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Post by Karenita on Dec 16, 2006 19:34:21 GMT -5
well someone could tell me . what's the end of the show.. i haven't see the last seasons..´please someone tell me..
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Post by littlegenie63 on Dec 19, 2006 16:54:10 GMT -5
HURRICANE jEANNIE was the last show. However, it was not the last to air. THE CHILI KING was the last shown. A mistake by the network. Hurricane jeannie was one of the best IDOJ shows made. It had a real twist to it. Dr. Bellow finds out about Jeannie! Or does he? LOL. Fun show.
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Post by theduck on Jan 5, 2007 16:33:20 GMT -5
One of my favorite kisses is when Tony is having to listen to all those loud bombs go off to test his nerves, and Jeannie goes and sits on his lap, after Dr. Bellows leaves the room. That moment always stands out to me.
I did read a long time ago that Barbara and Larry were told “No open mouth kissing was allowed.†That’s why the kissing always looks weird. It’s not natural to kiss with your mouth closed, and not move your mouth.
As for my favorite season 5 ep. I think I like the hurricane ep, even though most of it is a dream.
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Post by Subspace on Feb 4, 2007 15:10:42 GMT -5
In regards to the fifth season of I Dream of Jeannie... I personally didn't care much for the fifth season. In my opinion the wedding episode was a disaster. I never liked the idea of Jeannie and Tony getting married. As James Henerson stated, "You marry them, and you have BEWITCHED!" Naw... IDOJ was very unique and even with a married Tony & Jeannie could stand on its own without copying from Bewitched... the reasons are many, in my opinion, and obvious. I won't go into specifics because I don't want to be seen as putting Bewitched down or anything. I agree with you when you say: If the writers had been given a chance I am sure that another element could have been created which could have put a support back under the sagging foundation of the entire series which had been obliterated upon the wedding and Dr. Bellows becoming aware of Jeannie. I think even if IDOJ had been picked up for a sixth season, Season 5 should have ended, as planned, with Hurricane Jeannie but with Dr. Bellows finding out about Jeannie for good. I'm pretty sure the writers could have come up with at least another season's worth of great storylines with Tony and Jeannie married and Dr. Bellows "in the know," so to speak. Dr. Bellows knowing would alone be a major change in the series and I can see many storylines being possible with this new angle/twist. Still, it's nice that they ended IDOJ when it was still good (even though I think another season or two could have been done and would have been as great as the first five seasons); it's nice that they didn't try to drag it out and refuse to let it go, like the other network did with that other show (eight seasons, and in the end the writers and producers had to beg the network not to force them to do a ninth season)... |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Feb 4, 2007 16:15:16 GMT -5
I think having Dr. Bellows in on the act would have been fantastic! The whole idea of trying to deceive Dr. Bellows was starting to get tired by the last season. And it was obvious that he liked Jeannie a lot so I think he would have gone along with keeping her secret. I can see some great stories coming out of that!
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Post by Subspace on Feb 4, 2007 23:20:00 GMT -5
I think having Dr. Bellows in on the act would have been fantastic! The whole idea of trying to deceive Dr. Bellows was starting to get tired by the last season. And it was obvious that he liked Jeannie a lot so I think he would have gone along with keeping her secret. I can see some great stories coming out of that! I agree! With the Dr. Bellows as portrayed in earlier seasons, he might not react favorably, but by the end of Season 5, with Jeannie and Tony being married and with Dr. Bellows - and a lot of other people at NASA - knowing, and liking, Jeannie (as Tony's wife; not as a genie) as a result, I think Dr. Bellows would, at the very least, not kick Tony and Roger out of the space program upon finding out about Jeannie being a genie. A whole new turn of the story could have been possible, since now Jeannie, as an astronaut's wife, can and is expected to interact openly with a lot of people at NASA. (A big shift from the earlier seasons where the other people at NASA weren't even aware Jeannie existed.) With Jeannie spending more time openly out and around the house and NASA, the potential for magical mayhem to ensue is enhanced, even with 5 years of practice on Jeannie's part, and it would be very interesting to have Dr. Bellows team up with Tony and Roger to cover Jeannie's tracks up.  |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Feb 5, 2007 13:12:09 GMT -5
Yeah, that would have definitely been a cute development in the show.
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Post by Subspace on Feb 6, 2007 17:42:40 GMT -5
Yeah, that would have definitely been a cute development in the show. Yeah - hard to write, though, unfortunately, since then there'd have to be different ways of introducing comedic situations... Seasons 1 - 5 as they are of IDOJ created comedy without using too many characters - really just using a few of the key/main characters (i.e. the General, Jeannie, Tony, Roger, Dr. Bellows, and later Mrs. Bellows, and occasionally a guest character), with other minor supporting cast just walking around in the background without speaking or acting roles. If Dr. Bellows was 'in' on the secret, they'd have to get someone else to cause trouble, or dramatically 'up' the role of the supporting cast... e.g. by having various (unimportant) people at different times witness strange events, and report them. In short it'd have required a major revamping of the IDOJ strategy as it had been used for 5 seasons and hence it might have been hard to do. Still, I'm confident the writers could have pulled it off though. This twist would sure beat the twists in IDOJ - 15 Years Later and especially the twists in ISDoJ. |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Feb 6, 2007 21:45:25 GMT -5
That's true, it would be very hard to write... what if they only had Dr. Bellows find out and not Amanda? That could have made it a bit easier...
