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Bewitched
Bewitched, a fantasy situation comedy featuring the suburban life of a witch housewife married to a mortal, aired on ABC from to In its first season, it was the highest rated of all the new series and for its first five seasons, the program found itself consistently in Neilsens' Top Twelve. By , its re-runs had sold to ABC for nine million dollars.
Set in Westport, Connecticut, Bewitched chronicles the difficulties Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) has negotiating her supernatural powers and her role as the suburban housewife of advertising executive Darrin Stephens (Dick York, replaced by Dick Sargent after the fifth season). Other major characters include Samantha's mother, Endora (Agnes Moorehead), who enjoys employing meddling witchcraft to complicate her daughter's marriage, a suspicious neighbor named Gladys Kravitz (Alice Pearce, later replaced by Sandra Gould)) and Darrin's neurotic boss Larry Tate (David White). Sporadically, Elizabeth Montgomery would appear as her cousin, Serena, embodied as a teeny-bopper, counter-culture type, with a knack for free-spirited and manipulative sorcery. Eventually, Samantha and Darrin have a daughter, Tabitha, and a son, Adam, both of whom display witchly powers. (In , ABC attempted a spin-off called Tabitha, where th
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O Melia, my dear, this does everything crown!
Who could have supposed I should meet you in Town?
And whence such fair garments, such prosperi-ty? —
O didnt you know Id been ruined? said she.
— You left us in tatters, without shoes or socks,
Tired of digging potatoes, and spudding up docks;
And now youve gay bracelets and bright feathers three! —
Yes: thats how we dress when were ruined, said she.
— At home in the barton you said thee and thou,
And thik oon, and theäs oon, and tother; but now
Your talking quite fits ee for high compa-ny! —
Some polish is gained with ones ruin, said she.
— Your hands were like paws then, your face blue and bleak
But now Im bewitched by your delicate cheek,
And your little gloves fit as on any la-dy! —
We never do work when were ruined, said she.
— You used to call home-life a hag-ridden dream,
And youd sigh, and youd sock; but at present you seem
To know not of megrims or melancho-ly! —
True. Ones pretty lively when ruined, said she.
— I wish I had feathers, a fine sweeping gown,
And a delicate face, and could strut about Town! —
My dear — a raw country girl, such as you be,
Cannot quite expect that
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