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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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Martin, it is a shame that Sony didn't put a French track on here when they did last season. Let's keep our fingers closed and our eyes crossed that they have it on Season 8.

Thanks for your support, David! I know you all understand the issue. I feel you are sensible enough to understand that French Canadians are left out with holes in the series. We had French tracks only on seasons 1 and 6. All the other seasons got no French.

Sony doesn't seem to be understanding. It's a good thing we have multiregion DVD players even though it's not allowed. That's the only way to fight against stupid decisions from the Majors studios. Boooooh Sony!
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

Concerning the lack of the sponsor opening on "sisters at heart"--that is very strange considering Pavan of Sitcoms Online stated it was there!

Here's from his review:
The Christmas episode “Sisters at Heart” has the original opening and closing messages from Elizabeth Montgomery telling you about this very special episode. The introduction is sponsored by Oscar Mayer, and that is intact! It is so cool to see this. The opening message is before the start of the episode and runs about 30 seconds. The closing message is right before the closing credits and runs about 15 seconds. That is not all! We also get a “Bewitched...Back in a Moment” bumper before the tag scene! I am so glad Sony left that in there. That is the only episode that has it, though. Also, the closing credits for that episode, has the instrumental “Jingle Bells” playing! Awesome! At the end of "Mary, the Good Fairy," there is a voice-over from Elizabeth Montgomery saying the conclusion will air next week!

So is there something we are not getting here or did I mis-understand Pavan's review?
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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Concerning the lack of the sponsor opening on "sisters at heart"--that is very strange considering Pavan of Sitcoms Online stated it was there!

Here's from his review:
The Christmas episode “Sisters at Heart” has the original opening and closing messages from Elizabeth Montgomery telling you about this very special episode. The introduction is sponsored by Oscar Mayer, and that is intact! It is so cool to see this. The opening message is before the start of the episode and runs about 30 seconds. The closing message is right before the closing credits and runs about 15 seconds. That is not all! We also get a “Bewitched...Back in a Moment” bumper before the tag scene! I am so glad Sony left that in there. That is the only episode that has it, though. Also, the closing credits for that episode, has the instrumental “Jingle Bells” playing! Awesome! At the end of "Mary, the Good Fairy," there is a voice-over from Elizabeth Montgomery saying the conclusion will air next week!

So is there something we are not getting here or did I mis-understand Pavan's review?

I think you may have misunderstood. He states it's the "introduction" that is sponsored by Oscar Mayer, not the "opening."

However, he did make errors in his review: he said that EM does the voice-over at the end of "Mary, The Good Fairy" and she does not.
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

I started watching season 7 last night and I'm almost upto the Sisters at Heart episode. I think I only have one or two episodes to go before I see that episode.

Anyway, I'm really loving seeing these episodes again. This was the season that I first saw Bewitched in its original run. I was 4 going on 5 and I remember simply loving this show. Dick Sargent was the only Darrin that I was aware of back then and he's still my favorite Darrin. I don't think I've seen an episode from his time on the show since sometime in the early 90s.
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

Hey guys I have a question. Was it Sony's mistake for the Screen Gem endings in the 7th season? I remember all my older VHS tapes having the Screen Gem endings. I think they did an amazing job with this season. I hope for the box set they fix the colours for a couple episodes of Season 5 and fix the episode with Ben Franklin in Season 3. But, WOW is all I can say about Season 7. Great colour, sound and I hate that about the French. You would think Region one would include French since French is widely spoken in Region 1. If anyone knows why they included Screen Gems I would love to know... Thanks

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

Hi Mike. I'm not sure if the Screen Gems logo thing was a mistake or not. I remember that one season of I Dream of Jeannie had them as well. I'm just glad they're there this time. (Although I would have preferred the longer, uncut logos from the prior color seasons, or even the different b&w logo from the first 2 seasons.)

It is nice to see shows like The Twilight Zone that have all their original bumpers and logos at the end, but I doubt we'll see that for Bewitched in the box set. And I'd be REALLY surprised if they fix the transfers from Season 5 or the problems in the 2 Ben Franklin episodes.

