true i never read that book
hollywood's hot numbers including elizbeth montgomery, she's barbara eden class, she's a classic gorgeous hollywood party babe, .... and in those days they kept things a secret, but they still had the casting couch in every back room, including mayberry, and the allure of hollywood trapped all the best babes, and they sold their souls like it was an initiation, which it was and still is. now they worship diddy and the boys... good grief
Ah the age old question Liz Montgomery or Barbara Eden. Barbara was more beautiful but Elizabeth was more sexy. I remember Liz Montgomery was in an episode of the Twilight Zone (who wasn't lol) she was beyond sexy. More Adventures of Superman please!!!!!!
Rick, I have a question for you was the separation of Lucy and Desi during the hour long show or was it for the half hour show that they got divorced because I’m always been cloudy about that thank you
Yes so it was definitely during the 13th and last Hour long episode-Lucy and the Mustache. They divorced shorty there after and barely finished the episode since they didn’t even speak to one another during filming
I liked Bewitched so much more than I Dream of Jeanie. I found the men on Jeanie predatory and frightening. I couldn't relate to Jeanie, she enticed men and they ran after her, and she threw herself at men...and it was OK for HER, because she was magical and could protect herself from creeps when they went too far. A tender young girl watching TV doesn't have those abilities.
@@okjoe5561 NO, it means he may have had his part in the marriage breaking up also. Not just dumping all the blame on her. Maybe you think it's OK for the man, and not the woman. I think ALL adults are responsible for their actions...males included. Get it?
ABC had newed Bewitched for a 9th and 10th season but Elizabeth Montgomery had enough and wanted out of the series due her marriage unravling around the same time. The show ended in 1972 and her marriage ended a year later. 📺📼🧹👱♀
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The show had run its course. The Darrin switch and altered tone of the show was its downfall.
Yep."Petulant" Darrin killed it, along with "age" and the storylines started too get a tad "darker".
@@sooverit5529 I think dick Sargent did an ok job. He wasn't as fussy as dick York.
I liked though the way Sam would twitch her nose and make things happen.
Hated the second Darren I loved the first one
Even as a youngster I had such a crush on Elizabeth. She was a natural beauty
I knew there was an affair but didn't know the details. Thanks for posting.
The show also ran its course. With how they handled replacing Darrin in the show, it was a matter of time before they pulled the plug on it. Still, Bewitched is an excellent show. Thanks for the video Rick, I hope you’re doing well. Keep up the great work and take care!
Really good work sir! This is a gold standard channel!
Yes! I heard about this affair on another platform. Such a shame 2 marriages were destroyed. But I think the show had run its course.
Thank you Rick 😊 for another great video. 👍
The second Darren was the reason for the shows demise.
Dick York suffered from emphysema caused by smoking. Dick Sargent replaced York because York was using too many pain killers. Both imo we're great actors.
@@jimshannononsounds I know about the health problems of Dick York, it's the about the way the show runners delt with replacing Dick.
100% agreement. The second Darren (Dick Sargent) was terrible and NOT funny at all.
@@jimshannononsounds yep. Dick York dedicated his last years to homeless people, even though himself he was basically homeless too. Such a sweet soul. I pray for him in heaven all the time. He made me laugh for 40 years. I'm 50 now. Shame on Hollywood for not taking care of their great former actors after they retired. Still making millions on the show. I'd assume.
Yeah, second Darren just didn't have the charisma. He was so blah
Another good one my man! Keep up the good work
I loved bewitched. I heard about the affair. Thank you Rick.
Before she married Asher she was married to Gig Young who later murdered his wife and himself
I remember reading that.
I saw a video talking a bit more indepth about their marriage and Bill Asher said in later years that "...most of the causes of their breakup....was his own fault...!" I heard that the series was originally going to star Tammy Grimes and the name of her character was going to be "Cassandra"! Also that Dick Sargent was wanted for Darrin in the beginning but wasn't available. I have to wonder - like having Bea Benederet and Gale Gordon playing Ethel and Fred Mertz - if the show would have been successful!
Herbie Pilato Bewitched book is pure GOLD! I bought it decades ago for my Wife. If Herbie says it was true, it's true.
"Bewitched" is coming to Blu Ray early next year. I hope the episodes will look better than the "I Dream of Jeannie" Blu Ray release, which was a disappointment.
Never liked the second Darren. Just something about him was not right.
He was Gay, and it showed in his attitude. He refused to do screen "kisses" with Elizabeth, too.
I've absolutely NO respect for anyone who cheats on their spouse.
Or anyone who would have an affair with a married person who has children.
@@richardyoung9024 YES!
She looked great in her Twilight Zone episode.👍
Don't we all make mistakes, one after another?
