I was watching their anniversary show and the guy (sorry I’m rubbish at names) who played Salem started talking and it was the weirdest thing because all I kept thinking was where’s the cat 🐈
That's why Melissa has said she doesn't want to do a reboot or sequel series - because that ending was just perfect to her. I didn't mention my thoughts on the finale, but that was a good way to end it :)
I think this, along with shows like Kim Possible and Proud Family, shows that the late 90s/early to mid 00s knew how best to appeal to both boys and girls, where it never tried to demean anyone and just tried to make something both can enjoy. It seemed to figure out a great balance that treated everyone with respect and never talked down to its audience.
its because society peaked in the 90s and is now just on a downhill spiral, going backwards. in 500 years we'll probably be back to the dark ages, torturing people in dungeons again. but anyway 90s shows were great.
You are basically me in a nutshell. When i was a teenager and someone said witches, i was there, lol. Charmed, Buffy, The Craft and when I got more mature Angel, Smallville you name the show or a movie and I always inclined to the witch character. Something so "enchanting" about them. I suppose its the mixture of being a fragile yet strong individual being at the same time that spoke to me. S3 of Sabrina was my fav btw.
Iconic comedy that aged incredibly well! Even the special effects! The ending was so good as well, Sabrina HAD to end up with Harvey and I loved how they re entered his character's ark in the final season.
Thanks for reminding me that Genie In the House exists... I had finally forgotten that plague that my little sisters forced me to watch. The Joys of growing up in a single tv house.
Another series that I love. My foundest memory of this series is that I sugested it to be seen at dinner insted of the news one week after 9/11. My grandparents had a great time watching it. My great-grandfather, 93 at the time fell in love with Salem. He loved to see talking animals in live action media.
My mother watched it with me out of obligation as a child but nowadays she loves it even more. It would even become a sort of tradition to watch it during lunch together with a laptop at the kitchen table lol
Sabrina the Teenage Witch is definitely one of my all-time favorite shows that I go back to at least once every year and it's been that way for me ever since I started annually rewatching the show back in 2010. I loved the show as a kid in the 90s and I remember I'd watch the show with my father and brother every TGIF (along with Charmed on Thursday nights lol) back then. I feel like the show held up well all things considered It's so funny going back to season 1 and then jumping into season 2 because of the totally noticeable tone shift. Season 1 felt darker in tone as there wasn't as much slapstick comedy and I dunno, it just felt mundane and bleak (in a good way) before they upped the anty with the zanier humor that the show developed in season 2 onward. I was a bit sad that we didn't see Drell in season 2 & 3 though, I loved how the aunts interacted with him lol Mr. Pool was a good character as well but Miss Quick was a great replacement. I agree with how creative the show was what with it parodying different cinema genres. It's hard for me to choose between season 2 and season 3 as which one was my favorite because I liked the plot of season 2 with the witch's license but season 3 had so many funny episodes. Season 4... It was okay. It sucked that we lost Libby and Valerie. Dreama was a sleeper character and I forget that she was even part of the show sometimes, she was wasted potential. Brad was slightly more interesting with the witch's "jeans" and how how he was a regular friend for Harvey. Josh.. I couldn't stand, he was obnoxious and the way he tried to move in on Sabrina was just inappropriate and with the way he was written out completely after season 6, it felt like such a waste of time. I know that everyone likes to say that Salem was the best part of the show and I agree that he was great but honestly I think the whole main core cast was great and bounced off well with each other, the perfect casting by far. Really I could gush and geek out over Sabrina all day, the show, at least the first 3 seasons were great and 4-6 are watchable even if they weren't as good as the first 3. Season 7 was flaming pile though, I'm sorry to anyone who liked it but it was awful. When the aunts were written out, it hurt the show so much. As much as I loved Sabrina and Salem, there Aunt Zelda and Hilda were just as integral to the show and I just didn't think that Sabrina and Salem alone were enough to carry that wretched last season. But aside from that, the show is a classic. Love the atmosphere, love the fashion, love the copyrighted music choices they went with during it's on-air run. Just a timeless late 90s classic
i loved this show when i was still in kindergarten, and i still love this show now, 20+ years later, and i'm pretty sure i will still love it 20 years in the future ABSOLUTELY ICONIC
Great video and 100% agree with your analysis. Seasons 2 and 3 have more than 50 really funny episodes - more episodes than some TV shows get in total during their entire run. Btw I’m glad Silent Movie got so much love in your video. It’s my favourite episode!
I LOVED Sabrina. Both this rendition and the animated series. I guess the first season, maybe parts of the second of the Netflix series were great as well.
Same im from the philippines i do rewatch all the seasons annually. I do agree that the beginning of season 4 is different from the 3 earlier seasons but still stands far entertaining than other sitcoms tv series perse
Sabrina really was at it's best when the core four of Sabrina, Hilda, Zelda, and Salem. I agree with everything you said, Hilda was ofc my favorite, but Zelda was a close 2nd. Nick Bakay as Salem was iconic. Hilda and Zelda were some of the most believable siblings to be portrayed on TV. The number of continuity errors and abandoned characters is staggering, but the series' charm is undeniable. Think one of my favorites is season 2's A River of Candy Corn Runs Through It if only for the part where Hilda yells "No don't come in here Zelda's naked" and all thought season 7 was clearly the weakest the Christmas episode with Roxie's mom was great too. And the finale was nearly perfect if only they could've brought Zelda back 😭 Great video, love your channel.
