A few years ago I started watching IDOJ for the first time since I was a kid on cable TV reruns. As an adult, I was able to see many things that simply went over my head as a child. This was actually quite an edgy demonstrate by mid 1960’s standards. Oh how I wished this present would be released on DVD, and lo and explore it my wish was granted!
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(And, I bought the B&W version because I prize historical accuracy. I want to discover exactly what was shown on TV aid then, without the lousy TV’s we had befriend then.)
You’ve got a blond bombshell, who is involved to please in every procedure a man could imagine, living out of wedlock with an astronaut, who represented the most valiant all-american roll models we had wait on in the 1960’s. And somehow, for years, this display provided righteous well-organized TV fun for millions of viewers.
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Part of why it worked I train is that Jeannie really wanted to marry Tony, and slowly but surely she broke down his decide not to marry her until toward the kill of the series, when they actually do accept married. The meta-narrative of the point to is that
Jeannie got her wish. (Oh yeah, and she slept in her bottle until she did!)
Is IDOJ really a “knockoff” of Bewitched? Yes and no. I rather believe of IDOJ as an improvement.
For example, the last scene in the pilot has Tony walking into his bedroom and closing the door, Jeannie turning to smoke and entering his bedroom under the door, Tony yelling “Knock it off!!” or something like that, and Jeannie coming serve out from under the door and reappearing with a wink to the camera. It’s all left to the imagination what happened in there and it’s laughable!
And that’s where IDOJ is very different from Bewitched. In IDOJ, the hottie with the supernatural powers gets to be sexual, whereas in Bewitched she does not.
In Bewitched, Samantha is the sane one with a world of lunacy around her in which she tries to gain order and survive the crisis of the week. She is usually uptight and in crisis mode and after a while I objective initiate to wonder what she ever saw in Darrin in the first state. Also, this formula gets repetitve. I doubt that I’ll ever order the Bewitched series for that very reason: it’s worthy the same record every week.
In IDOJ, Tony is the sane one in a world of lunatics, and Jeannie is often fragment of the chaos. Jeannie gets to be resplendent, sexual, luminous, mischevious, and most importantly, unpredictable. Will she be share of the jam or the solution this week? Or, will she try to be fraction of the solution and instead bring on more chaos? You really don’t know whats coming.
Also, I really luxuriate in the work that went into some of the props and stunts that often only provided a gag lasting a few seconds. In particular when Jeannie makes herself diminutive and has to cloak in items like coffee cups, pencil holders, and things like that. Those kind of scenes lift a lot of work to residence up. There’s some capable special effects work in this series beyond fair objects dissappearing and reappearing.
Oh, and one more thing. The DVDs are single sided!! I can actually peek at them and perceive what disc I’m holding! I can handle them without going into “brain surgeon” mode in order to avoid damaging them! They actually did the packaging correctly! WOW!
So, here you’ve got a properly packaged example of the best that 1960’s sitcoms had to offer, and for under $30. Halt wishing and launch buying!
Postscript: My one dissappointment with this DVD plot is the commentary on the pilot episode. I expected ample things since the commentators would be the main three actors in the cast, but it’s like they didn’t understand the purpose of a commentary or didn’t prepare. Don’t ask a lot of additional insights into the series. I tried to seek this with my wife and got so embarrassed for them that we turned it off and unprejudiced watched the pilot episode without the commentary.
Yay!
IDOJ is finally getting the magic treatment it deserves, the present will be released in both B&W and color, although only season one was filmed in dim and white. Also be on the examine out for the IDOJ movie starring Jessica alba as Jeannie, Jimmy Fallon as Major Nelson, no word on who will play Dr.Bellows or my common character on the demonstrate Major Roger Healy.
HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE SHOW’S FIRST SEASON…
1. The Lady in the Bottle
Captain Anthony Nelson, finds himself stranded on a desert island. Where he finds a bottle lying on the sand. Only to get a Jeannie inside, who’m declares Tony her unique master.
2.My Hero?
Jeannie blinks Captain Nelson to feeble Persia, to avenge her honor .While she visits her parents and happily announces that captain Nelson is the man she’d wish to marry .
3.Guess What Happened on the Scheme to the Moon?
Tony &Roger our out on a mission with Jeannie in toe. She tries to earn Tony as comfortable as possible, But neglects to steal care of Roger.
4. The Marriage Caper
The departing General Stone offers Tony the a job, The General’s daughter, Melissa, Tony’s fiancée, urges him to come by and fade up their wedding date.
5. G.I. Jeannie
Jeannie joins the WAAF’s in hopes of becoming Tony’s secretary, but things don’t turn out as planned.
6. The Yacht Cancel Case
Onboard a yacht for a meeting, Tony is followed by Jeannie. With witnesses around Tony argues with Jeannie and tells her to go home. When she does everyone assumes Tony is has has done something to her.
7. Anybody Here Seen Jeannie
Captain Nelson will be doing a plot fling . Dr. Bellows is concerned that Tony has been a bit disquieted and orders Tony to appear at the outrageous for some tests. Jeannie overhears Tony’s mission & worries about his tether breaking and spinning Tony out into status. So she decides to sabotage Tony’s tests.
