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Who can say whether I Dream of Jeannie set the women's movement back ten years or galvanized it into action? There had never been a woman like Jeannie (the ravishing Barbara Eden) in prime time. She was not a dutiful housewife like June Cleaver and a host of others. Nor was she a sophisticated suburban goddess like Laura Petrie, or even a glamorous witch like Samantha Stevens. No, she was -- to quote military base psychiatrist Dr. Bellows (Hayden Rorke) -- "a classic fantasy," a beautiful, 2,000-year-old genie dressed in a revealing harem outfit (no navels, please, this was 1965!), and dedicated to serving her "master," astronaut Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman). Nelson freed Jeannie from her bottle after being stranded on a deserted island following an aborted space mission, and she now lives with him in his Cocoa Beach, Florida, home. So as to appease the network censors, theirs is, save for a kiss or two, strictly a platonic relationship; although in this first and most magical season, she takes vivacious delight in getting Nelson into various compromising positions. When he orders her to remove the swimming trunks she has just blinked him into in "Whatever Became of Baby Custer?," for example, she lets out a salacious giggle. The befuddled Dr. Bellows mirrors the Betwitched busybody Mrs. Kravitz. He's always catching Tony in outrageous situations, but he's never able to figure out exactly what's behind it all: "There are things going on around here that scream for an explanation," he declares in "Custer." Tony's best friend and fellow astronaut, Roger (Bill Daily), does figure it out, and in "The Richest Astronaut in the Whole Wide World," he even becomes Jeannie's power-crazed master. I Dream of Jeannie might not pass P.C. muster these days, but from the original, jazzy, waltz-time theme song to the dream ensemble, this show has the right stuff. And at a time when television is dominated by reality, a classic fantasy is a welcome relief. Donald Liebenson

Product Details

• UPC: 043396136953
• Source: SONY PICTURES
• Region Code: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Pre-1954 Standard (1.33.1)
• Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Language: English, Español, Portugais
• Subtitles: Español, Portugais
• Time: 8:47:00
• Sales Rank: 13,971

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• I Dream of Jeannie: The Lady in the Bottle
• I Dream of Jeannie: My Hero?
• I Dream of Jeannie: Guess What Happened on the Way to the Moon?
• I Dream of Jeannie: The Marriage Caper
• I Dream of Jeannie: G.I. Jeannie
• I Dream of Jeannie: The Yacht Murder Case
• I Dream of Jeannie: Anybody Here Seen Jeannie?
• I Dream of Jeannie: The Americanization of Jeannie
• I Dream of Jeannie: The Moving Finger
• I Dream of Jeannie: Djinn and Water
• I Dream of Jeannie: Whatever Happened to Baby Custer?
• I Dream of Jeannie: Where'd You Go Go?
• I Dream of Jeannie: Russian Roulette
• I Dream of Jeannie: What House Across the Street?
• I Dream of Jeannie: Too Many Tonys
• I Dream of Jeannie: Get Me to Mecca on Time
• I Dream of Jeannie: Richest Astronaut in the World
• I Dream of Jeannie: Is There an Extra Jeannie in the House?
• I Dream of Jeannie: Never Try to Outsmart a Genie
• I Dream of Jeannie: My Master, the Doctor
• I Dream of Jeannie: Jeannie and the Kidnap Caper
• I Dream of Jeannie: How Lucky Can You Get?
• I Dream of Jeannie: Watch the Birdie
• I Dream of Jeannie: Permanent House Guest
• I Dream of Jeannie: Bigger Than a Bread Box
• I Dream of Jeannie: My Master, the Great Rembrandt
• I Dream of Jeannie: My Master, the Thief
• I Dream of Jeannie: This Is Murder
• I Dream of Jeannie: My Master the Magician
• I Dream of Jeannie: I'll Never Forget What's Her Name

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