She was blessed by being a comic actress whose timing and physicality were second to none. Lucile Ball had that same kind of genius. Also her professional demeanor was exemplary. Wherever she is now, let it be known that she is missed and is so appreciated for the hours of joy she brought to her audiences.
@carolinen53963 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Kravitz's facial expressions were hilarious.
@stmichl94333 жыл бұрын
Yeah Alice Pearce was the best. She had a plastic face which is excellent for comedy. She could screw up her face like no one else and express shock, horror and incredulence like no one else could. A truly underrated and remarkable character actress.
@marinazagrai16233 жыл бұрын
We can't even fathom the pain she was going through wihh her cancer, and still be as brilliant as she was!
@BlackangelKatakuri3 жыл бұрын
It's a dreadful disease
@watchgoose3 жыл бұрын
she was not diagnosed with cancer until 1995. This series was long before that.
@jeffharder87063 жыл бұрын
@@watchgoose sorry slick, but she DIED in 1996…you’re way off
@kathleenkishkabibbles27593 жыл бұрын
@@watchgoose That's a lie. She was diagnosed before she started the show and didn't tell any of her costars. She suffered till she died in 1966. Don't know where you got 1995 from! The second Mrs. Kravitz?
@stmichl94333 жыл бұрын
@@kathleenkishkabibbles2759 yes Alice Pearce the first Mrs Kravitz died in the late 60s! Not sure where people get the 90s from? Alice would've already been middle-aged in the 60s!!! She was such a brilliant character actress and I don't think people appreciate how much value and significance actors like her brought to the show. Betwitched wouldn't have been the same without the wonderful facial expressions, shrieks, screams and Google-eyed wonderment and curiosity of the brilliant Alice Pearce and her creation: Gladys Kravitz. Was there ever a better name for a gossipy neighbour than "Gladys Kravitz"? Sheer brilliance. All of it.
@trojanjustin99613 жыл бұрын
Alice Pearce was really excellent in this role.
@waltertomaszewski10833 жыл бұрын
TrojanJustin She was one of the bravest persons I’ve known of. She had been diagnosed as having terminal cancer even before she landed the role of Gladys Kravitz. She kept it a secret from the other cast members, probably until the weight loss became severely apparent - meaning she was so far gone that neither she nor anyone else could ignore it any more. How she could have been so professional in the face of impending death tells me she was morally strong - probably more so than I ever would be, were I in her situation.
@ronaldmarshall44613 жыл бұрын
@@waltertomaszewski1083 áAÁA
@jacquelinerussell85303 жыл бұрын
@@waltertomaszewski1083 i thought she learned she had cancer while she was playing the role Thx for the info
@janlovesmany60583 жыл бұрын
I agree. I think she was the best for this part..
@LPP_20243 жыл бұрын
Indeed Amazing Actress Died to Soon
@NaturalDivineGoddess3 жыл бұрын
*"Of all the ears of rhe world.. Mines have been chosen to hear the secrets of life."* Mrs. Kravitz was such a ray of hope 😂🤣😭
@marina54603 жыл бұрын
What a great actress Alice Pearce was ... She was very funny. Her character was one of the best in Bewitched ... How sad that she died at such an early age ... Every time I see her she makes me laugh. The other actress who played Gladys Kravitz did the best she could, but could never equal or less surpass Alice Pearce
@bradyryan5105 Жыл бұрын
Well said. Alice made the character more believable
@christinecarrington90062 жыл бұрын
I'm glad Alice was able to make her mark on the world before she passed, I read she knew she had terminal Cancer before she got the part..We sure Loved her! Thank you Alice!
