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Starring Barbara Eden & Larry Hagman
Season 1 (NBC) (1965-66)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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############# I Dream of Jeannie #############
############## season 1 1965-66 ##############
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NBC Saturdays 8:00-8:30pm Eastern / 30 episodes in black & white
Different Theme Tune on Season 1 from the more familiar
one used on seasons 2-5
Produced by Sidney Sheldon
Associate Producer Herb Wallerstein
Music by Richard Wess (different theme on season 1)
Director of Photography Robert Tobey, A.S.C.

Season 1 colorized by "Dynacs Digital Studios"

1.1 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: THE LADY IN THE BOTTLE (pilot episode)(bw)
18Sep65
guest cast:
Richard Reeves ................ garbage man
Joe Higgins ................... garbage man
Warren Kemmerling ............. husband
Patricia Scott ................ wife
Astronaut Tony Nelson is stranded on a desert island, where he
finds a 2000-year-old genie, named Jeannie, inside a bottle.

Episode 1 "The Lady in The Bottle" (The Pilot)
Written By Sidney Sheldon
Directed By Gene Nelson
Filmed December 2,1964,December 3,1964,and December 4,1964
and another scene was filmed in early,1965
Original Airdate Saturday,September 18,1965
Summary American Air Force Astronaut Captain Anthony Nelson finds
a genie bottle and a beautiful genie named Jeannie who falls in
Love with him and calls him Master. Caught in the unexplainable
situations that result from Jeannie's magic is Dr Bellows the NASA
psychiatrist.
Note: The Role Of "Captain Anthony Nelson" was originally going to
be called "Captain Anthony Wilson" and Larry Hagman was only one
of the actors considered for the role of
Jeannie's master, Others who were considered were Gary Collins (of
"Hour Magazine"), Robert Conrad (Of "Wild Wild West"),and Darren McGavin.
Guest Stars Karen Sharpe in the role of "Melissa Stone" the General's Daughter

1.2 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: MY HERO (bw)
25Sep65
guest cast:
Richard Kiel .................. Ali
Florence Sundstrom ............ mother
Henry Corden .................. father
Pamela Curran ................. Princess Fatima
Jan Arvan ..................... auctioneer
Peter Brocco .................. Turhan
Magda Harout .................. woman
Jeno Mate ..................... bidder
Tony ventures to ancient Persia to avenge an insult made to
Jeannie by Ali, an enormous brute.

1.3 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: GUESS WHAT HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE MOON (bw)
2Oct65
guest cast:
Byron Morrow .................. Gen. Harry Moore
Tony Anthony .................. crew member
Ron Brown ..................... orderly
Jeannie sneaks along on one of Tony and Roger's desert survival
missions -- only Tony doesn't want Jeannie's help.

1.4 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: JEANNIE AND THE MARRIAGE CAPER (bw)
9Oct65
guest cast:
John Hudson ................... Grover Caldwell
Mako .......................... Kato
Sal Ponti ..................... Cortwright
When Melissa, Tony's fiancee, wants to speed up their marriage
plans, Tony begins to have second thoughts.

1.5 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: G.I. JEANNIE (bw)
16Oct65
guest cast:
Edmon Ryan .................... Col. Joe Fenton
Eileen O'Neill ................ Cpl. Lola Burns
Peg Shirley ................... Lt. Snyder
Jane Dulo ..................... Maj. Margaret Fiefield
Bob DoQui ..................... Sgt. Pete Morgan
Jeannie joins the WAFs in the hopes of becoming Tony's new secretary.

1.6 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: THE YACHT MURDER CASE (bw)
23Oct65
guest cast:
David Brian ................... P.J. Ferguson
Sharon Farrell ................ Nina Ferguson
On a yacht, everyone is convinced that Tony has killed Jeannie.

1.7 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: ANYBODY HERE SEEN JEANNIE? (bw)
30Oct65
guest cast:
Dabney Coleman ................ Lt. George Webb
David Roberts ................. waiter
Worried about Tony's safety, Jeannie causes him to fail a physical
before an important space launching.

1.8 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: THE AMERICANIZATION OF JEANNIE (bw)
6Nov65
guest cast:
Steven Geray .................. Armand
Tania Lemani .................. Sadelia
Jeannie takes lessons in how to be the perfect American woman.

1.9 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: THE MOVING FINGER (bw)
13Nov65
guest cast:
Nancy Kovack .................. Rita Mitchell
Woodrow Parfrey ............... Henry Tracy
David McLean .................. Jason Huberts
Jeannie tries her luck at becoming a Hollywood star, only to
discover that genies can't be photographed.

1.10 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: DJINN AND WATER (bw)
20Nov65
guest cast:
J. Carrol Naish ............... Bilejik
Tony's latest problem: how to turn salt water into fresh. Jeannie
brings back her great-grandfather to help.

