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Hollywood Flashback: 'Bewitched' Has Been a Gay Favorite Since 1964

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For a 1960s sitcom that on the surface was about as straight as you can get — attractive woman who happens to be a witch wants to be normal housewife, so she marries a high-strung ad exec — a lot of gay magic lurks just beneath the surface of ABC's Bewitched.

There's Samantha, the witch played by Elizabeth Montgomery (who was 31 when she started), who sublimates her true identity to fit into postwar suburban America, trading in her broom for a Chevy convertible (despite the best efforts of nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz to out her).

And then there's her husband, Darren, who was played for the series' final three seasons by Dick Sargent. (He replaced the ailing Dick York — who starred in 1960's Inherit the Wind — with whom he had a.

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