We can hope, but chances are less than slim.
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

Hey John do you think when they release the boxset of BW that seasons 1 and 2 will be in B&W? I hope so because I just have the colour ones now... If not I will buy the black and white too... As an avid collector I have to have them all ... I am anxious to see what design they do for the entire box set...like the jeannie bottle for IDOJ, but I guess we have awhile to go since we have BW season 8 and 0 left ... wow I am just so pleased with Season 7...This weekend I am watching the entire 28 episodes... Thanks for the answer John

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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Hey John do you think when they release the boxset of BW that seasons 1 and 2 will be in B&W? I hope so because I just have the colour ones now... If not I will buy the black and white too... As an avid collector I have to have them all ... I am anxious to see what design they do for the entire box set...like the jeannie bottle for IDOJ, but I guess we have awhile to go since we have BW season 8 and 0 left ... wow I am just so pleased with Season 7...This weekend I am watching the entire 28 episodes... Thanks for the answer John

I've been wondering what the packaging will be like too. I don't like gimmicky packaging like the Jeannie bottle, so I hope it's more tasteful, but we'll see.

As far as the first 2 seasons go, if the IDOJ set and the Japanese Bewitched set are any clue, it will only contain the colorized eps. The Japaense BW set also had Tabitha and the "Bewitched" movie with Nicole Kidman included. I couldn't care less if our set didn't include either of those.

I'm pretty certain I'll be passing on the boxset. It will probably have just the few extras that Erin did for the Japanese set, and everything else will be identical to what we already have. If Sony did the kind of classy complete series sets like Warner Bros. does, I'd be all over it.

But the important thing is we have the episodes themselves out, uncut and looking and sounding great (with a very few exceptions.) And at very reasonable prices, I think. So Sony did do the most important thing right. (Except for NOT having French tracks, which they should.) Everything else is just gravy anyway.
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

One more disc to go and I'll be finished with season 7. I love the way the Sisters at Heart episode was presented on this set. Those openings and closings were really great. With the bumper it was almost like being back in time and seeing the episode as it originally aired. Very cool.

So, I have a question. What was wrong with the Ben Franklin episodes? I seemed to have missed that conversation.
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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So, I have a question. What was wrong with the Ben Franklin episodes? I seemed to have missed that conversation.

Part One had a weird edit on a special effect, cutting out one or two frames. No biggie, but strange anyway. The last shot is cut off abruptly, removing the "Part 2, Next Week" sign, and the laugh track was left off the episode.

Part Two had the biggest mistake: it's missing the entire teaser scene, with Elizabeth Montgomery's narration.
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

Yep, John, I remember you guys mentioning that Ben Franklin issue. What we needed was for the real Ben to oversee the BW DVD production crew A teaser a day keeps the Dr away.....

Still, like you guys have said, isn't it great to get BW out on DVD? And only 1 more season to go. Hard to beat that.

The ideal situation, imo, would be to have an "advocate" (as Gary's mentioned on this Bd) employed at the studio and on the TV/DVD staff. These types of mfg errors would get caught at the time of the transfer processes. We've heard several times that we have benefited from several TV/DVD releases due in part to 1 individual in the right place at the right time.

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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Part One had a weird edit on a special effect, cutting out one or two frames. No biggie, but strange anyway. The last shot is cut off abruptly, removing the "Part 2, Next Week" sign, and the laugh track was left off the episode.

Part Two had the biggest mistake: it's missing the entire teaser scene, with Elizabeth Montgomery's narration.

Thanks for the answer. I guess I just didn't notice this when I saw it. Probalby due to the fact that I hadn't seen the episode in years so therefore didn't recall any of the specific details of the episode.
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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Hi Mike. I'm not sure if the Screen Gems logo thing was a mistake or not. I remember that one season of I Dream of Jeannie had them as well. I'm just glad they're there this time. (Although I would have preferred the longer, uncut logos from the prior color seasons, or even the different b&w logo from the first 2 seasons.)