1.11 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: WHATEVER BECAME OF BABY CUSTER? (bw)
27Nov65
guest cast:
Billy Mumy .................... Custer Jamison
An eight-year-old boy is certain that Jeannie is a genie,
prompting Dr. Bellows to psychoanalyze the child.

1.12 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: WHERE'D YOU GO-GO? (bw)
4Dec65
guest cast:
Elizabeth MacRae .............. Diane
Roger has a date with Jeannie while Tony is dating an old friend.

1.13 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: RUSSIAN ROULETTE (bw)
11Dec65
guest cast:
Arlene Martel ................. Sonya
Paul Reed ..................... Gen. Barkley
Richard Gilden ................ Pasnovsky
John Beck ..................... Sergeant
David Azar .................... Sergeant
Lael Jackson .................. girl
George DeNormand .............. pilot
Tony is designated to escort a pretty Russian cosmonaut around
town, but Jeannie won't hear of it.

1.14 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: WHAT HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET? (bw)
18Dec65
guest cast:
Lurene Tuttle ................. Mama
Oliver McGowan ................ Prescott
Avis Scott .................... Mrs. Prescott
Jack Collins .................. Gen. Hadley
Walter Woolf King ............. Minister
Jeannie blinks up a phony house and phony parents in her latest
attempts at marrying Tony.
Jeannie's Mother comes to visit.
Note: Jeannie's Mother's name is given as Theresa.

1.15 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: TOO MANY TONYS (bw)
(Originally going to be called "Marriage, Me?")
25Dec65 Sat
guest cast:
Henry Hunter .................. Chaplain
Jeannie invents a phony Tony in order to show the real Tony how
much fun a real wedding will be.
Note: This is the 1st episode with General Martin Peterson

1.16 [--] I Dream of Jeannie: GET ME TO MECCA ON TIME (bw/colorized)
8Jan66
Written by James Allardice and Tom Adair
Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
guest cast:
Jamie Farr .................... Achmed
Joseph Gillgoff ............... 1st. policeman
Foster Brooks ................. Englishman
Owen Cunningham ............. American Man
Alice Reinheart .............. American Wife
Lael Jackson .................. Diane
Not on Credits (colorized version):?????
[Felix Locher ..... old native man] I Dream Of Jeannie:
[Ray Hastings ...... 2nd policeman] I Dream Of Jeannie:
Jeannie must make a trip to Mecca to perform an ancient ceremony,
or else she'll disappear forever.

1.17 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: THE RICHEST ASTRONAUT IN THE WORLD (bw)
15Jan66
guest cast:
Gerry Lock .................... maid
Danielle Beausejous ........... French maid
Nadine Nardi .................. Italian maid
Britt Semand .................. Helga
Roger finally discovers the secret of Jeannie's existence and
steals her for his own greedy purposes.

1.18 [--] I Dream of Jeannie: IS THERE AN EXTRA JEANNIE IN THE HOUSE? (bw/colorized)
22Jan66 Sat
Written by Charles Tannen
Directed by Hal Cooper
guest cast:
Bernard Fox ................... Arnie
Judy Carne .................... Sheila Bellows
Emmaline Henry ................ Myrt
Trying to help Roger on a date, Jeannie gives him a genie of his
own--her cousin Myrt.
Note: Emmaline Henry would later be Mrs Bellows

1.19 [--] I Dream of Jeannie: NEVER TRY TO OUTSMART A JEANNIE (bw/colorizrd)
29Jan66
Written by Martin A. Ragaway
Directed by Herb Wallerstein
Regular Support Cast:
HR, BD,
guest cast:
Peter Brocco .................. clerk
Ila Briton .................... mother
Orville Sherman ............... Danny
Lenore Kingston ............... Ethel
Jeannie tries to convince Tony that an ocean voyage will be too
dangerous unless she comes along.

1.20 [--] I Dream of Jeannie: MY MASTER, THE DOCTOR (bw/colorized)
5Feb66
Written by Sidney Sheldon
Directed by Hal Cooper
Regular Support Cast:
HR, BD, BMcC
Guest Cast:
Peter Leeds ................... Big Charlie
Maureen McCormick ............. Susan
Jane Dulo ..................... Julia
Don Larson .................... intern
Julio Medina .................. stranger
Elaine Nelson ................. 1st nurse
Carol O'Leary ................. 2nd nurse
Jeannie fulfills Tony's secret wish of becoming a doctor, only to
find that his first patient is Roger.

