# I'm Bewitched. Oh, them Stevens! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 17, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690 "2023-08-17T01:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/41 "2023-08-17T22:05:26Z")
Excellent guesses, but no. It was this beast here, which Endora stole and gave to Darrin as a present: [The Reactor (show rod) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reactor_(show_rod)#:~:text=The%20Reactor%20is%20a%20custom,Batman%2C%20and%20Mission%3A%20Impossible). **DARRIN:** This makes the Batmobile look like a skateboard! > **["Bewitched" Super Car (TV Episode 1967) ⭐ 7.1 | Comedy, Family, Fantasy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0523223/)** > > 25m | TV-G ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/42 "2023-08-18T11:16:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **Another Trivia Challenge:** What unique item was featured in episodes of _ **Bewitched** _, _ **Star Trek** _, _ **Batman** _, and _ **Mission: Impossible** _? > [@terentii](#): > > Much larger than a tricorder. > [@terentii](#): > > it might have been mistaken as something from NASA. Ooh ooh, I think I might know… > [@terentii](#): > > It was this beast here, which Endora stole and gave to Darrin as a present: > > [The Reactor (show rod) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reactor_(show_rod)#:~:text=The%20Reactor%20is%20a%20custom,Batman%2C%20and%20Mission%3A%20Impossible). Darn, late to the party. I was going to suggest ‘Robbie the Robot’, which was ubiquitous in TV shows and movies of that era. I’m pretty sure I even remember an episode of Columbo where Robbie appeared. Hey, my answer might be right too! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/43 "2023-08-18T20:01:24Z")
I was gonna say the ‘UFO’ thingy that was everywhere. You know round and with a bump out on top. I’m pretty sure it was on Batman. I know it was on Bewitched. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/44 "2023-08-18T20:48:54Z")
I was maybe gonna say _Michael Ansara_… ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/45 "2023-08-18T20:49:31Z")
actually, the most unrealistic thing to me is the protesting about using magic I mean ok lines would have to be drawn but for things like housework and mundane tasks? come on … ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/46 "2023-08-18T20:56:36Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I was maybe gonna say _Michael Ansara_… If it’d been _I Dream of Jeannie_ rather than _Bewitched_… (Ansara was married to Barbara Eden, and appeared in several episodes of IDoJ.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/47 "2023-08-18T21:08:26Z")
Well, sure; but did that stop him from putting in [an appearance](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0523039/) on _Bewitched_ as well? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/48 "2023-08-24T00:45:12Z")
Just popped in here to claim that my trust issues stem from pre-school, when the adults switched Darrins on us. With no explanation, yet. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/49 "2023-08-24T01:05:54Z")
I saw, I think on twitter, a pic of Samantha with O.J. it said, the third Darrin was the worst.! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/50 "2023-08-24T01:48:05Z")
I’m always surprised that so many different central characters were each played by 2 different actors. (Darrin, Gladys Kravitz, Tabitha, Adam, Louise Tate, maybe more?) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/51 "2023-08-24T02:41:31Z")
Darrin’s father was played by two different actors as well. Several actors including Alice Ghostly, Bernard Fox, and Paul Lynde played two different characters which included one re-occuring character (Esmeralda, Dr Bombay, Uncle Arthur) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/52 "2023-08-24T02:57:40Z")
Samantha had a cousin Serena she played, also. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/53 "2023-08-24T13:57:48Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I’m always surprised that so many different central characters were each played by 2 different actors. (Darrin, Gladys Kravitz, Tabitha, Adam, Louise Tate, maybe more?) I watched those reruns a lot as a kid, but I was an adult before I learned any of the roles (even Darrin) were recast. I think it might be because _Bewitched_ (1964-1972), like a lot of the other reruns I watched, spanned several swift fashion and hair fads in America. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/54 "2023-08-24T16:13:04Z")
I’m amazed how many episodes per season they had. No self-respecting sitcom star would put up with that crap these days. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/55 "2023-08-24T16:31:05Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m amazed how many episodes per season they had. Running a re-run of a show during the season wasn’t done as commonly then as it is now, which is why they were making 30+ new episodes a year. The norm was that you ran a new episode most weeks from September though the late spring, though there might be weeks when the show was pre-empted for holiday specials, etc. Then, during the summer months (when viewership was generally lower anyway), the networks would run “summer replacement” show in the main show’s time slot, before the primary show returned with new episodes in the fall. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/56 "2023-08-24T16:35:51Z")
I noticed there’s a few _thinking back_ episodes too. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/57 "2023-08-24T16:38:52Z")
There’s an industry term for that: “[clip show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clip_show).” It’s a way to save money, and sometimes to get something ready for air when the show is behind on its production timeline. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690/58 "2023-08-24T19:24:13Z")
I figured Elizabeth Montgomery might have been on her real maternity leave. I guess she really had a baby. She looked thick for many eps before they announced Sam’s pregnancy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690.md?page=2)