It was only 1 episode of Jeannie that had it, in the first season.

1970 was the year they shortened the logo (which was introduced in 1965) to begin with.

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

I think they did an amazing job with 7...my only complaint is the colour...wish it was yellow or orange, but oh well and the other thing I think they should have had a pic of Adam on one of the discs or in the cases beneath the discs... for season 8 they should... that's when he started having more episodes... maybe season 9 will have some too... let's just hope

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Bewitched was only on 8 Seasons. Hopefully, we see it get finished this year!

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

Oops, yes just 8...lol I don't know why I was thinking 9, I guess I was thinking about All in the Family. I just wish Sony would pick up the pace on these. Last release was in 2007. I think BW's last season will be out by Christmas. (Keeps fingers Crossed)

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

What are some of your favourite episodes from Season 7? Besides the Salem Episodes I love these: Sams Old Man...great makeup, Sisters at Heart, Mother In Law of the Year, and Darrin Goes Ape... Gladys gets me just laughing especially when she says "get me the corpse, I mean cops" LOL

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

Hey guys I just noticed something on BW season 7...the 4th episode of disc 1 Sams bedwarmer... if you watch the opening credits... the announcer doesn't say "ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY IN BEWITCHED".... is this a fluke on my disc or is that on yours too?

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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What are some of your favourite episodes from Season 7? Besides the Salem Episodes I love these: Sams Old Man...great makeup, Sisters at Heart, Mother In Law of the Year, and Darrin Goes Ape... Gladys gets me just laughing especially when she says "get me the corpse, I mean cops" LOL

I love Samantha's Old Man, This Little Piggie, Mixed Doubles and Out of the Mouths of Babes.

There are 2 episodes I rank as probably the worst eps of the entire series: Darrin Goes Ape and Money Happy Returns. Just dreadful. I'm glad other people enjoy them, but I can't sit through them.

I really like Sisters At Heart, but there's something about it that's kind of "precious" that grates on me. I find that alot with Tabitha eps in the last 2 seasons. It's basically the dialogue they write for kids. Sets my teeth on edge.

Random observation: I LOVE Jane Connell's performance as Hepzibah. She is just awesome. It's definitely my favorite of all her BW appearances, but I also love her in the movie "Mame."
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

yeah John I love Jane Connell, I believe she is still alive too...she was born in the 1920s...and at the time she shot those episodes she was in her 40s...I loved when she played Queen Victoria and Mother Goose...John did you notice in the 4th episode disc 1 they didn't introduce Liz? I wonder if it's a glitch on my disc or everyone's is like that... now I am curious...

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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Hey guys I just noticed something on BW season 7...the 4th episode of disc 1 Sams bedwarmer... if you watch the opening credits... the announcer doesn't say "ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY IN BEWITCHED".... is this a fluke on my disc or is that on yours too?

Oh, that's wonderful! They used the instrumental version for that episode?... How nice! It was not used anymore in syndication broadcast. I have that instrumental theme on my home made video tapes. I always use it when creating my Bewitched videos on You Tube.

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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yeah John I love Jane Connell, I believe she is still alive too...she was born in the 1920s...and at the time she shot those episodes she was in her 40s...I loved when she played Queen Victoria and Mother Goose...John did you notice in the 4th episode disc 1 they didn't introduce Liz? I wonder if it's a glitch on my disc or everyone's is like that... now I am curious...

I've seen Jane Connell in tons of stuff from the 60's and 70's. She's great!
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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Oh, that's wonderful! They used the instrumental version for that episode?... How nice! It was not used anymore in syndication broadcast. I have that instrumental theme on my home made video tapes. I always use it when creating my Bewitched videos on You Tube.
That instrumental isn't the original but a patched up version that Sony seemed to make. It's rather weird, but interesting.

I'm almost done with disc 2. I LOVE S.7!! I did notice that "The Corsican Cousins" print wasn't as crisp and clear as the rest but that's only a minor complaint.
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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That instrumental isn't the original but a patched up version that Sony seemed to make. It's rather weird, but interesting.

