Archive for the ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ Category
I Dream of Jeannie: Jeannie, The Hip Hippie.
From Season 3, Episode 6
Original Airdate: October 17, 1967
Jeannie assembles a singing group so Tony can go on vacation.
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were the songwriting duo who wrote most of the successful songs for The Monkees. They also recorded a couple of albums on their own with their best song being “I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight,” which reached #8 in early 1968. This episode also a features a brief appearance by Phil Spector. It so sad that he has ended up a such a pathetic character, serving a prison sentence for murder.
I Dream of Jeannie: Happy Anniversary
From Season 2, Episode 1
Original Airdate: September 12th 1966
Jeannie wants to celebrate the first anniversary of meeting Tony on the desert island where they met.
In this episode Michael Ansara plays the Blue Djinn, who was responsible for imprisoning Jeannie in her bottle. Ansara was Barbara Eden’s husband at the time. He got his big break playing Cochise on the 50′s western, “Broken Arrow.”
