tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post5422098255236696299..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: In appreciation of Elizabeth MontgomeryBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20319734588660755072020-03-15T08:28:35.482-07:002020-03-15T08:28:35.482-07:00That's the impression and words I've alway...That's the impression and words I've always had about her, beautiful inside and out.from32dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00307589629462200814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47927992556972791232019-06-09T18:56:24.635-07:002019-06-09T18:56:24.635-07:00Elizabeth Montgomery was a beautiful woman and gre...Elizabeth Montgomery was a beautiful woman and great actress. I had the privilege of meeting her twice, and it was a dream come true. I always loved her in "Bewitched" and is one of my favorite shows of all-time. After Bewitched she was the highest paid actress for her TV movies and really showed what a brilliant actress she was. Her TV movies were always audience ratings winners, and she was considered Queen of the TV movies. They should release a Elizabeth Montgomery TV movie package on DVD, Blu-ray and 4k ultra HD. Her talent and beauty are truly missed!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443750808630496648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10861950889856137592017-04-18T18:16:45.518-07:002017-04-18T18:16:45.518-07:00She was a good friend of my late boss. From the s...She was a good friend of my late boss. From the stories he'd tell me about her, she was just the most lovely person. Beautiful inside and out.Laurie-Anne R Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627837558213519083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68781702076285102882017-04-17T15:47:09.377-07:002017-04-17T15:47:09.377-07:00Right off the top, the sixties TV actresses I reme...Right off the top, the sixties TV actresses I remember:<br /><br />Barbara Eden (I DREAM OF JEANNIE)<br />Stephanie Powers (a big crush - The Girl from UNCLE)<br />The lovely Elizabeth Montgomery<br />Dawn Wells<br />Tina Louise <br />(the "girls" on Gilligan's Island)<br />Marlo Thomas (That Girl)<br />Barbara Feldon (Maxwell Smart's better half)\<br /><br />I'd say Emma Peel, but I didn't watch The Avengers.<br /><br />Eva Gabor (Green Acres)<br />Donna Douglas (The Beverly Hillbillies)<br />The older blond sister on Lost in Space<br /><br />Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek)<br />Innumerable guest actresses on Star Trek - along with the "conventionally beautiful" actresses, my fave may have been the female Romulan officer that Spock "seduced."<br /><br />LucyJahn Ghaltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53655437071474823772017-04-17T08:17:06.957-07:002017-04-17T08:17:06.957-07:00I loved that she had a career post-Bewitched, and ...I loved that she had a career post-Bewitched, and got to show that (a) she had dramatic acting chops, and (b) age was irrelevant. Not that she looked that different from her Bewitched days. She did a mini series set on the frontier, the title of which I am blanking out on, which I remember as being quite good. McAlvienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42071035849171962262017-04-16T22:44:34.200-07:002017-04-16T22:44:34.200-07:00"Two" is a perfect half hour (Montgomery..."Two" is a perfect half hour (Montgomery Pittman died way too soon). That combat boots shot was television's most romantic moment. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705408455380402571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75512245486863115442017-04-16T14:34:42.605-07:002017-04-16T14:34:42.605-07:00Sargent was offered Durwood first...Sargent was offered Durwood first...Bill Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041905291496937729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51584726198585997032017-04-16T14:20:39.540-07:002017-04-16T14:20:39.540-07:00Steve:
You've possibly been watching the late...Steve:<br /><br />You've possibly been watching the later episodes of BEWITCHED, which fell into a by-the-numbers formula (with some very fine exceptions). It's tough for a high-concept show to keep from repeating itself after a few seasons. <br /><br />You are so right, J Lee, that "A is for Aardvark," directed by Ida Lupino, sums up the true essence of the series. If only Nora Ehpron had watched this episode -- or was more receptive to the message if she did watch it -- the BEWITCHED movie would have been much better.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27W20ohpTiI<br /><br />As for I DREAM OF JEANNIE, it began as NBC's deliberate knock-off of BEWITCHED but came into its own as it evolved into a madcap farce. Jeannie's role was to set up the problem, then the majority of most episodes focused on how Larry Hagman and Bill Daily could maximize the absurdity. "My Master, the Weakling," with guest star Don Rickles, is an example of the two shows contrasted in style.<br /><br />There was even a JEANNIE episode about every day becoming Sunday that could be suggested to have been a precursor to GROUNDHOG DAY.