I really love this series, having watched it in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Looking back on it, I still love it, and can more appreciate what each ep does. They all ring a bell. Of course, nostalgia is a large part of it for me and I presume most of us, having seen it at a young age, or seeing a series older than some of us are. The entire series pretty consistently tells rather obvious morals throughout start to finish, and does not stray from them. But you can watch each episode on its own without having to see them in sequential order to enjoy them. But if you do follow chronology you'll like it more. And it never fails with the jokes, which remained pretty on point. Salem was always a show stealer, and I particularly like the third to final episode. In it is the only time I think he smacked Sabrina. He took loads of abuse throughout the entire series, but he never dished it out. This is the one time he ever did it, and even in that episode he gets smacked a few times himself. And it'd appeal to scalies.
@@BetterWithBob That is also it. The episode I have seen the most often, simply by virtue of becoming a scaly after it. And one of the few times this kind of change happened and might potentially stick. A play on the word "Bridezilla" I have never seen used elsewhere in this manner.
To paraphrase Von Bismarck I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others. You made an interesting point that even Aesop could appreciate. Anytime we can learn things about ourselves without having to make our own mistakes, we've got a leg up on life. And what better way... Thank you for an interesting take on one of my favorite sitcoms.
so glad I found ur channel and this video, sabrina was a huge part of my childhood even though it was slightly before my time (I'm 24). this show was an escape for me as a kid and a real source of joy during some very lonely times. we owned the dvds of every season and would just watch every episode over and over, to the point that I have so many lines of dialogue and episode plots memorized. I would even sometimes doodle sabrina's hairstyles in my middle school planner bc I loved her style from the early seasons, and still do lol. now, as an adult, I've found myself pausing movies and tv shows that I was watching with my bf to point out an actor that I recognized from being on sabrina, and explain who they played (like when Lindsey Sloane was on Psych, or more recently when I noticed Andrew Keegan on an episode of House and I had to pause and explain that he played Joel the terrible magician in season one lol. and apparently years later was eventually caught up in a cult scandal? anyways). and at my old job a 10,000 maniacs song came on that I was only able to recognize because of their cameo on season two's halloween episode of sabrina, so I obviously had to come home and tell my bf about that lol. watching this video and looking back on the show was such a joy, bc you're right, it was so creative, and funny, and the characters were written in a way that really resonated with me, and that's a big part of why it's stuck with me so much. I haven't really revisited this show at all since I turned 18 but I've considered going back to it several times, even more so now. in any case it always makes me happy to find ppl talking about and appreciating this show for how special it was/is, because I don't see that very often!
The most controversial thing about this is suggesting that Sabrina season 7 is even remotely watchable 😱😂 Otherwise, great video! And agree with the conclusion,
Memory of "Genie In The House" unlocked. Wow. I remember rewatching "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" few years ago and getting a blast out of it. What a well-constructed show. Also was surprised to see a couple of names from MST3K. The latter seasons were not that good, but at least it still was pretty watchable.
@@BetterWithBob I think its season 2, where there is an episode where Sabrina de-ages Mr. Kraft. That one I still quote to this day. Also made me take notice of how good his comedy timing is.
It's interesting how you felt Season 1 was like a warm-up for 2 and 3, when another RUclips reviewer I watched felt that Season 1 was the best (though still liked 2 and 3). Shows how different reviewers can come to different conclusions over the same subject
RuPaul actually guest-stars twice; the second time is as the judge in "Sabrina's Choice" (the one where Sabrina's lies cause Hilda and Zelda to split up and live apart).
As for universal popularity, I can't speak for every country in the world, but it had a HUGE impact in Russia, when it finally got aired in the mid-00s. It's safe to say that Sabrina brought the 90s into the country that got stuck in the 70s.
Did you just insult the divergent series With your use its clip where you used it? Because that series is one of the most inspirational and valuable to me, The second movie insurgent In particular, as I wouldn’t still be here without it
this made me want to rewatch this again. it really was so brilliant. once i finish my rewatch of buffy, going to do this show and maybe finish that netflix version even with all the mixed opinions i've heard. what do you think of that version?
I stopped watching in Season 3 I think. I liked the show for the most part but I wasn't sure how to feel about Sabrina herself. They seemed very inconsistent with how they wanted to present her, but I did love Kiernan Shipka in the role (when they announced her as Sabrina, I got very excited). Michelle Gomez stole the show as Lilith/Ms Wardwell 😂
@@BetterWithBob yess totally agree that michelle is just so good. and yeah that's where i felt conflicted in what i watched, like kiernan is a great actress but the writing of her character arc confused me. def gonna give it another chance and see how i feel now.
If you mean the one where the picture is moving, that's an Other Realm fake ID so she could sneak into an over 18's club. So the DOB would be fake (she's 17 in that season)
As much as I love the show, I think they should've ended it once she graduated high school cause it was not the same after that and I hate how they got rid of main characters all the time including Zelda, Hilda and Harvey with no explanation.
Supposedly Zelda was axed because Beth Broderick felt the character was going nowhere, and Hilda left because Caroline Rhea landed her own talk show. The WB axed Harvey thinking Sabrina needed to "leave that high school baggage behind"
Yeah I'm not sure why she was axed. Melissa did say in an interview that sometimes there would be drama in the writers room, and that if a writer left under bad circumstances they'd stop using a character they'd created so they didn't have to keep paying them royalties. So maybe that was it
I'm older and the only reason I watch it is Salem. I agree that the first four seasons are best. I zap out everything but Salem in the last couple of seasons.
I actually rewatched the whole series and I think S4 was honestly so boring. Dreama was useless, no Valerie or Libby, a huge change in status quo and Brad was such a non-villain compared to Libby. At least S5 knew where it wanted to go and I think episodes like House of Pi, Sabrina the Activist and Do You See What I See? really show the strength of S5. Josh was sexist and honestly trash, S7 was...a mess but once the irrelevant Scorch subplot was out of the way, the final few episodes meant that the show ended strong despite the season's lack of budget and aunts. I also think it was very realistic that things changed when she went to college rather than forcing characters to stay around, Roxy's characterisation is probably the least dated in the entire seasons with her references to environmentalism and championing climate being a part of her character. Morgan was hit or miss but she's better than Aaron or Josh easily. The college seasons get a lot of slack and I watched the show in reruns as I wasn't even alive in the nineties so I didn't have any nostalgia attached to it necessarily. I think the biggest issue with the college seasons is Sabrina's choice to study journalism which is something that isn't necessarily at odds but was never set up in the way her love for Science was. Also in S6 and S7 there are some really creepy and sexualised outfit choices which make me side-eye the male directors who signed off on it. The episode where Sabrina gets turned into a 'bimbo' and her breasts are made larger and her dress is shorter is such a weird subplot that, for me, is always a skip. Easily my worst episode.
I adore the first 3 seasons, I was and still am devastated that they wrote Valerie and Libby out 😭 I still enjoy the subsequent seasons but they’re not the same quality.
Fun fact no one asked for. I was a background extra multiple times on all three of those shows. I was actually a regular extra on Sabrina for two seasons
I was even clearly featured a handful of times. The ones I can remember are when I was a zombie at the coffee shop running wild and Sabrina and Dreams had to round us up and lasso us all together, and another episode where Sabrina is an old woman in the school hallway and hands me a handkerchief when I sneeze, and I also remember being a football player celebrating a score at a football game. I just remember Dreama in the stands. Hmm. Maybe it was all the same season. I remember I had just graduated high school. BUT when I was 15 I was actually in the pilot episode of Sabrina and Mr Rhodes at the same time cause they were right across the alley from each other at universal and I was cast on that when I was outside eating a burrito between both stages.
Something interesting about the sitcom was it established Hilda and Zelda's personalities which were flipped from the original comics. Which the Chilling adventures would also draw from.
That was before my time and I never really watched it so it might take a while. I am actually talking about the 2015 film in a future video (just as a comparison piece)
I‘ve never watched this Sabrina adaption but I‘ve been knowing about it for a while now It is not appealing to me at all because I like shows with witches when they are dark or at least the foundation is dark. Of course it can have its cheesy moments but I feel like for STTAW it‘s the opposite and I‘m sure some people enjoy that Even though I don‘t like this show you gave me insight into why it‘s still objectively good and how it shaped my childhood in a influential? way. Yep, life IS better with Bob.
Honestly I've been really fascinated with witches to. But I got into that becouse of combination of my upbringing teaching me witches were real and to fear majic. That led me to actually figure out why and came across charmed and Sabrina and loved it and sense then I always like media that depicts witches in other ways than the propagandize version promoted by christianity
Yeah I've noticed how many of these 90s shows that had these positive depictions of witches had to have lines stressing that they weren't evil or devil worshippers and I'm like "jeez they were more conservative back then than I realised" 😅
In my opinion, seasons 1-3 were the golden years, season 4 was still somewhat enjoyable, season 5 was alright, season 6 was just okay, and season 7 was complete garbage
Sabrina may have existed for a long time prior to the 90s sitcom, but the 90s sitcom did so much for a property that had otherwise always been Archie's side-dish, not only did the show give us the definitive version of Salem, but it also fleshed out the world of Sabrina massively with lots of lore and concepts that had never been explored before or since, and by god was the show visually stunning, for a 90s show the visual effects were amazing most of the time, particularly from season 2 onward when they reworked Salem's puppet to look more realistic; to this day this show has some of the best magic effects ever, it's so fantastical while still feeling tangible.
I did watch a few episodes, and most were from Season 5 and on; I found them slow and boring. I then checked an episode from Season 4 and thought "okay, this is much better". Finally, I checked a Season 1 episode, and it was a lot of fun. I also happen to own the PS1 game, and it's one of the worst I've played.
I agree that season 5 was the worst, but I do think it had some great episodes, and it did improve in seasons 6 and 7. Plus, I actually think it has one of the most complete series finale ever.
I didn't really find the first two seasons particularly funny, excepting a few, rare moments. The rest of the series was great- albeit, even though I have all 7 seasons, I paused my watch-through somewhere in the middle of season 6, so I don't have a good read on the whole series.
i usually love your videos but i don't fully understand why you were so neutral, almost positive, about melissa's career... imo there is something pretty fucked up about a child star who started wayyy early, whose rich + connected parents get them every role, and whose adult career now includes christian bullshit propaganda movies. i loved sabrina but still all those things are just red flags
I've no problem separating art from the artist. Rose McGowan played my favourite Charmed One but she's not someone I'd be kissing the ground she walked on. I learned to separate Melissa from Sabrina about six years ago when I read her autobiography and went "wow, this woman is a massive tool". I don't follow her career these days beyond a few minutes of her podcast if there's a Sabrina guest
@@BetterWithBob i totally get your point about separating her controversy from the show and keeping your video neutral. yeah rose is kinda crazy ngl lmao. love your content dude!
Salem was one of the best characters ever! As a 90s kid, I imagine most cats sound just like him when they speak.
It's just a fact of life we accept 😉
I was watching their anniversary show and the guy (sorry I’m rubbish at names) who played Salem started talking and it was the weirdest thing because all I kept thinking was where’s the cat 🐈
And according to Melissa, he wasn't even an actor but his voice fit the tone of the character so well they had him do it
I found a black cat and my dad named her Salem
I agree
The high school years were my favorites too. Once Sabrina graduated, it just wasn't the same...
There definitely seemed to be something missing for sure
The ending of season seven was so romantic to me as a teenager. Sabrina and Harvey on that motorcycle
...iconic🥰
That's why Melissa has said she doesn't want to do a reboot or sequel series - because that ending was just perfect to her. I didn't mention my thoughts on the finale, but that was a good way to end it :)
Big fan of s5, 6 and 7. S4 is easily the least good. But yes s5 ain't great.
I was like 7 or 8 and watching that made me cry because my siblings and I would always watch the show after coming home from school.
I can remember being 10 or 11 and the girls who insisted they didn't watch anymore were still curious about how it ended lol
I think this, along with shows like Kim Possible and Proud Family, shows that the late 90s/early to mid 00s knew how best to appeal to both boys and girls, where it never tried to demean anyone and just tried to make something both can enjoy. It seemed to figure out a great balance that treated everyone with respect and never talked down to its audience.
Oh yes. Pepper Ann and Powerpuff Girls too, although they were a little earlier 🤔 As Told by Ginger was always a favourite of mine too
I miss those days
its because society peaked in the 90s and is now just on a downhill spiral, going backwards. in 500 years we'll probably be back to the dark ages, torturing people in dungeons again. but anyway 90s shows were great.
Been waiting for this one! Also on an unrelated note, Sabrina, Buffy and Charmed 100% inspiried my current fashion taste!
That is the best fashion inspiration imaginable :D
You are basically me in a nutshell. When i was a teenager and someone said witches, i was there, lol. Charmed, Buffy, The Craft and when I got more mature Angel, Smallville you name the show or a movie and I always inclined to the witch character. Something so "enchanting" about them. I suppose its the mixture of being a fragile yet strong individual being at the same time that spoke to me. S3 of Sabrina was my fav btw.
Witches are the best, because they're wicked lol
I rewatch often. Such a well done show. The last season is hard to get over but the last 2 minutes of finale make up for it.
I'm one of the people that didn't mind the last season when it was on, but I admittedly haven't rewatched it in a while.
Season 3 was the show's peak! The humour was on point!
Oh for sure!
@@BetterWithBob that season 3 Halloween with the evil doll and the season 3 finale episodes, two of my favourites.
Iconic comedy that aged incredibly well! Even the special effects! The ending was so good as well, Sabrina HAD to end up with Harvey and I loved how they re entered his character's ark in the final season.
Yeah it holds up extremely well :)
Thanks for reminding me that Genie In the House exists... I had finally forgotten that plague that my little sisters forced me to watch. The Joys of growing up in a single tv house.
5:35 literal CAT-fishing
😂😂😂😂
I love this show as a kid. Salem is just as funny as he was now as he is now.
A quote of his I forgot to put in 😂
"You dumped yesterday's trash? That was today's lunch!"
Another series that I love. My foundest memory of this series is that I sugested it to be seen at dinner insted of the news one week after 9/11. My grandparents had a great time watching it. My great-grandfather, 93 at the time fell in love with Salem. He loved to see talking animals in live action media.
My mother watched it with me out of obligation as a child but nowadays she loves it even more. It would even become a sort of tradition to watch it during lunch together with a laptop at the kitchen table lol
Sabrina the Teenage Witch is definitely one of my all-time favorite shows that I go back to at least once every year and it's been that way for me ever since I started annually rewatching the show back in 2010. I loved the show as a kid in the 90s and I remember I'd watch the show with my father and brother every TGIF (along with Charmed on Thursday nights lol) back then. I feel like the show held up well all things considered It's so funny going back to season 1 and then jumping into season 2 because of the totally noticeable tone shift. Season 1 felt darker in tone as there wasn't as much slapstick comedy and I dunno, it just felt mundane and bleak (in a good way) before they upped the anty with the zanier humor that the show developed in season 2 onward. I was a bit sad that we didn't see Drell in season 2 & 3 though, I loved how the aunts interacted with him lol Mr. Pool was a good character as well but Miss Quick was a great replacement.
I agree with how creative the show was what with it parodying different cinema genres. It's hard for me to choose between season 2 and season 3 as which one was my favorite because I liked the plot of season 2 with the witch's license but season 3 had so many funny episodes. Season 4... It was okay. It sucked that we lost Libby and Valerie. Dreama was a sleeper character and I forget that she was even part of the show sometimes, she was wasted potential. Brad was slightly more interesting with the witch's "jeans" and how how he was a regular friend for Harvey. Josh.. I couldn't stand, he was obnoxious and the way he tried to move in on Sabrina was just inappropriate and with the way he was written out completely after season 6, it felt like such a waste of time.
I know that everyone likes to say that Salem was the best part of the show and I agree that he was great but honestly I think the whole main core cast was great and bounced off well with each other, the perfect casting by far. Really I could gush and geek out over Sabrina all day, the show, at least the first 3 seasons were great and 4-6 are watchable even if they weren't as good as the first 3. Season 7 was flaming pile though, I'm sorry to anyone who liked it but it was awful. When the aunts were written out, it hurt the show so much. As much as I loved Sabrina and Salem, there Aunt Zelda and Hilda were just as integral to the show and I just didn't think that Sabrina and Salem alone were enough to carry that wretched last season. But aside from that, the show is a classic. Love the atmosphere, love the fashion, love the copyrighted music choices they went with during it's on-air run. Just a timeless late 90s classic
Salem as a Mob boss introducing the other Mob Bosses including Don Dun Dun Dun 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's a moment that will live rent free in my head 😂
This is my and my husbands favorite tv show
You both have schwell taste 👌
I always thought the Sabrina animated series that had Emily Hart voice the lead could be occasionally pretty entertaining
That's my next video 🙂
i love a river of candy corn runs through it. its my personal favorite
Best Halloween episode lol
I just loved Clarissa Explains It All
i loved this show when i was still in kindergarten, and i still love this show now, 20+ years later, and i'm pretty sure i will still love it 20 years in the future
ABSOLUTELY ICONIC
True words!
Great video and 100% agree with your analysis. Seasons 2 and 3 have more than 50 really funny episodes - more episodes than some TV shows get in total during their entire run. Btw I’m glad Silent Movie got so much love in your video. It’s my favourite episode!
It's just awesome :D in fact, I'm gonna rewatch it right now!
I LOVED Sabrina. Both this rendition and the animated series. I guess the first season, maybe parts of the second of the Netflix series were great as well.
The 1996 version of was best version of Sabrina teenge witch. I think this show inspired wizards of the Waverly place.
I'd be very surprised if it didn't in some way.
Sabrina survived cancellation and was picked up by The WB for 3 more seasons! THE WB not UPN!!!!!!
Same im from the philippines i do rewatch all the seasons annually. I do agree that the beginning of season 4 is different from the 3 earlier seasons but still stands far entertaining than other sitcoms tv series perse
the effects are great
Sabrina really was at it's best when the core four of Sabrina, Hilda, Zelda, and Salem. I agree with everything you said, Hilda was ofc my favorite, but Zelda was a close 2nd. Nick Bakay as Salem was iconic. Hilda and Zelda were some of the most believable siblings to be portrayed on TV. The number of continuity errors and abandoned characters is staggering, but the series' charm is undeniable. Think one of my favorites is season 2's A River of Candy Corn Runs Through It if only for the part where Hilda yells "No don't come in here Zelda's naked" and all thought season 7 was clearly the weakest the Christmas episode with Roxie's mom was great too. And the finale was nearly perfect if only they could've brought Zelda back 😭
Great video, love your channel.
I've watched Charmed over and over again (the original, of course!).
Time well spent 😁
Pen and Teller as the head of the witches council is probably one of the best jokes that when I rewatched as an adult I laughed SO HARD
I had no idea who they were until a few years ago 😅
I think val woulve made a better mean cheerleader, but thats probably because of bring it on 😂😂😂
Poor girl, she shoulda dyed her hair red and all
I really love this series, having watched it in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Looking back on it, I still love it, and can more appreciate what each ep does. They all ring a bell.
Of course, nostalgia is a large part of it for me and I presume most of us, having seen it at a young age, or seeing a series older than some of us are. The entire series pretty consistently tells rather obvious morals throughout start to finish, and does not stray from them. But you can watch each episode on its own without having to see them in sequential order to enjoy them. But if you do follow chronology you'll like it more. And it never fails with the jokes, which remained pretty on point.
Salem was always a show stealer, and I particularly like the third to final episode. In it is the only time I think he smacked Sabrina. He took loads of abuse throughout the entire series, but he never dished it out. This is the one time he ever did it, and even in that episode he gets smacked a few times himself. And it'd appeal to scalies.
Sabrina's line from that ep "Look at me, I've become Tyrannosaurus Wreck!" has lived rent free in my head for years lol
@@BetterWithBob That is also it. The episode I have seen the most often, simply by virtue of becoming a scaly after it.
And one of the few times this kind of change happened and might potentially stick.
A play on the word "Bridezilla" I have never seen used elsewhere in this manner.
i'm so obsessed with 90s witches i even got a black cat and named it salem, so i would personally say the show is very iconic lmao
Any time I see a black cat, I go "hey Salem" in my head XD
pretty sure the “made by potion” thing was dropped early on in the comics too if i remember correctly? i have em and read em
Oh. I remember Clarissa from my childhood.
My husband is watching it for the first time. I couldn't believe he never watched it before 🤣
He has lived such a deprived life 😫
To paraphrase Von Bismarck I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others. You made an interesting point that even Aesop could appreciate. Anytime we can learn things about ourselves without having to make our own mistakes, we've got a leg up on life. And what better way... Thank you for an interesting take on one of my favorite sitcoms.
Thank you for your comment 🙂
so glad I found ur channel and this video, sabrina was a huge part of my childhood even though it was slightly before my time (I'm 24). this show was an escape for me as a kid and a real source of joy during some very lonely times. we owned the dvds of every season and would just watch every episode over and over, to the point that I have so many lines of dialogue and episode plots memorized. I would even sometimes doodle sabrina's hairstyles in my middle school planner bc I loved her style from the early seasons, and still do lol. now, as an adult, I've found myself pausing movies and tv shows that I was watching with my bf to point out an actor that I recognized from being on sabrina, and explain who they played (like when Lindsey Sloane was on Psych, or more recently when I noticed Andrew Keegan on an episode of House and I had to pause and explain that he played Joel the terrible magician in season one lol. and apparently years later was eventually caught up in a cult scandal? anyways). and at my old job a 10,000 maniacs song came on that I was only able to recognize because of their cameo on season two's halloween episode of sabrina, so I obviously had to come home and tell my bf about that lol. watching this video and looking back on the show was such a joy, bc you're right, it was so creative, and funny, and the characters were written in a way that really resonated with me, and that's a big part of why it's stuck with me so much. I haven't really revisited this show at all since I turned 18 but I've considered going back to it several times, even more so now. in any case it always makes me happy to find ppl talking about and appreciating this show for how special it was/is, because I don't see that very often!
I loved reading that :) Thank you for sharing :)
@@BetterWithBob 💜💜
Spellman house is in my hometown.
Now THAT is lucky 🤩
Your chanel is AMAZING!Thank you so much for sharing with us your content!
Why thank you very much 😊
Great video! 👏 Really interesting point about the accessibility of the comedic character. And an Irish reboot of The Craft, hmm 🤔
Eh...more of an original story just heavily inspired by it hehe. With a bit of Carrie thrown in
@@BetterWithBob Sounds class!!! Happy writing
@@outstandinginmyfield7180 thank you kindly 🙏
Sabrina wasn’t rescued by UPN, it was WB, which later ended up merging with UPN into CW.
Ah yes I mixed Sabrina up with Buffy
Shake your Whammy Fanny Funk Song Funky Songggggg.
Lol 😂🙌🏻
I never did find out if that was an actual song lol
The most controversial thing about this is suggesting that Sabrina season 7 is even remotely watchable 😱😂 Otherwise, great video! And agree with the conclusion,
Eh I didn't hate it lol
Shake your whamming fanny, funky song, funky song!
Memory of "Genie In The House" unlocked. Wow.
I remember rewatching "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" few years ago and getting a blast out of it. What a well-constructed show. Also was surprised to see a couple of names from MST3K.
The latter seasons were not that good, but at least it still was pretty watchable.
I actually enjoyed Season 7 for what it was all things considered
Nooooo but I want to hear your analysis of the 2nd half of the series too. No matter how brutal
I feel you on the witch shows! It's so fun to imagine a world where magic is real. The narrative possibilities are endless.
You said it :)
Martin Mull always gets a laugh out of me. He knocked it out of the park
Agreed! And he took the role of Mr Kraft to impress his daughter, since she was a big fan of Sabrina lol
@@BetterWithBob I think its season 2, where there is an episode where Sabrina de-ages Mr. Kraft.
That one I still quote to this day. Also made me take notice of how good his comedy timing is.
What? No 'Funky-Song'?
errrrr...we'll just say copyright lol
The last season was lackluster compared to the other seasons! The high point of season 7 was when sabrina and harvey rode off together
When I was a teenager I had a crush on Sabrina/ Melissa Joan Hart. I saw her in a music video of Briteney Spears
ah yeah, she did that to cross promote the movie Drive Me Crazy, and Britney guest starred in the Sabrina Season 4 premiere
I love this show. I love all the witch shows as a kid. Libby is my favorite mean girl besides Regina.
George or Mills lol?
@@BetterWithBob George
One of my favorite shows!
I really enjoyed sabrina the teenage witch when i was a kid 💝
It's interesting how you felt Season 1 was like a warm-up for 2 and 3, when another RUclips reviewer I watched felt that Season 1 was the best (though still liked 2 and 3). Shows how different reviewers can come to different conclusions over the same subject
Ah I think I saw that review and went "well to each their own"
Howie Dorough was hilarious when he returned as a different character.
RuPaul actually guest-stars twice; the second time is as the judge in "Sabrina's Choice" (the one where Sabrina's lies cause Hilda and Zelda to split up and live apart).
