Abner & Gladys Kravitz's Washer & Dryer

[Washinsheen]

I was watching an episode of "Bewitched" on Youtube the other day. It looks like Abner & Gladys have a Maytag washer & dryer in their kitchen!

 

[jamman_98]

Maytags

The pushbutton model. Washer's and Dryers were common in kitchens in the 50's and 60 style homes.

Joe
jamman_98

 

[qsd-dan]

Maytag 900 or 902 series washer/dryer

A super rare find these days!

 

[laundromat]

quite a few c
Corningware and Pyrex pieces there too!

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

I just love Bewitched!
I love the kitchen also.
Did you catch the "film flubs"?
When Darren is running over to talk to Gladys, you can see the boom mic bouncing up and down trying to get out of the shot.
Also, Darren pulled up in his car with the top down. He did not seem to mind that it was pouring buckets. Must be great being married to a witch, she will just zap him a new car!
Brent

 

[hoover1060]

Hmmm

The Kravitzes live in the Partridge Family's house!

 

[danemodsandy]

Partridge Family House

And the Bewitched house were what are called "standing sets" on the Warner Bros. Ranch, which used to be the Columbia Ranch, owned by Columbia Pictures.

The ranch had a lot of houses associated with classic TV shows; most of them are still there. They are facades, not fully built houses. In some cases, the facade is hiding a storage building used for studio equipment like lights, etc. The interiors you saw on the shows were built elsewhere, on soundstages; editing makes it look like the exteriors match up to the interiors.

In the era of classic TV shows, most studios had a "Suburban Street" like this. Some of them are gone, because of the very high real estate values in the L.A. area. In addition, these lots are extremely expensive to maintain, because of the costs of watering and maintaining East Coast-style vegetation and trees in California, to say nothing of taxes. But the one used for Bewitched, The Partridge Family, I Dream of Jeannie and Gidget survives. You can see it at the link below; the slideshow even includes some shots of what these famous houses look like around back, as well as inside (WARNING: THESE PHOTOS ARE SPOILERS IF YOU PREFER TO BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE REAL HOUSES):

http://www.bewitched.net/1164visit.htm

 

[toggleswitch2]

IIRC Doctor Bellow's house on "I dream of Jeannie" is the Bewitched house. And I think the Kravitz's house (inside) is the IDOJ house, modified.

The Kravitz's kitchen was not only the one shown as theirs in the above clip but another one that is supposed to be in Darrin's parents' house.

The Stephens' are supposed to be in (Darien?) Connecticut (commutable to NYC by Railroad) yet they show New York State license plates on their cars. Similary one would not normally drive all the way to NYC, which he is shown doing every working day!

In one scene Darrin' parents are shown taking a drive (mind you in Connectucut or New York) and you can clearly see downtown Los Angeles, CA with palm-trees and all. LOL

Also in winter-time: There is never any type of inclement or cold weather except on Christmas day when it snows, or if the plot requires it. Ditto clothing. Outerwear in winter is RIDIUCLOUSLY flimsy and is not area-appropriate. There is no sign of a raidator nor heating vent anywhere. OH PLEASE!

We know there is a bathroom off of the master bedroom. Where does one recycle meals on the main floor?

I'm nto convinced one would have an electric stove/cooker/range in that era when there is a gas grill (i.e. gas service) in the kitchen two yard/meters over. Chances are the laundry would be in the basement as well, not in the kithcen in that area and time.

In the last season of Bewitched the kitchen is re-done (to a configuration that is tecnhcially impossible based on the floor-plan we are supposed to believe exists) with a GAS wall oven and cooktop; I want to see that. (Discs not out yet)

Hollywood & product-placement/advertising. FEH!

And Darrin, G-d damn it, wise up you @$$hole. Your in-laws can turn you into an artichoke with a flick of the wrist. Shut your mouth already! LOL

It still scares the crap out of me how much the first Darrin looks like my father.

 

[danemodsandy]

Floor Plans on TV:

There's often a floor plan problem on TV shows- there are windows on the interior sets that don't match up to the exteriors shown, that kind of thing.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show is a good example. On the show, every time Mary's front door is open, you can see a stained-glass window in the hallway. There's no such window in that location on the exterior of the house. Also, Rhoda's apartment was frequently referred to as being "upstairs", meaning above Mary's. This was established in the very first episode, and often mentioned thereafter. But when you see Rhoda's apartment, it's obviously a turret room, circular in shape. The real Minneapolis house used for exteriors has a turret, but it's on the same level as the window used for Mary's apartment, not on a higher level.

So, that happens a lot.

 

[Washinsheen]

Samantha

Darrin is indeed a fool. Samantha is a doll, and he should let her be who she is. But then again, there wouldn't have been a show.

 

[70series]

Toggleswitch:

I think the Stephenses were written as residents of Westport, Ct. which is actually the next town over from me.

Westport was also the home of the Riccardos and Mertzes in the last years of "I Love Lucy".

Have a good one,
James