The thought of being magical was always quite intriguing to me as a child. I had wished that I had witch powers to help me navigate my life.
I believe I own all of the shows on DVD and looking back at them they are actually quite hoaky but they still hold a nostalgic charm for me that I assume will last as long as I do.
While I might have wished for magical powers like Samantha I was very glad that I never had to wake up to a new husband and pretend there was no difference between Darrin Number One and Darrin Number Two.
Darrin One
Darrin Two
I wanted to live in that house.
I have always thought that Elizabeth Montgomery was the perfect person to play Samantha Stevens. And it wasn't just the twitching nose thing.
I have always thought of Samantha as a beautiful woman. But she was also kind and smart. Samantha was the one with the powers but she struggled with mortal life.
Samantha had a husband who didn't truly understand her. She did her best to give up a magical life to be married to him.
One of the earlier shows had a story line where Darrin wasn't happy with Samantha's efforts to give up witchcraft for him and the story then showed the idea that Darrin was prejudiced against witches. I think it was when I first watched that show that I understood that prejudice comes in alot of forms.
The idea of intentionally choosing the kind of life you live was also a lesson that I learned from that show.
They don't make shows like that anymore.
But it is just as well as we probably wouldn't watch anyway.
I'll stick to watching the old shows when I want a hint of magic in my life again.
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