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Post by jeannietonyfan on Mar 4, 2007 21:27:24 GMT -5
The first season of Bewitched is a good season... the first Gladys Kravitz (Alice Pearce) was fantastic... it's so sad she died during the run because she was really a brilliant talent. The one Bewitched episode that I really like is when Darrin breaks his ankle and somehow he gets powers (I forget how) but he wants Samantha to start using her powers for everything, and not be worried about hiding them. But Samantha doesn't want to and so she puts on this big act to convince Darrin that he doesn't want to quit his job and lead a luxurious life because they wouldn't be as happy as he thinks. So for their anniversary he gives her a watch, and Sam says that all she needs is the watch, she doesn't need her powers. And so Darrin asks her to blink time back so he doesn't have the powers that he did at the start of the episode. The only part I don't like about this episode is that once the time is turned back, Samantha is running all over the place being his slave, but the whole idea that they don't need anything except each other was a nice theme of the episode, I thought.
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Post by Subspace on Mar 4, 2007 22:37:48 GMT -5
The first season of Bewitched is a good season... the first Gladys Kravitz (Alice Pearce) was fantastic... it's so sad she died during the run because she was really a brilliant talent. Yes, very true. Bewitched Season One was pretty much the best season of Bewitched in my humble opinion, even though there were still quite a few episodes that were not really funny. But there were a few that I loved, as I said in my previous post. Yeah, you know, that episode is one of the few that I really loved in Bewitched. I did think it was kind of silly, though, that Samantha, in this episode, appeared to prefer Darrin's witchcraft-phobia to Darrin's witchcraft-accepting attitude. I mean, sure, for a while Darrin had dreams of megalomania, but it would've been easy to disabuse him of the exaggerated notions and get him back to his normal self albeit one that understands her powers and accepts them (as long as she is discreet, of course, but Sam should already know that). Instead Sam had to make it so everything was reset to the previous status quo. I never really got that. I mean, most of the time we see her struggling not to use witchcraft because of Darrin's edict, even though she sometimes really wants to. We always think Sam likes using witchcraft but only does not do so because of Darrin. But when Darrin finally says "fine, witchcraft's OK" and she no longer has to sneak around only doing witchcraft behind Darrin's back, she doesn't like it and appears to prefer the previous witchcraft-phobic Darrin. In the end, the only reason I could figure was that Endora was in that episode and had predicted that Darrin would have megalomaniacal delusions, and Darrin proved her right, so Sam was determined to 'win' the spat with her mother at any cost, forgetting the benefits of having a witchcraft-accepting (but otherwise normal as before) Darrin. I guess she just wanted to show her mother how her mother was completely wrong, by showing her how much she preferred the previous status quo. Stupid really, but the only explanation that makes a half bit of sense in my opinion... |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Mar 4, 2007 22:50:14 GMT -5
Yeah, I know, I didn't like how she preferred the "witchcraft-phobic" Darrin either... she should have been happy that for once he was accepting her for her powers, and therefore, loving her for ALL that she is, and not just as a "trying to be mortal" housewife.
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Post by Subspace on Mar 4, 2007 22:53:32 GMT -5
Yeah, I know, I didn't like how she preferred the "witchcraft-phobic" Darrin either... she should have been happy that for once he was accepting her for her powers, and therefore, loving her for ALL that she is, and not just as a "trying to be mortal" housewife. Yeah. I was quite surprised actually. Her initial surprise when Darrin waves his hand and says "Towels, away!" sparing her the trouble of putting them away by hand - that's understandable, but I would've expected her to be delighted that he was, for the first time, accepting her for what she truly was - a witch. Sure, I agree that Darrin quitting his job and wanting loads of good stuff was wrong and she was right to formulate a plan to discourage that, but besides that, she did not appear to be happy at all that he was finally accepting her! And usually in all the other episodes she is like fighting with him to make him understand and accept her witchcraft! Her use of witchcraft is basically at the root of all their arguments, and when the issue is finally resolved - in her favor! - she doesn't like it! I just don't get it. |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Mar 4, 2007 22:59:44 GMT -5
Yeah, definitely weird that's for sure...
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Post by Subspace on Mar 6, 2007 0:02:02 GMT -5
Yeah, definitely weird that's for sure... Yeah, the out-of-universe explanation is the writers definitely goofed here. In-universe, the explanation I post regarding Sam and her mother Endora, is, while a crummy explanation, the only one I can think of that makes the remotest amount of logical sense... what do you think? |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Mar 6, 2007 9:28:40 GMT -5
Your explanation is probably right... she always wanted to prove Darrin to Endora, but Endora always knew better, and that's why everyone loves Endora!
