Here is a pic of me in front of the I dream of Jeannie house at the end of June 08 at the Warner Ranch. Thought some of you might like to see how it looks today.

Wow, that tree has really grown, hasn't it! How'd you happen to get a tour inside The WB Ranch? Most of the tours don't go in there - do they?

Nice picture!

yup that tree is a bit bigger now. I have some other photos that I will post later of the house.

I went to the warner ranch with the bewitched fanfare group who got a once in a lifetime tour of the ranch which as I understand has been closed to the public for years.. I'm not sure how they got us access, I didn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth..haha

Cool shot, it's rare that people not working on the backlot actually get in, and get photos! It hasn't changed much since last fall 2007. I was there working on a Lifetime TV shoot and got some great shots one of which is appearing in the collectible cards in the I Dream of Jeannie Complete Series Boxed set.

That's a great picture! Thanks for sharing. :)

The House looks great

I took the Warner Brothers tour about 3 weeks ago. I knew from the get-go that it wouldn't go into the Ranch, but I did ask about it. There are actually two other WB sites other than the one right along Rt-134. One is the Ranch, and one is up in Culver City. The tour does not include either one....not even the "5 hour tour".

Did you get to see inside The House.

Yes I peeked inside the house they use it for some offices, my understanding is that none of the series was actually filmed inside the house. Most of the homes on this studio lot are just facades.

That house was originally used as the Bumstead's home in Columbia's "Blondie" movies from 1938 through '50. Eventually, it became the "Anderson" house on "FATHER KNOWS BEST" (1954-'60), and so on. All of the "houses" on that suburban block have been seen and utilized, at one time or another, in virtually every Screen Gems/Columbia TV sitcom from the mid-'50s through the early '70s. You weren't supposed to notice it was the same "neighborhood", but if you saw the shows often enough, you got the feeling you'd "seen that house before"....yes, they're just "facades", as actual filming took place at what's now the "Sunset-Gower Studios". For outdoor scenes, cast and crew would troop over to the "Columbia Ranch" and film there...

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Wow! Great picture! Thanks for sharing!

Andrea

TV Knowledge Fan not all of the homes are facades. True back in the 60's the shows would film all their interiors back at Sunset Gower located a couple of blocks from Hollywood Blvd & then travel all the way to Burbank to film exteriors at the old Columbia Ranch now called The Warner ranch today. However, the I Dream Of Jeannie home is a real home used as an office. The homes next to the Bewitched house are also real homes and were used for indoor filming for the Lethal Weapon & the third & fourth Chevy Chase Vacation Films to name a few!

Nice picture! Thanks for sharing!

....most of the "homes" in that "Screen Gems neighborhood" (including the "Nelson house") DO have real offices and rooms inside, but I'm not sure that was the case over 40 years ago...

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TV Knowledge Fan, you're correct. Almost all of them were either three quarter facades or only half structures with simple plastic siding or metal sheeting on the back. Through out the 70's and into the 80's they began to enclose them completely. One of the LAST house facades to be enclosed was the Bewitched house as it was beginning to completely fall apart. They knew that in order to save it, it had to be enclosed.

The Nelson exterior was turned into the Ranch Operations office in the 80's. Before that it was only a facade and had no other use.

How did you get there? Did you fold you're arms and blink??

Very nice looking house!!!

You were lucky to have been there :)