I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series)

G.I. Jeannie (1965)

Barbara Eden: Jeannie

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• Major Margaret Fiefield : These are the reports from the various departments in which you've worked. I wanted you to hear them.

  Jeannie : Yes, ma'am.

  Major Margaret Fiefield : From the hospital, we have this comment: "Dangerous. Approach with extreme caution." From the dental lab: "Strongly urge that Recruit Nelson be declared a disaster area." Sergeant Morgan, the driving instructor, writes: "A terrifying experience. Administration says should be ideal for demolition work." Now today, I believe we worked in communications. However, I haven't heard anything from them. So far.

  Jeannie : I think you will get a phone call as soon as the power lines are working again.

• Jeannie : Are you not going to kiss me goodbye?

  [closes her eyes and assumes kissing pose] 

  Capt. Anthony Nelson : Now Jeannie, remember our bargain? You agreed that this relationship would be purely platonic.

  Jeannie : Yes Master

  [resumes pose] 

  Capt. Anthony Nelson : And you agreed because you knew that that would be the best way?

  Jeannie : No. I agreed because I did not know what 'platonic' meant.

  Capt. Anthony Nelson : It means 'friends'. 'Pals'.

  Jeannie : Oh.

  [clearly disappointed] 

  Capt. Anthony Nelson : 'Good buddies'.

  Jeannie : Well then, how about a *friendly* kiss goodbye?

  [resumes kissing pose] 

  Capt. Anthony Nelson : Well, I see no harm in that.

  [Leans in to give her a peck on the lips but instead Jeannie grabs him and kisses him passionately. He protests at first but soon finds himself kissing her back] 

  Capt. Anthony Nelson : [when the kiss breaks, breathlessly]  You're the best buddy a buddy ever had.

  [Quickly exits through the door] 

• Lt. Snyder : [inside the Recruiting center]  Uh, date of birth?

  Jeannie : July first.

  Lt. Snyder : [makes notes]  July first... Year?

  Jeannie : Twenty-one B.C.

  Lt. Snyder : [notes]  Uh-huh. Age?

  Jeannie : Fifteen hundred.

  Lt. Snyder : [notes]  And place of birth?

  Jeannie : Pompeii.

  Lt. Snyder : Pomp...

  [reads from her notepad] 

  Lt. Snyder : "Twenty-one B.C. Fifteen hundred years old".

  [Tony looks uncomfortable] 

  Jeannie : I-I know I should have been honest with you, Lieutenant. I am not really fifteen hundred.

  Lt. Snyder : Oh, I really didn't think so.

  Jeannie : I am two thousand. But every woman lies about her age.

• Jeannie : Thou hast tried to drown me.

  Anthony 'Tony' Nelson : Don't tempt me.

• Major Margaret Fiefield : [Jeannie reports for her aptitude test results]  The average girl usually shows ability in several different fields. But we've given you five separate tests and the answer's always the same. It seems there's only one thing you're qualified to do.

  Jeannie : What is that?

  Major Margaret Fiefield : Nothing.

• Major Margaret Fiefield : [reading Jeannie's test results]  Two hundred and fifty words a minute! No one can type that fast.

  Jeannie : Oh, that was not typing. That was dictation.

  Major Margaret Fiefield : Oh.

  [looks again at Jeannie's test results] 

  Major Margaret Fiefield : Two hundred and fifty words a minute... in longhand?

  Jeannie : It is easier to read that way. I got a score of four hundred words in typing.

  Major Margaret Fiefield : Unbelievable.

  Jeannie : I told you I would make a good secretary.