Hmmmm.... That's interesting...
Would someone offer us a downloadable mp3 to hear that here? Or wouldn't it be a cool You Tube clip to watch?

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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I really like Sisters At Heart, but there's something about it that's kind of "precious" that grates on me. I find that alot with Tabitha eps in the last 2 seasons. It's basically the dialogue they write for kids. Sets my teeth on edge.

Bu--bu--but...I thought kids wrote "Sisters at Heart"???
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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Bu--bu--but...I thought kids wrote "Sisters at Heart"???


Hi Ethan,

Sisters at Heart was written by kids. It was written by 10th grade students at Thomas Jefferson High School In Los Angeles. Liz mentions that at the beginning of the episode and many people believe this is her favourite episode. In fact, I think it's the best Christmas Episode Bewitched had during its 8 year run!! And if I am not mistaken, I wasn't born then, but I have friends who told me that they used this episode for the Christmas period of 1971, during the 8th season.

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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Hi Ethan,

Sisters at Heart was written by kids. It was written by 10th grade students at Thomas Jefferson High School In Los Angeles. Liz mentions that at the beginning of the episode and many people believe this is her favourite episode. In fact, I think it's the best Christmas Episode Bewitched had during its 8 year run!! And if I am not mistaken, I wasn't born then, but I have friends who told me that they used this episode for the Christmas period of 1971, during the 8th season.

No, the kids wrote the STORY, not the SCRIPT. The script was written mostly by Barbara Avedon, with some help from William Asher. They wrote the dialogue.

(And of course, even kids could write bad dialogue! )
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Re: Bewitched Season 7

I just finished watching all four discs! It's awesome having these episodes in such great condition with the exception of "The Corsican Cousins" and "Mary the Good Fairy". Both of those episodes seemed like the focus was muted, but it wasn't really very bad at all.

I noticed that some guest stars were used repeatedly like Charles Lane and Ysabel Maccloskey (Aunt Hagatha).

My only complaint is the lack of the sponsor openings and closings and no commercials or extras. If you read my posting from the beginning of this thread, this season was RIPE for extras what with Salem and the "Sisters at Heart". True, we were very blessed to get EM's intro and closing, but I want more!!!

And also, some of the pics used on the inside DVD cases were HORRIBLE!! They were bad screen grabs and should've been still shots.

But all in all, I give the overall released 8/10.

Now bring on Season 8!! WOO-HOO!
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David,

Thanks for your posts here on BW. I had been on the fence about the last couple of seasons since I preferred the earlier ones and I'm a "York" fan more so than "Sargent". Reading the thread got me off that fence for S7 Have to admit to looking forward to the "Salem" episodes. Haven't ordered the set yet; waiting to combine it with another order but it's in the cart.

I'm about halfway thru the S3 set at present. Sure is fun watching these on the Panny Plasma with my Upconvert player. I've never seen the "Stevens" home set like this! Color def is amazing.

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Re: Bewitched Season 7

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David,

Thanks for your posts here on BW. I had been on the fence about the last couple of seasons since I preferred the earlier ones and I'm a "York" fan more so than "Sargent". Reading the thread got me off that fence for S7 Have to admit to looking forward to the "Salem" episodes. Haven't ordered the set yet; waiting to combine it with another order but it's in the cart.

I'm about halfway thru the S3 set at present. Sure is fun watching these on the Panny Plasma with my Upconvert player. I've never seen the "Stevens" home set like this! Color def is amazing.

LOL I always think it's funny how you take your time to 'savor' the episodes whereas I try to watch them all as quick as possible! Season 3??!! LOL

I need to upgrade my TV...I'm still on a 27" Magnavox or something like that from the early 90s

Speaking of noticing definition and such, I did notice that one of Samantha's dresses in the Bedwarmer episodes actually has moons and stars on it. I've never been able to make out what it was from just the on air showings. And there's another dress, I think it's "Paul Revere Rides Again" where there are tiger faces all throughout the dress.
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