User Reviews

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.

A lot of slapstick here and it's very well written and executed. This episode is especially pleasing to those of us who remember the 1960s, with the Laugh-In crossover characters. Veeery Interesting!

Fun from beginning to end.

"The Biggest Star in Hollywood" is the episode where the creators of Rowan and Martin's LAUGH-IN wanted Barbara Eden to appear on their show, walking down the stairs with a spotlight on her navel (even without the two hosts, we still get to see Judy Carne, Arte Johnson, Gary Owens, and producer George Schlatter). With Tony leaving for a week in Hollywood on Air Force business, sharing a room with Dr. Bellows, he forbids Jeannie to tag along, bidding goodbye to her in a salon mirror where she is spotted by Owens and Schlatter. She's convinced that stardom will be hers and agrees to do LAUGH-IN at their request, with some prodding from publicity hungry Roger, acting as Jeannie's agent, renaming her 'Princess Armena.' While Dr. Bellows tries sight seeing, Tony recognizes Jeannie and tries to put a stop to Roger's scheme. There's a great deal of running around in the hotel, but the LAUGH-IN performers get very little to do. No, Jeannie didn't do the show after all, while Judy Carne had already done a first season episode, "Is There an Extra Jeannie in the House?"

I enjoy watching IDOJ for the most part, except when an episode like this happens. They literally phoned this episode in. Just awful. How many times are we gonna here "Major Nelson what is this?" Whe referring to Jeannie's bottle. Dr Bellows has already seen it and Amanda made a copy, he knows what it is.

Then Dr Bellows opens the bottle up which is supposed to mean he is Jeannie's master. The Laugh In crew comes in to the hotel room with Dr Bellows in his towel after his shower, somehow he doesn't realize he's not dressed? Shortly he falls out the window and is holding on to the rope/line that's between buildings. He is fully dressed when he falls out the window but once again his towel is on him when he is rescued. I've never seen a towel wrapped that good to not fall off. One of my least favorite episodes for sure.