Lighten Up
A TV Land executive defended the selection of Salem for the statue [of Elizebeth Montgomery as ‘Samantha’]. ”The idea behind our landmarks is to celebrate America’s favorite TV characters in places where there is a connection to them,” said Rob Pellizzi, senior vice president of TV Land. TV Land hopes to unveil the Montgomery statue June 15.
So, what brand of idiot do you find in the middle of this shit?
”The connection to Salem is tenuous at best,” said John Carr, a former member of the city’s Historical Commission. ”They didn’t live in Salem on that show. They came here 40 years ago to film three or four episodes, and now we’re going to put up a ‘Bewitched’ statue at one of our most visible intersections.”
It gets better:
”It’s insensitive to what happened in 1692,” said Jean Harrison, one of several Salem residents opposing the plan. ”She was a fictional witch, but the people who died were not witches.”
