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Summary: Dreaming of Jeannie - At Least Some Nice Photos
Review: While "Dreaming of Jeannie" has some beautiful photos and some interesting information, I regret to say that if you are a true fan of the show you will most likely not be pleased. The overall tone from the author about the show is pretty negative. Most fans I know who have read it including myself were left with the obvious impression that he doesn't even like the show and were also left to wonder with that kind of attitude why he bothered writing it? With plenty of negativity but next to nothing good to say about the classic show (not to mention barely one endearing word about fans beloved Barbara Eden), it also left most of us wishing he hadn't written it.
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Summary: You Got Your Wish!
Review: While it is true, many friends put me up to this book, they did not hold a loaded weapon to my head. True, this is not my favorite television show of all time. I would like readers to know, however, that since the concept of a book on "I Dream of Jeannie" originated with some friends, that doesn't also mean I shirked my duties in assembling what I thought would be a great book. In fact, the entire, lengthy project challenged me to hunt down some fascinating interviews, trivia, show data, behind-the-scenes stories, anecdotes, and all the rest of the ingredients fans want in a book like this. Don't take this book too seriously, or the program itself for that matter. This is not a book about WWII. You will find in this book materials from Sidney Sheldon's production files on the program, rare interviews with cast and production personnel, and many additional contributors. I'm very happy to unveil many never-before-published photographs and a rare color insert with sixteen pages of great color shots which you will find nowhere else. My co-author, Howard Frank, unleashed some great shots from his archive for this book and any true fan and follower of the program will attest that these beautes are indeed rare. Within the text I did my best at unearthing informative data and presenting it in a playful and entertaining manner without taking the topic too seriously. If you like the sitcom, or Sixties sitcoms in general, I think you'll enjoy this book. "Bewitched" fans will like it as well, I suspect. I can't keep this secret: Larry Hagman called me and praised the book. It was the highest compliment. And although I detest bragging, and I'll probably regret mentioning the Hagman detail, it admittadly made me feel great and I don't mind saying so. And yes, despite some strong language (in quotes) in the book, it is probably not a book for children. Once you get the book, you'll know why. Don't blink.
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Summary: Why bother?
Review: Why in the world would any author write about a subject he/she so detested? That's the real question with this book. I don't get it. The photos are a great addition, as are what little behind-the-scenes trivia exists. There's an awful lot of non-Jeannie "padding," as if the author couldn't find enough to write about the show and just stuck in some "stuff" to fill in space- like a whole chapter of an irrelevent real-life death, and the entire end chapter on "Bewitched," of all things!. Worst of all, though, is the entire beginning of the book, with its constant drivel about how terrible the show was. Well, I was there in 1964. I watched the Jeannie shows when they were first-run. It was NOT terrible then, and it's still pretty cute today. So, the question remains: Why in the world would anyone write an entire book that was obviously geared to a show's fans, when he/she couldn't say much nice about it? Sounds pretty ridiculous to me.
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