Bewitched: The Complete Eighth Season | 
 enlarge | Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Erin Murphy
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 9031
Format: Box set, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Portuguese (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 99
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 677 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: 043396297067
UPC: 043396297067
EAN: 0043396297067
ASIN: B00280QNKG
Release Date: July 14, 2009
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Product Description
The life and adventures of Samantha Stephens, an American housewife and witch.
Amazon.com
The final season of Bewitched witnesses Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery) hobnobbing with historical figures and literary characters--in other words, it's just another year in the life of a suburban witch. In the two-part opener, Sam and her mortal husband, Darrin (Dick Sargent), wind up in 16th-century England--where Henry VIII tries to make Sam his spouse. With help from Sam's mother, Endora (Agnes Moorehead of the electrifying eye shadow), her neck remains intact, and the three return to the era of miniskirts and plaid pants. In the episodes to come, they also mix it up with Hansel and Gretel and George and Martha Washington. After their trip to Europe, daughter Tabitha (Erin Murphy) turns a brat into a bullfrog, son Adam (David Lawrence) reveals his powers, cousin Serena (Montgomery in black bouffant) loses hers, and Darrin's ad agency boss, Larry (David White), experiences a Big-like return to youth. Other season 8 regulars include jittery Aunt Esmeralda (Alice Ghostley) and skirt-chasing Dr. Bombay (Bernard Fox), while standout guest stars include Batman's Julie Newmar as a seductive cat lady and H.R. Pufnstuf's Billie Hayes as a child-eating witch (alas, Bernie "Doc" Kopell's over-the-top turn as a hippie warlock is more grating than laugh-generating). If Frank Oz's postmodern take on Bewitched, with Nicole Kidman, boasted superior special effects, the original's low-budget visuals offer half the fun, notably a papier-mâché Loch Ness monster and visible wires when Grandpapa Maurice (Maurice Evans) makes his grandson levitate. After the fifth season departures of Paul Lynde and Dick York, some of the show's initial lunacy dissipated--airing opposite The Carol Burnett Show and All in the Family certainly didn't help--but this set still offers 26 episodes packed with more creativity than most of the supernatural comedies to follow in its wake. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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 Derwood #2 August 1, 2010
annie morgan
While I love the ensemble cast ... I still can not get used to the new "Derwood." Elizabeth Montgomery and Agnes Moorehead always make watching any episode of any season worth your while.
 Elizabeth Montgomery Shines! February 20, 2010
Mark Podmore (Columbia, SC)
During the 8th season, Bewitched was in the running against shows like "All in the Family" and other sitcoms that were more "up-to-date". Bewitched is a refreshing break from those shows when TV sitcoms started dealing with racy issues. Elizabeth Montgomery shines and Agnes Morehead sparkles! During the 8th season, producers and writers started re-visiting old storylines from previous seasons; but gave them a new twist. There are two episodes where Esmerelda conjures up George and Martha Washington. In these two episodes, George was arrested for inciting a riot. Aunt Clara in previous years had conjured up Ben Franklin and the George Washington episodes followed the same theme with Ben getting arrested, also. All in all, it never gets old; Bewitched is a refreshing break from todays sitcoms when you have to send your children out of the room!
 THE FINAL SEASON OF A AMAZING SHOW... February 14, 2010
HONCHO (NEW YORK)
Bewitched was a great show of it's time and I now own all eight seasons.. The early seasons were the best, but all eight seasons are priceless & a must have in order to complete the set.. Some of the cast from the earlier seasons are no longer featured here, but this is the final season & I'm glad that I now own the complete eight seasons of Bewitched...
great finale to one of the best tv shows ever. February 1, 2010
Pekkle (Whitestone, NY United States)
i have loved bewitched since i was a kid watching it on reruns. i am absolutley delighted to have the full collection and can rewatch them any time i want. like most reviewers, i do feel that the last season lacked creativity and originality. the format and premise of most episodes were replicate of previous seasons with slight differences. however i would say that i enjoy watching the 2nd darrin more than the 1st one. he seems more natural in his role than the 1st darrin. overall, i am not disappointed with this purchase or the show itself.
One of my favorite seasons January 30, 2010
Mark (NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I own all eight seasons of betwitched on DVD, and I love them all. I almost didn't purchase season 8 because some fans said they were disappointed, that the cast didn't seem "into the show" and that there were some repeated episodes. However, I completely disagree on a couple of things. I think the cast was very much into the show and some of the episodes were funnier than previous seasons. Im' VERY glad I own season 8 because I've gotten some pretty good LOL and ROFL from some of these episodes. A couple of my favorites are on disc 4, the 2 part adventure of George Washington, and the episode about The Truth, nothing but the Truth....
If you love bewitched, and you have some of the (if not all) other seasons, you may want to consider this season as part of your collection. I'm glad I did. ENJOY! As Samantha always says, "Well?".
As an addendum to this review, I finished the Eighth season last night, and I went back to Season 1 as a comparison. I agree with other reviewers here, in that what a transformation for Samantha to go from a "do-good" housewife who wore house "dresses" to do housework -- and to evolve into to a swanky and hip housewife in seasons 7 and 8 with hip huggers, low hip belts, more fit and trim, more confidence, and swagger than in the "wholesome" earlier seasons -- and she looked even better than 8 years earlier!!!!
Don't get me wrong, I love all of the seasons, but Samantha in the 7th AND 8th seasons was in my opinion at her best. She looked happier, more confident, and was really coming into her own with her character evolution. Talk about a bravo and two thumbs up! I still can't believe this amazingly talented FUNNY actress never won any "TV Show awards". That doesn't make any sense. And Endora? Please! Who couldn't/wouldn't give her an award every season? My opinion? The show was way ahead of it's time, and is still HUGELY popular today.
I'm glad I got all 8 seasons instead of waiting for some reruns on syndication which is spotty at best. If you love this show, GET THIS COLLECTION!
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