Just saw "Miles Ahead," movie starring (and directed) by Don Cheadle--and there was a clip from "Bewitched" on there. I was so tickled, 'cause I knew that's what it was before I saw it because I recognized EM's voice. And I thought, How can that be? This is a movie about MILES DAVIS!
But I just tracked down an interview with Cheadle. Unfortunately, he thinks the clip shows Endora, but I'm here to tell you that it's Sam and Aunt Clara. Still, he specifically wanted that clip from BW in the movie. How cool is that??
"AKT: It's a very small detail, but I noticed it anyway. Miles is watching Bewitched on TV. Why, of all things, did you put Bewitched in there?
"DC: There's the reality of the things you can afford, that are licensable. But that clip is amazing, that we found!
"AKT: I thought there was a meaning.
"DC: There was a meaning to it as well. It's Bewitched. In the clip, Endora [Agnes Moorehead] is saying something about - I think she is talking about Darren in the clip - she is talking about him being in this state of confusion. Something like, "What's going on with him?" And it is really this commentary on what's happening with Miles at that moment. And it's also just a touchstone for anybody who is over forty years old. That is in the bedrock of my past.
"Bewitched is something that was after school; every day it was on. You know, Gilligan's Island, Bewitched, Partridge Family … you know you can go down the line. That was a part of iconography in that era. But in that specific clip, she [Endora] is talking to Miles! She is saying stuff about Miles and then the "Bling" - the timing of that. With him thinking that he hears Frances talking to another man. It's all in the soup."
I'd love to know what episode it is. I'm thinking it's the Mother Jennings Jam episode, but I haven't checked yet."Witches are good! Witches are dear!"
Re: Bewitched sighting!
Posted by Tracey on May 6, 2016, 12:08 pm, in reply to "Bewitched sighting!"
I don't think Endora was in the Mother Jenny's Jam Juice episode. Of course Aunt Clara was. I love the part where she is driving the car from the back seat. Classic!
You're right, Tracey, it's Aunt Clara. But Don Cheadle called her Endora in the interview. Haha, so much for "Bewitched" being part of the bedrock of his childhood!"Witches are good! Witches are dear!"