@tdickensheets3 жыл бұрын
Alice appeared as Mrs. Kravitz for the first two seasons of Bewitched and had already been diagnosed with terminal cancer prior to shooting even beginning. Somehow, though, she willed herself to continue working, pushing ever forward and shooting her last episode, “Prodigy,” a few months before it actually aired. Sadly, Alice died on March 3, 1966, at the age of 48. Herbie J Pilato, author of numerous classic TV books, including several definitive works on Bewitched, explains, “Both Elizabeth Montgomery and then-husband William Asher, the show’s main director and producer, adored Alice Pearce and were devastated when the actress died. Pearce had suffered from cancer for a good portion of the second season of Bewitched. If the last few episodes of the second year are viewed closely, it is clear that the disease had taken its toll on the actress. She was painfully thin and, to bulk her up, the wardrobe department outfitted her with additional layers of clothing. It was a bitter-sweet moment when Pearce, who was nominated for an Emmy for her role, won that year, posthumously. Her [second] husband, director Paul Davis, accepted the award on behalf of his wife.” doyouremember.com/126352/what-happened-mrs-kravitz-from-bewitched
@dianetheisen86643 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the info on the great Alice Pearce. I figured she must have died when she was replaced on 'Bewitched', but didn't know details, such as her age when she passed away or the cause of death.
@sage4nowty1293 жыл бұрын
So very sad!! Rest in Peace.
@judd4420093 жыл бұрын
Gladys: "I have no imagination...you are from Venus."
@rma3_3_33 жыл бұрын
She worked this show even tho she was getting very sick until it became impossible for her to work anymore -
@williammials60805 ай бұрын
She was dying right before our eyes! What a brave trooper to go through cancer treatments in the early 60's and still be able to will herself to work! RIP sweetie!
@jeffharder87063 жыл бұрын
The BEST role for her. The epitome of the nosey neighbor.
@carolgarza20233 жыл бұрын
I have a really nice but super nosey neighbor. I call HIM, yes HIM Gladys Kravitz 🤠😁🤠
@tristaryul2 жыл бұрын
Their acting in this scene is just brilliant
@huwmordecai62093 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else feel sorry for Mrs Kravitz? She's the victim of some powerful mind games.
@georgeplagianos64873 жыл бұрын
You're right Miss Kravitz is being put through a mind f%#k. Poor thing she's so gullible, being manipulated by Sam is sort of uncomfortable to see her being played with. But it was a great skit nevertheless
@OwlKing6863 жыл бұрын
@@georgeplagianos6487 Not just uncomfortable. In the real world, this would be emotional abuse.
@neinundnein63583 жыл бұрын
By no means can I feel sorry for her. On the contrary, I think she's a brilliant character. She acts her role so well, that she came all the time into my mind when I've thought about this series. And that Abner suits her as a counterpart perfectly! Remember: acting a comic character well is one of the most difficult things - so they say.
@SirManfly3 жыл бұрын
@@neinundnein6358 i did like her but she was a bit of a peeping tom !
@georgeplagianos64873 жыл бұрын
@@OwlKing686 yes you're right I just come to think your correct realizing that especially during this to an older person.. I don't know what the age difference is between the two
@MissStacie-XO3 жыл бұрын
This was one of the best clips EVER 🤣 I loved Gladys she was a great character ✨💛
@lino00473 жыл бұрын
Alice Pierce was the best Mrs Kravitz . no doubt . just loved her
@larrybaby93773 жыл бұрын
A fantastic vignette on the psychology of belief and judgement formation. It has everything: gaslighting, gossip, uneconomical hypothesis formation, appeal to authority, appeal to vanity, indubitable sensory evidence, appeal to the zeitgeist, introspective fallibility, probabilistic inference, and more I am sure. Amusing writing for the times. Great performance!
@MsJoyce312023 жыл бұрын
👍
@georgeplagianos64873 жыл бұрын
Well 🤔I think I agree with you😳 after all this psychological mumbo-jumbo you just here maybe it sounds right
@stmichl94333 жыл бұрын
Bewitched prefigures some of the great conversations of our own times in this way. In many ways it is a show about the disclosure of supernatural phenomena (UFOs and advanced intelligences) which was both a big topic at the time and has now become even more "phenomenal." Woven into the narrative are so many themes such as feminism, fear of "other", homosexuality and difference which all play upon and are part of the archaic revival threads of topics which were certainly quite taboo at the time of the production of the show and even now remain very much part of an alternative new age sub-culture. Like all great and influential art forms, it was both within the zeitgeist of its time and also way ahead of its time.
