I Dream of Jeannie
You Can't Arrest Me... I Don't Have a Driver's License
TV Flash files “You Can't Arrest Me... I Don't Have a Driver's License” as hour 49 of 139 in the TV Flash guide — I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970) on NBC, season 2, episode 19, aired 1967-01-23, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E19: listed hour 49 of 139 in the I Dream of Jeannie guide, hour 19 of 31 in season 2. It aired 1967-01-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “My Master, the Spy” (S02E18). Next is “One of Our Bottles Is Missing” (S02E20).
Viewer FAQ
Where does You Can't Arrest Me... I Don't Have a Driver's License sit in the I Dream of Jeannie guide?
S02E19 is listed hour 49 of 139 — hour 19 of 31 in season 2, season 2 episode 19.
When did I Dream of Jeannie S02E19 air?
You Can't Arrest Me... I Don't Have a Driver's License aired 1967-01-23 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The bottle-and-astronaut premise is the contract: Eden's Jeannie, Hagman's Tony, NASA as the secret that must not get out. Early episodes sell the Space Race chrome; later ones ride the chemistry.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Astronaut Tony Nelson finds a genie and spends five seasons hiding her from NASA. Barbara Eden's sparkle and Larry Hagman's slow burn power Sidney Sheldon's Space Race sitcom — blinks, harem pants, and suburban paranoia. Peak 1960s fantasy multi-cam, and Hagman's calling card before Dallas turned him villainous.
The bottle is the crime scene. Astronaut Tony Nelson finds a genie and spends five NBC seasons (1965–1970; 139 episodes) hiding her from NASA, neighbors, and common sense — blinks, master/servant tension, Cold War space-age chrome. Barbara Eden's Jeannie is sparkle with a confidentiality problem. Larry Hagman's Tony is a slow burn in a flight suit. Sidney Sheldon built the fantasy; Bill Daily's Roger Healey and Hayden Rorke's Dr. Bellows orbit the cover-up. **They are not keeping a secret. They are keeping a…
Filed against
- Barbara Eden as Jeannie
Barbara Eden’s Jeannie blinked a Space Race sitcom into suburban paranoia — astronaut Tony Nelson hiding a genie from NASA, Larry Hagman’s slow burn, Sidney Sheldon’s five-season fantasy, harem pants as plot armor. Peak 1960s multi-cam…
- Larry Hagman as Maj. Anthony Nelson
Larry Hagman’s J.R. Ewing made “Who shot J.R.?” a global summer sport on Dallas — oil-opera villainy with a smile that sold cliffhangers. Southfork seating charts, spoiler culture as national weather. On TV Flash he is primetime soap’s…
- Bill Daily as Maj. Roger Healey
Bill Daily’s Maj. Roger Healey kept I Dream of Jeannie’s NASA secret from being a two-person bottle — 1960s catalog Space Race sitcom, then The Bob Newhart Show recasting the pal as Howard Borden’s flight-weather. TV Flash files him as…
- Hayden Rorke as Dr. Alfred Bellows
Hayden Rorke's Dr. Alfred Bellows spent I Dream of Jeannie trying to catch NASA in a blink — astronaut Tony Nelson hiding a genie, Barbara Eden's sparkle, Larry Hagman's slow burn, Sidney Sheldon's Space Race sitcom. Suburban paranoia as…