Jeannie

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Barbara Eden
Born Barbara Jean Morehead, in 1934, in Tucson, Arizona. Eden was a cheerleader in high school and a ...

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Jeannie Quotes

	Season 3 / Episode 20: - Please Don't Feed the Astronauts Jeannie: Cousin Hamid, no! Do not kill him! Hamid: [approaches Jeannie, Tony, and Roger] Hamid: The infidel must die. Hamid: [indicating Tony and Roger] Who are they? Jeannie: Oh, friends. This is Cousin Hamid. This is my beloved master, Major Nelson, and Major Healey. Hamid: Welcome to my humble village. My tent is your tent. And now if you'll excuse me, I must cut your friend to ribbons.
	Season 2 / Episode 4: - My Master, the Rainmaker Major Anthony Nelson: Jeannie, why didn't you stop the rain when you left? Jeannie: Rain? Oh... Four Corners! I left the water running! Major Anthony Nelson: There's nothing left of the place. It's a lake!
	Season 1 / Episode 29: - My Master the Magician Jeannie: [about Dr Bellows who is trying to get Tony in trouble with the General] Why will you not let me turn him into something? How about a frog? Capt.: No. And besides, Dr Bellows is only doing his job. Jeannie: But you are only doing yours. Capt.: Yes but unfortunately my job does not involve floating around my own living room.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - Where'd You Go Go? Capt.: [Jeannie has just reversed Tony's car straight into the side of Roger's car. He gets out of his car, furious] You idiot! You moron! [moves towards the driver's side] Look what you did? Boy, I have seen some stupid driving in my time but I've never seen [sees Jeannie for the first time] a more beautiful girl in my life! How about dinner tonight? Jeannie: I am so sorry. I did not see you. [she gets out of the car to inspect the damage] Capt.: [mesmerized] Oh, don't worry about it. I'll get another one. How about dinner tonight? Jeannie: [upset] I have broken the eye that shines in front! Capt.: Oh it's nothing. How about dinner tonight? Jeannie: [laughs] You are very persistent. Capt.: I'm also very loveable. How about dinner tonight? Jeannie: But I do not know anything about you. Capt.: What's there to know? I'm just your average, everyday astronaut. Jeannie: Astronaut? [realizes who he is] Ah, then you're a friend of... Capt.: Of who? Jeannie: Never mind. [smiles] I will have dinner with you tonight.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - Where'd You Go Go? Capt.: [All dressed up for his date with Diane, sees Jeannie who is also all dressed up] Jeannie! You look beautiful! What's the occasion? Jeannie: I have a date? Capt.: [unable to hide his dismay] With a man? Jeannie: They make the best dates.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - Where'd You Go Go? Jeannie: [while on a date, Tony is shocked to run into Jeannie on a date with Roger] Wait! The coffee may be too hot. [Holds Roger's coffee cup in her hands while Tony looks on jealously] It is just right. [gives Roger the cup] Capt.: [completely entranced by her] Don't wake me up. [Tony looks even more tortured at this] Jeannie: [smiles sweetly at him] I bet you would notice if you were having breakfast with a chimpanzee. [Glances knowingly at Tony] Capt.: [smiles shrewdly at Jeannie] Not if he were reading a newspaper. Diane: The thing I like about this conversation is, I don't know what anybody's saying
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - Where'd You Go Go? Jeannie: [Jeannie has just found out that a jealous Tony tried to sabotage her date with Roger and is delighted] Oh Master, you did go to Captain Healey's! Capt.: [lightly] Only for a moment. Jeannie: [throws her arms around his neck and rests her head on his shoulder] Oh, you were worried about me! Capt.: [still attempting to be dismissive] A little bit. [More firmly] Jeannie, there's one thing that you have to remember about me. Jeannie: What is that? Capt.: [pauses then relents] I'm only human. [Kisses her passionately]
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - Where'd You Go Go? Capt. Anthony Nelson: [after Jeannie turned herself into a chimpanzee in a bid for attention and he failed to notice] Jeannie, I'm sorry I didn't notice you were a chimpanzee. Jeannie: [sulking] I am just something that you order in and out of a bottle. Capt. Anthony Nelson: No, that's not true. You're a warm, wonderful woman. [Jeannie starts warming to him] As a matter of fact I think you're one of the most beautiful- [doorbell rings] Back in your bottle! Jeannie: [screams in frustration] Capt. Anthony Nelson: I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean it like that! [Jeannie smokes herself inside her bottle] Jeannie: [from inside the bottle, mutters something in her native language] Capt. Anthony Nelson: [speaking into bottle] Do me a favour, don't ever translate that.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Whatever Happened to Baby Custer? Jeannie: [Tony is studying hard for an exam] I do not know why you are bothering to study. In the test I can be a little voice whispering in your ear. Like this! [She nuzzles his ear] Capt. Anthony Nelson: [moves away, irritated] Jeannie, do you mind? Besides, what do you know about celestial navigation? Jeannie: Oh I happen to have learned a thing or two. From Galileo. Capt. Anthony Nelson: Galileo, huh? I should have known he didn't spend all his time looking at stars!
