"I Dream of Jeannie" original opening

OK, here's what I see: Maj. Nelson's lands on a beach, nobody is around, he finds a bottle, a beautiful, well-built and revealingly dressed genie comes out the bottle, and (after Paul Frees says she can grant Maj. Nelson ANY wish), she walks over and plants a long kiss on him (that goes forwards, then backwards)!! Maj. Nelson's response: He pushes her away!! Just like that, on a beach with nobody around!!??

...OK, I kinda knew it wasn't gonna be very believable television when the genie came out the bottle...

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[fromthesidelines]

"LOST IN SPACE" was filmed in color during its first season because, even though the network was scheduling half of their prime-time schedule in color by the fall of 1965, CBS (and Irwin Allen) preferred black and white. Not until they began 100% prime-time color programming in the fall of '66 was "LOST IN SPACE" finally "converted" to color.

[weenielongus]

I'm sure you meant that "Lost in Space" was NOT filmed in color during season 1, but I still find it amazing that CBS passed on "Star Trek" in favor of "Lost in Space"...

[mikehlebik]

it's the stevens' house on bewitched LOL

[neoconsnightmare3]

@powergirl901 i totally disagree. the original music was full of life and most folks DO remember this version (per the comments whenever a video with it comes up).

i have nothing against the second version, but this one stands out as the best to me.

[StephotoMTL]

Cool and rare document. But just cant believe that nobody mentioned/noticed that the narrator is none other than Orson Welles!!!

[powergirl901]

@fromthesidelines Gidget was in color from it's first show in 1965.

[powergirl901]

The orginal music is totally lifeless and forgettable. I much more enjoy the swingy, bossa nova thing that replaced it.

[fromthesidelines]

By the fall of 1966, Screen Gems HAD to film all of their shows in color, as all three networks scheduled "all-color" prime-time lineups that season [including "JEANNIE"]. And yes, that's Paul Frees as the narrator, 'terryk' {he also handled the sponsor I.D.'s for Liggett & Myers in season one: i.e. "'I DREAM OF JEANNIE'- brought to you by.....LARK, the filter cigarette, that tastes 'Richly Rewarding, Uncommonly Smooth'. 'There Is NOTHING Like A Lark'!"}.

[fromthesidelines]

This WASN'T a "Screen Gems" production, 'terryk'- Sidney Sheldon produced, and owned the rights to, the series [until he sold it to Columbia in 1971]. They just wanted him to produce it as cheaply as possible, since he was using their facilities. They delayed color filming of THEIR various series as long as network TV mostly stayed in black and white {"HAZEL" and "EMPIRE" were filmed in color [in 1962] because they had autombile sponsors who could afford the extra money to film them in color}.

[citizenterryk]

@fromthesidelines just another example of Screen Gems' then-refusal to stick a friggin' crowbar in it's wallet to make a good show better......indeed, even in the mid-60s it seems that Harry Cohn never really died.......