We all do, I do too.
I’m so glad you’ve discovered the wonders of Bewitched! I’ve been a mega fan for years. Although I did know about the affair covered in the video, I like how you compared it to Lucy & Desi. I wonder if you’ve seen the episode where Serena and Uncle Arthur basically recreate the Lucy candy factory scene, but with chocolate covered bananas! I’m lucky enough to have seen some of Bewitched (and Here’s Lucy) first run.
I have to check that one out! I’m really enjoying the show and the zany adventures
You will love Paul Linde in that episode .😅
Thanks Rick. I really appreciate your channel. Yours is one of the very few that reminds us that celebrities are people, just like us, & often can make dumb, & really awful decisions. Also love that you don't get into spreading ridiculous & mind numbing conspiracies, like so many other channels. Great video, as always. It's sad that Dick York couldn't stay on the series, due to his crippling back pain. What movie was it that he suffered his injury, on again?
They Came to Codura.
@atreb56, thanks. As a classic movie fan, I should've known that.
Bill Asher had his own affairs too. A few years later he married Joyce Builfant (He didn't know her while he was married before.), who was first married to James MacArthur from HAWAII FIVE-O and later to Bill Mallory of DAYS OF OUR LIVES prior to Asher. After she gave Asher his requested divorce, and after another quick marriage, Joyce Bulifant married Roger Perry, who'd been married to JoAnne Worley for 25 years prior. Ms. Bulifant writes about her life & marriages in her bio MY FOUR HOLLYWOOD HUSBANDS. She was married to Mr. Perry until he died in 2018.
If memory serves me correctly, Desi Arnaz tried making a play for Barbara Eden when she made a guest appearance on I Love Lucy in 1957.
Apparently she made sure she was never left alone with him!
President JFK secretly slipped Barbara Eden his phone number when they met.. She tells this story in an interview in her later years..
@@BillGernert Desi was a serial philanderer.
@@alecfoster4413 Yes, he was a well-known horn dog.
Unfortunately cheating is all too common in relationships.
The original Darrin was Bumbling and loveable but the second Darrin came across as intolerant maybe even dare I say bigoted the way interacted with Samantha's relatives.
I found him exceptionally snide and sarcastic. Wasn't endearing at all.
@@tigger06 Exactly.
So many people in show business have had multiple divorces, affairs, bad relationships, etc. Maybe that's the price they have to pay for fame?
Possibly. But divorce transcends Hollywood. 50% of all marriages end in divorce. My aim was to look at the affair leading to the divorces which led to the ending of that show. It’s hard to work with your divorced partner on a show like that
Welllll...
The show was getting old and running out of ideas anyway.
The "Europe" episodes were so poorly produced.
I always shake my head when I see season 5-8 episodes that are exact copies (minus a few small things) of episodes from seasons 1-4. Most notably, Ben Franklin and George Washington
Bill Asher was reputed to have had affairs as well. Under these circumstances, it must have been challenging to continue collaborating on the show for any length of time. Fleetwood Mac survived inside affairs and splits, but they agree it wasn't easy. As for the Darrens, I liked Sargent better and heard he was supposed to be the original.
“Love” Is not the correct word. I’ll leave it at that.
Never get your honey where you get your money. The divorced star and director working together would have been a whacky 70's sitcom. Darren fastens his top button on his PJ's!
I will always love Elizabeth Montgomery. Everything she made. She was a child of a star father. I think she married a star later.
At the end of it's long run, the eps were running out of ideas and repeating themselves, so it became a bit of a bore snore.
True! The constant/unending episodes of Endora putting a "spell" on Darrin had me (as pre-teen) rolling up my eyes. Even Gary Larson (of "Farside" fame) wrote a very funny "panel" on this very thing.
Being human is messy- for all of us, especially celebrities in the spotlight. The show had a great run, I think the Darrin switch probably had more to do with its demise.
According to what I heard she didn't want to do another season.😊.
Cheaters cheat. Anyway, had Gig Young put the bottle down, he and Elizabeth may have been married longer, and we may have never had a Bewitched series at all.
Elizabeth Montgomery is the most beautiful woman to grace this galaxy
I had the pleasure of meeting Elizabeth when I was 16 and got her autograph. She was gorgeous. This was in the mid 70s. It was at a Disney movie shooting location near our town. She wasn't in the movie. I believe she was dating the director. There were other notable stars there, too. It was a real treat. Vic Morrow, Joan Hackett, Mills Watson and the legendary Peter Ustinov were all there. The movie is called The Treasure of Matacumbe.
