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Growing up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 12:42pm

It could be the lives of so many gay men of my generation. Today on NPR's Here and Now... within the next few minutes if you're at your computer and want to listen live.



It could be my life
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Updated On: 6/8/11 at 12:42 PM

#3

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 12:48pm

I first heard Jaffe Cohen reference Bewitched when he was touring with Funny Gay Males. That was when I first realized how common the obsession was.
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#6

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 12:59pm

Came in just at the end, missed everything but the theme tune...but still, I never connected my love of Bewitched with anything other than Elizabeth Montgomery and Agnes Moorehead before!
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#7

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 1:16pm

I was a straight little girl and equally obsessed! I wish I could listen from work.

Who was more flamboyant a character than Uncle Arthur? That was a pretty out there character for the sixties, no? He reminds me of Mario Cantone a little bit.
#8

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 1:33pm

It was a let down. Pretty much a discussion about being raised religious by an OCD mother and being taught that magic was of the devil. Bewitched was only mentioned in passing.
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#9

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 2:24pm

I'll give his book a miss, then.

I watched the re-runs of Bewitched as a child, and had no clue that they had been made decades before. I wasn't thick though, I knew the magic couldn't have been real...I thought they filmed it the day before I saw it. I loved Elizabeth Montgomery so much...so sad when I found out she was dead.
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#10

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 2:31pm

Bewitched resonates because Sam has a FABULOUS secret- and an amazing secret family- and the "normals" want to keep her in the closet. I thought Bewitched should have been like The Wizard of Oz and all the scenes in the "real" world should have been in black and white and everything would explode into color when Serena or Endora came by.
#14

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 4:47pm

I was obsessed with Bewitched from the debut episode in 1964.

I was 8 years old, and I wanted to BE Samantha. Agnes Moorehead frightened me deeply, because I thought I was, somehow, like her. I didn't understand how I could be or why I would be. I wanted to be like Samantha and be able to crinkly my nose and make everything better.
#16

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 5:04pm

I was wondering why I absolutely had to own the entire series on DVD ...

Really, I wasn't wondering. I understood the connection years ago, and I agree with it being a strong one.

When I first started working on DVDs well over a decade ago, there was a guy in our office who had acted on TV as a kid. A few months later I learned he played Adam on "Bewitched." I about fell out of my chair.
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#17

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 5:39pm

I would've fallen out of my chair too...Adam was played by twins too, right? I met Richard Dreyfus at the stage door a few years ago, and couldn't believe I'd actually spoken to someone who had appeared in Bewitched!
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#19

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/7/11 at 7:43pm

Also as a child, I didn't realise Elizabeth Montgomery played Serena too. I thought Pandora Spocks was a real person. The wonders of a black wig!
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#21

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/8/11 at 10:22am

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched


(eyes roll)
"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up." - Billie Holiday
#22

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/8/11 at 10:23am

NAMO! you misspelled growing ....a word you should be very familiar with

(another eye roll)
"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up." - Billie Holiday
#24

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/8/11 at 10:28am

I was home a few years back for my mother's funeral. I'd just checked into a hotel and had turned on the TV for company. I was in the bathroom when I heard a voice from the other room shouting in Paul Lynde's inimitable (though much imitated) voice: "YOU OLD MEANIE!!!"

And I started laughing. Stumbling on"Bewitched" that morning really helped get me through the day, somehow.

Updated On: 6/8/11 at 10:28 AM

#25

Growng up gay, bullied and obsessed with Bewitched

Posted: 6/8/11 at 10:46am

I DETESTED This show....

"The Mothers in Law" re-runs...THOSE were great!

The most under-rated sitcom of the 1960's.
"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up." - Billie Holiday

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