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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 393506" data-attributes="member: 57984">But you knew it was signaling the end. Just as when Maxwell Smart and Agent99 getting together on GET SMART meant the end.These &#039;60s sitcoms were all about formula, often laying out the premise in the opening theme song and then repeating the premise with every episode. Even John &quot;Gomez&quot; Astin, while extolling the superiority of THE ADDAMS FAMILY over THE MUNSTERS, conceded that every installment of THE ADDAMS FAMILY blurred into the other.I watched IDOJ, as a child and later in reruns. But it had that gross-out effect so many of those late-&#039;60s series did. For one thing, Tony Nelson seemed a little too mean-spirited in his control of Jeannie -- Larry refining his JR Ewing skills for a future day... Yes, Darren was obnoxiously oppressive over his BEWITCHED wife, but he mostly seemed desperate and pathetic.And BEWITCHED sometimes felt &quot;genuinely&quot; supernatural, while IDOJ seemed merely slapstick. (Which Larry was good at).Sometimes the physical set makes a difference. I can&#039;t think of one living room set from a &#039;60s sitcom which was as inviting as the Stephens&#039; house on BEWITCHED. And if you gong to spend a lot of time there, make it comfortable for the guests.Southfork&#039;s living room was a heck of a lot more appealing than, say, any room of the Carrington mansion (except for the library).Nothing B&amp;W from the 64/65 season should ever be colorized. And yet anything from the 65/66 season (BEWITCHED S2 and IDOJ S1) can be. So it&#039;s weird.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_3j4BTw8PUk/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 737px" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 393506, member: 57984"] But you knew it was signaling the end. Just as when Maxwell Smart and Agent99 getting together on GET SMART meant the end. These '60s sitcoms were all about [B]formula, [/B]often laying out the premise in the opening theme song and then repeating the premise with every episode. Even John "Gomez" Astin, while extolling the superiority of THE ADDAMS FAMILY over THE MUNSTERS, conceded that every installment of THE ADDAMS FAMILY blurred into the other. I watched IDOJ, as a child and later in reruns. But it had that gross-out effect so many of those late-'60s series did. For one thing, Tony Nelson seemed a little too mean-spirited in his control of Jeannie -- Larry refining his JR Ewing skills for a future day... Yes, Darren was obnoxiously oppressive over his BEWITCHED wife, but he mostly seemed desperate and pathetic. And BEWITCHED sometimes felt "genuinely" supernatural, while IDOJ seemed merely slapstick. (Which Larry was good at). Sometimes the physical set makes a difference. I can't think of one living room set from a '60s sitcom which was as inviting as the Stephens' house on BEWITCHED. And if you gong to spend a lot of time there, make it comfortable for the guests. Southfork's living room was a heck of a lot more appealing than, say, any room of the Carrington mansion (except for the library). Nothing B&W from the 64/65 season should ever be colorized. And yet anything from the 65/66 season (BEWITCHED S2 and IDOJ S1) can be. So it's weird. [IMG width="737px"]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_3j4BTw8PUk/maxresdefault.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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