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Post by maribelle bermudez on Mar 7, 2007 22:06:28 GMT -5
My favorite character was Jeanie but Tony has to be the second favorite. They were a hit!
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Post by Subspace on Mar 11, 2007 17:09:54 GMT -5
Your explanation is probably right... she always wanted to prove Darrin to Endora, but Endora always knew better, and that's why everyone loves Endora! Yeah - I for one was always rooting for Endora!  |
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Post by Subspace on Mar 11, 2007 17:10:20 GMT -5
My favorite character was Jeanie but Tony has to be the second favorite. They were a hit! Yeap! They were the core of the show. |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Mar 11, 2007 21:21:34 GMT -5
My favorite character was Jeanie but Tony has to be the second favorite. They were a hit! Yeap! They were the core of the show. They certainly were! |
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Post by hab101 on Mar 20, 2007 23:07:17 GMT -5
Doctor Bellows for me. The facial expression's when he walks in on Tony are to much! The way he say's thing's when he see's something Tony has...."This wasn't here yesterday, was it"? My favorite moment's in "I Dream Of Jeannie" were usually when Bellow's caught Tony or Roger up to something strange.
A close second is Roger. Ya gotta love him, he's just so fun and likable! I remember one of my favorite Roger moment's in "There go's the bride" where he is on a date with a girl, Jeannie arrives, and Roger go's "What are you doing here" in this terribly funny voice! He then put's on this act telling her to leave with a totally fake laugh to go along with it! Funny stuff, funny stuff.
All that being said, ya gotta love em all. They were like "The Beatles" or "The Who", without one member they are not the same. Larry Hagman's great, and so is Barbara Eden. How could you not adore a beutiful lady dressed like that, skipping around the house jolly as can be? I can't forget about General Peterson either! He was a great addition to the show as well!
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Post by Subspace on Mar 22, 2007 20:33:35 GMT -5
Doctor Bellows for me. The facial expression's when he walks in on Tony are to much! The way he say's thing's when he see's something Tony has...."This wasn't here yesterday, was it"? My favorite moment's in "I Dream Of Jeannie" were usually when Bellow's caught Tony or Roger up to something strange. I know! At least those were definitely the funniest moments. (I also had a few "favorite" IDOJ moments - mostly Tony/Jeannie moments - that were not so funny but were very touching... such as in Season 3's Tony's Wife, when Tony says to Jeannie "I thought we had something," and then later surprises Jeannie by taking her out instead.) Yes, Roger was great at comedy, I always loved the way he walked. Definitely! I agree completely. I missed General Peterson after Barton MacLane first fell ill and later passed away... I loved most of the General's scenes in Seasons 1 and 2. One I loved the most was the scene where Dr. Bellows caught Tony talking to Jeannie's bottle, then Tony covers up by saying to the General that he was practicing song lyrics. The General's facial expressions are priceless when he and Bellows listen to Tony 'play' on the piano and sing.  |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Mar 22, 2007 20:42:42 GMT -5
I love that episode for those two great moments you mentioned... the first one is so subtle, and yet so moving and reflective of the underlying feelings they both have for each other. And who can't love that last scene? It made me want to cry the first time I saw it, it's just so lovely and moving... Whenever I watch the show with my mom she never fails to laugh at Roger's walk, which, I must admit, is very funny, and never fails to make me chuckle too... it's SO brilliantly right for his character, don't you think? I missed Barton MacLane a lot too... I guess he fell sick at the beginning of Season 3 because he only appears in (I think) one episode that season... and he is very much missed, and then when he actually passed away, his loss of presence was felt too. Vinton Hayworth was good, but not nearly as good as Barton. I don't think he's given enough credit for what he did with that character and what he contributed to the ensemble and to the show as a whole. I love that scene you mention to when Tony's singing the song... definitely one of the best chances that Barton MacLane got in the series to show his marvelously funny facial expressions! |
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Post by Subspace on Mar 22, 2007 20:49:34 GMT -5
I love that episode for those two great moments you mentioned... the first one is so subtle, and yet so moving and reflective of the underlying feelings they both have for each other. And who can't love that last scene? It made me want to cry the first time I saw it, it's just so lovely and moving... I know. It was extremely moving. And the way he told Jeannie that next time she wanted to know how he felt, she shouldn't ask a computer, but should ask him instead... in a gruff Tony sort of way, it was really so sweet. LOL yeap, I always loved how Roger walked. Bill Daily was really great at doing comedy. Yeah - that and when Tony was singing in the contest and his voice went from high to low. That was another priceless Bellows-Peterson moment! I agree that Barton wasn't given nearly enough credit for what he added to IDOJ... his absence in Season 3 was keenly felt at least by at least you and me, and made a big difference. General Schaeffer was good but I still liked Peterson more. |
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