@wrh41 Жыл бұрын
This scene shows what great writing and acting can accomplish with a simple set, two actors, and minimal special effects.
@Marchant23 жыл бұрын
That is one of the most brilliant scenes I’ve ever seen on that show.
@kenw.11123 жыл бұрын
Alice RIP. You were so awesome!!!! The very best!!!
@NaturalDivineGoddess3 жыл бұрын
*"37??"* 😂🤣😭
@smadm24373 жыл бұрын
Flattery will get you out of most sticky situations 🤣
@kerrykeene64713 жыл бұрын
Alice Piece was excellent, despite her disease. Sam had to teach Mrs. Kravitz a lesson about what happens when people snoop. It just so happens that Sam has a unique way of doing it. Unfortunately,, what Sam told her got out of control and she had to act. Boy did she. Funny episode, but Gladys never learned to mind her own business. 😀
@kenw.11123 жыл бұрын
Alice Was supreme! No one could act that part like her! She. Died way to early from cancer. She was the best!!!!
@thinkthensend92283 жыл бұрын
Way to early is one place to another. Do you know the way to early?
@jeffpetrie77442 жыл бұрын
Gladys Kravitz. Such a perfect gossip/nosey neighbor!
@hebneh3 жыл бұрын
Poor Mrs. Kravitz was going to be mighty disappointed when she wouldn’t be able to replicate her magic later, I’m sure.
@02chevyguy3 жыл бұрын
The seance is a hoot!
@NycCuban3 жыл бұрын
Mrs Kravitz is the only mortal who saw through Samantha. She really was no fool
@eijiniizuma6184 Жыл бұрын
Samantha gaslighted her consistently
@NycCuban Жыл бұрын
@@eijiniizuma6184 , but Gladys knew
@dianetheisen86643 жыл бұрын
I like the 1st Gladys, Alice Pearce, better than her replacement. Now, having said that, I couldn't her snooping, spying, etc., and I am sorry to say that if I was Samantha, I'd turn her into a toad and be done with it!
@tommunyon28743 жыл бұрын
This was the first "Bewitched" episode I ever watched. I had to see it at my friend's house. My mother wouldn't let us watch it at home.
@dianetheisen86643 жыл бұрын
Too bad. This was a great, entertaining show.
@georgeplagianos64873 жыл бұрын
@@dianetheisen8664 it's not only entertaining but sort of examining how people's minds and skepticism can run away with them giving them panic attacks and easily label people as a witch, a sort of Outsider, gay or black, Asian etc. Somebody that is not like us. But in this case all her paranoia and skepticism is real and her mind is not playing tricks when she sees strange un normal things happening right in front of your eyes.. It shows the never ending struggle of people confused but striving to be tolerant of differences in each other. But she gets overcomed was paranoid and suspicion when she senses little quirks in other people. this how I take this show. This was during the time of racial Strife in Injustice and not trusting or given an equal chance with people who are different
@romanikkoralph15533 жыл бұрын
Why won't your mother let you watch it?
@tommunyon28743 жыл бұрын
@@romanikkoralph1553 She had very selective tastes in entertainment. I think she thought the premise was too ridiculous. She came back from a show in 1955 in which someone had done an impression of Elvis. She said to my father that she thought Elvis "stunk" so she didn't think the impression was funny. It was still about two or three years before we got out own TV, so I didn't have any idea who Elvis was.
@romanikkoralph15533 жыл бұрын
@@tommunyon2874 oh I feel sorry for you sir😔
@Just-a-guy9263 жыл бұрын
It’s sad to know Alice Pierce had cancer when this was filmed.
@lynsavage64563 жыл бұрын
gaslighting
@antimatterwave37473 жыл бұрын
When i think alice was dying, i admire more. A very positive woman!
