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classictvrules · 03-15-2006, 09:15 AM

Just picked up the set yesterday. Couldn't find the B/W version to save my life, everyplace had the colorized version. I figured, what the heck, I'll give it a try. First episode colors in some scenes (especially at NASA) way too bright not realistic. Did NASA paint their rooms in the mid 60's in "circus peanut" orange? Also there in the scene where Major Nelson entices Jeannie to jump into the bottle with the black pearl trick, after she goes into the bottle, he takes out his "pink"? handkerchief and puts it in the bottle. Mysteriously, the handkerchief is WHITE when Jeannie wrestles with it in the bottle! Now if this is only the first one I've watched, then I'm sure there will be more mistakes to follow. After seeing this, I was ticked that I bought that version, but then I gave it a thought, I can always just turn the color off on the TV and it will solve the problem. That way if I ever feel like checking it out in colorized, I can leave the tv alone. Probably better to buy the colorized version, then you can have the "best" of both worlds.....

comedyfreak · 03-15-2006, 10:12 AM

I figured they would mess up, they can't be perfect. You're right you can always turn off the color. I still need to pick up my copy.

dave insinga · 03-17-2006, 05:10 PM

i was one of thoose people who hated the whole colorizing thing of these classic shows but i bought it with the attitude well i 've seen them in b&w so why not check out the color version and i like it. sure there are flaws but
its not to the point where it upsets me.i actually enjoyed it

Adamantium · 03-17-2006, 05:49 PM

I bought the Black & White set. In the commentary, they kept saying "Look how good you look in Black and White." Is the commentary the same for the color set?

Although I'm against colorizing black and white shows, there are some I would buy, just to see what they look like in color. And those are shows that were never in color, like "The Dick Van Dyke Show" or "I Love Lucy" or "The Honeymooners (1955-56)", or "The Munsters". Whereas shows like "Bewitched" and "I Dream of Jeannie" I enjoy having a season or two in black and white and then moving into the color episodes.

michaellinn · 03-18-2006, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Adamantium

I bought the Black & White set. In the commentary, they kept saying "Look how good you look in Black and White." Is the commentary the same for the color set?

Yes, even in the colorized version (which I have), they mentioned how good they look in black and white.

Charlie Chan · 03-18-2006, 05:04 PM

By definition, the colorized version is flawed.

Ms LennonMcCartney · 03-18-2006, 06:59 PM

I bought the First Season on March 14, a very special day to us fans of I dream of Jeannie, but I only found it in color. I bought at Suncoast store, it seems they didn't have it in black and white.
At the moment I have seen the Pilot ep with the audio comentaries with Larry, Barbara and Bill and Sydney and of course the course the wonderful interviews with the cast.

Mi Bella Genio, forever!

Vivian from San Juan, Puerto Rico

Heidi Dawn · 03-19-2006, 10:01 AM

I also have the colorized version. The B & W sets just aren't popular in Canada, they didn't have them for Bewitched either. It doesn't matter whether it's color or B & W, I Dream of Jeannie is still a great show.

Lee G · 03-21-2006, 05:23 PM

I bought the original classic black and white set. I would never buy anything that's been "colorized", that stuff is junk. For me, the 1st season of Jeannie is the best. After they started filming it in color the show got too crazy.

TV Knowledge Fan · 03-31-2006, 05:20 PM

If Jerry Hyams of Screen Gems-Columbia had accepted Sidney Sheldon's offer of ponying up an extra $300 an episode at the beginning, "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" would have been in Pathe color from the first episode on! But no, Hyams told Sidney, "Save your money"! Screen Gems was notoriously cheap about special effects (that's where most of the extra money would have gone- and DID when the show went to color in '66)- "BEWITCHED" stayed in black and white during its first two seasons for the same reason. Did you know "JEANNIE" was the LAST black & white series on NBC's prime-time schedule in 1965-'66? Now you know WHY.....

But I LOVE it in black & white!!!

Lee G · 03-31-2006, 06:09 PM

1965-66 was the first season when most TV shows were filmed in color. The new shows were in color, and most of the returning ones that had been in black and white made the switch to color. I'm just glad the 1st season of Jeannie was in black and white. I think it's by far the shows best season. When they started making color episodes, the show got too outlandish. I was never much of a Bewitched fan.

