What if the Sex Roles were Reversed? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

dougiezerts · 02-28-2012, 04:38 PM

What if Major Nelson was a woman, and Jeannie was a man? How do all of you think the show would have been changed/effected?
Of course, this would have required a name change--perhaps, "I Dream of Gene!"

TV Knowledge Fan · 03-01-2012, 09:10 PM

....you probably never heard of- or watched- a short-lived 1997-'98 ABC sitcom entitled "YOU WISH" (created by Michael Jacobs)....about a male genie [John Ales as "Genie"] who finds himself "serving" a young single mother [Harley Jane Kozak] and her two kids. It was that kind of show that soon required Jerry Van Dyke (as "Grandpa Max") to appear regularly as "comedy relief", before it was cancelled.

02-28-2012, 04:38 PM	#1
dougiezerts Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 20, 2012 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 204	What if the Sex Roles were Reversed? What if Major Nelson was a woman, and Jeannie was a man? How do all of you think the show would have been changed/effected? Of course, this would have required a name change--perhaps, "I Dream of Gene!"

03-01-2012, 09:10 PM	#2
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Ah, 'dougie'... ....you probably never heard of- or watched- a short-lived 1997-'98 ABC sitcom entitled "YOU WISH" (created by Michael Jacobs)....about a male genie [John Ales as "Genie"] who finds himself "serving" a young single mother [Harley Jane Kozak] and her two kids. It was that kind of show that soon required Jerry Van Dyke (as "Grandpa Max") to appear regularly as "comedy relief", before it was cancelled.