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Tony inadvertently gives grave offense to Basenji national pride regarding their feud with neighboring Kasja. To regain favor, Tony is required by Sully to marry Jeannie and to avenge Basenji's honor by killing the ambassador from Kasja when he visits NASA.
- BARBARA EDEN DIDN’T LIKE THAT JEANNIE AND TONY NELSON GOT MARRIED. The palpable sexual tension between Hagman’s astronaut character and the mischievous genie who lived under the same roof for the first four seasons of the series was what kept the series exciting—the objectification of Eden’s character notwithstanding.
- THE FAMILIAR-SOUNDING JEANNIE THEME SONG DIDN’T EXIST UNTIL THE SECOND SEASON. You know the tune: Matthew Broderick did an unforgettable 12-second dance to it in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
- BARBARA EDEN WAS PREGNANT FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL EPISODES OF THE SERIES. Jeannie’s skimpy pink-and-red harem costume was an instant iconic look for the show, but aside from the fall 1965 pilot, titled “The Lady in the Bottle,” Eden was significantly covered up for the first 10 episodes of the series.
- LARRY HAGMAN FOUND OUT I DREAM OF JEANNIE WAS CANCELLED FROM A STUDIO GUARD. In this 2004 interview, Hagman—who passed away in 2012—revealed that he learned about Jeannie’s 1970 cancellation from probably the most “Hollywood” source imaginable: A guard on the studio lot.
Sep 25, 2021 · Daily died of natural causes in 2018, just five days after he turned 91. His ashes were scattered outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Michelle Kapusta
Sham-Ir rules that Jeannie has two weeks to find either her husband Tony or an eligible new Master. If she fails, she must return to Mesopotamia forever. Despairing of finding Nelson, Jeannie begins her desperate search for the right substitute Master.
- Comedy Fantasy
I thought the B-plot (Tony Jr. is kidnapped ... and Jeannie has less than a week to find him) was better than the main (or A) plot (Jeannie has less than two weeks to find a new master ... or be sent back to Baghdad forever).
Jun 20, 2021 · After netting a Tony award nomination for the Broadway run of "The Full Monty" in 2000, Freeman died from lung cancer at the age of 82 on August 23, 2001. Fred Flintstone was Jeannie's dad
Jul 3, 2023 · Why exactly is Major Tony Nelson an astronaut in "I Dream of Jeannie?" It's not as if there's any ancient connection between the djinn of Middle Eastern folklore and the scientific study and exploration of outer space.