@nancyhowell45053 жыл бұрын
This was a terrific episode! Too bad it's not the full episode. What happened to Mr. Kravitz and how Samantha got Gladys to quit "doing magic" was one of the best scenes in the series, in my opinion. A big surprise and shock! 👏👍👍😲😄
@bryan3dguitar2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see that full episode.
@thinkthensend92283 жыл бұрын
Funny how I think Gladys is still thought of when a person is being nosy even to this day.
@jamied86782 жыл бұрын
It's Gladice not Glady
@faithfulforever63313 жыл бұрын
Of course, Gladys Kravitz had the power! How else would Abner Kravitz have married her? "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
@bryan3dguitar2 жыл бұрын
And little has been said about Abner's performance.
@len19911003 жыл бұрын
The best Gladys ever, Sandra Gould was nice, but Alice Pearce was excellent
@jamied86782 жыл бұрын
Gladice everybody keeps saying Gladys
@len19911003 ай бұрын
What???
@StakeJade3 жыл бұрын
"We're a peace loving world." Yeah... right! LOL
@MsJoyce312023 жыл бұрын
🤭
@pattym91829 ай бұрын
Well don't forget, she DID immediately specify that "we have problems" right after saying that!
@sage4nowty1293 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite Mrs. Kravitz! Alice Pearce was excellent in this role!!
@muna50133 жыл бұрын
They keep doing Mrs. Kravitz so dirty all of the time lol.
@georgeplagianos64873 жыл бұрын
Yes you're right it seems cruel what they do with her playing games with Alice's mine
@MarshaLove07233 жыл бұрын
Normally, I'd agree with you, but if I found my neighbor sneaking around my property and peeping in my windows, well... With Sam's powers, making her believe she was seeing things and doing a Jedi Mind Trick on her is mild. LOL!
@NaturalDivineGoddess3 жыл бұрын
*"Thought waves can work wonders, especially from an intelligent fertile mind like yours."* Samantha is my twin flame 💖💞
@eduardo_corrochio Жыл бұрын
It's "mind over matter", a very old expression.
@claramanana74632 жыл бұрын
"I have no imagination" that was really funny..
@greeneyeswideopen7743 жыл бұрын
Gaslighting extraordinaire
@chelseagirl2783 жыл бұрын
That burgundy chair in the living room is gorgeous!!
@williammials60803 жыл бұрын
IMO....The show was never the same once she left!
@ValkyrieRiderIPT5 ай бұрын
Like the Andy Griffith Show after Barney Fife left.
@LoesserOf2Evils3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes she snooped; other times, she stumbled into an incident. After awhile it becomes impossible to ignore all the incidents. They are no longer coincidences, and one wants to understand what really goes on. I know Bewitched is just a sitcom, but I wish in retrospect Mrs. Kravitz had been better treated notwithstanding the dream in which Mrs. Kravitz finds out.
@stanloretta922 жыл бұрын
I don't know what else they could've done, though- in that dream, it's established that if Mrs. Kravitz does find out the truth, Samantha and Tabitha ultimately end up being taken by the government.
@LoesserOf2Evils2 жыл бұрын
@@stanloretta92, yes, I know. If the Stephens had let Mrs. Kravitz know the truth, it certainly would have ruined her as a character. In fact, the show did an episode on that theme: the Stephens tell all their mortal friends. Larry turns out to be megalomaniacal and wants to take over the entire world. The Kravitzes turn the neighborhood into a spectacle. Everyone, friends, family*, and strangers alike, petition for wishes. The federal government tries to get Samantha to join in the Cold War against the Soviet Union; and move them to a military base for their own protection. Fortunately, it’s just a dream Samantha conjures up on Darren. (“I Confess.”) There are other episodes: Aunt Clara’s Thanksgiving zap. The witches as troubadours. The four witchly Stephens children. The Kravitzes would have been dropped, no doubt, because the comedic tension would have been lost. But another nosy neighbor probably would have been introduced in their stead. Still, over the years I’ve become disappointed on how Mrs. Kravitz was treated, and I wish something could have been done about that. But I have understood all along nothing could have. Thanks for your comments. Footnote * Darren’s family, that is.
