:wave:Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman and Bill Daily will be on Larry King Live on Monday June 2nd and will share behind-the-scenes memories and classic laughs from I Dream of Jeannie!:wave:

Hey anyone who watches it tell me about it please :D

We don't get Larry King here in New Zealand :mad:

Thanks for telling us :cool:

The Larry King show was real.y fun! You can see the transcript of it at Larry King Live. It was a refreshing change from all the depressing news. :loveya: :clap: :liplick:

Originally posted by gotchrislady
The Larry King show was really fun! You can see the transcript of it at Larry King Live. It was a refreshing change from all the depressing news.

There was a sad moment during the interview when Larry asked Barbara about her son, who died a few years ago of a drug overdose. Larry asked her how things were, and she sort of shrugged and said, "The same". And Larry said something like, "It's been two years, the pain lessens, doesn't it?" And Barbara replied, "No." I believe that he was Barbara's only child, and I really felt for her during the interview.

I watched it. Pretty good.

Does anyone know a link were I can get the transcript? :D

Originally posted by Ms Garthe Knight
Does anyone know a link were I can get the transcript? :D

Try this:

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0306/02/lkl.00.html


Paula

Hi all,
This is my first time posting on this particular message board, although I have spent a lot of time on numerous other Sitcoms boards.

I just wanted to say that the interview with Larry King was pretty good. I thought, however, that Bill Daily's comments about Wayne Rogers were not nice, unnecessary and totally un-called-for.

Other than that, I really enjoyed the interview. And, it gave me the answer to something I've wondered about since I was a young fan in the '60s -- why Tony Nelson & Roger Healy's dress uniforms were not the same color.



Later,
Art

I loved seeing the 3 of them together again. Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman both seemed very friendly. In fact, Barbara Eden reminds me a lot of the Jeannie character. I found Bill Daily annoying, he was trying to be too funny I think and it came off rude or annoying, but it was still nice to see the 3 of them

The consistant problem I have with Larry King Live is that whenever he interviews people, he doesn't know a lot about what he's talking about and he always cuts off people in mid-sentence. Sometimes they have good stuff to say but he interrupts

benjamoon,
That seems to be a somewhat common interview method -- faking ignorance, in an effort to get the star to elaborate in greater detail on the subject.

To me, no one is more annoying at that than that "Inside The Actors' Studio" guy on Bravo, James Lipton (or whatever his name is). He makes it much too obvious. I find him incredibly annoying, while Larry King doesn't bother me at all. King seems much more genuine to me.



Later,
Art

Originally posted by TV Guy
There was a sad moment during the interview when Larry asked Barbara about her son, who died a few years ago of a drug overdose. Larry asked her how things were, and she sort of shrugged and said, "The same". And Larry said something like, "It's been two years, the pain lessens, doesn't it?" And Barbara replied, "No." I believe that he was Barbara's only child, and I really felt for her during the interview.
I didn't see the interview, but I know from what I just read that it was a dumb thing for Larry to say. My parents lost an adult child (my sister), and two years is nothing in the grief process. It's the ultimate loss and the pain stays with a person forever. Years and years must pass for it to get any easier.

Janice,
What did he (Larry King) say -- "It must lessen a little?"?

Probably not the best thing in the world he could've said, but I can sort of see where he was coming from. He obviously didn't mean what he said to be taken to mean, "Do you love him less?" or "Do you miss him less?"

I mean -- two years ago, I'm sure Barbara Eden was crying uncontrollably morning, noon and night -- virtually unable to function. And, there she was, two years later, sitting on a -- what was it, hour-long? -- TV interview and not only *not* crying, but at times smiling and laughing. If it hadn't "lessened" at least a little, I don't think she would've been sitting there in the first place.

Regardless of how people may feel he came across -- or what their feelings may be on the subject -- it was nice of King to ask how she was holding up.

Later,
Art

Originally posted by Artfiore1
Regardless of how people may feel he came across -- or what their feelings may be on the subject -- it was nice of King to ask how she was holding up.

You're right Art. I think I may be too close to this one to be objective. I'm sure Larry only meant well with the question.
Here's a poem that's been circulating for years. I cut it out of Dear Abby years ago and had it professionally printed and framed for my parents.


MY CHILD

PLEASE, don't ask me if I'm over it yet,
I'll never be over it.
PLEASE, don't tell me she is in a better place.
She isn't here with me.
PLEASE, don't say at least she isn't suffering.
I haven't come to terms with why she had to suffer
at all.
PLEASE, don't tell me you know how I feel,
unless you have lost a child.
PLEASE, don't ask me if I feel better.
Bereavement isn't a condition that clears up.
PLEASE, don't tell me at least you had her for
so many years.
What year would you choose for your child to die?
PLEASE, don't tell me God never gives us more
than we can bear.
PLEASE, just say you are sorry.
PLEASE, just remember my child, if you do.
PLEASE, just let me talk about my child.
PLEASE, mention my child's name.
PLEASE, just let me cry.

