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The Bewitchin' Pool ()

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  • Season 5
  • Episode 36
Two children escape their bickering parents through a portal in the bottom of their swimming pool to a magical land watched over by a kind old woman the children call Aunt T.
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Sport Sharewood
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Gloria Sharewood
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Gil Sharewood
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Jeb Sharewood (as Tim Stafford)
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Whitt
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Aunt T.
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Sport (uncredited) (voice)
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Narrator / Self - Host (uncredited)

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Joseph M. Newman

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Earl Hamner Jr. ... (written by)
 
Rod Serling ... (created by) (creator)

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William Froug ... producer

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George T. Clemens ... director of photography

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Thomas Scott ... (as Thomas W. Scott)

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Patricia Mock ... (as Patricia Rose)

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Malcolm Brown
George W. Davis

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Robert R. Benton
Henry Grace

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Ralph W. Nelson ... production manager

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Charles Bonniwell ... assistant director (as Charles Bonniwell Jr.)

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Joe Edmondson ... sound
Franklin Milton ... sound

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James V. King ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Marius Constant ... composer: theme music (uncredited)
Jerry Goldsmith ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Bernard Herrmann ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Lucien Moraweck ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Lyn Murray ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Van Cleave ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
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When their parents tell them that they're divorcing, Sport and Jeb Sharewood must now decide with whom they will live. They decide that they would rather live with Aunt T, the woman they met by traveling through a portal at the bottom of their swimming pool; at the other end is an idyllic world where children play and there are few adults. Aunt T is a nice old woman, but Sport is far more reluctant than Jeb to accept her invitation to stay with them. Written by garykmcd

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  • The Bewitchin' Pool (United States)
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  • 25 min
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Trivia The "confrontation" sequence (where Jeb and Sport declare they don't have to live with their bickering parents anymore and dive into the pool for good), was actually written by Earl Hamner Jr. to be the climax of the story; it was also used at the beginning because the final version came up a few minutes short (Whit's "Howdy!" greeting as the kids emerge from the "swimming hole" and the tracking shot of the children in Aunt T's yard were repeated as well for the same reason). There was noise interference on the MGM back-lot during the pool sequences, and everyone had to be called back for post-dubbing, but actress Mary Badham had already flown back to Alabama and it was deemed too expensive to fly her back to Los Angeles. June Foray was brought in to dub her lines. It was a "sloppy" job, and Rod Serling knew it. It was held until the very end of the season as the "final" show (where, it was figured, most people wouldn't notice, having tuned out of the series). See more »
Goofs The last time that Sport jumps in the pool to return to Aunt T's house, she is wearing a housecoat over her swimsuit. When she surfaces on 'the other side', she is no longer wearing the coat. Apparently the surfacing scene is the same scene used for their original arrival. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Healer/Children's Zoo/Kentucky Rye (1985). See more »
Soundtracks Twilight Zone Theme See more »
Quotes [opening narration]
Narrator: A swimming pool not unlike any other pool. A structure built of tile and cement and money, a backyard toy for the affluent, wet entertainment for the well-to-do. But to Jeb and Sport Sharewood, this pool holds mysteries not dreamed of by the building contractor. Not guaranteed in any sales brochure. For this pool has a secret exit that leads to a never-never land, a place designed for junior citizens who need a long voyage away from reality into the bottomless regions of The Twilight Zone.
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