Answer: Two thousand years
We are introduced to Jeannie (Barbara Eden) in the pilot episode of this show after US astronaut Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman) has landed back on earth, far from his destination point, ending up on a beach on a deserted island instead. There, while he is waiting to be rescued, he notices a strange bottle in the sand. He removes the stopper and Jeannie emerges in her swirls of smoke. She does not know her true age, and her family back in Persia cannot remember it either by that time, but it is revealed in later episodes, with the aid of NASA's powerful new computer, that she was born in 64 BC.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie" Interesting Facts
Answer: Pacific Ocean
The capsule ran into difficulties during re-entry on completion of its mission, and landed prematurely. The pilot, Captain Anthony Nelson, found himself marooned on a deserted island, and worried about getting himself rescued. Little did he suspect what was in store!
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Answer: Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden, born in 1934, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for her role as Jeannie. Ms. Eden has made numerous appearances in television shows such as "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-1968) and "I Love Lucy" (1951-1957). She also starred in the movie "Harper Valley PTA (1978). The movie was later adapted into a television series starring Ms. Eden, which ran from 1981-1982.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie": Who's Who
Answer: On an island in the Pacific
When he first opened the bottle, she did not speak any English.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie"
Answer: Emmaline Henry
The very funny Emmaline Henry guest starred on many sitcoms before and after her stint on 'Jeannie'. One memorable event was when she played Chrissy Snow's boss on 'Three's Company'. Sadly, she died tragically in 1979 at the age of 49.
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Answer: Tony Nelson
Tony's space capsule landed on a deserted island and he found Jeannie.
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Answer: For refusing to marry the Blue Djinn
Jeannie wasn't always a genie, and neither were the members of her family initially. Instead, she was a beautiful young mortal woman who was turned into a genie by the powerful Blue Djinn (played by Barbara's real life husband, Michael Ansara) for refusing to marry him. This disobedience and her long imprisonment in the bottle was the result. We learn this in the first season. However, in later seasons, the producers had this altered retroactively so that Jeannie and her family had always been genies, but her rejection of the Blue Djinn and subsequent punishment remained the same.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie" Interesting Facts
Answer: Larry Hagman
Larry Hagman, son of Broadway actress Mary Martin and lawyer father Benjamin Hagman, started acting in local theatre productions while he was still in high school. He had success on the New York stage, and a number of television roles starting in 1956, but his first major television success came when he was cast for the part of Tony Nelson. During the first season, Tony was promoted from Captain to Major, the rank he held for the rest of the show's five-season run.
The other actors all played members of the Ewing family on "Dallas", but did not have major roles in "I Dream of Jeannie".
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Answer: Larry Hagman
Larry Hagman, born in 1931, has made guest appearances on many TV shows such as "The Defenders" (1961-1965) and "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1969-1976). Besides playing the part of Major Nelson, he is best known for his role as oil tycoon J.R. Ewing in the hit TV show "Dallas" (1978-1991). In 1995, Mr. Hagman went through a life-saving liver transplant operation. Larry is the son of the late legendary Broadway actress, Mary Martin.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie": Who's Who
Answer: Captain
Later he was promoted to major.
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Answer: 'Dallas'
Hagman played JR Ewing, the man the audience loved to hate.
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Answer: Mary Martin
Mary Martin was the queen of Broadway for many years starring in "South Pacific", "Peter Pan", and "The Sound of Music". According to A&E's "Biography" Martin and Hagman were quite distant, but became close in Martin's later years.
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Answer: purple
During the run of the TV show they went through - I think- 7 bottles.
From Quiz: 'I Dream Of Jeannie'
Answer: Cape Kennedy in Florida
The setting for this entertaining series is supposedly at Cape Kennedy, Florida, with Tony and Jeannie living at Cocoa Beach, but in reality, it was almost entirely shot in Los Angeles, with the Hollywood Hills often appearing in the background of some scenes. The exterior of the office buildings pictured were of the Dryden Flight Research Centre at the Air Force base there, while Tony's house was filmed at Blondie Street (how appropriate is that?) at Burbank.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie" Interesting Facts
Answer: To make an SOS message on the beach
Captain Nelson was hoping that there would be aircraft looking for him, whose pilots would see a giant SOS laid out on the beach, so he started collecting stones and other suitable objects with which to construct his message. When his attention was taken by a bottle that seemed to move of its own volition, he investigated further, and opened the stopper on its top. That really let the genie out of the bottle, in a puff of smoke that was to become familiar during the series!