<br /><br />https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5bluy5<br /><br />Sometimes these shows are so easily dismissed because of their zany premises, but when you look closer, the skill and talent becomes more evident.Greg Ehrbarhttp://www.gregehrbar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61436920086988949992017-04-16T14:02:14.674-07:002017-04-16T14:02:14.674-07:00I remember seeing a picture of her in 1992 riding ...I remember seeing a picture of her in 1992 riding in a gay pride parade in support of her former co-star Dick Sargent. She was a great friend. <br /> <br />MikeKPa.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28401129618506823762017-04-16T12:34:53.386-07:002017-04-16T12:34:53.386-07:00BEWITCHED is okay, but not a show I was ever crazy...BEWITCHED is okay, but not a show I was ever crazy about. Yeah, I know that as a gay man I'm supposed to absolutely adore it, but I never have. I'll concede that as 1960s gimmick comedies go, it's better than average, but the repetition becomes numbing and that's what gets to me. One of Samantha's relatives, via witchcraft, either deliberately or inadvertently causes problems for Darrin, leaving it to Samantha to straighten everything out and to save that week's multi-million dollar client for McMann & Tate. And that was before the last couple of seasons, when the staff said the hell with it and began simply rewriting and refilming old scripts.<br /><br />A friend of mine worked with Montgomery on one of the last TV movies. The BLACK WIDOW thing, and told me that she was very much a woman with a "here-and-now" focus on her life. Not at all nostalgic or inclined to look backwards, neither at her life nor at her career.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64901165344963574182017-04-16T12:06:04.741-07:002017-04-16T12:06:04.741-07:00I believe her last acting role was on the BATMAN: ...I believe her last acting role was on the BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES episode SHOWDOWN; the bulk of the episode is a flashback to The Old West, and she plays a thinly-disguised version of "Miss Kitty" from GUNSMOKE. The episode, one of several written by award-winning novelist Joe R. Lansdale (of HAP AND LEONARD and BUBBA-HO-TEP fame), also featured the voices of Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, and Senator Patrick Leahy.<br /> In short: there's a reason a lot of grown-ups watched BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES; it was just more interesting than the usual cartoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2226730197212671902017-04-16T05:10:53.851-07:002017-04-16T05:10:53.851-07:00Bewitched an amazingly liberal show. Nit just for ...Bewitched an amazingly liberal show. Nit just for its central relationship, but for tolerance for "the other" in general. Its witches/warlocks could be seen as gay analogues, and played mostly by gay actors. Liz herself later became active in the cause.Bill Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041905291496937729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76128117497798386222017-04-15T23:40:01.684-07:002017-04-15T23:40:01.684-07:00Rebecca is GREAT. She audited a show I directed s...Rebecca is GREAT. She audited a show I directed several years ago (LATELINE). I'm thrilled for her success. She's super talented and a lovely person. By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-54763625151466212202017-04-15T22:16:36.846-07:002017-04-15T22:16:36.846-07:00I watched the 1978 miniseries, The Awakening Land ...I watched the 1978 miniseries, The Awakening Land just because she was in it. I think I was 11 that year.Smilodonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424992227002963853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8492662915142756102017-04-15T20:08:38.173-07:002017-04-15T20:08:38.173-07:00I've had the opportunity to work with her daug...I've had the opportunity to work with her daughter Rebecca Asher who started as a script supervisor and is now an accomplished TV sitcom Director: You can see her credits here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038893/?ref_=nv_sr_1Jason Robertshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731211/?ref_=sch_intnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51782423195346870482017-04-15T17:49:11.985-07:002017-04-15T17:49:11.985-07:00I seem to recall an appearance of Elizabeth Montgo...I seem to recall an appearance of Elizabeth Montgomery on Password. After a particular contestant lost he wouldn't leave until Elizabeth did the nose twitch. The camera caught her a little ticked off by the request but she did it. scottmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61665042327576686942017-04-15T17:02:23.799-07:002017-04-15T17:02:23.799-07:00Loved Bewitched, I still watch reruns of it at nig...Loved Bewitched, I still watch reruns of it at night on Family Channel. I disagree with the Jeannie remark, I hated that show, Samantha was much better Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09391588864189352541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16047145506747239712017-04-15T13:40:30.651-07:002017-04-15T13:40:30.651-07:00I vaguely recall the Sam vs Jeannie debates, event...I vaguely recall the Sam vs Jeannie debates, eventually vulgarized into TV Land spots. More precisely, they were Would You Rather Be Darrin or Major Nelson debates?