She was age 35 when it finished. Can you believe it? What male viewer didn't believe that Tony and Jennie were "sexually active"? Such jokes as Tony suggesting she watch TV or rest in her bottle? Come on now... No belly button, just like Yul Brenner in The 10 Commandments! How silly! Barbara Eden was quite beautiful and had a terrific figure. She knew it, of course. Before "Jeannie" she made quite a few bad and a few good movies under contract to 20th Century Fox. She plays a shy librarian that finds her sexuality in "The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao". Also quite bad in "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" movie Jeannie never appeared to be stupid and was often mischievous and humorous. She was a very under-rated actress. At first her character was quite naive until she figured out how modern life worked.. Pretty good efx considering it was the mid 1960's. I rate it "9" because it's Barbara Eden. What a knockout! (Jeannieisms such as: "A camel is still a more reliable means of transportation, Master.") Like the original series of "Star Trek", many good, clever and terrible episodes over 5 seasons. I think that getting married was an intentional finish to the series. 139 episodes is an awful lot of film. I am sure her genie costume needed repair!
Review of I Dream of Jeannie
