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Best-selling book about the 60s TV series Bewitched. Over 700 pages of trivia about not only the show but the time period! Available here ➡️ https://www.bearmanormedia.com/products/the-bewitched-history-book-50th-anniversary-edition-paperback
55 years ago tonight (12/3/70) ABC aired #Bewitched #210: "Samantha's Old Man.”

Excerpt from THE BEWITCHED HISTORY BOOK (available here ➡️ a.co/d/2bkKrwB):

“Rolf J. Miller was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup at the Emmys for 1970…but lost to Robert Dawn for "Mission: Impossible."
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Tabatha with the decorations at Santa’s Workshop from Season Four’s “Humbug Not to be Spoken Here.”

#Bewitched #Christmas #ErinMurphy #TabathaStephens #BewitchedHistoryBook
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
In December 1966 Dell Comics released the seventh issue of the #Bewitched #comicbook.

This is the only cover from the series that is a photo taken directly from an episode, S2s "The Dancing Bear." It also shows us that the wallpaper out in the hallway was red.

#ElizabethMontgomery
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
53 years ago today (12/2/72), about 9 months after the last new episode of #Bewitched aired, ABC aired as part of their Saturday Superstar Movies "Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family." This cartoon featured Tabitha and Adam as teenagers who try to help their cousins, who are the children of…1/🧵
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 AM
60 years ago tonight (12/2/65) ABC aired #Bewitched #48: “A Strange Little Visitor.”

Excerpt from THE BEWITCHED HISTORY BOOK (available here ➡️ a.co/d/0NPR1eQ):

“It’s nice to see another witch family that isn’t related to Samantha and it was fun seeing Merle learning how to use his powers.”
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, #SharonDeBord! She appeared 6x on #Bewitched as Darrin's secretary, mainly named Ms. Thatcher - S1 as Miss Blanding in "Eye of the Beholder" and Miss Thatcher in "George the Warlock"; S2 as Darrin’s Secretary in "A Very Special Delivery", Secretary in "Junior Executive", Miss…1/🧵
December 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, #RobertFSimon! He played Darrin's father, #FrankStephens, in 6 #Bewitched episodes, though really just 5 as S2s "Samantha Meets the Folks" was a re-edited version of S1s “Samantha Meets the Folks." He also appeared in S1s "A Nice Little Dinner Party", S2s "The Dancing Bear",…1/🧵
December 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
54 years ago tonight (12/1/71) ABC aired #Bewitched #239: “The Warlock in the Gray Flannel Suit.”

Excerpt from THE BEWITCHED HISTORY BOOK (available here ➡️ a.co/d/688ajNG):

“Alonzo is one of my most favorite characters…Everything he says is hysterical!”
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
It’s #SerenaSunday! This is from her 12th #Bewitched episode, S.6’s “Serena Stops the Show” when she is meeting with Boyce & Hart to invite them to sing at the Cosmos Cotillion. She is looking at Tommy Boyce while Bobby Hart is behind him in the photo on the wall.

#CousinSerena #ElizabethMontgomery
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This is my favorite Christmas promotional pic. It's from the First Season on the doorstep of 1164. Liz is so beautiful! And I love that she's wrapping gifts.

#Bewitched #Christmas #ElizabethMontgomery #BewitchedHistoryBook
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Sixty-two years ago (1963) this week ‘Bewitched’ was first mentioned in TV Guide. George C. Scott was the cover.

#Bewitched #TVGuide #BewitchedHistoryBook
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, #EricChase! He appeared 2x on #Bewitched - S6s "To Trick or Treat or Not to Trick or Treat" uncredited as the boy in the skeleton costume (who you can hear call Samantha 'Mommy') and S8s "Hansel and Gretel in Samanthaland" as Hansel.
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
HAPPY 89th BIRTHDAY, NADA ROWAND! She appeared as the Girl in Season Seven's "The Return of Darrin the Bold."

#Bewitched #BewitchedBirthday #NadaRowand #BewitchedHistoryBook
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
33 years ago today (11/29/92) #RobertFSimon passed away at age 84. He played Darrin's father, #FrankStephens, in 6 episodes, though really 5 as S2s "Samantha Meets the Folks" was a re-edited version of S1s Samantha Meets the Folks." He also appeared in S1s "A Nice Little Dinner Party", S2s "The…1/🧵
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Elizabeth Montgomery in a festive Season Six promotional photo.

#Bewitched #Christmas #ElizabethMontgomery #BewitchedHistoryBook
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Sixty-one years ago (1964) this week, Elizabeth Montgomery appeared on the cover of the Detroit Free Press's TV Channels.

From the Victor Mascaro Collection.

#Bewitched #ElizabethMontgomery #BewitchedHistoryBook
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This is a comparison of the still photo used on the first TV Guide cover with the colorized version of S1s "Witch or Wife." All though the colorists did a fantastic job, I wish they had researched the real colors a bit more.

#Bewitched #Colorization #ElizabethMontgomery #BewitchedHistoryBook
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Sixty-one years ago (1964) this week Elizabeth Montgomery and ‘Bewitched’ made their first TV Guide cover. This photo is a still from Season One's "Witch or Wife."

SO BEAUTIFUL!!

#Bewitched #TVGuide #ElizabethMontgomery #BewitchedHistoryBook
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
57 years ago tonight (11/28/68) ABC aired #Bewitched #149: "Samantha Fights City Hall."

Excerpt from THE BEWITCHED HISTORY BOOK (available here ➡️ a.co/d/1OjzPVC):

"I like that the majority of the action takes place outside. I also like that Samantha decided to fight City Hall even if she…1/🧵
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
RIP #DavidWhite. Mr. White passed away 35 years ago today (11/27/90). He is interred at the #HollywoodForeverCemetery in Los Angeles along with his son Jonathan. The bust used of #LarryTate in #Bewitched S5’s "Samantha the Sculptress" was bronzed and is part of the memorial.
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Elizabeth Montgomery, fooling around on the outdoor set of Season Four’s “Samantha‘s Thanksgiving to Remember.” Note the modern day wear of the person behind her.

#Bewitched #Thanksgiving #Pilgrim #TurkeyLeg #ElizabethMontgomery #BewitchedHistoryBook
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Marion Lorne, Garry Moore, and Durward Kirby dressed as pilgrims on the cover of the TV Guide for November 18 - 24, 1961. They were costars on ‘The Garry Moore Show.’

#Bewitched #MarionLorne #GarryMoore #DurwardKirby #TVGuide #Thanksgiving #Pilgrim #BewitchedHistoryBook
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Samantha with a turkey leg at the first #Thanksgiving in #Bewitched S4s "Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember."

I hope all of you here in America are able to be with your family and/or friends today to celebrate the many things we have reason to be thankful for!

And in America or out of it, I'm…1/🧵
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
#Thanksgiving dinner is good but the pie for dessert is great! What #pie is your favorite?

In this scene from #Bewitched S1s "The Girl Reporter" Samantha tries to appease Monster's monstrous craving for sweets with a fresh baked apple pie which she then turns into a banana cream pie when he…1/🧵
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
35 years ago today (11/27/90) #DavidWhite passed away at age 74 of a heart attack. Many say it was due to his broken heart over the death of his son Jonathan who had died almost two years earlier in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

He played #LarryTate on #Bewitched, 1/🧵
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM