"Jeannie, don't do that." Major Nelson, you LIVE WITH a GENIE who looks like BARBARA EDEN.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

The ONLY time I'd use the word "DON'T" is if I were saying "Jeannie, DON'T stop."

You're an ASTRONAUT!

You live with BARBARA EDEN!

The only thing that gives her joy is GIVING YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT!

And yet, it's "Jeannie don't" this, and "Jeannie don't" that.

Major Nelson, there's at least a 50-50 chance that you suck.

Probably better than 50-50.

[Capn Sunshine]

1. The one flaw in those "Magic Girl" sitcoms

the guy always has this major stick up his ass about "magic". WTF?
Genie, let's ride the giant pony! Sam, get over here with that porno your sister made!
What's not to like?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. If he wanted Beef effing WELLINGTON at 2 AM, in the middle of the NIGHT...

...all he'd have to do would be to say "Jeannie, how about some Beef Wellington" and she'd say "Yes, master," and there would be BEEF WELLINGTON.

Delicious, FREE Beef Wellington. COOKED TO PERFECTION, FREE Beef Wellington...with his CHOICE of SIDE DISHES!



Clearly, I am missing something when it comes to Major Nelson.

:rofl:

[Capn Sunshine]

4. and a spinach souffle on the side!

WTF is his problem?

[pink-o]

3. Both Darrin and Maj Nelson are totally a-skeerd of Female Power.

It was the 60s, and the beautiful Samantha and the beautiful Jeanie were a real threat--a veneer of the perfect housewife, but with that whole power subtext that Tony/Darrin were not able to cope with. The only way those 2 Neanderthal/chauvinists could deal with their powerful women was to try and keep 'em suppressed.

At least Tony didn't have an Endora to upset his fragile little sensibilities the way Darrin did. Endora was a total manifestation of female power, and Ms Moorhead pulled it off perfectly--probably because she was gay in real life and had no sexual agenda with men. (with the exception of Liz Montgomery, everyone on Bewitched was--even Tabitha grew up to be gay!)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. The difference between Major Nelson and Darrin...

...I think Major Nelson REALLY wanted all the STUFF, but had this "moral" thing that told him it was "wrong" to want it.

Darrin, on the other hand (ESPECIALLY the Dick Sergeant "Darrin") thought it was wrong AND never really seemed to WANT it. The Dick York "Darrin" probably could have been talked into it, eventually.

:rofl:

There were "Jeannie" people and there were "Bewitched" people...I've never met anyone who liked BOTH series equally.

I was a "Jeannie" person.

:toast:

[pink-o]

8. I liked 'em both..Jeannie and Samantha were gorgeous and approachable

I'm a chick, and their beauty was non-threatening to women. Both are/were pretty nice in real life too--my friend met Barbara Eden about 20 years ago, and told me she hadn't changed at all since the 60s, and that bubbly personality was for real. This was before her son OD'd so tragically--I think in the mid-90s. And by all accounts, Liz Montgomery was a very caring person, especially to all the misfits she acted with on Bewitched.

But I have to agree with you: Major Tony was a bonehead and an idiot. I thought he was cute when I was a kid, though--talk about someone who didn't age well at all!

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. But he still seems pretty cool. I saw him on "Living with Ed" and

his home is a green paradise. Has his own personal little solar farm and everything. http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/11/16/larry-hagmans-massive-off-grid-solar-powered-home-on-the-market/

[kentauros]

14. That's a good analysis of Tony.

However, my view of Derwood was that he was outright afraid of magic. Tony did actually ask Jeannie to do things magically, just not in the form of wishes. Usually, some magic power to get them out of whatever magical help she had tried and things had not gone right.

Also, both shows had the "nosy neighbor" character, only with different levels of authority. Gladys Kravitz was simply a nosy neighbor. Dr. Bellows was a superior officer, thus complicating things even more ;)

[Sequoia]

19. I liked both series equally

until Dick S. came along. Dweebville all the way. Jeannie was way funnier, I still laugh at that show.

[jobycom]

7. Yeah, I always thought that was silly about Harry Potter, too.

"Hey, Harry, how about conjuring me a new car, there's a lad." I didn't quite understand the issue.

[dysfunctional press]

5. roger healey had the right idea...

didn't everyone think that major nelson was a major putz...?

[kentauros]

16. He was a "dedicated astronaut" and a bit of a romantic

but he didn't really know what to do with magical help, or wanted to do it on his own. There probably are people like that out there, but I'd say the majority of the viewing public isn't ;)

Roger was also the funniest character of the bunch. He just didn't quite have the imagination to figure out how to either keep Jeannie the couple of times he had her or how to get a replacement djinni when she stopped being his djinni.

[rcrush]

9. That guy was an astronaut?

WTF

[Frank Cannon]

18. The Right Stuff hadn't been published yet

Astronauts at that time were still Pat Boone in silver suits.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Two different situations...

Darrin had control issues. Samantha not only had power, she was smart and socially adept.
Major Nelson always seemed more worried about 2 things: letting the space program (and by extension human development) run it's natural course, accomplishing what it could without outside assistance; and 2) keeping naive and out of her time Jeannie from being discovered (and by extension casting shadows on NASA's accomplishments and his own career as an astronaut). He never seemed to have a problem with Jeannie using magic to keep the house clean, just interfering with his job or getting discovered by Col Bellows.

I much preferred Jeannie. For the all kinds of reasons. :) :evilgrin:

[MilesColtrane]

11. He just did it because he got off on her coquettish catchphrase, "Oh, master!"

[hunter]

12. Jeannie and Tony wed... most of what they did after that couldn't be shown on TV.

Most especially their "Grand Tour" of the solar system.

[burrfoot]

13. Did they visit Uranus?

(I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself :evilgrin: )

[hunter]

15. They got Goofy on Pluto.

Walt Disney's frozen head exploded.

[NewJeffCT]

20. I'd never get out of the bedroom...

unless it was the change scenery for a bit...

[Javaman]

21. Genie, Samantha and Maryann.

my god.

I dated a gal years ago that looked just like Samantha. I only have one thing to say...

my god.