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ewitched, the film ver-
sion now playing in
area theaters of one
of television's most beguiling
shows, opened with a world
premiere in New York and a
flurry of notoriety for its
glamorous stars:
Nicole Kidman, Shirley
MacLaine, Will Farrell and
Michael Caine, plus writer-
director Nora Ephron. Oh,
and let's not forget Sol Saks.
That's right — Sol Saks.
He's the obscure Jewish com-
edy writer who created
Bewitched in 1967. He wrote
the pilot episode but not
another one after that. Yet he
rolled in royalty checks for
37 years, long after the origi-
Sol Saks: "I wrote scripts about airplanes, but
nal cast stopped getting paid
I
never flew; I wrote westerns, but I never
for the syndicated shows.
rode
a horse."
From his Sherman Oaks,
Calif., home where he's
enjoying semi-retirement,
tune as a writer elsewhere. "It was
Saks, who declined to tell his age,
either go east or west," he reflected,
gave the Jewish News a whimsical
"and I decided to head west because
review of his life and the role witch-
it was a more interesting ride."
es have played in it.
He became a comedy writer for
such radio and TV shows as Du s

Creating 'Bewitched'

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Most Jewish parents want their chil-
dren to carry on the family business,
"but not mine," Saks mused. "They
told me they wouldn't be too unhap-
py if I left" the Sax-on Paint Co.,
with stores around his native
Chicago.
"It wasn't exactly 'Saks' Fifth Ave.,
so it was OK with me," he said. "I
had a Jewish cultural upbringing,
but we weren't too religious, and I
regret that I didn't have a bar mitz-
vah."
After attending Northwestern
University's journalism school for a
while and writing jokes for some
radio programs, he departed the
Midwest in his 20s to seek his for-

Tavern, The Adventures of Ozzie and
Harriet, Mr. Adams and Eve, My
Favorite Husband and The Red
Skelton Show.
Saks explains, "I wrote scripts
about airplanes, but I never flew; I
wrote westerns, but I never rode a
horse."
Always fascinated by witchcraft,
and influenced by the classic 1940s
witch-themed movies I Married a
Witch and Bell, Book and Candle, he
originated the 24-minute pilot
episode of Bewitched, titled "I,
Darrin, Take This Witch,
Samantha," starring the late
Elizabeth Montgomery.
"I had been searching for an inter-
esting and unique gesture with

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