TV Knowledge Fan · 04-03-2006, 06:03 PM

...the second season was practically a continuation of the first (with Sidney Sheldon writing almost every episode), only in "living color": note the series doesn't being to "date" itself until the last show of season two: "The Mod Party". That was the first episode that WASN'T a Sheldon creation per se, and it reflected where the series was heading- ridiculous situations, absurd costumes (not the "Mod" outfits!), and a sense that everything was "tilted"
and "out of balance" (the party, for one). By the beginning of season three, more exaggeration, more.....well, "Jeannie Or the Tiger", "My Son, the Genie", "Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie?" [all four parts], "Please Don't Feed the Astronauts", "Divorce- Jeannie Style"....those episodes are the best examples. By the fall of 1968, the show began to look more like a live-action
"cartoon".

Lee G · 04-04-2006, 12:23 PM

It might not have happened right away, but after they started filming Jeannie in color the plots and situations eventually went way over the top. Too much craziness was going on. It's all a matter of taste, I prefer the "calmer" black and white episodes of the first season. I also think the theme song used during the first season is better than the more familiar one used in seasons 2 thru 5.

BSDDomi · 06-20-2006, 01:19 PM

I bought the colorized version because I couldn't get the original b/w version. True they messed up a bit but all in all I'd say they did a good job. BTW, did anyone see the blue eyes they gave Major Nelson in the pilot when he first met Jeannie on that island..they looked a bit too blue and shiney to me

TV Knowledge Fan · 06-21-2006, 12:28 PM

....told Jerry Hyams of Screen Gems, before the series started production in early 1965, "I'll pay the extra $300 an episode to film it in color"....and Hyams said, "SAVE YOUR MONEY". Because of Screen Gems' stubbornness in believing "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" really wasn't going to be a "success", THIS is why Captain Nelson's eyes look "too blue and shiney" in the "colorized" pilot today.

Do yourself a favor, 'BSDDomi'.....get the original black & white version---even if you have to write SONY yourself to get it!!!

03-15-2006, 09:15 AM	#1
classictvrules Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 8	Already flaws in the Jeannie colorized version... Just picked up the set yesterday. Couldn't find the B/W version to save my life, everyplace had the colorized version. I figured, what the heck, I'll give it a try. First episode colors in some scenes (especially at NASA) way too bright not realistic. Did NASA paint their rooms in the mid 60's in "circus peanut" orange? Also there in the scene where Major Nelson entices Jeannie to jump into the bottle with the black pearl trick, after she goes into the bottle, he takes out his "pink"? handkerchief and puts it in the bottle. Mysteriously, the handkerchief is WHITE when Jeannie wrestles with it in the bottle! Now if this is only the first one I've watched, then I'm sure there will be more mistakes to follow. After seeing this, I was ticked that I bought that version, but then I gave it a thought, I can always just turn the color off on the TV and it will solve the problem. That way if I ever feel like checking it out in colorized, I can leave the tv alone. Probably better to buy the colorized version, then you can have the "best" of both worlds.....

03-15-2006, 10:12 AM	#2
comedyfreak Cheers! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 14, 2005 Location: Sunny California Posts: 11,060	I figured they would mess up, they can't be perfect. You're right you can always turn off the color. I still need to pick up my copy.
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03-17-2006, 05:10 PM	#3
dave insinga Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 19, 2005 Posts: 590	pleasantly suprized by the colorized set i was one of thoose people who hated the whole colorizing thing of these classic shows but i bought it with the attitude well i 've seen them in b&w so why not check out the color version and i like it. sure there are flaws but its not to the point where it upsets me.i actually enjoyed it

03-18-2006, 05:04 PM	#6
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03-19-2006, 10:01 AM	#8
Heidi Dawn Muppets Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 01, 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 883	I also have the colorized version. The B & W sets just aren't popular in Canada, they didn't have them for Bewitched either. It doesn't matter whether it's color or B & W, I Dream of Jeannie is still a great show.
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03-17-2006, 05:49 PM	#4
Adamantium TVAdam No More Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 11, 2002 Location: Springfield, Ohio Posts: 7,830	I bought the Black & White set. In the commentary, they kept saying "Look how good you look in Black and White." Is the commentary the same for the color set? Although I'm against colorizing black and white shows, there are some I would buy, just to see what they look like in color. And those are shows that were never in color, like "The Dick Van Dyke Show" or "I Love Lucy" or "The Honeymooners (1955-56)", or "The Munsters". Whereas shows like "Bewitched" and "I Dream of Jeannie" I enjoy having a season or two in black and white and then moving into the color episodes.

