Bewitched Kitchen Appliances Early Episodes

[launderess]

Ok, Antenna TV just began their daily showing of Bewitched so figure would have it on as "background".

Tonight's episode was the first or perhaps second when Darrin tells Sam he has purchased a home and she and Endora go to take a look.

Camera pans around the kitchen often enough of the Stephen's current home and one can make out the Maytag W&D set, and a Sunbeam mixer (which seems to have followed to Morning Glory Circle), but the dishwasher is odd. Do not remember a dishwasher with a glass door from the 1960's. Also IIRC didn't Sam have a top loading DW in these early episodes?

 

[whirlcool]

The top loading DW was in the place they were living in before the Morning Glory Circle house. It only appeared in episode 1 or 2 of the series. I believe Endora materialized on top of it one time.

I think they used Frigidaire washers & dryers until after the 1969 set fire then they used Maytags. So if you saw a Maytag washer & dryer than it was an episode filmed after 1969.

 

[gansky1]

The early episodes in their first home had a Maytag washer and dryer set and the dishwasher was a store demonstrator glass-front Lady Kenmore top-load.

 

[washdaddy]

I recall those episodes and was fascinated by the window front on the DW but don't recall what brand it was. Once they moved to Morning Glory Circle Frigidaire took over in the kitchen with the Flair range, DW (couple of diff models during their stay there),the frig, and the W/D in it's little niche.

 

[petek]

Here's an interesting site about the Bewitched kitchen and how it changed

http://www.harpiesbizarre.com/kitchen.htm

 

[Unimatic1140]

Check this thread out, it shows that dishwasher later on down...

Samantha's First Frigidaire

I was sure when I was a kid I remember seeing Sam's round dial Frigidaire washer in their house at 1164 Morning Glory Circle, I finally saw it in a second season episode. Of course for at least four seasons we always saw her square dial Frigidaire. I thought maybe I was imagining seeing the...

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[whirlcool]

That dishwasher looks like one of Robert's creations!

 

[launderess]

Never understood why the thing was in the kitchen in the first place. I mean what was the point? There didn't seem to be an oven, range or whatever above so what would a housewife done with the thing? Store wood for the fireplace in the living room?

While we are at it isn't it kind of odd for a home in the North East to have an electric "compact" range like the Flair? Why not a full sized gas range and or cook top with separate ovens?

Being as all this may the house including kitchen was very well laid out. Just perfect for a newly married young wife and mother. Compact (Endora calls it cramped) and easy to manage but with many thoughtful details. For instance the sliding wood "windows" between the kitchen and living room meant you could keep an eye on the children at the dining room table or in LR whilst you were in the kitchen. Ditto for the window over the kitchen sink.

Of course in reality we now know the floor plans really never matched how the house was used on the set. The master bedroom at various times was at the top of the stairs to the right and down the hall (over the living room, which was impossible), and to the top of the stairs to the left.

Then there was the case of the mysterious back staircase that supposedly acted like a service way between the kitchen and upstairs.

 

[whirlcool]

I wonder if anyone ever built a house with the interior of the Bewitched house? I read somewhere that if a house like that was ever built according to the interior specs, it would look different on the outside than it looks on the show.

In one of the links above it states that the back staircase really looked fake and nobody was ever on it beyond the third step, lest they hit heir head on the ceiling.

I think they call those "windows" between the kitchen and dining room/living room shutters. >!

 

[mrb627]

Frigidaire W/D on Bewitched

Was there ever an episode of Bewitched where Sam interacted with the machines?

Malcolm

 

[rinso]

Didn't Tim the Tool Man accidentally blow up the bewitched house on a Tool Time episode?

My partner and I watched an old SciFi movie called Earth VS The Flying Saucers. In one scene, you can see the Bewitched house façade in the background on a residential street. Not surprising, since both were filmed on the Columbia lot.

 

[twintubdexter]

A glass-front Lady Kenmore demonstration model dishwasher...boy these Autowasher members know everything!

 

[petek]

Back in the day of filming these shows they probably had no idea that one day (now) with the help of the internet people would be dissecting every scene for continuity errors etc.. LOL

 

[gfm8959]

Bewitched

and a few others. Priceless!

 

[iheartmaytag]

Flair Range

I read in the book "Twitch upon a star." That Frigidaire appliances and Chevrolet cars were featured on the show because GM was a major sponsor. They even gifted Liz a station wagon, but she drove a Jag.

 

[petek]

Here's a great commercial for the 1965 Chevrolet lineup featuring the cast of Bonanza, Bewitched, and Robert Vaughan from Man from Uncle.

 

[washdaddy]

Malcolm- Let's get real here!

Samantha had enough on her hands just whipping up some culinary delights for Darrin, Larry, and Louise on a moments notice without Endora throwing a fit.

Can you imagine what hell would have broken loose if she caught Samantha do Darrin's dirty laundry?

O.M.G.!!!!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Malcolm, in the episode where one of the relatives brings George Washington back, Martha is brought back at some point and is most unhappy with the modern world. Sam tries to show her how easy it is to get her laundry clean and bright with her modern washer and dryer, but Martha says she has servants to do that. At least she did not say slaves.

Last night, in an early B&W episode, Endora was devastatingly serene on first meeting Darrin, but got pissed and left in a column of smoke. She was dressed in black, looked so different from her usual self and had such a cold fury about her that it was startling to watch, especially after all of the years of watching the later episodes.

 

[whirlcool]

I noticed that too about the way Endora was presented. BTW, did you know that the name Endora was brought to the show by Agnes Moorehead? It's a biblical name direct from the bible. Ms. Moorehead was a well known religious fanatic.

Anyway, in early development of television series the characters may change over time due to what works best, what the actors portraying the parts seem to think about the character, etc. Some directors are open minded to this, some are not. Usually by the end of the first season this is pretty much all worked out.