@nysavvy92413 жыл бұрын
Poor Gladys...no one believes her and everyone's messing with her...but it sure was funny and so was Alice Pearce in this role.
@jamied86782 жыл бұрын
It's Gladice lol
@nysavvy92412 жыл бұрын
@@jamied8678 No I got it correct.
@Wiley_Coyote3 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered if Gladys noticed Darrin's face change and thought something strange was going on. Then again, hers did too.
@thinkthensend92283 жыл бұрын
I made a meme of original Gladys on the phone in Stephen’s kitchen asking, who is this please? The second frame was second Gladys on the phone in her own front room asking, Well! Who is this?
@Paulocamposak3 жыл бұрын
Poor mrs. Kravtz!
@cheneethompson575611 ай бұрын
This Mrs Kravitz was brilliantly hilarious!
@blondelefant21192 жыл бұрын
Samantha was spitting that knowledge right under people noses! They really wasn't ready Sam! 👃 🤣
@contraryMV3 жыл бұрын
Oh darn ... I wanted to see her try and convince Abner 😆
@humps6783 жыл бұрын
Serves Gladys Kravitz right for being nosy.
@christinecarrington90062 жыл бұрын
Alice was pure FUNNY 🤣
@babybree1753 жыл бұрын
Same loves messing with Gladys way too much
@Wiley_Coyote3 жыл бұрын
Ah. Gladys #1. Both were good.
@maryamgish38413 жыл бұрын
Love love her☘️💕🌷
@cynthiasmith413011 ай бұрын
She is a riot!!! I love this show.. I use to watch it when I would come home from school!!! Endora is just beautiful, Uncle Arthur is a stich!! I just love him.....Dick York is the best Darrin... I watch it all the time, and record it.. It's such a wonderful, funny show, it bring's me back to my childhood.. ❤️❤️❤️.. 👍👍..
@marinazagrai16233 жыл бұрын
I realize she had blue eyes...I only remember this show in b/w.
@dianetheisen86643 жыл бұрын
They switched to color. Also some black and white episodes were colorized for the DVDs. They also colorized some 'I Love Lucy' episodes for some TV specials--Another great show, by the way.
@thinkthensend92283 жыл бұрын
She actually had hazel eyes. They didn’t color them correctly
@marinazagrai1623 Жыл бұрын
@@dianetheisen8664 I grew up in Communism, so we only had b/w…only after the inevitable fall of that misery did the country start selling color TVs…and I can go on…we didn’t have anything the West had (the Party controlled everything and anything the West had was evil…but they had everything they wished for, the pigs). I know, I went on…
@Pad9293 жыл бұрын
This show would have been changed forever if Samantha had told Gladys the truth. But then, we would not have heard "Abner! Abner!" for the rest of the series. 🤣
@selinaoakley36133 жыл бұрын
Fantastic writing and delivery
@markjohnson94553 жыл бұрын
Either Sam is good at lying or Ms. Kravitz is looney.
@dianetheisen86643 жыл бұрын
A bit of both? Maybe?
@babybree1753 жыл бұрын
Both..cause wow
@stmichl94333 жыл бұрын
@@babybree175 Was Gladys Looney? I don't think so. Everything she witnessed was true! They really were doing magic and she caught them but no one believed her. Perhaps Gladys was the most sane person on the show and the most perceptive? Gladys was the "human witch" on the show! She was Super-intuitive and perceptive!
@LoesserOf2Evils3 жыл бұрын
@@stmichl9433, I agree.
@ast-og-losta2 жыл бұрын
I have no imagination! lol;)
@robertnovoa3413 жыл бұрын
I guess a witch is also a liar, pretty wicked 🙄
@jarrodbarkley90617 ай бұрын
Remember, we want peace! 😂😂😂
@stephenstumbke17212 жыл бұрын
She had a lovely smile
@bea47903 жыл бұрын
This was my favourite episode
@maryannthobe6512 Жыл бұрын
Mrs.Kravitz drives Abner up the wall and he wants her to take her medicine
@johnball8758 Жыл бұрын
Gladys, uncle Arthur and especially aunt Clara made the show.
