I'm a new viewer of I Dream of Jeanie. I've only watched the first season. I'd like to know though, is there a Christmas episode of "..Jeanie". I've looked at the episode guide and no where is Christmas mentioned. Closest description to what might be a Christmas show is the Goes to Honolulu December episode.

You long time fans, tell me if there is a Christmas episode and which is it if so?:confused:

I'm a new viewer of I Dream of Jeanie. I've only watched the first season. I'd like to know though, is there a Christmas episode of "..Jeanie". I've looked at the episode guide and no where is Christmas mentioned. Closest description to what might be a Christmas show is the Goes to Honolulu December episode.

You long time fans, tell me if there is a Christmas episode and which is it if so?:confused:

There is absolutely no christmas episode of "I Dream Of Jeannie"...I always thought it was a shame they didn't produce one in the 5 seasons the show was on the air......some confusion might arrise because recently "I Dream Of Jeannie" was mentioned as part of the upcoming 2008 WGN America Christmas marathon.

I was so wondering about that--Jeannie would have made Christmas fun! Like blinking in Santa or zapping Tony and Roger by accident to the North Pole :lol:

I was so wondering about that--Jeannie would have made Christmas fun! Like blinking in Santa or zapping Tony and Roger by accident to the North Pole :lol:

I agree with you. Jeannie would definitely make Christmas fun.

Not only were there no Christmas episodes - there were no holiday episodes at all. The closest we ever got to a "holiday" episode was My Master, the Ghostbreaker, which sort of goes along with Halloween.

If you can get into some fan-fiction, we have Jeannie holiday fan-fictions on our website - I'll be linking all of our Christmas fan-fictions directly to the front of the website, sometime this weekend.

Perhaps Jeannie didn't observe Christmas. One other reason why they didn't do a Christmas episode might be because the show was based in Florida, not known as a cold weather state with snow. So maybe they thought doing a Christmas episode in Florida would be inappropriate. Still, had they decided to do a Christmas episode there would have been potential for zaniness and visual gags as all Jeannie would have had to do is blink her eyes to make it snow, something she did at least once anyway in one of the series episodes.

...because creator/producer/head writer Sidney Sheldon didn't want to produce one. The closest he came to mentioning a holiday was a brief "tag", seen only at the end of the original network telecast of "My Master, the Author" [12/26/66], where Larry Hagman, out of character, appeared on the patio set to wish viewers, "from the cast and crew of 'I DREAM OF JEANNIE'", a "happy holiday" and a "happier New Year". "Jeannie" [Barbara], next to him, blinks...and snow starts to fall over them. She giggles as the scene fades to black. I saw this, through a film collector, years ago, and I have no idea where that piece of film is now...

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...because creator/producer/head writer Sidney Sheldon didn't want to produce one. The closest he came to mentioning a holiday was a brief "tag", seen only at the end of the original network telecast of "My Master, the Author" [12/26/66], where Larry Hagman, out of character, appeared on the patio set to wish viewers, "from the cast and crew of 'I DREAM OF JEANNIE'", a "happy holiday" and a "happier New Year". "Jeannie" [Barbara], next to him, blinks...and snow starts to fall over them. She giggles as the scene fades to black. I saw this, through a film collector, years ago, and I have no idea where that piece of film is now...

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I don't know what religion Sidney was but many times that factored in if the creator/producer/head writer didn't celebrate in regarding if a series did a holiday show.

...because creator/producer/head writer Sidney Sheldon didn't want to produce one. The closest he came to mentioning a holiday was a brief "tag", seen only at the end of the original network telecast of "My Master, the Author" [12/26/66], where Larry Hagman, out of character, appeared on the patio set to wish viewers, "from the cast and crew of 'I DREAM OF JEANNIE'", a "happy holiday" and a "happier New Year". "Jeannie" [Barbara], next to him, blinks...and snow starts to fall over them. She giggles as the scene fades to black. I saw this, through a film collector, years ago, and I have no idea where that piece of film is now...

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I would love to see that

Sidney celebrated Christmas, from everything I've read and been told about him. That's not what kept him from doing holiday episodes. The story goes was that he was thinking ahead to syndication, and that holiday episodes create complications. He knew that when it came to 2, 3 and 4 part episodes, too. But holiday episodes are a little different from the 2 and 4 parters, as many stations that run syndicated shows don't want to play Christmas episodes in the middle of July. So Sidney just said, "no holiday episodes".

I remember seeing the above mentioned clip, when the show was originally on TV in the 60s. But I don't think I've seen it since. I also remember the contest that ran in season 2 (during the 4 parter that includes the 2 episodes "The Girl Who Never Had a Birthday", the Super Man episode, and the Caruso episode).

I was so wondering about that--Jeannie would have made Christmas fun! Like blinking in Santa or zapping Tony and Roger by accident to the North Pole :lol:
Yeah, they really missed the boat! :(

Lets not forget once again Tony and Roger would have to come up with another wild explanation to Dr. Bellows if Jeannie did make it snow in Florida.

Lets not forget once again Tony and Roger would have to come up with another wild explanation to Dr. Bellows if Jeannie did make it snow in Florida.

That happened in an episode!

That happened in an episode!


Ok you're right, its been a spell since I've seen this show.

Hey,
In response to TV Knowledge Fan's above post as to having seen this "holiday tag" years ago that a collector had, do you remember who the collector was that had it, if he might know where it could be found or who one might contact? It would be great to get in contact with him or someone who has any information on this rare piece of footage.

Thanks...and I am always impressed with your vast body of TV Knowledge!

I wish I could help you, 'ansara', but that was over 15 years ago, and I'm pretty sure that film collector I knew then, sold that filmed "tag" by now...anyway, thanks for your compliment!

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Being a fan of holiday-themed episodes, I was also disappointed that there was never a Christmas episode.

Several other long-running shows never had Christmas episodes, including "My Three Sons" and "Get Smart". I had read that "Dick Van Dyke" originally wasn't going to do one because of future syndication, but they did and during the '70s it seemed to rarely pop up in rotation.

Being a fan of holiday-themed episodes, I was also disappointed that there was never a Christmas episode.

Several other long-running shows never had Christmas episodes, including "My Three Sons" and "Get Smart". I had read that "Dick Van Dyke" originally wasn't going to do one because of future syndication, but they did and during the '70s it seemed to rarely pop up in rotation.

I still sincerely believe that certain shows that were perfect for christmas themed episodes didn't do one because some high producer, creator, director or head writer didn't have the same religious views........funny...My Three Sons, a 12 season family comedy perfect for several christmas episodes, never did a single one, yet did a thanksgiving episode in its first season....as for Dick's christmas episode not popping up in regular rotation, it was common practice in the 70's & 80's to skip over holiday episodes and only play them very near christmas, that's what made them so special, waiting a whole year to see an episode. In those golden years at least in the NYC area, you never saw the christmas episodes of The Brady Bunch, The Flintstones, The Monkees, The Partridge Family, Bewitched, etc except practically on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day in their regular time slots.

As for syndication that is the reason Desi Arnaz completely removed the I Love Lucy christmas episode from the package where it was considered totally forgotten about until the early 90's, yet even though it has been released and has had many "special showings" including two CBS airings it the 90's, one totally colorized and has been released even on VHS & DVD, the episode never made it back into the regular syndication package of I Love Lucy and is still considered the least seen/played episode.

Why would it be "inappropriate", to have a Christmas episode take place in Florida? They do celebrate Christmas there you know!! Most parts of the world don't have snow at Christmas

Why would it be "inappropriate", to have a Christmas episode take place in Florida? They do celebrate Christmas there you know!! Most parts of the world don't have snow at Christmas