That's the same episode. First RuPaul is the judge and then appears in costume as the hairdresser, then revealing that it's the judge in disguise.
sadly i never finished it til i was much much older
it is still a great show. people today would whine about it being "cheesy"
As for universal popularity, I can't speak for every country in the world, but it had a HUGE impact in Russia, when it finally got aired in the mid-00s. It's safe to say that Sabrina brought the 90s into the country that got stuck in the 70s.
Oh that's fantastic! How so?
Did you just insult the divergent series With your use its clip where you used it? Because that series is one of the most inspirational and valuable to me, The second movie insurgent In particular, as I wouldn’t still be here without it
this made me want to rewatch this again. it really was so brilliant. once i finish my rewatch of buffy, going to do this show and maybe finish that netflix version even with all the mixed opinions i've heard. what do you think of that version?
I stopped watching in Season 3 I think. I liked the show for the most part but I wasn't sure how to feel about Sabrina herself. They seemed very inconsistent with how they wanted to present her, but I did love Kiernan Shipka in the role (when they announced her as Sabrina, I got very excited). Michelle Gomez stole the show as Lilith/Ms Wardwell 😂
@@BetterWithBob yess totally agree that michelle is just so good. and yeah that's where i felt conflicted in what i watched, like kiernan is a great actress but the writing of her character arc confused me. def gonna give it another chance and see how i feel now.
On her driver's license what is Sabrina's date of birth
If you mean the one where the picture is moving, that's an Other Realm fake ID so she could sneak into an over 18's club. So the DOB would be fake (she's 17 in that season)
Of the show
As much as I love the show,
I think they should've ended it once she graduated high school cause it was not the same after that and I hate how they got rid of main characters all the time including Zelda, Hilda and Harvey with no explanation.
Supposedly Zelda was axed because Beth Broderick felt the character was going nowhere, and Hilda left because Caroline Rhea landed her own talk show. The WB axed Harvey thinking Sabrina needed to "leave that high school baggage behind"
I did not like Josh too!!! It was a shame they got rid of Libby on Season 4.
Yeah I'm not sure why she was axed. Melissa did say in an interview that sometimes there would be drama in the writers room, and that if a writer left under bad circumstances they'd stop using a character they'd created so they didn't have to keep paying them royalties. So maybe that was it
@@BetterWithBob That would explain why tons of main characters left the show without an explanation
I always thought that libby graduated from high school, like sabrina
And they went their separate ways
I'm older and the only reason I watch it is Salem. I agree that the first four seasons are best. I zap out everything but Salem in the last couple of seasons.
Understandable lol, although I actually liked Roxie and Morgan as characters
@@BetterWithBob That's allowed, I guess. lol
I actually rewatched the whole series and I think S4 was honestly so boring. Dreama was useless, no Valerie or Libby, a huge change in status quo and Brad was such a non-villain compared to Libby. At least S5 knew where it wanted to go and I think episodes like House of Pi, Sabrina the Activist and Do You See What I See? really show the strength of S5. Josh was sexist and honestly trash, S7 was...a mess but once the irrelevant Scorch subplot was out of the way, the final few episodes meant that the show ended strong despite the season's lack of budget and aunts. I also think it was very realistic that things changed when she went to college rather than forcing characters to stay around, Roxy's characterisation is probably the least dated in the entire seasons with her references to environmentalism and championing climate being a part of her character. Morgan was hit or miss but she's better than Aaron or Josh easily.
The college seasons get a lot of slack and I watched the show in reruns as I wasn't even alive in the nineties so I didn't have any nostalgia attached to it necessarily. I think the biggest issue with the college seasons is Sabrina's choice to study journalism which is something that isn't necessarily at odds but was never set up in the way her love for Science was. Also in S6 and S7 there are some really creepy and sexualised outfit choices which make me side-eye the male directors who signed off on it. The episode where Sabrina gets turned into a 'bimbo' and her breasts are made larger and her dress is shorter is such a weird subplot that, for me, is always a skip. Easily my worst episode.
Methinks someone has enough material for a video of their own ;)
I adore the first 3 seasons, I was and still am devastated that they wrote Valerie and Libby out 😭
I still enjoy the subsequent seasons but they’re not the same quality.
Yeah they were sorely missed
Fun fact no one asked for. I was a background extra multiple times on all three of those shows. I was actually a regular extra on Sabrina for two seasons
Awesome :D So jealous
I was even clearly featured a handful of times. The ones I can remember are when I was a zombie at the coffee shop running wild and Sabrina and Dreams had to round us up and lasso us all together, and another episode where Sabrina is an old woman in the school hallway and hands me a handkerchief when I sneeze, and I also remember being a football player celebrating a score at a football game. I just remember Dreama in the stands. Hmm. Maybe it was all the same season. I remember I had just graduated high school. BUT when I was 15 I was actually in the pilot episode of Sabrina and Mr Rhodes at the same time cause they were right across the alley from each other at universal and I was cast on that when I was outside eating a burrito between both stages.
10:01 Oh ok, have you actually seen all of Buffy the vampire slayer? Its nuanced like no other show. Watch it now. You wont regret it.
