DVD Review - Bewitched: Seasons 3 & 4

Bewitched: Seasons 3 & 4
Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Retail: $14.98
ASIN: B00JPQ1HXO
Running Time: 27 hours 52 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Arriving on DVD last week is the Bewitched: Seasons 3 & 4 Combo Pack from Mill Creek Entertainment, featuring 66 hilarious episodes on 6 discs. That's nearly 28 hours our magical entertainment for less than $15!

I believe almost every adult has heard or has seen Bewitched, the longest-running supernatural sitcom, airing from 1964-1972 on ABC and later entering into syndication heaven (currently airing on Antenna TV). The basic plot was simple, Darrin Stephens (played by Dick York) bumps into Samantha (played by Elizabeth Montgomery), they fall in love and quickly tie-the-knot. It is on the wedding night that he learns that she is in fact a witch!

Season 3 starts with a bang (plus, the fact that it is the first episode of the series to be aired in color), as Samantha learns that her daughter, Tabitha, (despite being half-human) has magic abilities; something she would like to keep from Darrin, who later finds out by the second episode of the season. With frequent visits from her mother, Endora (played by Sandra Gould), Aunt Clara and Uncle Arthur, Samantha has more to worry about than just Tabitha's magic activities.

The series added a twist during the 4th season when Samantha takes over the duties of the Queen of the Witches. Meanwhile, Endora tries to babysit, but Tabitha's magic runs amok.

The 66 episodes on the six-disc set are:

Season 3 Nobody's Perfect The Moment of Truth Witches & Warlocks Are My Favorite Things Accidental Twins A Most Unusual Wood Nymph Endora Moves In For A Spell Twitch Or Treat Dangerous Diaper Dan The Short Happy Circuit of Aunt Clara I'd Rather Twitch Than Fight Oedipus Hex Sam's Spooky Chair My Friend Ben Samantha For The Defence A Gazebo Never Forgets Soapbox Derby Sam In the Moon HoHo The Clown Super Car The Corn Is As High As A Guernsey's Eye Trial And Error Of Aunt Clara Three Wishes I Remember You - Sometimes Art For Sam's Sake Charlie Harper, Winner Aunt Clara's Victoria Victory The Crone of Cawdor No More Mr. Nice Guy It's Witchcraft How To Fail In Business With All Kinds Of Help Bewitched, Bothered and Infuriated Nobody But A Frog Knows How To Live There's Gold In Them Thar Pills

Season 4 Long Live the Queen  Toys In Babeland Business, Italian Style Double, Double... Toil And Trouble Cheap, Cheap No Zip In My Zap Birdies, Bogies and Baxter  Safe and Sane Halloween Out Of Sync, Out Of Mind That Was No Chick, That Was My Wife Allergic To Ancient Macedonian Dodo Birds Samantha's Thanksgiving To Remember Solid Gold Mother-In-Law My What Big Ears You Have I Get Your Nannie...You Get My Goat Humbug Not To Be Spoken Here Samantha's Da Vinci Dilemma Once In a Vial Snob In The Grass If They Never Met Hippie Hippie Hooray A Prince Of A Guy Mc Tavish How Green Was My Grass To Twitch Or Not To Twitch Playmates Tabatha's Cranky Spell I Confess A Majority Of Two Samantha's Secret Saucer The No-Harm Charm Man Of The Year Splitsville

Yes, Seasons 3 & 4 were released several years ago to DVD from Sony Home Entertainment, but Mill Creek Entertainment required the rights to Sony's large film and television library and are now re-releasing Bewitched on DVD, but at a more affordable price. The two season combo pack is priced under $15!

Though some of the plots are a little silly, Bewitched is meant to be a fun family sitcom. The humor in each episode is still funny, even though the series being fifty-years-old. Despite the fact that there are eleven episodes jammed onto each disc, the episodes have a pretty decent quality to them. There are no extras on the discs. When I reviewed seasons 1 & 2, a few people asked me if the famous Screen Gems logo was featured after each episode and, sadly the logo is still missing from the Season 3 & 4 episodes. Overall, Bewitched: Seasons 3 & 4 is a treat to watch.

*Disclaimer - I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.