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Bewitched in Salem: The Samantha Stephens Statue Controversy

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF BEWITCHED IN SALEM!!

Now for the first time in 4 years, a New Book by Peter Alachi

Released October 8, 2010 - OUT OF PRINT!

"Bewitched and the Man at the Wheel"

The Gary Richard Story.

With Never-before-seen photos of the cast and crew in Salem!

Recent quotes from Harpies Bizarre's website (Discussion Board) by David Pierce (He uses the nickname Dr. Bombay on Harpies' board and is a known Bewitched expert) and Gary Bantock, a great Bewitched fan:

"Just received my copy of Peter's new book and it is awesome!! Mr. Gary Richard, a stand-in for the Fisherman Memorial statue from "Darrin on a Pedestal," had so many memories of the cast and crew which he shared with Peter along with rare photos. I honestly got chills when I read about him discovering Peter's previous books on a trip to Salem and realizing that he was a "missing piece" to BW history. Do yourself a favor and order the book quickly as I understand it's not a very big edition! And you'll learn some things you never knew before...like Gary was in another Salem episode!!! Thank you so much, Peter, for all your research!!" David Pierce

"I received my copy today of your new book, and dropped everything to read this wonderful account of Gary Richard's time spent with the Bewitched cast & crew in 1970.Even though playing a relatively minor role, Gary was so warmly embraced by the cast and crew, not only during their time in Salem, but I was surprised to ...read of the letters and photos sent to Gary from them after they had returned home. It is so refreshing Peter, that in these days of the "information super highway". This book is more-so a personal detailed account. Very well researched and written. It is clear to me that you Peter are a very dedicated and enthusiastic fan of Bewitched. You must have put in a lot of time, and no doubt personal expense to bring this book to print. I especially enjoyed all the never seen before photos, and wouldn't I love that autographed publicity photo on page 49 of EM that is signed-'To Gary- Best Wishes, Elizabeth Montgomery'" Gary Bantock

 

Click here to listen to Peter Alachi and Gary Richard being interviewed for Witch School Radio, Salem, MA. The interview begins about 10 minutes into the program (Host is Ed Hubbard). You can also use this plugin to listen to the program
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"Salem's Summer of Sam: On the Trail of Bewitched in Salem, 1970"

THE MOST EXTENSIVE STUDY OF "BEWITCHED IN SALEM" EVER DONE! New never-before seen photographs! New material with over 60 references!

BY PETER ALACHI

Exclusively available at Bewitched in Salem, the Salem Witch Museum and from this site (payment via Paypal, which also accepts all major credit cards.)

Click here to Watch Bewitched Promos for Season 7

Click here to order

 

SALEM'S SUMMER OF SAM
ON THE TRAIL OF "BEWITCHED" IN SALEM, 1970.
Six dramatic days that linked "Bewitched" to Salem forever!

Third Edition

40 pages + hard stock cover with over 60 references.

High quality booklet that follows the the Bewitched cast through Salem, Gloucester and Magnolia when they filmed here in 1970.

Get behind the scenes look at Bewitched 7th season before it gets released in Feb '09! Plenty of rare and never-before-seen photos and first hand material that will amaze you!

TESTIMONIALS

"I have to say for the, especially, the Salem’s Summer of Sam, the research is phenomenal, the things you’ve found are amazing…"

Radio Personality Jone Devlin, KPFT FM 90.1 Houston. October 30, 2006 Halloween Eve radio interview with Peter Alachi

"I had given Bill (Asher) a packet, which included a DVD of "FANatical", and Peter Alachi's books on the TV Land "Samantha" Statue, the filming of the Salem "Bewitched" episodes, and photos taken of the cast and crew while filming in Gloucester. He really enjoyed seeing the items, and as I looked though the scripts, Bill was reading Peter's book, smiling all the while!!!"

 

"A perfect preface to the upcoming release of Season 7."

From Harpies Bizzare Discussion Board - Posted by David Pierce, "Bewitched" Expert Extraordinaire and Historian! on August 28, 2008, 11:58 pm.


"It is quite rare for a fan of Bewitched to come across behind-the-scenes stories not all ready found in what is considered to be the Bewitched Bible, Herbie J. Pilato's Bewitched Forever, but thanks to Peter Alachi (author of the cool 3-D booklet chronicling the arrival of the Samantha statue in Salem), we have some from the Salem episodes, considered to be the most memorable of the series, in his book Salem's Summer of Sam. The Salem episodes are a rarity in Bewitched history in the fact that they are the only episodes to have been filmed out in the "real" world, specifically Salem, Magnolia and Gloucester, Massachusetts. Peter, a resident of Salem, has gathered information from newspaper and magazine articles from the time and interviews with people who were in the Salem area at the time and condensed it into his book which is accented by rare photos of the cast, most coming from the personal collection of Mike Linquata, owner of the Gloucester House restaurant that was featured prominently in Episode #205: "Darrin on a Pedestal".

A great nugget of lost Bewitched trivia is the information given that Dick Sargent and Robert Brown (The Fisherman's Memorial statue) were not the only ones to play the bronze object of Serena's affection. It turns out a Salem College student, Gary Richard, was chosen to stand in for a few scenes as well as act as crowd control for all the adoring fans that came to view the filming. Not to mention the fact that the actual locale of the filming of the statue scenes took place a few yards down from the actual statue. There are many other little or unkown tidbits in this great addition to the Bewitched library, which no Bewitched fan should be without."

From Harpies Bizzare Discussion Board - Posted by David Pierce, "Bewitched" Expert Extraordinaire and Historian! on August 4, 2008, 6:34 pm.

For great "Bewitched" sites, please visit:

The "Bewitched" Collector, Harpies Bizarre, Vic's Bewitched Site, and Mischa's Bewitched

Now you see it in color, now you don't - a very cool trick!