<br /><br />Jeannie was sexy and always hot to trot, but the show had Nelson inexplicably resistant (never so much as a wink towards implied activity). Sam was gorgeous and even shared a bed with Darrin (and had Tabitha, so you know SOMETHING went on), but always busy with housewifey things uncomfortably like what you and your friends' mothers did.DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40140430175357527632017-04-15T13:40:00.284-07:002017-04-15T13:40:00.284-07:00Ms. Montgomery was terrific in the Burke's Law...Ms. Montgomery was terrific in the Burke's Law episode - "Who Killed Mr. X?" She had great chemistry with Gene Barry and she was beautiful and funny. And as much as I loved Dick York in Bewitched, it's a shame that that is all he is remembered for when he gave such wonderful dramatic performances in Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone.CarolMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357698369178272616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33929788935964558462017-04-15T12:51:33.851-07:002017-04-15T12:51:33.851-07:00Yes, a true beauty and fine actress. As for today&...Yes, a true beauty and fine actress. As for today's anniversaries, you forgot that Lincoln died on April 15 after being shot the night before at Ford's Theater. <br /><br />I married my first wife on this day 40 years ago, too. It was great while it lasted. Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89235868227319048132017-04-15T11:57:11.881-07:002017-04-15T11:57:11.881-07:00I too grew up with her and was taken by her beauty...I too grew up with her and was taken by her beauty and comedeic style (no doubt inspired by her father, the Hollywood star Robert Montgomery). Still, her involvement in narrating political films that were suspect in their assertions and as far left as you could go in the political spectrum was troubling. Like Candace Bergen,I suspect their liberalism was, in part, a rebellion towards their Republican fathers.waldcasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953366119099361711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82146023553846452672017-04-15T11:11:22.458-07:002017-04-15T11:11:22.458-07:00You didn't mention her Emmy nominated role in ...You didn't mention her Emmy nominated role in "The Rusty Heller Story," on "The Untouchables." The only femme fatale in the series to *get a smile out of Robert Stack.* It's an amazing performance, and loaded with serious turns by later sitcom actors - for instance, she uses and sets up a sleazy lawyer played by David White - Larry Tate on "Bewitched." What happens to him -- offscreen, which makes it more effective -- is horrifying. And she smiles about it so sweetly.<br /><br />It's one of the best performances you'll ever see on TV.Craig Gustafsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503925766039307551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35101580173369398752017-04-15T11:06:37.439-07:002017-04-15T11:06:37.439-07:00When I was casting 'Samantha' for an adapt...When I was casting 'Samantha' for an adaptation of Bewitched in Russia in 2008, we tried to find our own EM. Impossible! And, trust me, we looked. At every theater actress in Moscow. We found a very beautiful girl, but she still didn't have that 'thing' Liz had. We settled for her because she did the best nose twitch. And not even that was close to how Elizabeth did it. RIP, Sam! Normnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21643876591413730962017-04-15T10:46:10.880-07:002017-04-15T10:46:10.880-07:00I fell in love with her during BEWITCHED and alway...I fell in love with her during BEWITCHED and always enjoyed the marital situations with or without magic, just the Stevens' and Tates at a dinner party. She also stood out rocking the miniskirts while other networks sort of suppressed that fashion aspect in the 60s/70s.<br />That wry "Well.."!Bill Avenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78859354762858078232017-04-15T10:01:38.162-07:002017-04-15T10:01:38.162-07:00It's always helpful to post this scene from th...It's always helpful to post <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bozDie5Ftmw" rel="nofollow">this scene from the episode Liz's ex, William Asher called the best episode of Bewitched, "A Is For Aardvark".</a> What makes it stand out is it's a dramatic scene smack in the middle of a 1964 Screen Gems comedy that showed both Montgomery and Dick York's acting abilities, and why we cared for the characters (though you do lose a little here not seeing the 15 minutes that came before it, to flesh out why Liz is crying over the thought that her mistake is going to cost her the lifestyle she chose with Darrin).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com