The Gladys Kravitz Effect, Today

Imagine the intel that this nosy neighbour could get now...

“ABNER! Samantha is up to something again!”

Remember?

If you’re of a certain vintage, you know exactly who uttered these words and what her name was.

Gladys Kravitz will go down in the Nosy Neighbour Hall of Fame as the winner in every category and every year - up until the digital age, that is.

One of the more memorable characters from the classic 1960s television show Bewitched, Kravitz was just the type of neighbour that we all dread. A nosy busybody who had way too much time on her hands, she spent her days (and many nights) looking out her front window across the street at 1164 Morning Glory Circle, the home of Darren and Samantha Stevens (and later Tabitha & Adam). What Samantha and Darren did, as well as who they entertained, what they ate and everything else, was of intense interest to Mrs. Kravitz. Apparently retired, living with her long-suffering and perpetually bored husband, Abner, she appeared to make it her life’s work to find out exactly what Samantha was up to all day, ev…