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Whatever Happened to Baby Custer? Capt. Anthony Nelson: Jeannie, I'm home. Jeannie: I am out here, Master. Capt. Anthony Nelson: Boy, you should have seen me in the lab today. I was- [sees a bathing costume clad Jeannie is levitating on a towel out on the patio] Jeannie! [dashes outside] What are you- get off my towel! What if one of the neighbors sees you! Jeannie: Oh Master, you know how restful it is up here. Capt. Anthony Nelson: I know, I know but, come down here. Jeannie: [playfully] Come up here. [Blinks him into a pair of swimming trunks] Capt. Anthony Nelson: Take these trunks off! [Jeannie giggles] No, no! I didn't mean that!
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Whatever Happened to Baby Custer? Capt. Anthony Nelson: [after a fight with Jeannie] You know, we have a custom on this planet called 'kiss and make up'. Jeannie: [turns towards him with an intrigued smile] I would know more of this custom. Capt. Anthony Nelson: I'm truly sorry. I'll never accuse you of anything like that again. Jeannie: [moving closer] You promise? Capt. Anthony Nelson: I promise. [they lean in and kiss]
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - G.I. Jeannie Jeannie: Are you not going to kiss me goodbye? [closes her eyes and assumes kissing pose] Capt. Anthony Nelson: Now Jeannie, remember our bargain? You agreed that this relationship would be purely platonic. Jeannie: Yes Master [resumes pose] Capt. Anthony Nelson: And you agreed because you knew that that would be the best way? Jeannie: No. I agreed because I did not know what 'platonic' meant. Capt. Anthony Nelson: It means 'friends'. 'Pals'. Jeannie: Oh. [clearly disappointed] Capt. Anthony Nelson: 'Good buddies'. Jeannie: Well then, how about a friendly kiss goodbye? [resumes kissing pose] Capt. Anthony Nelson: Well, I see no harm in that. [Leans in to give her a peck on the lips but instead Jeannie grabs him and kisses him passionately. He protests at first but soon finds himself kissing her back] Capt. Anthony Nelson: [when the kiss breaks, breathlessly] You're the best buddy a buddy ever had. [Quickly exits through the door]
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - G.I. Jeannie Jeannie: Thou hast tried to drown me. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Don't tempt me.
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - G.I. Jeannie Major Margaret Fiefield: [Jeannie reports for her aptitude test results] The average girl usually shows ability in several different fields. But we've given you five separate tests and the answer's always the same. It seems there's only one thing you're qualified to do. Jeannie: What is that? Major Margaret Fiefield: Nothing.
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - G.I. Jeannie Major Margaret Fiefield: These are the reports from the various departments in which you've worked. I wanted you to hear them. Jeannie: Yes, ma'am. Major Margaret Fiefield: From the hospital, we have this comment: "Dangerous. Approach with extreme caution." From the dental lab: "Strongly urge that Recruit Nelson be declared a disaster area." Sergeant Morgan, the driving instructor, writes: "A terrifying experience. Administration says should be ideal for demolition work." Now today, I believe we worked in communications. However, I haven't heard anything from them. So far. Jeannie: I think you will get a phone call as soon as the power lines are working again.
