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I, Darrin, Take This Witch, SamanthaEpisode Number: 1 Season Num: 1 First Aired: September 17, 1964 Prod Code: 3055 |
This magical 1960s series begins when Darrin and Samantha first bump into each other. They realize that they have real feelings for each other and they decide to get married. What Darrin doesn't know is that Samantha is a witch. On their honeymoon, Endora visits Samantha and tells her that she made a big mistake marrying a mortal and spends eight years trying to break the marriage. Samantha tells Darrin the truth about herself and gives him a demo of her powers. After a little soul searching, Darrin accepts her background and wants her to be a regular housewife and not to practice witchcraft. Until his former girlfriend Sheila Sommers comes in the picture. She invites Darrin and Samantha to her house for a dinner party. At the party, Sheila trashes Samantha with insults, and Samantha teaches her a lesson by trashing her party with magic! Darrin doesn't like the fact that Samantha used her magic to get even, but Sheila did get what she had coming to her. And so begins eight years of magic and misunderstanding in Darrin and Samantha's life.
| Writer: | Sol Saks |
| Director: | William Asher |
| Star: | Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha Stephens/Serena), Dick York (Darrin Stephens [ seasons 1-5 ]), Agnes Moorehead (Endora) |
| Recurring Role: | C. Lindsay Workman (doctor), Paul Barselou (bartender), Nancy Kovack (Sheila), Gene Blakely (Dave) |
| Guest Star: | John Graham (Man Speaking with Samantha at the Dinner Table (uncredited)), Jose Ferrer (Narrator (voice) (uncredited)) |
Dick Sargent successfully auditioned as the original Darrin, but he was under contract at the time. He appeared as a regular on Broadside, the studio's spin-off of McHale's Navy.
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Originally in the script Endora was not named, but was called "Mother" when spoken to.
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Originally in the script, Darrin's last name was Douglas.
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The role of Samantha was originally offered to Tammy Grimes.
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There were some protests when the show was about to premier from people who thought the show was going to promote devil worship.
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Samantha: One re or re ickery Ann,
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Stickbum, stackbum Buck!
B-U-C-K spells Buck and out goes you!
Endora: You naughty little witch! (edit) Samantha: For a while there, it was kind of hard to tell which witch was which. (edit) Darrin: I have an aunt who thinks she's a lighthouse. And whenever it rains, she insists on climbing on the garage roof to warn the sailors.
Samantha: How do you know she isn't a lighthouse? (edit) Samantha: He's a dear, sweet, wonderful, perfectly marvelous man.
Endora: Oh, my poor baby. He sounds simply horrible (edit)
Phillison Follison Nicholas John.
Queevy quavy English Navy,
Stickbum, stackbum Buck!
B-U-C-K spells Buck and out goes you!
Endora: You naughty little witch! (edit) Samantha: For a while there, it was kind of hard to tell which witch was which. (edit) Darrin: I have an aunt who thinks she's a lighthouse. And whenever it rains, she insists on climbing on the garage roof to warn the sailors.
Samantha: How do you know she isn't a lighthouse? (edit) Samantha: He's a dear, sweet, wonderful, perfectly marvelous man.
Endora: Oh, my poor baby. He sounds simply horrible (edit)
Jim Backus was their first choice for the part of Abner Kravitz, but turned he it down because he was already working on "Gilligan's Island" .
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Samantha was originally going to be named Cassandra In the original draft of the pilot.
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Rehearsals for the pilot were supposed to begin November 22, 1963. However, the rehearsal was postponed because of the assassination of President Kennedy.
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After the ashtray moving scene, Samantha zaps Darrin a drink. He looks at the drink and starts to collapse. In the next view of him, he is in a chair and the empty glass is sitting on the table with the straw laying across the top of the glass.
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10.0
I, Darrin, Take This Witch, SamanthaPerfect "Series classic" This is a wonderful episode of Bewitched! It contains all the elements that gave the show it's staying power over 8 seasons. Continue » Posted Nov 19, 2006 9:52 am PST |
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I, Darrin, Take This Witch, SamanthaPerfect "Exactly why I watch this series" hola soy un admirador de esta serie pues la verdad me encanta mucho y me alegra que la sten dando y quisiera verla en internet Continue » Posted Nov 13, 2006 1:11 am PST |
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I, Darrin, Take This Witch, SamanthaSuperb "Pilot episode" This is the start of the story about a man and hiw wife. Unbeknown to him she is a witch. Continue » Posted Apr 11, 2006 2:30 am PST |
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I, Darrin, Take This Witch, SamanthaSuperb "Pilot episode" The story of a mortal named Darrin marrying a witch named Samantha. Continue » Posted Feb 21, 2006 5:09 pm PST |
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Episode: I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha
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