03-18-2006, 06:59 PM	#7
Ms LennonMcCartney Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 09, 2003 Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Posts: 17	I bought the First Season on March 14, a very special day to us fans of I dream of Jeannie, but I only found it in color. I bought at Suncoast store, it seems they didn't have it in black and white. At the moment I have seen the Pilot ep with the audio comentaries with Larry, Barbara and Bill and Sydney and of course the course the wonderful interviews with the cast. Mi Bella Genio, forever! Vivian from San Juan, Puerto Rico

03-21-2006, 05:23 PM	#9
Lee G Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 24, 2004 Posts: 850	I bought the original classic black and white set. I would never buy anything that's been "colorized", that stuff is junk. For me, the 1st season of Jeannie is the best. After they started filming it in color the show got too crazy.

03-31-2006, 05:20 PM	#10
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	"colorized" If Jerry Hyams of Screen Gems-Columbia had accepted Sidney Sheldon's offer of ponying up an extra $300 an episode at the beginning, "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" would have been in Pathe color from the first episode on! But no, Hyams told Sidney, "Save your money"! Screen Gems was notoriously cheap about special effects (that's where most of the extra money would have gone- and DID when the show went to color in '66)- "BEWITCHED" stayed in black and white during its first two seasons for the same reason. Did you know "JEANNIE" was the LAST black & white series on NBC's prime-time schedule in 1965-'66? Now you know WHY..... But I LOVE it in black & white!!!

03-31-2006, 06:09 PM	#11
Lee G Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 24, 2004 Posts: 850	1965-66 was the first season when most TV shows were filmed in color. The new shows were in color, and most of the returning ones that had been in black and white made the switch to color. I'm just glad the 1st season of Jeannie was in black and white. I think it's by far the shows best season. When they started making color episodes, the show got too outlandish. I was never much of a Bewitched fan.

04-03-2006, 06:03 PM	#12
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	it wasn't "outlandish" because of the color... ...the second season was practically a continuation of the first (with Sidney Sheldon writing almost every episode), only in "living color": note the series doesn't being to "date" itself until the last show of season two: "The Mod Party". That was the first episode that WASN'T a Sheldon creation per se, and it reflected where the series was heading- ridiculous situations, absurd costumes (not the "Mod" outfits!), and a sense that everything was "tilted" and "out of balance" (the party, for one). By the beginning of season three, more exaggeration, more.....well, "Jeannie Or the Tiger", "My Son, the Genie", "Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie?" [all four parts], "Please Don't Feed the Astronauts", "Divorce- Jeannie Style"....those episodes are the best examples. By the fall of 1968, the show began to look more like a live-action "cartoon".

04-04-2006, 12:23 PM	#13
Lee G Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 24, 2004 Posts: 850	It might not have happened right away, but after they started filming Jeannie in color the plots and situations eventually went way over the top. Too much craziness was going on. It's all a matter of taste, I prefer the "calmer" black and white episodes of the first season. I also think the theme song used during the first season is better than the more familiar one used in seasons 2 thru 5.

06-20-2006, 01:19 PM	#14
BSDDomi Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 136	I bought the colorized version because I couldn't get the original b/w version. True they messed up a bit but all in all I'd say they did a good job. BTW, did anyone see the blue eyes they gave Major Nelson in the pilot when he first met Jeannie on that island..they looked a bit too blue and shiney to me

06-21-2006, 12:28 PM	#15
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Sidney Sheldon... ....told Jerry Hyams of Screen Gems, before the series started production in early 1965, "I'll pay the extra $300 an episode to film it in color"....and Hyams said, "SAVE YOUR MONEY". Because of Screen Gems' stubbornness in believing "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" really wasn't going to be a "success", THIS is why Captain Nelson's eyes look "too blue and shiney" in the "colorized" pilot today. Do yourself a favor, 'BSDDomi'.....get the original black & white version---even if you have to write SONY yourself to get it!!!