The Biggest Star in Hollywood
- Episode aired Feb 24, 1969
- 25m
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7.0/10
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Jeannie gets a guest shot on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967).Jeannie gets a guest shot on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967).Jeannie gets a guest shot on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967).
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- TriviaGeorge Schlatter and Ed Friendly, producers of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), envisioned a night of cross-promotion by having several Laugh-In regulars appear on I Dream of Jeannie, followed by Barbara Eden appearing in character as Jeannie on Laugh-In that same night. The plot of this episode is just that: Jeannie is approached by Laugh-In producer Schlatter and three regulars (Judy Carne, Arte Johnson, Gary Owens) and asked to appear on Laugh-In. While it may appear that this episode is one of those that ends without a resolution to the plot, it was in fact concluded on the Laugh-In show following the original broadcast the same night, with Barbara Eden appearing as Jeannie.
- GoofsJeannie and Tony get their photo in the newspaper yet later in the series it is revealed that Jeannie cannot be photographed.
- ConnectionsReferences Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
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Jeannie 101
This episode, as well as the majority of the episodes of I Dream of Jeannie are fun and pleasant to watch. The only big pill you have to swallow is the inconsistencies from season to season and episode to episode. In season 1, they tried to be consistent with the story line and the rules concerning the power of Djinns. But things slowly took a left turn and now it seems that Jeannie's powers, her past and even the storyline arbitrarily change as needed. First we are told that Jeannie was a human who was turned into a Djinni because she refused to marry the powerful Blue Djinn. Later it turns out all her family members are Djinnis. And even if they are all humans, how can Jeannie visit her mom in Bagdad? Wouldn't they all be dead after 2000 years? Unless she's going back in time, which then begs the question how is it they know she's been trapped in a bottle for 2000 years? Jeannie's mother, played by a different actress, visits Jeannie to help her marry Tony Nelson. In a later episode, Jeannie's mother, now played by Barbara Eden visits and says she's never met Tony Nelson. The scope of Jeannie's powers change per episode. In some episodes, Jeannie can undo another Djinni's spells. In other episodes, she says she cannot undo the spells of another Djinn. In some episode, Jeannie can blink out of her bottle, in others, she has to assume the form of smoke. At times, its alluded that her powers are almost limitless. But in other story arcs, shes is shown to have limits and restrictions to her powers. Jeannie supposedly cannot go against her master's wishes. Like in the Caruso episode where Jeannie could not give Tony Nelson the voice of the famous opera singer because that was his wish. Yet in other episodes, she clearly goes against his wishes. In this episode as well as a couple of others, Jeannie can plainly be photographed. And yet in her marriage episode, the big issues was a Djinni supposedly cannot be photographed. And even if that was the case, couldn't Tony Nelson just wish that she could be photographed? If you sit and watch the complete set, like I have, you will see hundreds if not thousands of these kinds of inconsistencies. But ultimately, it doesn't change the fact that its a wonderful and entertaining show.
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- CDTrannyLez
- Aug 12, 2014
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