I agree with you on both counts, 1st Darrin and 1st Mrs. Kravitz. I quit watching the show after Dick York was replaced. I thought he was canned for asking for a raise, but I do know that he had severe health problems. I remember that they carried on for at least half a season without him, but Sam was always talking about him. (He was supposedly away on business all that time, and talking to Sam on the phone nearly every week, her end only, (of course). The second Mrs. Kravitz tried to be exactly like the first, and just wasn't up to it. NO ONE could screech ABNER!,ABNER!!!!!! like #1.

I love this show, its really funny too

This show and I Dream of Jeannie are my favorite shows! And, yeah, I like the original Darrin, Louise, and Gladys Kravitz better.

I agree too.

me neither, a great show.

I don't really like this show. It's not all that funny, and there are way too many 'Endora messing with Darrin's head episodes'. However, I do like the magical aspect of the show. It makes it addicitve. Maurice is hands down the best character. I'll give the second place to Aunt Clara.

Dick York left the show after collapsing on the set. He had a severe back problem from an earlier injury during a filming of a movie he had done and also developed a dependency to pain killers because of it.
I've heard after the collapse that he was "fired" and also that he resigned to concentrate on his health, eventually recovering enough to do a few guest appearances in the 80s I think. Not bad considering he was pretty much bed ridden for a period of time.

Ratings dropped when Dick Seargent came on board. Erin Murphy was quoted as saying that he was probably Montgomery's favorite Darrin and speculation in that same article I read attrivuted to the fact that York's health led to lots of re-writes when he was ill and shooting conflicts so he was the more expensive of the Darrins in a sense. York had more chemistry with Montgomery though for sure and reasons alluded to on that was because Seargant was gay but not out at the time and therefore had no chemistry with a woman as his romantic lead.

I agree the storylines could get old because basically Darrin was the poor afflicted soul being tortured at every turn, but you have to consider that without that, there would be no plot! Much like I Love Lucy (another Asher project), most of the conflict, if it had been set in real life, could have been totally avoided or diffused at any rate but then you would have had 30 minutes of nothing funny going on.
It's just kind of something you have to try and ignore to enjoy the show.