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Answer: Hayden Rorke
Hayden Rorke, born in 1910, played Dr. Alfred Bellows for the entire run of the show (1965-1970). He reprised his role in the TV movie "I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later" (1985). Mr. Rorke passed away in 1987.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie": Who's Who
Answer: Captain
He also was promoted to major.
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Answer: Bill Daily
Daily played a similar character named Howard Bordon on "The Bob Newhart Show". Rorke played the suspicious Dr. Bellows, Storch played Corporal Agorn on "F-Troop", and Van Dyke was Luther Van Damne on "Coach".
From Quiz: Don't Blink or You'll Miss This Jeannie Quiz
Answer: 5th
They went through many engagements.
From Quiz: 'I Dream Of Jeannie'
Answer: Buzz Aldrin
The cast and crew of "I Dream of Jeannie" only visited Florida twice during the filming of this series. One was for a mock wedding function of Jeannie and Tony held at Patrick Air Force Base. That was timed to be held at the same time the filmed version of the wedding was shown on air. Florida governor's attended on that night and cut the wedding cake with due solemnity amid all the laughter.
The other visit to Florida (both were in 1969) was just two weeks before the famous flight to the moon of Apollo 11. This time, a parade of honour was held for the cast and crew of the hit series, following which they were taken to Cape Canaveral where Barbara in her Jeannie persona pressed a button to launch a weather rocket. They then attended an official dinner at which Barbara was awarded the Florida Commodore Medal for her acting, presented with many gifts, and where she later met astronaut Buzz Aldrin. This time she got to kiss an astronaut for real. Perhaps that kiss sent him to the moon as well.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie" Interesting Facts
Answer: Persian
Persian, more formally known as Farsi, is a language that is widely spoken in Iran and Afghanistan, as well as in some other regions that were part of the Persian Empire, stretching across the region between Turkey and Iraq in the west to Pakistan and China in the east. Since the story of Aladdin's lamp, which this series clearly references, originates from that region, Persian was a sensible language for the 2,000-year-old genie to speak. She did not understand Captain Nelson's requests that she provide assistance until, frustrated at the situation, he wished that she could speak English, and hey, presto, we had communication. It then became a simple matter for her to magically summon up a helicopter to rescue them. (Don't ask exactly where they could go with the limited range of a helicopter - it's magic.)
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Answer: Bill Daily
Bill Daily, born in 1927, is also well known for his role as Howard Borden in the TV comedy series "The Bob Newhart Show" (1971-1978). Bill reprised his Roger Healy character in the TV movies "I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later" (1985) and "I Still Dream of Jeannie" (1991).
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie": Who's Who
Answer: Bill Daily
Bill Daily went on to star as pilot Howard Borden on the long running 'The Bob Newhart Show'.
From Quiz: 'I Dream of Jeannie': The Best TV stars EVER!
Answer: Uniforms
The dog rips three of the General's best uniforms to shreds.
From Quiz: Don't Blink or You'll Miss This Jeannie Quiz
Answer: 2000
She had a sister that was 4000.
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Answer: I Dream of Jeannie Lane
In 1996, long after the series finished, Barbara Eden gladly accepted an invitation to be the featured speaker for the Kennedy Space Centre's Space Days celebrations. During the ceremony, the mayor of Cocoa Beach presented Barbara with a street sign that read "I Dream of Jeannie Lane". This was afterwards placed on a street near the attractive Lori Wilson Park which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie" Interesting Facts
Answer: Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden faced very little in the way of female competition throughout the run of the show - most of the young and attractive ones were played by herself! Emmaline Henry played Amanda Bellows, a recurring character, and the other two women had bit parts in a couple of episodes each. The directors of "I Dream of Jeannie" had originally planned on casting an actress with brown hair for the part, but Barbara Eden ultimately won the role. In 1969 she was nominated for a Golden Globe award as best actress in a television comedy series, but lost out to joint winners Carol Burnett (for "The Carol Burnett Show") and Julie Sommars ("The Governor & J.J."); fellow losing nominees were Lucille Ball ("Here's Lucy"), Diahann Carroll ("Julia") and Debbie Reynolds ("The Debbie Reynolds Show").
From Quiz: Genie in a Bottle
Answer: Emmaline Henry
Emmaline Henry, born in 1928, also made guest appearances on the hit TV comedies "The Munsters (1964-1966) and "Three's Company" (1977-1984). Her last television role was on "Eight is Enough" (1977-1981), before she passed away in 1979.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie": Who's Who
Answer: Amanda
Amanda was in the show quite a lot in the later seasons. Emmaline Henry played Amanda; first appearing as her in season two, episode fourteen. She passed away in 1979 at age fifty. She had brain cancer.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie"
Answer: Barton McLane
Classic character actor Barton McLane stayed with the show as a regular until 1969, when he died of pneumonia.