Author Unknown

Janice,
That is a wonderful poem. Thank you so much for posting it.

That was also a very nice thing you did your parents. I'm sure they really appreciated it.

Later,
Art

I thought, however, that Bill Daily's comments about Wayne Rogers were not nice, unnecessary and totally un-called-for.

Well, I agree with Bill Daily. Wayne Rogers was awful as Tony, & I never liked MASH either. They should've just wrote out Tony, liked they did in the second reunion movie.

Also, according to the transcript they now claim that Hagman didn't do the reunion movies because of "Dallas," but Dallas's Ken Kercheval starred in the second one. I was always under the impression before, that he wanted nothing to do with IDOJ, he didn't even show up at NBC's Anniversary Show last year.

I loved the marathon and it really brought me back to my interest in IDOJ!

I think I read somewhere that the producers of the first reunion movie made an assuption that Hagman would be a part of the cast and practically do it for free and he refused. It was a sad blunder on their part to make that assumption. I almost wish they hadn't done the reunion movie at all.

I did enjoy the Larry King interview and I thought Barbara Eden really shined. I also saw her the next day on Good Morning America and Fox News. She was so delightful and funny plus she brought her bottle with her something I don't think I have seen her do in decades.

Jeanniefan

BLT,
whether you l liked it or not, "M*A*S*H" was an outstanding series -- probably the greatest show ever, and Wayne Rogers was marvelous in his role on that show.

I don't think I ever saw the "Jeannie" movie which had him playing Tony Nelson. If I did, I don't remember it, so I can't say how "awful" he may or may not have been in that role.

"I'm excited, and I'm getting there and I see Wayne Rogers . . . But, here's Wayne Rogers dressing up as *him*. And it went downhill from then on. He wasn't that funny on 'M.A.S.H.' I mean, Wayne Rogers??" was not only untrue, but also completely unnecessary to say about a guy whose biggest offense most likely is not being the actor who played the part on the series.

If not being Larry Hagman is a crime, then I -- and a hell of a lot other people -- had better watch out! We're *all* guilty of the same crime.

=============================================

Jeanniefan,
I also enjoyed the marathon very much. I don't know if there's another show that can consistantly make me laugh like "I Dream Of Jeannie" does.

Later,
Art

Getting back to the reunions. I always felt Larry felt at that time the Jeannie reunions was a show from his past and he didn't really want to get back into it. I felt that he felt that Dallas was a better show. He did do better financially and was more famous in Dallas than Jeannie. Then I saw a snippet of him and Barbara on Donny and Marie's daytime show and he seem happy about talking about it. I did think gosh he has gotten old. BUt i am happy his new liver is working. Maybe he felt he should talk about the past, for now he has a future. Barbara looks the same as 20 years ago.





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vze3t9q9,
I think people are usually really into what they're currently doing (as Larry Hagman was during his "Dallas" days), always thinking it's better than anything else they've done before -- which to them is now "ancient history." As much fame as he had gained on "I Dream Of Jeannie," it certainly didn't compare to the attention he received on "Dallas" . . . especially after J.R. was shot.

But then, after enough time has passed, any and all negative feelings, including beliefs that it was inferior -- and unpleasant memories, if there were any -- which they may have had about the older project have all been forgotten. And, all they're left with is a fondness for whatever it was, and maybe even a desire to relive that simpler time when they were younger.

You'd probably find a lot more tired 50-year-olds looking forward to a high school reunion than successful 30-year-olds who are.


Later,
Art

Art, I think you hit the nail on the head on how Larry's feelings towards the series have softened. As for Bill Daily's comments, I also thought they were unnecessary, and kind of low-class. No matter how he felt about Wayne's performance as Tony (I didn't think he was that bad, considering he had a thankless job) it's bad form to bad-mouth a colleague in public.

TV Guy,
Thank you very much.

And, as for Bill Daily's badmouthing a colleague in public, immediately afterward, he said, "This is not live, because I would have never said that. We're not on. Thank goodness." What was *that* all about?

Was it live, and he didn't know it?

Or, were the interview and calls pre-recorded, then shown later . . . and either somebody made a mistake or doublecrossed him?


Later,
Art

whether you l liked it or not, "M*A*S*H" was an outstanding series -- probably the greatest show ever, and Wayne Rogers was marvelous in his role on that show

I may have been too harsh, I know MASH was a much beloved show and i'm glad that people like it. But as a kid, I didn't know about his filmography, I just knew it wasn't JR. That's all.