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Thread Number: 68374
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Dr. Bombay passes at 89 |
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| Post# 911199 12/15/2016 at 03:49 (2,681 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Post# 911203 , Reply# 1 12/15/2016 at 06:27 (2,681 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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How very sad.
Well that is that, all of the main adult cast members from Bewitched are gone.
Ironic as was just watching some old movie on "Movies!" a week or so ago and saw a young (and rather good looking)Dick Sargent, and thought about getting the DVD set of Bewitched. RIP Mr. Fox, and thank you for the wonderful memories. | ||
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Post# 911209 , Reply# 2 12/15/2016 at 08:08 (2,681 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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| Post# 911212 , Reply# 4 12/15/2016 at 08:18 (2,681 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
From book Twitch Upon a Star | ||
| Post# 911213 , Reply# 5 12/15/2016 at 08:18 (2,681 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Post# 911217 , Reply# 6 12/15/2016 at 08:54 (2,680 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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The Kicker is... there's never been that many outstanding actors. Thanks to film and TV, we have permanent records of quite a few. If you think about it, though - for every Bernard Fox, there's at least 12 dozen "B" listers. It is a shame - I enjoyed Bewitched tremendously. Got the whole set for Christmas last year, we watched it twice. | ||
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Post# 911232 , Reply# 8 12/15/2016 at 11:06 (2,680 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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I did a few interviews for our organization in studio Back in the '80s. Not acting, just being interviewed. O! My paws and whiskers! Even for a 5 minute interview, the effort that went into making me look presentable on TV. Wow. I never had any aspirations to act, had I once had, those interviews and the preparation for them would have killed them right fast. I have nothing but admiration for good actors. It's a tough profession. What was it Paul Newman said in an interview for his fiftieth birthday (and damn, he looked hot in tight, wet swim shorts and nothing else at 50)? Something along the lines of, I got into Hollywood at the same time as several other really good looking, athletic guys. I figured out early the only way I could make it was to really be a good actor. We all know how that worked out - thank goodness I had my looks.
Which is typical of the man - he was always underated because he was so pretty. Watch Cat On a Hot Tin Roof sometime. Taylor usually just played her male leads up against the wall and then smashed them into the rug with her heels. He was every bit her equal. | ||
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Post# 911238 , Reply# 9 12/15/2016 at 11:33 (2,680 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Osgood Reitmeyer vs. Nervous Driving Instructor I always thought it was interesting how many of Bewitched's mainstay guest stars, like Bernard Fox and Paul Lynde, began their relationship with the show in respective one-shot guest roles before they were signed up to be "regular" guest stars. Both had hilarious and (must have been) very successful outings (pun intended) as comic mortal characters during the shows spectacular first season. | ||
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Post# 911245 , Reply# 10 12/15/2016 at 11:58 (2,680 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Bewitched Benefited enormously from the (for that time unusual) degree of control which the main cast and director had over the series. It didn't hurt that Dick York had an outstanding reputation for putting guests and those playing minor roles at their ease and making sure they got the best studio treatment possible.
The result was a cast and crew which were willing to put on a damn good show.
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Post# 911332 , Reply# 11 12/16/2016 at 06:17 (2,680 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Interesting Bewitched Trivia
Elizabeth Montgomery like her father (Robert Montgomery), and brother (Robert Montgomery, Jr. died of cancer.
EM - colon cancer RM,j-lung cancer RM,s - cancer (not specified) Like her father Elizabeth Montgomery was cremated and the ashes given to family. In death EM gave a parting gift to New York and everyone else; her summer home in Putnam County was deeded to NYS and became part of Wonder Lake State Park. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Lak... Some like to think that there was/is some sort of dark curse around Bewitched because so many actors died while the show was in production or soon after it ended. Alice Pearce, March 3, 1966 Marion Lorne, May 9, 1968 Agnes Moorehead, April 30th, 1974 Roy Roberts, May 1975 George Tobias,February 1980, Maurice Evans, March 1989 and so forth. Truth is many of the main cast actors on Bewitched (aside from Sam and both Darrins) were already middle-aged to getting on when the show was running. So by the 1970's and 1980's they were in their 70's or 80's. Agnes Moorehead could be considered a special case IMHO. She died of uterine cancer brought on by exposure to radiation while filming "The Conqueror" which was released in 1956. The film was shot in Utah downwind from Yucca Flats. While there hadn't been any explosions during filming, eleven radioactive tests did occur the year prior. Ninety of the actors/those involved with the filming of said film came down with cancer including Dick Powell, 46 of them died from the disease. Paul Lynde,January 1982, died of a heart attack at age 55. Less said about the circumstances of Mr. Lynde's death better, but you wonder had he received prompt and proper medical attention would he have lived. | ||
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