8.The Americanization of Jeannie
Jeannie reads about how to be an American woman in a magazine and takes after it in order to please Tony.
9.The Racy Finger
Jeannie becomes jealous of Tony when he goes out with a distinguished movie star. Jeannie then wants to become a movie star herself to rep Tony’s attention, only to derive out Jeannie’s don’t photograph when she is given a hide test and she is invisible in it.
10.Djinn and Water
One of Jeannie’s mammoth grandfathers is summoned assist by Jeannie in hopes of aiding Tony in making recent water out of salt water.
11. Whatever Happened to Baby Custer?
An 8-year-old boy, Custer, idolizes Tony. One day when making an unannounced visit, Custer sees Jeannie’s magic at work. The slight boy blabs immediately. Dr. Bellows learns about this and decides to consume him to show that the original queer goings-on with Tony have some explanation.
12.Where’d You Go Go?
When a frail girlfriend of Tony’s, comes into town and invites him to acquire up where they left off, making Jeannie jealous. Meanwhile, Tony’s best friend, Roger Healey, who collected doesn’t know about Jeannie, “bumps” into her on the street and becomes immediately attracted to her, aggressively pursuing her for a date.
13 .Russian Roulette
Roger Healey is in admire and is detached searching for his missing Dream Girl, Jeannie, complete with an engagement ring in tow.
14.What House Across the Street?
Jeannie wants to marry Tony, who quiet refuses to marry her. She asks her mother for advice and together they reach up with a conception to originate Tony jealous: bag Roger Healey’s marriage proposal.
15.Too Many Tony’s
Jeannie blinks up another Tony that by which is more romantic and worships the ground Jeannie walks on.
16.Bag Me to Mecca on Time
When it is discovered that it is the day of the ramda, Jeannie & Tony must construct a crawl to Mecca and cite the sacred words or else Jeannie will lose her powers forever and go into limbo.
17.Richest Astronaut in the World
**MY celebrated and the BEST EPISODE OF THE SEASON***
Roger finally discovers the truth about Jeannie and takes control of the bottle without Tony’s permission. He then uses Jeannie for his have greedy purposes.
18.Is There an Extra Genie in the House
Roger has hurry Jeannie mature with his wishes. Tony has kept Dr. Bellows’ niece out on a hot date until the wee morning hours, upsetting Dr. Bellows
19.Never Try to Outsmart a Jeannie
Tony has to go on a three-week crawl to Rome for business. Jeannie begs to near along, because she is clear Tony will meet and marry a resplendent woman during his scurry .
20.My Master, the Doctor
When Tony mentions to Jeannie that his childhood dream was to become a surgeon, she blinks him true into the operating room where Roger is to have his appendix removed.
21.Jeannie and the Kidnap Caper
Tony, frustrated over Jeannie’s constant consume of magic to abet around the house, makes her yelp not to back him out anymore under any circumstances. Moments later Tonys is kidnapped.
22.How Lucky Can You Acquire?
Following Tony and Roger’s promotion to major, the general sends them to Reno, Nevada to relax a few days before going abet to thier contaminated in Cocoa Beach .
23.Spy the Birdie
Tony goes to tumble off a few papers to General Peterson when he gives a try at a few swings of golf. He of course is defective and cant even hit the ball, but at a second try Jeannie makes him hit it farther than most pro’s
24.Permanent House Guest
When Dr. Bellows makes a terminate at Tony’s house, he sees an elephant in Tony’s bedroom. Bellows temporally moves in with Tony in hopes of actually catching him in the act.
25.Bigger than a Bread Box
Tony is skeptical about a fortune teller Roger has been seeing in the apartment next to his and goes to investigate.
26.My Master, the Huge Rembrandt
For NASA charity auction, Tony paints a copy of Rembrandt’s celebrated 1658 self portrait. He uses his bear signature to denote it was a copy and not the authentic article. Jeannie decides he’s quite a painter. Unbeknownst to Tony, however, she blinks the modern article (that was hanging in the Louver in Paris) in situation of the faux painting.
27.My Master, the Thief
While on a high-tail to the museum, Jeannie spots a pair of antique slippers that she believes belonged to her over 2000 years past. She blinks them out of the glass case and on to her feet and Tony is left in grief.
28.This Is Execute
When its discovered a princess is coming to Cocoa Beach to visit NASA, Tony is chosen to escort her for 3 days. At the same time, Jeannie sees a report of her and realizes that she is from a royal family that once cheated her family 3000 years past and Jeannie has taken an oath to demolish her.
29.My Master the Magician
When Dr. Bellows spots Tony floating in his chair in his living room, he has no choice but to account for it by saying he is an amateur magician and that was one of his tricks. Dr. Bellows then insists that Tony establish on a magic exhibit at NASA to reveal his claim.
30.I’ll Never Forget What’s Her Name (7-May-1966)
Tony suffers amnesia after a vase falls on his head, and, seeing Jeannie, instantly falls in admire with her. He declares his esteem and insists they come by married.
Cant wait for season two …
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