1.21 [--] I Dream of Jeannie: JEANNIE AND THE KIDNAP CAPER (bw/colorized)
12Feb66
Written by Sidney Sheldon
Directed by Claudio Guzman
Director of Photography Robert Tobey, A.S.C.
Regular Support Cast:
HR, BD, BMcC
Guest Cast:
Richard Loo ................... Wong
James Hong .................... Chan
Linda Ho ...................... Princess
Tony is captured by Red Chinese spies, leaving Jeannie to rescue
her master from certain death.

1.22 [--] I Dream of Jeannie: HOW LUCKY CAN YOU GET? (bw/colorized)
19Feb66
Written by Sidney Sheldon
Directed by Claudio Guzman
Director of Photography Henry Freulich, A.S.C.
Regular Support Cast:
HR, BD
Guest Cast:
Ted de Corsia ................. Mr. Phillips
Tim Herbert ................... Croupier
Buddy Lewis ................... Blackjack Dealer
Paul Hahn ..................... Pit boss
Not on Colorized Credits:
Melinda Fee ................... Hostess
Evelyn Dutton ................. Gina
Clifford Guest ................ Joe
In Reno, Jeannie changes the gambling odds so Roger wins big,
only to have it all taken away when Tony finds out.
Captain Nelson and Captain Healey are Promoted and are now
Major Anthony Nelson And Major Roger Healey

1.23 [--] I Dream of Jeannie: WATCH THE BIRDIE (bw/colorized)
26Feb66
Written by Sidney Sheldon
Directed by Hal Cooper
Director of Photography Henry Freulich, A.S.C.
Regular Support Cast:
HR, BD, BMcL
Guest Cast:
Ray Teal ...................... Adiral Tugwell
Herbert Anderson .............. Commander Davis
Jerry Barber .................. Golf Professional
Gene Boland ................... Capt. Baxter
To impress the general, Jeannie helps improve Tony's golf game.

1.24 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: PERMANENT HOUSE GUEST (bw)
5Mar66
guest cast:
Martin Ashe ................... Gen. Koster
Jack Davis .................... Cmdr. Hastings
Romo Vincent .................. Pedro
Kate Murtagh .................. Agnes
Tony must find a way of explaining to Dr. Bellows how an elephant got into his bedroom.

1.25 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX AND BETTER THAN A GENIE (bw)
Written By Sidney Sheldon
Script Dated December 4,1965
Script Revised January 3,1966
Filming Date January 4,5,and 6,1966
Original Airdate March 12,1966
guest cast:
* Jorja Curtright ............. Mme. Zolta
Lincoln Demyan ................ Uncle Jeff
Alice Dudley .................. Aunt Sue
Joseph Abdullah ............... Hakim
* Natalie Leeb ................ Mrs. Bates
Roger is fooled by a phony fortune teller, and it's up to Tony and Jeannie to save him.
* Note:
Natalie Leeb was Sidney Sheldon's Mother
Jorja Curtwright was Sidney Sheldon's Wife

1.26 [--] I Dream of Jeannie: MY MASTER, THE GREAT REMBRANDT (bw/colorized)
19Mar66
Written by Sidney Sheldon
Directed by Claudio Guzman
Director of Photography Lothrop Worth, A.S.C.
Regular Support Cast:
HR, BD, BMcL
guest cast:
Booth Colman ........... Dean Geller
Jonathan Hole .......... Van Weesen
E.J. Andre ............. Pierre Millay
Jeannie turns a duplicate Rembrandt painting into an original,
causing Dr. Bellows to start an investigation.

1.27 [--] I Dream of Jeannie: MY MASTER, THE THIEF (bw/colorized)
2Apr66
Teleplay by Sidney Sheldon
Story by Sidney Sheldon and Robert Kaufman
Directed by Claudio Guzman
guest cast:
Kathee Francis ................ Alice
Claudio Guzman
Jeannie sees a pair of slippers in a museum and takes them home,
claiming they belonged to her 2000 years ago.

1.28 [--] I Dream of Jeannie: THIS IS MURDER (bw/colorized)
9Apr66
Written by Sidney Sheldon
Directed by Hal Cooper
Regular Support Cast:
HR, BD, BMcL
Guest Cast:
(small font)
Ivan Bonar .................... announcer
Vic Tayback ................... Turhan
(large font)
Gila Golan .................... Princess Tarji
Jeannie tries to kill a visiting princess because her family
insulted Jeannie's 3000 years ago.

1.29 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: MY MASTER, THE MAGICIAN (bw)
23Apr66
guest cast:
Chet Stratton ................. Nestor
Don Mitchell .................. Sergeant
William Benedict .............. cleaning man
Tony must convince Dr. Bellows that he is a great magician when
the doctor catches Tony floating in mid-air.

1.30 [--] I Dream Of Jeannie: I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT'S HER NAME (bw)
7May66
guest cast:
Greta Lentska ................. Miss Gordon
Tony gets amnesia and then falls in love with the first girl he sees-Jeannie.

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