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Bewitched is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife.

References to Bewitched in The Simpsons

Episodes

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
4	68	"Mr. Plow"	Homer goes to the advertising firm of McMahon and Tate Advertising Agency, a parody of "McMann & Tate".
4	75	"Duffless"	Homer sees a TV commercial for Duff Beer that shows a sign for McMahon and Tate Advertising, a parody of "McMann & Tate".
7	130	"Radioactive Man"	On the chalkboard, Bart writes: "'Bewitched' does not promote Satanism." Also, the Scoutmaster in the old Radioactive Man film resembles and speaks like Uncle Arthur from the show.
9	182	"Treehouse of Horror VIII"	When Marge, as a witch, announces to Patty and Selma (also witches) that she had to leave her family when they found out she was a witch, they asked if she finally "left Derwood." This is a parody of Endora messing up Darrin's name when talking to Samantha, "Derwood" being one of the frequent mix-ups.
10	211	"Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble""	Dr. Bombay is paged over the hospital P.A. system.
11	243	"Bart to the Future"	Bart finds that he's been kicked out of his apartment and says, "I've got half a beer in there, and 'Bewitched' is on!".
12	259	"Worst Episode Ever"	Comic Book Guy says he saw the same trick Tom Savini does being done on Bewitched.
14	295	"Large Marge"	Bart says Krusty the Clown played someone on Bewitched.
15	325	"Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"	Gladys Kravitz is one of the characters in the Hall of Nosy Neighbors.
17	360	"Treehouse of Horror XVI"	At the end when Maggie flies to the Moon, the theme music from Bewitched is played.
36	769	"Bart's Birthday"	According to host Conan O'Brien, one of the shows an artificial intelligence device used to write this entire episode was Bewitched.

Common Cast

Name	Role in Bewitched	Role on The Simpsons
Marcia Wallace	Played Betty in the episode "Laugh, Clown, Laugh".	Voiced Edna Krabappel.
Isabel Sanford	Played Aunt Jenny in the episode "Samantha Goes South for a Spell".	Voiced herself in the season 15 episode "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore".
Stephen Colbert	Played Stu Robison in the 2005 feature film Bewitched.	Voiced Colby Krause in the season 19 episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs".
Steve Carell	Played Uncle Arthur in the 2005 feature film Bewitched.	Voiced Dan Gillick in the season 24 episode "Penny-Wiseguys".
Amy Sedaris	Played Gladys Kravitz in the 2005 feature film Bewitched.	Voiced Maggie Simpson in the season 36 episode "Bart's Birthday".
Conan O'Brien	Played himself in the 2005 feature film Bewitched.	Voiced himself in the season 5 episode "Bart Gets Famous" and the season 36 episode "Bart's Birthday" and series writer and producer.

External links

Bewitched at Wikipedia

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