To credit the episode’s writers by name, they were: Sandra Black, Eddie Brown, Burles Cook, Patricia Don, Larry Freeman, Bobbie Harris, Carliss Henderson, Harold Henry, James Hidgon, Mittie Huddleston, Deborah Janisse, Annette Johnson, Waymon Jones, Orall Joseph, Jr., Stephen Kirk, Glenda Petty, Robert Randall, Gail Smith, Carmella Stuckey, Tanya Sweed, Angela Thomas, Donnie Wallace, Ronnie Wallace, Glenn Williams, Joe Williams, and Bruce Woods.
Saunders was interviewed in a 1970 issue of Jet Magazine, and she found that her students were being underserved by the school, with many of them still only reading at a third-grade level. Saunders was able to get in touch with Montgomery, whose husband, William Asher, directed and produced “Bewitched.” They invited Saunders’ class to visit the set to see how a TV show is made, and how writing translates to the screen (which sounds like the most exciting field trip ever).
The students were so inspired by the field trip that they decided to author their own script with Saunders overseeing. Their teleplay was “Sisters at Heart.” Asher was quoted in Jet as saying that he had seen professionally written scripts that “weren’t as well-written or creative.”
In 2020, Erin Murphy was interviewed by Closer Weekly and recalled the filming of the episode:
“I remember the entire process of that episode, because it was completely different than usual. Typically we would have one of our regular ‘Bewitched’ writers write the episode, we’d do our weekly table read on Mondays and then film throughout the week. But this episode was written by a 10th grade English class from Thomas Jefferson High School, so for the table read they had the entire class and their teacher come to the set. It was a great experience […].”
Closer also printed some excellent on-set photos.