I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie is an American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as astronaut, U.S. Air Force Major Anthony Nelson, who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries. The show also co-starred Bill Daily as Major Roger Healey and Hayden Rorke as Dr. Alfred Bellows.
Produced by Screen Gems, the show originally aired on NBC from September 1965 to May 1970 with new episodes, and through September 1970 with summer season repeats. The show ran for five seasons and produced 139 episodes.
Alongside its comedic situations, exotic costumes and characters (see Orientalism below) and stereotypical "All American" astronauts, the series also included stock footage of the early US space program prior to the Apollo Moon missions. 
==Reboot series==
Between 1973 and 1974, Hanna-Barbera produced a single-season cartoon series that rebooted the concept as a teen comedy entitled, Jeannie. In 1979, one episode of this cartoon series was used as part of a university study to examine the effects of sex role stereotypes on very young girls. The impact of this episode appeared to be inconclusive.Emily S. Davidson, Amy Yasuna and Alan Tower, The Effects of Television Cartoons on Sex-Role Stereotyping in Young Girls, Source: Child Development, Vol. 50, No. 2 (June 1979), pp. 597-600. (JSTOR)
==Orientalism==
In subsequent years, some criticism has been raised regarding the show's portrayal of Arabic or Muslim peoples and cultures. As a 1960s sitcom, it presented very simplistic and stereotypical characters, scenes and cultural paradigms. Katherine Bullock states:
While exploring contemporaneous undertones from the 1960s, Bullock also calls for that a modern-day examination within fandom:
==Ongoing Legacy==
Leone Locatelli explores the impact of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie on the inclusion of sorceresses (majokko) and magical girlfriends (mahou kanojo) within manga and anime.Leone Locatelli, Vite da Strega. Bewitched, I Dream Of Jeannie e la nascita delle ragazze magiche (trans. Witch's Lives. Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie and the birth of the magical girls), Manga Academica, 2021.
==Fandom==
There are fewer fanworks such as fanfiction and fanart than other series; however, Barbara Eden's costume has undoubtedly inspired costuming and cosplay efforts among science fiction fan communities around the world, including an appearance at the 1987 Austrek Xmas Party in Melbourne, Australia. The TV series continues to be beloved by viewers and its popularity is one of the reasons why it's still in syndication today, decades after the show first aired on network television. 
Fanworks and fannish communities that focus on I Dream of Jeannie exist today, largely on the internet.
===Zines===
A number of print zines included fan fiction and other information about I Dream of Jeannie both pre and post-internet. Examples include: Airwaves 7 and Diamonds and Dynamite 2.
===Fan-Produced Newsletter===
In early 1991, fan Patterson Lundquist began an I Dream of Jeannie fanzine entitled Jeannie's Bottle. Each issue was approximately four double-sided pages in length, folded in thirds for mailing purposes. The title was derived from the iconic glass prison in the television series that Jeannie called home. The issues contained information, photographs, and interviews of personality involved in the sitcom. As time would progress the production costs and time required to issue a monthly fanzine would take its toll on Patterson. The newsletter ceased publication in early 1994.
==Links & Resources==
* I Dream of Jeannie fanworks at Archive of Our Own
* I Dream of Jeannie at FanFiction.Net
* I Dream of Jeannie Wiki
== References ==
Category:I Dream of Jeannie