Hi I have the first & second season COLORIZED DVD sets and they did not use the original openings in these episodes. I guess SONY was to cheap to colorize the opening credits/theme and easily replaced it with the third season opening. My question is I was thinking about buying the 1st & 2nd season sets again in Black & White now that the prices have come down. Can ayone who owns the B&W sets tell me if the opening credits/themes are the original openings from 1964 & 1965? I'm not talking about the original sponsors just the cartoon opening with the original theme music. Thanks!

I've never seen the DVDs, but I think I read that they're not.:(

In regards to the first two seasons Black & White DVD sets, the Opening is just like the episodes themselves, just a greyscale version of the Colorized version of the same episode, in effect it is as if you have the Colorized version & you just turned the color down completely to no color.

Larry Tate :)

As much as I would love to have the original openings, my love for the actual show was greater, so buy the DVDs!! :D

As much as I would love to have the original openings, my love for the actual show was greater, so buy the DVDs!! :D
:yeahthat

Wow Larry Tate that really sucks. So there is no point buying the Black & White DVD sets when I can just turn down the color on my color sets.
Leave it to SONY to screw up another show on DVD!

Yes i know, it is a shame, if you have a Columbia House B/W
VHS tape of any episodes then that is where you see them as they
were originally filmed re Lighting, camera work, original texture, nuance, shadows etc.

The B/W effect you see on them is completely different then what you see on the B/W DVD sets from the first two seasons.

Larry Tate :)

I would reccomend buying the season one and two in black and white, just cause the fact that they were originally filmed in black and white. When they take stuff that was originally filmed and black and white and colorize it, it looks tacky.

For anyone who may not be aware, the original complete openings were apparently heavily tied into the original sponsor's (advertiser's) product. I remember reading that the early Bewitched openings incorporated a car ad, flying through the air. It could be that removing or separating the ad would not be possible.

Yes that is right, depending on which company was sponsoring a given episode. there was a large Chevrolet or Quaker Oats Logo
at the very start of the animated opening that then morphed into a Moon
with the animated opening then continuing on from that point onwards.

I have these with each of these two sponsors from each of the first 4 seasons that they sponsored the show from original 16mm prints so i know it to be so through these.

As well i have the Kodak one from season 5, Ban & Clairol from season 6, Ban, Bufferin,Excedrin,Clairol & Oscar Meyer ones from Season 7 as well.

They all had a very interesting Bewitched hooked or themed sponsor commercial as well just after the animated opening & just before the end credits which as well had the sponsor logo in it throughout the end credits animation up to & including season 5.
In the case of Chevrolet you had an animated Darrin & Samantha flying along on a broom that then becomes the Chevrolet logo.

Larry Tate :)

Today's technology provides no excuse as to why the original theme music can't be restored to the proper seasons.

MickeyMac, that's why I started this post, I wanted to know if I should also buy the first two seasons in B&W to view the orignal dark tones of B&W and listen to the original opening music with the different stove in the kitchen, but did you not read what Larry Tate posted? The black & white DVD sets are not the original B&W prints. For that why waste money when you can just buy the colorized sets and turn down the color yourself!
At least you can have both versions on one set. It's true the only way to see these original B&W openings from the first two seasons is either on Columbia House Video where they are uncut or if you taped them as they originally aired on nick@nite or TV Land. Those episodes are cut but still have the original openings. The give away clue is the stove looks different. It is seperated from the sink. I'm sure Larry Tate can better distinguish how to tell the original opening from the fake opening as I don't have the actual episodes in front of me but I remember the kitchen was slightly different.

