What's With The Opening Credits? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

MIKEPR · 12-22-2019, 03:13 PM

In the first season the theme was different, a bit slower but I'm guessing it was the 2nd which was when the show went into color the theme was sped up a bit.

Seeing the reruns on ATV they use the original theme for the color episodes.

Why's this?

Larry Tate · 12-23-2019, 03:52 PM

Actually the Bewitched theme was different in each of the 8 seasons, some changes were more or less then subtle from season to season.
Bewitched was seen in color in season three for the first time with a completely different opening theme then had ever been seen up to that point.

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Originally Posted by MIKEPR

In the first season the theme was different, a bit slower but I'm guessing it was the 2nd which was when the show went into color the theme was sped up a bit.

Seeing the reruns on ATV they use the original theme for the color episodes.

Why's this?

torcan · 04-10-2020, 07:00 PM

This has been a bone of contention with big fans of this series. The openings for seasons 2 and 3 had a great arrangement (you can hear it on the closing credits for those seasons) that hasn't been used in decades. Season 6 had no announcer (unless the show was sponsored by Oscar Meyer that season). The announcer didn't appear regularly until season 7 - and it was a different announcer than the one you hear on the DVDs (that was taken from season 8).

Luckily, for us collectors, we have a bunch of episodes with these sponsored openings, but there aren't enough of those episodes out there.

12-22-2019, 03:13 PM	#1
MIKEPR Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 29, 2019 Posts: 368	What's With The Opening Credits? In the first season the theme was different, a bit slower but I'm guessing it was the 2nd which was when the show went into color the theme was sped up a bit. Seeing the reruns on ATV they use the original theme for the color episodes. Why's this?

04-10-2020, 07:00 PM	#3
torcan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 04, 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 154	This has been a bone of contention with big fans of this series. The openings for seasons 2 and 3 had a great arrangement (you can hear it on the closing credits for those seasons) that hasn't been used in decades. Season 6 had no announcer (unless the show was sponsored by Oscar Meyer that season). The announcer didn't appear regularly until season 7 - and it was a different announcer than the one you hear on the DVDs (that was taken from season 8). Luckily, for us collectors, we have a bunch of episodes with these sponsored openings, but there aren't enough of those episodes out there.