The reason the show ended was because Elizabeth Montgomery and her boyfriend flew to Paris and she said she's not doing any more new episodes. Since they had a contract with ABC, Bill Asher sold them "The Paul Lynde Show". Paul as a perpetually annoyed married man with children and a son-in-law living with him didn't really work.
What happened to Desilu production company after the divorce of Desi and Lucy..?
They each kept half. Desi sold his half to Lucille. She later sold hers to Paramount and further fractured
@@rickninegWhich is why Paramount own Star Trek.
It was eventually sold
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I loved that show and still watch today. I’m interested to see what you dig up that I do t know yet! LOL. I do know that there are quite a few things that you can find as far as mistakes, seeing wires, seeing Elizabeth’s double when she was Serena etc. can’t wait to see you do more!
This question has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand, but I couldn’t help think about it as I looked at the pics you included with the video. When they filmed Bewitched did they decorate the sets to complement the black and white film being used or did they film it in black and white regardless of how they decorated the sets?
As for the topic, unless we were we there, we really don’t know what truly caused the end of the show. It’s probable based on what you’ve said, but even then, that in itself may not be necessarily the case.
Great video regardless and as always. I’m looking forward to the next one! 😊
I'm so sorry her marriages dissolved. I wonder if the men were also jealous of her success :( but it takes two (usually) Thank you for reviewing this show ❤ I just prefer the 1st Darren.
One of the husbands (1 or 2) was abusive and a drunk
I think the series ended because it got tired. The stories were just being re-hashed and the jokes got cornier. I did like the Sabrina and Uncle Arthur episodes, though.
As for I Love Lucy, I think they were just tired of the series and wanted to move on. Lucille Ball went on to have a few very popular series, and Desi created The Mothers in Law, which i liked. The subject material was updated in each of their series. It would have been fun, though , to see Little Ricky grow up and get married, but that would have taken years.
Thanks for your channel.
i heard about this supposed affair i heard Elizabeth montgomery said it was not true richard michaels wrote a book ut was not true i never read that book
Never knew this. I hope your life complications become less complicated Rick.
I heard Elizabeth montgomery didnt want yo continue starring in bewitched why the show ended
hollywood's hot numbers including elizbeth montgomery, she's barbara eden class, she's a classic gorgeous hollywood party babe, .... and in those days they kept things a secret, but they still had the casting couch in every back room, including mayberry, and the allure of hollywood trapped all the best babes, and they sold their souls like it was an initiation, which it was and still is. now they worship diddy and the boys... good grief
...and not just for adults - child actors/actresses suffered from that Casting Couch, too.
The casting couch included men too. Even if they weren't gay, if they wanted the part...
Did they give a reason for the new Darrin I mean we could all tell that he was not the same person that was on the previous shows.
Ah the age old question Liz Montgomery or Barbara Eden. Barbara was more beautiful but Elizabeth was more sexy. I remember Liz Montgomery was in an episode of the Twilight Zone (who wasn't lol) she was beyond sexy. More Adventures of Superman please!!!!!!
The show had run it course by the time it ended. It had gotten stale by the final season.
Rick, I have a question for you was the separation of Lucy and Desi during the hour long show or was it for the half hour show that they got divorced because I’m always been cloudy about that thank you
Yes so it was definitely during the 13th and last Hour long episode-Lucy and the Mustache. They divorced shorty there after and barely finished the episode since they didn’t even speak to one another during filming
@@ricknineg thank you ever so much 🌹😎
The lucy desi divorce was toward end of the hour show...
@@rickninegthx Rick.. sad
@@tracyroth-myers5574 Rick...appreciate ur background info on classic shows
I liked Bewitched so much more than I Dream of Jeanie. I found the men on Jeanie predatory and frightening. I couldn't relate to Jeanie, she enticed men and they ran after her, and she threw herself at men...and it was OK for HER, because she was magical and could protect herself from creeps when they went too far.
A tender young girl watching TV doesn't have those abilities.
...and we have no idea how many affairs Bill Asher may have been having.
He was also married four times, and had 6 children with various women.
So that made it OK. Got it.
@@okjoe5561 NO, it means he may have had his part in the marriage breaking up also. Not just dumping all the blame on her.
Maybe you think it's OK for the man, and not the woman. I think ALL adults are responsible for their actions...males included. Get it?
@@lindac6919 Sounds like you have issues you need to work through with a professional.
@@okjoe5561 Sounds like you're naive.
@@lindac6919 Sounds like you're projecting your issues onto other people.
Your videos are going down hill ! Hang it up man! I just unsubscribed.
No one is going to miss you.
ABC had newed Bewitched for a 9th and 10th season but Elizabeth Montgomery had enough and wanted out of the series due her marriage unravling around the same time. The show ended in 1972 and her marriage ended a year later. 📺📼🧹👱♀