From Quiz: 'I Dream of Jeannie': The Best TV stars EVER!
Answer: Barbara Eden
Her first regular role was 'How to Marry a Millionaire'.
From Quiz: 'I Dream Of Jeannie'
Answer: Navel
Lord bless us, things sure have changed. The network censors insisted that, as part of her alluring costume, Jeannie's navel should be covered at all times. Apparently it was quite acceptable for Jeannie's ample cleavage and her naked waist to be displayed in that costume, but not the offending navel. In the fourth year of the series when the producers of the hit comedy variety show "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in" let it be known they planned to reveal Jeannie's navel during a segment of their show, the network censors again stepped in and put a stop to that as well. Only a couple of times during the entire series do viewers catch a glimpse of Jeannie's belly button, but on each of those occasions, this evinced the wrath of the censors.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie" Interesting Facts
Answer: She hid herself, in her bottle, in his bag
Not for the last time, Jeannie showed that she was a determined not-as-young-as-she-looked lady, and refused to be abandoned by her newly-discovered master. She slipped back inside the bottle, apparently turning herself into a puff of smoke to do so, then rolled the bottle into Captain Nelson's bag, and they headed back to Cocoa Beach, Florida and the space station at Cape Kennedy (the name used for the facility at Cape Canaveral between 1963 and 1973).
From Quiz: Genie in a Bottle
Answer: Sidney Sheldon
Sidney Sheldon, born in 1917, also created the TV shows "The Patty Duke Show" (1963-1966) and "Hart to Hart" (1979-1984). Mr. Sheldon was also a well known novelist, authoring best selling books such as "The Other Side of Midnight" (1973) and "Rage of Angels" (1980). Sidney passed away in 2007.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie": Who's Who
Answer: Vinton Hayworth
Vinton Hayworth replaced Barton McLane after his death in 1969, and he died months after the cancellation of 'Jeannie'.
From Quiz: 'I Dream of Jeannie': The Best TV stars EVER!
Answer: A Jim Beam liquor decanter
How disappointing. One would like to think it was a container based on a Persian design that was several thousands of years old, but alas no. It was just a tizzied up bottle of modern day plonk instead. There were several bottles used during the shooting of the series in fact, each one slightly different than the last, mainly because they had a tendency to get lost or broken during shooting. To achieve the smoke effect each time Jeannie "emerged" from her home, a hole was drilled in the bottom of one of the bottles, and smoke puffed through. Bill Daily (Roger Healey), Larry Hagman (Tony Nelson) and Barbara Eden (Jeannie) all had one of the original bottles by the time the series concluded.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie" Interesting Facts
Answer: Michael Ansara
Michael Ansara, born in 1922, appeared as King Kamehameha in the 1968 episode titled "The Battle of Waikiki". Michael Ansara and Barbara Eden were married from 1958-1974. They had one son, Matthew, who passed away in 2001 from a drug overdose.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie": Who's Who
Answer: Haji
We only saw Haji a few times throughout the run of the show. When we saw Haji, he had his arms and legs crossed. Abraham Sofaer played Haji in three episodes. He passed away in 1988.
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Answer: Bill Daily
Roger, played by Bill Daily, is Tony's best friend and fellow astronaut in this series. He sees him through an amazing number of scrapes, some of which he directly causes himself. He is envious of Jeannie's abilities, longing to use them for himself, but for the most part, is supportive of the couple. Apart from the one time he stole Jeannie and her bottle, that is. That caused so much mayhem that he was more than happy to see her back in the hands of her indignant master, Tony, again.
From Quiz: "I Dream of Jeannie" Interesting Facts
Answer: Jeannie came out of the bedroom wearing one of Tony's shirts
As Tony and Melissa entered the house, we heard a running shower, as did they. When Tony saw Jeannie's bottle sticking out of his bag on the floor, he began to suspect that an unpleasant confrontation was about to follow, and tried to get Melissa and himself back outside, but wasn't fast enough to avoid the moment when Jeannie emerged from his bedroom dressed only in one of his shirts (an amazingly large shirt, but still a fairly revealing outfit, and one that was suggestive of an inappropriate intimacy in the opinion of the outraged fiancée).
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