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Post by Subspace on Feb 8, 2007 18:12:06 GMT -5
That's true, it would be very hard to write... what if they only had Dr. Bellows find out and not Amanda? That could have made it a bit easier... Yes, but that still doesn't make for too much room... remember part of the reason the original set-up was so funny was that Dr. Bellows was Tony's and Roger's boss, effectively, or at least immediate superior, at NASA. He was also both their medical doctor and psychiatrist. That's why they were afraid of him - he could dismiss them from the program if he so wanted to. That's part of the reason they went to such great lengths to hide Jeannie from him, or cover up - they were afraid that Bellows'd dismiss them summarily if he ever found out the truth. You don't have a similar situation with Amanda Bellows, especially if Alfred had already found out and was 'in' on it. There's nothing Amanda can do except through Alfred, and it shouldn't be too hard for Alfred to explain away some suspicious incidents. He's even done it before - albeit unwittingly, but still. Alfred may be a hen-pecked husband, but Amanda's no psychiatrist and from what we see, still has some respect for her husband's medical/psychological training. Remember in One of Our Bottles Is Missing how Alfred Bellows said quite a few times to his wife, "Remember, I'm a psychiatrist"? In light of that, his wife seemed pretty accepting of his theories/explanations. So for one thing, Amanda most likely will just buy into Alfred's explanations. Even if she didn't, and still suspected, there's nothing really she can do. She's not in the military at all, and can you imagine the General listening to her spin fantastic tales, after years of listening to Bellows recount fantastic tales? I'm thinking perhaps a new nosey General that, perchance, moves in right next door, might do the trick. |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Feb 8, 2007 18:18:47 GMT -5
That's true, it would be very hard to write... what if they only had Dr. Bellows find out and not Amanda? That could have made it a bit easier... Yes, but that still doesn't make for too much room... remember part of the reason the original set-up was so funny was that Dr. Bellows was Tony's and Roger's boss, effectively, or at least immediate superior, at NASA. He was also both their medical doctor and psychiatrist. That's why they were afraid of him - he could dismiss them from the program if he so wanted to. That's part of the reason they went to such great lengths to hide Jeannie from him, or cover up - they were afraid that Bellows'd dismiss them summarily if he ever found out the truth. You don't have a similar situation with Amanda Bellows, especially if Alfred had already found out and was 'in' on it. There's nothing Amanda can do except through Alfred, and it shouldn't be too hard for Alfred to explain away some suspicious incidents. He's even done it before - albeit unwittingly, but still. Alfred may be a hen-pecked husband, but Amanda's no psychiatrist and from what we see, still has some respect for her husband's medical/psychological training. Remember in One of Our Bottles Is Missing how Alfred Bellows said quite a few times to his wife, "Remember, I'm a psychiatrist"? In light of that, his wife seemed pretty accepting of his theories/explanations. So for one thing, Amanda most likely will just buy into Alfred's explanations. Even if she didn't, and still suspected, there's nothing really she can do. She's not in the military at all, and can you imagine the General listening to her spin fantastic tales, after years of listening to Bellows recount fantastic tales? I'm thinking perhaps a new nosey General that, perchance, moves in right next door, might do the trick. Ah yes, that would have been good! And then having both the Bellows and the Nelsons trying to keep it a secret... yeah that would have been cute. But how long do you think they could keep that fresh? Although they managed to do it with Dr. Bellows for 5 years... |
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Post by Subspace on Feb 8, 2007 20:52:16 GMT -5
Ah yes, that would have been good! And then having both the Bellows and the Nelsons trying to keep it a secret... yeah that would have been cute. But how long do you think they could keep that fresh? Although they managed to do it with Dr. Bellows for 5 years... Yeah, well, part of the reason we're discussing this is because the Dr. Bellows gig was getting a bit old after 5 seasons. I'm thinking more of a multi-pronged approach... have the General be the main factor for half or so of Season 6, and then Tony and Jeannie's kids will be another factor too. Remember how in The Birds and the Bees Bit Haji foresaw that Tony and Jeannie would have two children, one girl, a genie, and one boy, apparently a human? Well, this can start happening in Season 6. We would then have another arc when the baby starts wreaking havoc across NASA and Cocoa Beach, not knowing any better! Examples would include just plain common people, or even babysitters, which could be Mrs. Bellows! Later when the baby grows into a child and starts attending school, we could have an equivalent of Dr. Bellows, in, for example, the school president. |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Feb 8, 2007 21:24:53 GMT -5
Yeah, the kids would keep it fresh, and Jeannie and Tony as parents would be great to see!
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Post by Subspace on Feb 8, 2007 21:35:48 GMT -5
Yeah, the kids would keep it fresh, and Jeannie and Tony as parents would be great to see! Yeah, that too. Tony and Jeannie trying to keep a magical baby genie in line... I can see much potential laughter there, alone! |
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Post by jeannietonyfan on Feb 8, 2007 21:40:01 GMT -5
Yeah, the kids would keep it fresh, and Jeannie and Tony as parents would be great to see! Yeah, that too. Tony and Jeannie trying to keep a magical baby genie in line... I can see much potential laughter there, alone! Oh boy, poor Tony would be a nervous wreck! |
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