Does Anyone Know If Bewitched Has Any Missing Episodes?

[Carl Standen nz]

Does Anyone Know If Bewitched Has Any Missing Episodes?

[comedyfreak]

None that I know of or it would have come out by now.

[catlover79]

Good question - but I don't think so.

[Jude The Obscure]

No. Every episode produced is/soon will be available on DVD.

[MickeyMac]

I havent heard about any lost episodes.

[likewow]

There are some unused scenes on YouTube, where footage that was deleted from episodes is used in promos. I wonder when and why the decision was made to not use certain footage?

[jaws]

Back in the early 80's before the dvd craze occurred I rented a VHS tape of lost episodes it had shows like "Danger", "Ponderosa", "Make room for Daddy" and Bewitched. I posted just recently a synopsis of the episode that was on this tape. Once again, everyone in the room repeats the name Darrin Stephen's to a possible employer Darrin is suppose to meet. I know this is a black and white episode, which I believe falls between "Girl reporter" and "One big happy family". There is a scene in her where Gladys Kravits runs into Endora for the first time Gladys tries to pick a fight with her. The scene is quite vague' but I seem to remember Gladys trying to convince herself she can stand up to Endora... and knowing she was a complete stranger to her Gladys warns Endora she knows judo.....Endora laughs and Zaps her back into her house dressed in a judo robe. husband Abner asks What are you doing? Gladys blurts "I'm protecting myself from strangers". This comment makes sense because it confirms an Abner statement that's made in a later episode.

[Larry Tate]

Originally Posted by Carl Standen nz

Does Anyone Know If Bewitched Has Any Missing Episodes?

There are NO Missing episodes of Bewitched & never have been, they have all been released on DVD by Sony & prior to that they were ALL shown in syndication except for the Three season One & Two recut versions of the Pilot & episodes 14, & 15 where there were new teaser scenes of 30 to 40 seconds in length, the last two of those have been released on the DVD sets as well.

Those would constitute new footage but not new episodes.

There was a book out about IDOJ where the author as a joke talked about 4 recently discovered lost episodes & described them, but he was only kidding as a gag.

The memory of the poster referring to the episode he refers too about Gladys battleing Endora etc. is mistaken, there never was such a scene & it was another episode from Season 6 that had the name Darrin Stephens stated out loud several times by a rival Ad Agency's President, his secretary & a waiter to convince the Ad Agency's President to hire Darrin, this was of course a Dick Sargent episode.

When they filmed the pilot it was over 3 1/2 weeks not the usual 4 days & included more footage then they could fit in the time slot which would have been 26 min. so they trimmed it down & used them in promos ABC ran prior to & during the first season.

That is the only instance of this i know off except for a season 2 promo i have that shows footage of scenes of the first two episodes that are the same but are retakes of them & each somewhat different then the takes used in the actual episodes persay.

In the ET Bewitched the Untold Story special they showed home movies footage that was originally filmed by Erin Murphy's Parents on the set in between filming scenes with Liz & Erin playing & interacting & her & Dick York & David White discussing an upcoming scene from season 4's "The Safe & Sane Halloween"

Much more of this footage must exist & should be available for use on DVD's.

Larry Tate