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Thread Number: 30563
the washer and dryer on Bewitched |
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| Post# 462237 9/8/2010 at 20:12 (4,977 days old) by cphifer5115 (Jackson, TN) | ||
Hey guys, I have always wondered what brand washer and dryer was on the set of Bewitched in the kitchen that they would show by the back door. I know later on in the series when they remodeled Darrin and Samatha's house it was a Maytag. But in the beginning of the series I can't seem to tell what they are?
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Post# 462238 , Reply# 1 9/8/2010 at 20:15 (4,977 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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| Post# 462242 , Reply# 2 9/8/2010 at 20:28 (4,977 days old) by cphifer5115 (Jackson, TN) | ||
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Post# 462244 , Reply# 3 9/8/2010 at 20:31 (4,977 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Bewitched Was Sponsored By General Motors
Hence all those Frigidare appliances and boat sized GM cars such as the Chevy Impalas shown on the show.
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Post# 462248 , Reply# 4 9/8/2010 at 20:38 (4,977 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 462279 , Reply# 5 9/8/2010 at 22:11 (4,977 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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Actually the Stephens first Chevy was  | ||
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Post# 462283 , Reply# 6 9/8/2010 at 22:15 (4,977 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Chevelle
I know that, and thought of that when the big Impala darted across the screen. But that was Chevy's TOL car in 1965. I think the Caprice debuted in 1966, that's how I rememberr it. It was an Impala trim package in the middle of the 1965 model year, but 1966 was what I consider it's first year because it was it's on product line and not a spiffed up Impala. My dad bought a 1966 Impala SS in October and he & I started looking at them and I remember the Caprice being pointed iout as a new mmodel then.
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| Post# 462309 , Reply# 7 9/8/2010 at 23:44 (4,977 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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| Post# 462315 , Reply# 8 9/9/2010 at 00:20 (4,977 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Was there an episode were "Samantha" conjured up "Martha Washington" and demonstrated the "miracle" washer? | ||
| Post# 462325 , Reply# 9 9/9/2010 at 01:20 (4,977 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada) | ||
the Flair range | ||
| Post# 462326 , Reply# 10 9/9/2010 at 01:20 (4,977 days old) by strongenough78 (California) | ||
Appnut...
You just about got it. The Caprice was a package option in 1965, making the Impala more of a luxury car than a sporty car. In 1966 The Caprice became it's own model or series as they called it then, which pretty much tied it up with the Impala as the flagship model. Of course depending on if you wanted a sporty version(Impala), or luxury version(Caprice).
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| Post# 462327 , Reply# 11 9/9/2010 at 01:29 (4,977 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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They had Belair's & Biscaynes as well, i think more pricing/marketing tools and less creature comfort than the Caprice and Impala. alr2903 | ||
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Post# 462336 , Reply# 12 9/9/2010 at 06:42 (4,977 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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Don't I remember Darrens first car as a Falcon convertable in the pilot? | ||
| Post# 462341 , Reply# 13 9/9/2010 at 07:39 (4,977 days old) by drewz (Alexandria, Virginia) | ||
Larry Tate
EVERYTHING GM!
I remember a couple of shows Larry Tate or I could be wrong drove a 1968 Caprice Coupe w/closing headlamps, deep dish Chevrolet Motor Divison wheels and a 396 engine, I believe this model also had the shift console and was only one of maybe three model years that a Caprice ever had closing headlamps. Would this have been considered a unbadged Caprice SS? Maybe GM thought Caprice was to refined to wear a SS badge? Wasn't Caprice named after some fancy restaurant in New York City that was a GM exec's hang out? | ||
| Post# 462363 , Reply# 14 9/9/2010 at 09:36 (4,977 days old) by Jsneaker () | ||
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EVERYTHING GM! Caprice means "changing at a whim" or always switching your mind at a moment's notice. Maybe there was a NYC restaurant by that name, I as a native will have to check. | ||
| Post# 462365 , Reply# 15 9/9/2010 at 09:39 (4,977 days old) by Jsneaker () | ||
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Falcon Convertible(cuffs054) I do not ever remember there being a Ford Falcon convertible! The car's whole selling feature was basic compact transportation in sedan and wagon configurations. | ||
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Post# 462373 , Reply# 16 9/9/2010 at 10:33 (4,977 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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Ford offered a Falcon Convertible from 1962 to 1965 | ||
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Post# 462375 , Reply# 17 9/9/2010 at 10:37 (4,977 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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Bob, the Caprice was actually introduced in 1965
as a TOL trim option for the Impala 4 door hardtop. In 1966 it became a full fledged series. Chevy did the same thing with the introduction of the Impala in 1958. They made the Impala 2 door hardtop and convertible the top of the Bel Air series. Then in 1959 Impala was the TOL series, Bel Air moved to MOL and Biscayne took over for The Delray series as the BOL....PAT COFFEY
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| Post# 462398 , Reply# 18 9/9/2010 at 12:05 (4,976 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Wasn't the Delray a one year only model? I don't remember any in 57 or 59. In 1970 when Bewitched went to Salem, MA they used Pontiac cars in the episodes. I remember Larry driving a huge Pontiac Parisianne when he and Darrin went out to find Samantha & Serena. In the last two years of Bewitched, what brand of auto did they use? | ||
| Post# 462403 , Reply# 19 9/9/2010 at 12:20 (4,976 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
If I remember correctly,One of the original episodes had a top loading Kenmore portable dishwasher with a see through window on it. I had only seen one like it at Sears and it was not for home use,just a display. I always wondered if that was actually an available model for home use or if Sears just gave it to them as a promo.
