A United States astronaut finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie.
Captain Tony Nelson is an astronaut. While on a mission, he discovered a mysterious bottle. Opening it, he released Jeannie (a Genie) who was so overjoyed at her release she promised to serve Captain Nelson. Nelson is unsure what to make of Jeannie, especially given that his work is highly secret and his superiors tend to keep a close eye on him.—Murray Chapman <[email protected]>
A middle-aged male who works as an astronaut for NASA finds a bottle with a female genie in it. They experience countless adventures together. Along the way, they find themselves in difficult situations where the only solution is to use genie powers to help each other.—RECB3
Stranded on a desert island after his spacecraft malfunctioned, NASA astronaut Tony Nelson comes upon a strange bottle and releases a beautiful girl genie. "Jeannie" as she is called, is more than two thousand years old, is from ancient Babylon, and can materialize objects or control any situation with the blink of an eye. Overly eager to please her new master, Jeannie gets Tony into improbable dilemas when he takes her back to Florida.—Rodney E.
Air Force captain Anthony "Tony" Nelson is stranded on a desert island after his space capsule malfunctions on re-entry. While he is there, he finds a bottle and upon opening it he releases a beautiful genie named, coincidentally, Jeannie who was trapped in the bottle by the evil Blue Djinn. Eventually, Tony is rescued and he brings Jeannie back with him. The only other person who knows of her existence is Tony's best friend, Army captain Roger Healey. Tony tries to keep her existence a secret from Air Force psychiatrist Colonel Alfred Bellows and his wife Amanda and he is successful for a few years until he asks Jeannie to marry him. He then reveals Jeannie's existence, but not her powers, to the world.—Brian Washington <[email protected]>
I Dream of Jeannie was a story where an astronaut Tony Nelson finds a beautiful, 2000 year old blond genie in a bottle after a flight on a deserted beach next to the ocean. Jeannie (Barbara Eden) as she is named turns out to be very innocent in demeanor and is dedicated to her new master.
The only other character in the cast of the show who knows about the Genie Nelson found is Roger Healey (Bill Daily), Tony's best friend astronaut. NASA psychiatrist Dr. Alfred Bellows (Hayden Rorke) when he just cannot get a handle on the unexplained events that happen with Major Nelson.
I Dream of Jeannie wasn't recognized as a huge hit for the five years it aired, hitting the Nielsen's Top 30 ratings only twice. It was found major success when it went into syndication and the popularity grew in re-runs.
The bottle where Jeannie resides came from an old Jim Bean liquor decanter, "Beam's Choice" Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. The art department decorated and painted the outside of decanter to make the genie bottle look elegant. The interior of Jeannie's bottle was a sound stage.
NBC brought I Dream of Jeannie to the small screen in what they felt was an answer to competing for viewer that were fans of ABC's series Bewitched, and right away there was a rivalry between the two magical shows. At first Sidney Sheldon, producer and creator did not want Jeannie to be blond due to the similarity to Bewitched's main character Samantha Stephens played by Elizabeth Montgomery.
The first season had 30 episodes in black and white with the remaining 109 episodes in color. The show was written, produced and created by Sidney Sheldon. The show first show was in December 1964 with the final episode in January 1970.Martin Snytsheuvel