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - G.I. Jeannie Major Margaret Fiefield: [reading Jeannie's test results] Two hundred and fifty words a minute! No one can type that fast. Jeannie: Oh, that was not typing. That was dictation. Major Margaret Fiefield: Oh. [looks again at Jeannie's test results] Two hundred and fifty words a minute... in longhand? Jeannie: It is easier to read that way. I got a score of four hundred words in typing. Major Margaret Fiefield: Unbelievable. Jeannie: I told you I would make a good secretary.
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - G.I. Jeannie Lt. Snyder: [inside the Recruiting center] Uh, date of birth? Jeannie: July first. Lt. Snyder: [makes notes] July first... Year? Jeannie: Twenty-one B.C. Lt. Snyder: [notes] Uh-huh. Age? Jeannie: Fifteen hundred. Lt. Snyder: [notes] And place of birth? Jeannie: Pompeii. Lt. Snyder: Pomp... [reads from her notepad] "Twenty-one B.C. Fifteen hundred years old". [Tony looks uncomfortable] Jeannie: I-I know I should have been honest with you, Lieutenant. I am not really fifteen hundred. Lt. Snyder: Oh, I really didn't think so. Jeannie: I am two thousand. But every woman lies about her age.
	Season 1 / Episode 4: - The Marriage Caper Jeannie: [referring to Melissa, Tony's fiancée] Her vibrations are all wrong for you. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Oh. That's funny. I kinda like the way she vibrates.
	Season 1 / Episode 4: - The Marriage Caper Jeannie: You will be throwing your life away. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: It is not so, and... And it is my life. And I can throw it any place I please.
	Season 1 / Episode 4: - The Marriage Caper Jeannie: Two thousand years ago, my sister made better gravy than that. And she was the worst cook in the Middle East.
	Season 1 / Episode 4: - The Marriage Caper Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Uh, you do read, don't you? Jeannie: [nods] Mm-mm. Right to left, left to right, top to bottom, or bottom to top. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Hm. Uh, left to right, top to bottom.
	Season 1 / Episode 4: - The Marriage Caper Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: You must be a mind-reader. Jeannie: Oh, no, no. I cannot read minds, Master. Oh, but I have a friend, Nostradamus, who does a marvelous job of... Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: I bet you do.
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - Guess What Happened on the Way to the Moon? Jeannie: Oh, cleverest master in all the world, teach me the meaning of this strange incantation. [makes sound like blowing over the top of a bottle]
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - Guess What Happened on the Way to the Moon? Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Where am I? Where am I? What's that? Jeannie: Baktu malali. An ancient Persian remedy Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Oh, boy. What is it? Jeannie: Hot chicken soup.
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - Guess What Happened on the Way to the Moon? Jeannie: [after Dr. Bellows leaves] Too rich food! That doctor, I don't think I like him. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Well, if he caught you here, I don't think he'd be too happy either. You better beat it.
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - Guess What Happened on the Way to the Moon? Jeannie: You will love the desert of Saudi Arabia. I know a pool there. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: I bet you do.
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - My Hero? Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Say, has the weather changed much in the last two thousand years? Jeannie: Oh, weather is weather. In ancient Persia we had an old saying: "Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it." Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: You're kidding. Jeannie: I jest you not, Master.
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - My Hero? Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Hey where did we get the groceries? Jeannie: Oh, I went shopping early this morning. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: You left the house? Jeannie: Yes. I had to hurry down to my neighborhood grocer to shop for your supper. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Well, now, who told you to do that? Jeannie: A man on television. Jeannie: Figures.
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - My Hero? Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Come on, let's go. Jeannie: Where? Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Well, down to the market. Maybe we can still catch him. Jeannie: Please, do not bother. You-you have to go breathe. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: I do not have to breathe.
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - My Hero? Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Hey, where are we? Jeannie: We're at the market place, Master. Oh, and there is Ali, the man who hit me. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Wait a second. Wait. That was two thousand years ago? Jeannie: Yes. Anthony 'Tony' Nelson: Well, why were you crying about it this morning? Jeannie: I just remembered it.

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