Jeannie (1973–1975)

Corey, an average California teenager, finds an unusual-looking bottle on the beach while surfing. He opens it, and a beautiful genie named Jeannie emerges. Her bumbling, corpulent sidekick... See full summary »

Stars:

Julie McWhirter, Mark Hamill, Joe Besser

Cast

Series cast summary:
Julie McWhirter	...	Jeannie (16 episodes, 1973)
Mark Hamill	...	Corey Anders (16 episodes, 1973)
Joe Besser	...	Babu (16 episodes, 1973)
Bob Hastings	...	Henry Glopp (16 episodes, 1973)
Janet Waldo	...	Mrs. Anders (16 episodes, 1973)
John Stephenson	...	Hadji (16 episodes, 1973)

Storyline

Corey, an average California teenager, finds an unusual-looking bottle on the beach while surfing. He opens it, and a beautiful genie named Jeannie emerges. Her bumbling, corpulent sidekick genie Babu also emerges, and the two become Corey's servants. Most of the show's plots found Corey trying to live a normal teenager's life, while keeping the genies' identities secret, and teaming up with Jeannie to repair the damages caused by Babu's bungling.

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Plot Keywords:

based on live action tv series

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Genres:

Animation | Fantasy | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 September 1973 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Screen Gems Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (16 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Mark Hamill' (Corey Anders) and 'Bob Hastings' (Henry Glopp) would later work together again in the 1990's on Batman as the voices of the Joker and Commisioner Gordon, respectively.

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Connections

Spun-off from I Dream of Jeannie (1965)

User Reviews

A Teen Version of a Classic

This show came out at the height of the so-called "teen cartoon" era. Several shows that had teenagers as the central characters all made their debuts around this time and this show was no exception. The premise of this show was pretty much an update of the original "I Dream of Jeannie", except that this time Jeannie is, more or less, a teenager and her master and his best bud are a pair of high school students, not adult astronauts as in the original series. Also, a very annoying "junior genie" named Babu, who's powers always malfunction at the worst times. All in all the show was okay, but it will never be a classic like the show it was inspired by.