@blondelefant21192 жыл бұрын
This show will forever be timeless
@JoyJonas3 жыл бұрын
Samantha gaslights Gladys Kravitz.
@stanloretta922 жыл бұрын
Moral of the story: don't spy on your neighbors and they won't gaslight you!
@ericalg81872 жыл бұрын
Great one Samantha! 🤣🤣
@Swampzoid2 жыл бұрын
I love how she's gets jumpy and spooked
@bryan3dguitar2 жыл бұрын
And squeaks when she jumps!
@izzyci3 жыл бұрын
it's funny because everyone knew a Gladys on their street
@jasonluong38622 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know Mrs. Kravitz had green hair. She might be nosy but she was a trendsetter ahead of her time.
@adrianokury2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic actresses and brilliant writing!
@kerrykeene6471 Жыл бұрын
Endora planted a broom on Venus. She claimed it for the witches. 😀
@josemanueldamasio893 жыл бұрын
Gaslighting
@georgiasmith64 Жыл бұрын
She's lucky Endora didn't change her into a shrill tornado siren
@claribethdavis96143 жыл бұрын
The original Karen...
@SheilaRoberson-bh3yb9 ай бұрын
Full show
@umangprajapati84824 күн бұрын
Why dont you upload full episode
@patriciajrs462 жыл бұрын
I love Elizabeth Montgomery.
@bryan3dguitar2 жыл бұрын
Under-rated comedic actress. And easy on the eyes.
@soniadrummond2169 Жыл бұрын
Favorite
@greenaapplesketki2 жыл бұрын
Well..well..well... I got this amazing idea to handle stupid nose peepers around me .. thanks 🤣
@bostonblackie9503 Жыл бұрын
This was cruel. Mrs Kravitz was not crazy. They had this woman suffer when their was nothing wrong with her.
@eijiniizuma6184 Жыл бұрын
Mrs Kravitz shouldve minded her own business and stopped snooping on her neighbors she trespassed on the Stephens property multiple times throughout the run of the series.
@blondelefant21192 жыл бұрын
Alice Pearce is a beast.
@nagronwillneverdie78492 жыл бұрын
Sam the gaslighter
@chorton53 Жыл бұрын
The amount of gaslighting in this show is top notch !!!
@winnie26393 жыл бұрын
Mettez en francais merci
@JoJo-gd8yz2 жыл бұрын
The female version of Barney Fife.
@begrateful61532 жыл бұрын
This is the definition of “gaslighting” lol
@stanloretta922 жыл бұрын
Yes, but they wouldn't have gaslit her she not been snooping in the first place.
@stevenseverance36922 жыл бұрын
I agree 💯👍 percent. The actress that replaced her didn't do the role justice. Sincerely yours Mr Severance, The Cake 🎉🎂🎈🥂🍰 Man & Loyal Bewitched Fan. I also liked the first 🥇 Darin played by Dick York better,it was ashamed he wasn't asked to continue because of Health Reasons ( Back).
@ginaguerra21222 жыл бұрын
En español latino porfavor
@savannahjoseph49682 жыл бұрын
Reverse psychology 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😂
@artistjohАй бұрын
The original Mrs Kravitz, original Darrin, Endorra, and Aunt Clara made this show. All the Dr Bombays, Uncle Arthur, sister Sarina, second Darrin, and second Mrs Kravitz were just annoying, but this first Mrs Kravitz was a central part of why this show was magical. Well, it was magical up until they fired Dick York.
@andymuratalla8398 Жыл бұрын
She was better then her replacement to bad Gladys Darrin and liouse were all replace but it wasn't the same after darrin was replace nobody can replace the original characters
@jasonluong38622 жыл бұрын
Samantha should go into politics because she will be prodigious at convincing people that their votes count.