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Fleet · 03-28-2010, 04:51 PM

TV Land is running the episode from the 1st or 2nd season in which Samantha is "sick." Spots on her face. Aunt Clara gives Darrin a list of necessary ingredients for the cure.

He is able to get all but one... an ostrich feather. He tries to buy one from a lady wearing a hat with feathers and both are questioned about it at police headquarters. I would have to watch the scene again, but there is a map on a wall at the police station which sure looks like a map of Los Angeles!

Madame X · 03-28-2010, 06:31 PM

Good eye, Fleet! If it was a map of Connecticut, the ocean would be on the right!

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catlover79 · 03-28-2010, 09:27 PM

OOOOPS...

TV Knowledge Fan · 03-29-2010, 02:01 AM

...Screen Gems/Columbia was notoriously cheap, often "redressing" and reusing their standing sets on their other sitcoms, saving a ton of money in the process [Samantha and Darrin's living room, for example, could be slightly disguised and utilized in a concurrent episode of "I DREAM OF JEANNIE", "HAZEL", or "THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER"]. The same with props- certainly no one was going to notice a Los Angeles city map "standing in" for another {fictional} city in back of a desk sergeant on, say, "BEWITCHED" or "THE DONNA REED SHOW".

And let's not forget that "suburban neighborhood" on the Columbia Ranch was seen on virtually ALL Screen Gems sitcoms from the '50s through the early '70s, representing "Springfield", "Hillsdale", "Westport", "Cocoa Beach", et. al.

Fleet · 03-29-2010, 04:35 AM

Yeah, that Warner Bros. "neighborhood" has been seen in a lot of different TV shows... Bewitched, Leave it to Beaver, Gidget, etc.

treky · 03-30-2010, 02:21 AM

and a shot of it was seen in the opening of "FRIENDS"-the fountain was across from the Nelson house from "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" and was near the Stevens house from "BEWITCHED".

hch · 04-05-2010, 01:19 PM

And another thing you should note:

MOUNTAINS in Connecticut and NYC! there have been many an episode that I have seen a mountain ridge in the background of Morning Glory Circle (Notable example [that I know of]: the end of "My Friend Ben") and even in downtown New York scenes (in the episodes "Red Light, Green Light", "That was No Chick" and "If They Never Met").

Somebody's geography totally sucked there.

03-28-2010, 04:51 PM	#1
Fleet Mansions, limousines & H-ween Forum Star Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, California Posts: 15,625	Bewitched Blooper? TV Land is running the episode from the 1st or 2nd season in which Samantha is "sick." Spots on her face. Aunt Clara gives Darrin a list of necessary ingredients for the cure. He is able to get all but one... an ostrich feather. He tries to buy one from a lady wearing a hat with feathers and both are questioned about it at police headquarters. I would have to watch the scene again, but there is a map on a wall at the police station which sure looks like a map of Los Angeles!
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03-28-2010, 09:27 PM	#3
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03-29-2010, 02:01 AM	#4
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	As I've said before... ...Screen Gems/Columbia was notoriously cheap, often "redressing" and reusing their standing sets on their other sitcoms, saving a ton of money in the process [Samantha and Darrin's living room, for example, could be slightly disguised and utilized in a concurrent episode of "I DREAM OF JEANNIE", "HAZEL", or "THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER"]. The same with props- certainly no one was going to notice a Los Angeles city map "standing in" for another {fictional} city in back of a desk sergeant on, say, "BEWITCHED" or "THE DONNA REED SHOW". And let's not forget that "suburban neighborhood" on the Columbia Ranch was seen on virtually ALL Screen Gems sitcoms from the '50s through the early '70s, representing "Springfield", "Hillsdale", "Westport", "Cocoa Beach", et. al.

03-30-2010, 02:21 AM	#6
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	and a shot of it was seen in the opening of "FRIENDS"-the fountain was across from the Nelson house from "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" and was near the Stevens house from "BEWITCHED".
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04-05-2010, 01:19 PM	#7
hch Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 07, 2001 Location: Montross, VA 22520 Posts: 983	And another thing you should note: MOUNTAINS in Connecticut and NYC! there have been many an episode that I have seen a mountain ridge in the background of Morning Glory Circle (Notable example [that I know of]: the end of "My Friend Ben") and even in downtown New York scenes (in the episodes "Red Light, Green Light", "That was No Chick" and "If They Never Met"). Somebody's geography totally sucked there.
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03-28-2010, 06:31 PM	#2
Madame X Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,831	Good eye, Fleet! If it was a map of Connecticut, the ocean would be on the right!

03-29-2010, 04:35 AM	#5
Fleet Mansions, limousines & H-ween Forum Star Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, California Posts: 15,625	Yeah, that Warner Bros. "neighborhood" has been seen in a lot of different TV shows... Bewitched, Leave it to Beaver, Gidget, etc.