Today's technology provides no excuse as to why the original theme music can't be restored to the proper seasons.
Well said!! :clap

MickeyMac, that's why I started this post, I wanted to know if I should also buy the first two seasons in B&W to view the orignal dark tones of B&W and listen to the original opening music with the different stove in the kitchen, but did you not read what Larry Tate posted? The black & white DVD sets are not the original B&W prints. For that why waste money when you can just buy the colorized sets and turn down the color yourself!
At least you can have both versions on one set. It's true the only way to see these original B&W openings from the first two seasons is either on Columbia House Video where they are uncut or if you taped them as they originally aired on nick@nite or TV Land. Those episodes are cut but still have the original openings. The give away clue is the stove looks different. It is seperated from the sink. I'm sure Larry Tate can better distinguish how to tell the original opening from the fake opening as I don't have the actual episodes in front of me but I remember the kitchen was slightly different.

the stove is different, the sink is seperate from the stove, there are kitchen cabinets and a door! Also the cat is white, compared to the darker hues such as blue/black used for the color seasons.

Well said!! :clap


Thank you!

Why is is that somehow the season 1 theme was restored enough to be used for syndication, but it couldn't be done for seasons 2,3,4, and 5? That's just laziness and I've played around with the openings and music and I see there is a way for the themes to be properly restored!

Thank you!

Why is is that somehow the season 1 theme was restored enough to be used for syndication, but it couldn't be done for seasons 2,3,4, and 5? That's just laziness and I've played around with the openings and music and I see there is a way for the themes to be properly restored!
I know that some of the original opening titles were/are on youtube.

I also posted some of them on this board.

oh I have some of them saved on my hard drive and also have a tape made by our very own Larry Tate here, that includes the original openings, commercials, "Bewitched Back in a Minute", and "Bewitched has been brought to you by" on selected episodes from his 16 mm collection :D

At least in the Season 5 DVD we see Sam and Darrin on the Chevy logo in the end credits...

I think that can be seen at the closing credits for the episode "The Midas Touch"........there is also another episode in season 5 that shows Darrin and Sam on a cloud (a covered up Chevy logo).

^ I think you're right. I'll have to check my DVDs again to make sure.

the stove is different, the sink is separate from the stove, there are kitchen cabinets and a door! Also the cat is white, compared to the darker hues such as blue/black used for the color seasons.

In the First two seasons there was a window in the upper left corner & a door on the right side of the stove, these were gone in the 3rd season opening.

As well the sink which was separate from the stove in the first two seasons was joined up with it in season three, and the white Cat jumping into Darrin's arms in the first two seasons was replaced with a Black cat in season three.

Another thing is that every year the musical & sound effects changed in the animated opening, my personal favorite is the season two version as it had more sound effects that were witchy & seemed to indicate Samantha flying on her broom, loved the chimes that year, what was the favorite of all yours?

Larry Tate :)

^ The openings from Seasons 2 & 3 were my favorite.

I agree as well that seasons 2 & 3 had the best Animated opening
music & sound effects, they just had more Zip, Zap, Zing to them
i think & illustrated Samantha flying about so well.

Larry Tate :)

I agree as well that seasons 2 & 3 had the best Animated opening
music & sound effects, they just had more Zip, Zap, Zing to them
i think & illustrated Samantha flying about so well.

Larry Tate :)
^ That's exactly why I like them so much! :cool:

Hi I have the first & second season COLORIZED DVD sets and they did not use the original openings in these episodes. I guess SONY was to cheap to colorize the opening credits/theme and easily replaced it with the third season opening. My question is I was thinking about buying the 1st & 2nd season sets again in Black & White now that the prices have come down. Can ayone who owns the B&W sets tell me if the opening credits/themes are the original openings from 1964 & 1965? I'm not talking about the original sponsors just the cartoon opening with the original theme music. Thanks!


I was wondering the same thing when I got my set today. On episode 1, it had MCMLXVI (1966), at the bottom of the animated opening, and it confused me.
Now, after reading these posts, I understand.

^ That always confused me when I first started watching the reruns as an adult, so you're not alone!!! :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6usRepxe_pQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwPqTuanjAk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnDF3-Forms&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORLi4Z6d9TU&feature=related

^ :cool: :D