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Post# 462411 , Reply# 20 9/9/2010 at 13:07 (4,976 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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Actually Allen
The Delray was first offered in 1954 as a trim option on the 210 2 door club coupe. It replaced the unpopular 210 2 door hardtop coupe of 1953 which was discontinued (along with the equally unpopular 1953 210 convertible) for 1954. The only difference bewteen the 210 Delray coupe and the 210 2 door sedfan was that the Delray had a unique waffle styled interior. The Delray remained a 210 2 door club coupe trim optipn through 1957. For 1958 the Delray became a full fledged series. Alas that was for only one year because in 1959 the Impala became a full fledged series in it's own right knocking the Bel Air (of which the Impala was a sub series in 1958) and Biscayne series down a notch and booting the Delray series right out the door.
As for Larry Tate driving a Pontiac Parisenne in 1971...he would have only been doing that in Canada, if it was an American Pontiac it was a Bonneville. Parisenne's did not start being sold in th is country in place of the old Bonneville until 1983. That happened because Pontiac discontinued the Bonneville and Catalina after 1981 to meet the ever tightening CAFE requirements. They then took the Bonneville name and slapped it on the old Lemans 4 door sedan and advertised it as the Bonneville G, Pontiac's new full sized car. But then the goverenment decide to relax there CAFE requirements a little so Pontaic realized they could bring back the old Full sized models back. Meanwhile Pontiac of Canada never stopped making the old full sized car which they called the Parisenne (FYI the Parisenne was first offered in Canada in 1959) so Pontiac just decided it would be easier to import the cars from Canada. They also felt it would cause less confusion if they just called it the Parisenne like they did in Canada instead of renaming the Bonneville G something else for the second time since 1981 FYI all Canadian Pontiacs were Chevy cars with Pontiac trim and wheel bases , so while we had Wide Trak Pontiacs in the US they only had them in Canada if they were American imports. I am not sure when they stopped or if they ever stopped that practice.....PAT COFFEY | ||
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Post# 462412 , Reply# 21 9/9/2010 at 13:08 (4,976 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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Laundromat.. | ||
| Post# 462414 , Reply# 22 9/9/2010 at 13:25 (4,976 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Well--- all of this car talk may be fascinating, but I want to know....were they "clamshells," or were they offset timer machines? Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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Post# 462442 , Reply# 23 9/9/2010 at 16:15 (4,976 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Lawrence, I'm quite certain the Frigidaire laundry equipment was the Rollermatic series, which debuted in 1964. | ||
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Post# 462444 , Reply# 24 9/9/2010 at 16:24 (4,976 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Robert said this best back in 2007 - the only thing I would ad is the Maytag washer was a pushbutton 900 series machine. When they colored the first season they should have choose either Coppertone or Turquoise as Avocado was not available until 1967.
Post# 204058 on 2007-04-15 00:08:00 by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) Welcome Mischa, what a fabulous web site you have! Very creative. There were four different washers on bewitched, the first was a 1964 Maytag set in the NYC apartment for the first two episodes. Once they moved into 1164 Morning Glory Circle in Westport the first time I believe that they showed a washer was in the middle of the 2nd season. They used a Middle-of-the-Line 1965 Frigidaire washer and dryer for that shot. I posted a screen capture of that scene here a few years ago. Then from 1967 thru 1971 or so they used a 1966/1967 WCIL model like Davy posted above. Do you any screen shots of that machine, if so please post them? In the last season or two they went back to an early 1970's Maytag set. | ||
| Post# 462462 , Reply# 26 9/9/2010 at 17:56 (4,976 days old) by strongenough78 (California) | ||
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Drewz they didn't make a Caprice SS that I'm aware of. Since the SS stands for Super Sport, that would have been more for the Impala since the Impala was the sporty version of that car, hence the Impala SS.
The Biscayne was the stripped down bottom of the line economy model and the Bel-Air one step above that. Still on the economy side with out being totally stripped. | ||
| Post# 462463 , Reply# 27 9/9/2010 at 18:01 (4,976 days old) by strongenough78 (California) | ||
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Oh and as far as how the Caprice name came about, according to Wikipedia, it was either named after a classy restaurant Bob Lund (Chevrolet General Sales Manager) frequented, as Jsneaker mentioned. Or, it may have been named after Caprice Chapman, the daughter of auto executive and Indy-Car official James P. Chapman. No one is sure of which story is true.
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| Post# 462507 , Reply# 29 9/9/2010 at 23:34 (4,976 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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1972Kidwash, please do post about the Martha and George episode, I have wondered about this on & off, for years. alr2903 | ||
| Post# 462540 , Reply# 30 9/10/2010 at 07:03 (4,976 days old) by drewz (Alexandria, Virginia) | ||
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| Post# 462543 , Reply# 31 9/10/2010 at 07:48 (4,976 days old) by cphifer5115 (Jackson, TN) | ||
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| Post# 462565 , Reply# 33 9/10/2010 at 10:08 (4,976 days old) by cphifer5115 (Jackson, TN) | ||
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| Post# 462642 , Reply# 35 9/10/2010 at 19:18 (4,975 days old) by strongenough78 (California) | ||
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| Post# 462660 , Reply# 36 9/10/2010 at 21:38 (4,975 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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I never knew Pontiac did that with their cars in Canada. I knew that you often found Chevrolet engines in Pontiacs in Canada. Once saw a I think Le Mans with a 327 engine in it in Toronto. I knew the car in the Bewitched episode I mentioned was a huge Pontiac, that's why I thought it was a Parisianne. But since it was Massachusetts, it had to be a Bonneville. | ||
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Post# 462672 , Reply# 37 9/10/2010 at 22:42 (4,975 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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It's true for a very long time Canadian Pontiacs were... | ||
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Post# 462770 , Reply# 38 9/11/2010 at 13:06 (4,974 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Zenith too. | ||
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