Something interesting about the sitcom was it established Hilda and Zelda's personalities which were flipped from the original comics. Which the Chilling adventures would also draw from.
and the animated series as well
Proof that you can have an awesome lead female character without being woke and forced agenda
I personally love you to do one jem
That was before my time and I never really watched it so it might take a while. I am actually talking about the 2015 film in a future video (just as a comparison piece)
@@BetterWithBob LOL no comparison it sucks. But good luck. I just did not like it and it never should have been called Jem.
I totally agree and love this video! :)
Selda was damn hot, still simpin for her
It was picked up by the WB not UPN
Aha mixed it up with Buffy
Salem was the og denial was a river in Egypt
I‘ve never watched this Sabrina adaption but I‘ve been knowing about it for a while now
It is not appealing to me at all because I like shows with witches when they are dark or at least the foundation is dark. Of course it can have its cheesy moments but I feel like for STTAW it‘s the opposite and I‘m sure some people enjoy that
Even though I don‘t like this show you gave me insight into why it‘s still objectively good and how it shaped my childhood in a influential? way.
Yep, life IS better with Bob.
Well thank you for your comment :)
I remember watching this with my sisters. Oh, the memories!
And, since i was in my early teens, Melissa Joan Hart was so hot😍😅
And to think now she's playing a grandmother 😱
@BetterWithBob Haha! I didn't even know she is that old! 😂 Looks very good for her age!
Honestly I've been really fascinated with witches to. But I got into that becouse of combination of my upbringing teaching me witches were real and to fear majic. That led me to actually figure out why and came across charmed and Sabrina and loved it and sense then I always like media that depicts witches in other ways than the propagandize version promoted by christianity
Yeah I've noticed how many of these 90s shows that had these positive depictions of witches had to have lines stressing that they weren't evil or devil worshippers and I'm like "jeez they were more conservative back then than I realised" 😅
xander was not the worst.
What do you mean by ‘and how far I make it into this decade’?
In my opinion, seasons 1-3 were the golden years, season 4 was still somewhat enjoyable, season 5 was alright, season 6 was just okay, and season 7 was complete garbage
Agreed on all counts
Sabrina may have existed for a long time prior to the 90s sitcom, but the 90s sitcom did so much for a property that had otherwise always been Archie's side-dish, not only did the show give us the definitive version of Salem, but it also fleshed out the world of Sabrina massively with lots of lore and concepts that had never been explored before or since, and by god was the show visually stunning, for a 90s show the visual effects were amazing most of the time, particularly from season 2 onward when they reworked Salem's puppet to look more realistic; to this day this show has some of the best magic effects ever, it's so fantastical while still feeling tangible.
Yes, I find myself loving the practical effects more and more. The set used for the interior of Libby's brain is exquisite
@@BetterWithBob Yeah! I also loved it when the pirates randomly built half a ship in the living room.
I did watch a few episodes, and most were from Season 5 and on; I found them slow and boring. I then checked an episode from Season 4 and thought "okay, this is much better". Finally, I checked a Season 1 episode, and it was a lot of fun.
I also happen to own the PS1 game, and it's one of the worst I've played.
Seasons 2 and 3 are the peak
bad ass man
Thank you!
u r wellcome@@BetterWithBob
I agree that season 5 was the worst, but I do think it had some great episodes, and it did improve in seasons 6 and 7. Plus, I actually think it has one of the most complete series finale ever.
Yes I'd agree with you. The finale was a good way to end it. It's just too bad the network didn't let them have the two parter they wanted
@@BetterWithBob That was The WB
Loved this show and really enjoyed this video. I feel if it was made slightly later, salem would definately be gay.
Ambrose in Chilling Adventures seems to be the 'Salem' of that franchise and he was pan so you're onto something lol
@BetterWithBob ah yea. I only watched season one.
I tought they missed an opportunity to have the original voice actor back as the cat as a nod
Confession: I found Season 6 enjoyable.
It's actually my preferred season of the college years. The vampire and Halloween episodes were really fun
Yes this is favorite show and I never get tired of it, but I kinda hate Josh and Morgan a little bit 😂#Habrina
Yes, Josh is very hatable 🤣
libby was just a jerk
Iconic is the overused word of the decade.
I didn't really find the first two seasons particularly funny, excepting a few, rare moments. The rest of the series was great- albeit, even though I have all 7 seasons, I paused my watch-through somewhere in the middle of season 6, so I don't have a good read on the whole series.
i usually love your videos but i don't fully understand why you were so neutral, almost positive, about melissa's career... imo there is something pretty fucked up about a child star who started wayyy early, whose rich + connected parents get them every role, and whose adult career now includes christian bullshit propaganda movies. i loved sabrina but still all those things are just red flags
I've no problem separating art from the artist. Rose McGowan played my favourite Charmed One but she's not someone I'd be kissing the ground she walked on. I learned to separate Melissa from Sabrina about six years ago when I read her autobiography and went "wow, this woman is a massive tool". I don't follow her career these days beyond a few minutes of her podcast if there's a Sabrina guest
@@BetterWithBob i totally get your point about separating her controversy from the show and keeping your video neutral. yeah rose is kinda crazy ngl lmao. love your content dude!
Never connected to this series.
The Netflix Sabrina was far more interesting and datker
To each their own 🙂 Kiernan Shipka is a great actress for sure