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<blockquote data-quote="Grant Jennings" data-source="post: 278316" data-attributes="member: 746">I&#039;m a wealth of useless I Dream of Jeannie information:Barbara Eden had her hair cut very short prior to being cast requiring her to wear hairpieces for a lot of her scenes.Eden was pregnant during season one which is why Jeannie is draped in so much chiffon.William Asher was an uncredited creative consultant which irked his wife, Elizabeth Montgomery.In a few scenes in season two Jeannie wears an aqua harem costume that would become her twin sister&#039;s signature outfit.Tony&#039;s finance&#039;, Melissa, who is featured in the pilot, was supposed to be a recurring character but Sidney Sheldon decided to eliminate the role. Melissa was played by Karen Sharpe who would eventually marry film director/producer Stanley Kramer; she eventually retired from acting to become a full-time mother.Barbara Eden learned to speak Farsi phonetically for her first lines of dialogue before Tony says he wishes she could speak English.Jeannie&#039;s bottle is a Jim Beam bottle that was decorated by the show&#039;s art department.Barbara Eden was consulted for the décor of Jeannie&#039;s bottle, she asked that it be decorated in pink and purple.Several bottles were used during production, Barbara Eden kept one when the series wrapped. Eden said that during one Los Angeles earthquake most of the contents of the shelves in her home library were tossed to the floor yet the bottle remained safely perched on its shelf.Emmaline Henry played a magician&#039;s assistant in a season one episode prior to being cast as Amanda Bellows.Emmaline Henry and Hayden Rorke were both gay. Rorke made no secret of his sexuality to the cast and crew who were frequent guests at the home he shared with his partner.The Blue Djinn was played by Michael Ansara, Barbara Eden&#039;s husband at the time.Barton MacLane who played General Peterson died while filming season four.Vinton Hayworth played General Schaeffer, General Peterson&#039;s replacement (the series offered no explanation as to what became of General Peterson). Hayworth died before filming of the fifth and final season finished.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grant Jennings, post: 278316, member: 746"] I'm a wealth of useless[I] I Dream of Jeannie[/I] information: Barbara Eden had her hair cut very short prior to being cast requiring her to wear hairpieces for a lot of her scenes. Eden was pregnant during season one which is why Jeannie is draped in so much chiffon. William Asher was an uncredited creative consultant which irked his wife, Elizabeth Montgomery. In a few scenes in season two Jeannie wears an aqua harem costume that would become her twin sister's signature outfit. Tony's finance', Melissa, who is featured in the pilot, was supposed to be a recurring character but Sidney Sheldon decided to eliminate the role. Melissa was played by Karen Sharpe who would eventually marry film director/producer Stanley Kramer; she eventually retired from acting to become a full-time mother. Barbara Eden learned to speak Farsi phonetically for her first lines of dialogue before Tony says he wishes she could speak English. Jeannie's bottle is a Jim Beam bottle that was decorated by the show's art department. Barbara Eden was consulted for the décor of Jeannie's bottle, she asked that it be decorated in pink and purple. Several bottles were used during production, Barbara Eden kept one when the series wrapped. Eden said that during one Los Angeles earthquake most of the contents of the shelves in her home library were tossed to the floor yet the bottle remained safely perched on its shelf. Emmaline Henry played a magician's assistant in a season one episode prior to being cast as Amanda Bellows. Emmaline Henry and Hayden Rorke were both gay. Rorke made no secret of his sexuality to the cast and crew who were frequent guests at the home he shared with his partner. The Blue Djinn was played by Michael Ansara, Barbara Eden's husband at the time. Barton MacLane who played General Peterson died while filming season four. Vinton Hayworth played General Schaeffer, General Peterson's replacement (the series offered no explanation as to what became of General Peterson). Hayworth died before filming of the fifth and final season finished. [/QUOTE]

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