I Dream of Jeannie
Please Don't Give My Genie No More Wine
TV Flash files “Please Don't Give My Genie No More Wine” as hour 128 of 139 in the TV Flash guide — I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970) on NBC, season 5, episode 15, aired 1970-01-06, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E15: listed hour 128 of 139 in the I Dream of Jeannie guide, hour 15 of 26 in season 5. It aired 1970-01-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Never Put a Genie on a Budget” (S05E14). Next is “One of Our Hotels is Growing” (S05E16).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Please Don't Give My Genie No More Wine sit in the I Dream of Jeannie guide?
S05E15 is listed hour 128 of 139 — hour 15 of 26 in season 5, season 5 episode 15.
When did I Dream of Jeannie S05E15 air?
Please Don't Give My Genie No More Wine aired 1970-01-06 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…