TVShowsonDVD.com is reporting that Sony will release a one disc collection of I Dream of Jeannie Fan Favorites on September 29, 2009 at a suggested retail price of $14.95. The disc will contain seven episodes from the Fifth Season including the infamous "The Wedding" episode which many consider to be the point where IDOJ jumped the shark. The observant fan will note that these seven episodes are what the second disc from the Complete Fifth Season DVD collection is comprised of.
Tis the season for studios and distributors to begin sending us lists of products, hoping I'll craft an article telling all of you what to buy for those hard-to-figure relatives and friends. But there are SO many product lists coming our way this year that I don't think I'm going to be so presumptuous. I will, however, let you know when a boxed set comes along that seems obviously designed for gift giving.
Such is the case with "I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Series," which comes not in conventional packaging but in an elaborately decorated cardboard "bottle" that's a replica of the 1964 Jim Beam decanter that inspired the show's most famous prop. It's designed to be displayed on a countertop, table, or shelf. The kind of cardboard affair you'd see at point-of-purchase displays, it's 11 1/2" tall, 5 1/2" across at the widest spot, and 2 1/2" deep. The bottle has a hollowed-out bottom that holds an accordion-style round expandable file that contains all 139 episodes on 20 discs. A cardboard decorative stopper is included, along with a matching separate box that holds 55 roughly 3x4" full-color trivia cards with photo illustration and trivia snippet on one side and a description of three episodes on the flipside. More on those in the "Extras" section.
Sony released Season 1 in two versions, the original black-and-white and colorized. Purists who desperately want this collectible bottle should know that it contains the color version. Though some Internet rumors have this set including a much-later "return to" TV movie, that's not the case. The content is the same as on all five individual seasons. The discs have new labels on them numbered to 20, but the menu screens and options are the same as on previous releases. Missing, though, is any sort of list of episodes, their airdates, and brief summaries, which were included in all of the previous single-season sets. That's a pretty big oversight, and, some might say, a pretty big price to pay for a cool-looking bottle that pretty much has to be permanently displayed somewhere rather than shelved with your other DVDs.
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Posted by GeekyGuy on Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 11:05 pm (1835 reads)
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IDOJ DVD: IDOJ The Complete Series Bargains
With less than one week to go for the release of I Dream of Jeannie the Complete Series Boxed Collector's Edition don't let the steep MSRP $174.95 be a stumbling block there are many deals out there and if you are willing to wait prices may come down even more. Some retailers are offering specials if you buy on the release day, Tuesday, November 11, 2008.
Although lacking additional features such as new commentary by the cast, behind the scenes video, the original black and white first season (only the colorized first season is included) or even new navigation menus the boxed set does feature a cardboard foil covered replica Jeannie bottle and a deck of trivia cards with photographs all packaged up in a clear plastic box attractively printed with smoke and dancing Jeannie cartoon character.
As stated the MSRP is $174.95 but click READ MORE to check discounted availability with prices as low as $100.00.
Posted by Hajji on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 11:05 am (3239 reads)
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IDOJ DVD: Quark DVD Includes Mini-Episodes of IDOJ
"Quark," the complete series Buck Henry created this science-fiction spoof, but it lasted only eight episodes in 1978 before NBC deservedly pulled the plug. Richard Benjamin stars as Adam Quark, captain of a garbage-collecting spaceship. Poor acting and cheap production values contributed to the sitcom's downfall. One disc, 222 minutes. DVD extras: bonus mini-episodes of "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Fantasy Island." From Sony.
On sale Tuesday, Oct. 14.
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Posted by Brandon79 on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 @ 1:37 pm (980 reads)
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IDOJ DVD: IDOJ Complete Series DVD release date changed!
But don't fret, it's not that big a move. According to http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Dream-Jeannie-The-Complete-Series/10467 the set will be released a week later on November 11, 2008.
Culver City, Calif. (August 25, 2008) - I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Series, starring Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman in one of the most beloved sitcoms in television history, comes to DVD in collectible bottle packaging November 4 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. This collector's set also includes episode cards with trivia from each season. The 20-disc box set features the romantic magic of all 139 episodes and will be available for $174.95 SRP.
DVD Special Features Include:
Digitally Remastered Audio and Video
Full Screen Presentations
Audio: English, Spanish, Portuguese
Subtitles: Spanish, Portuguese
Closed Captioned
Proposed Boxed Set
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Footnotes:
Thank you to DrBombay and GeekyGuy for submitting this update. I combined both articles into one under the first submitted article by DrBombay. I always do a handstand when someone submits a new article but I was blinking from the chandelier that two people submitted news on the same story!!!
THANK YOU DRBOMBAY and GEEKYGUY!
Posted by DrBombay on Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 4:17 pm (2540 reads)
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IDOJ DVD: Special 'Bottle' Packaging, Reunion Telefilm for The Complete Series DVD
Posted by AEBellows on Sunday, August 24, 2008 @ 2:58 pm (853 reads)
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IDOJ DVD: I Dream of Jeannie the Complete Fifth Season Countdown
Barbara Eden & Larry Hagman Return for One Last Time on DVD July 8
I DREAM OF JEANNIE THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON
With only one week to go be sure to place your orders and mark you calenders!
The final season of one of the most beloved sitcoms in television history comes to DVD July 8 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases . The four-disc box set features the romantic magic of all 26 episodes from the fifth season and will be available for $39.95 SRP.
The final season of one of the most beloved sitcoms in television history comes to DVD July 8 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases . The four-disc box set features the romantic magic of all 26 episodes from the fifth season and will be available for $39.95 SRP.
The final season of one of the most beloved sitcoms in television history comes to DVD July 8 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases . The four-disc box set features the romantic magic of all 26 episodes from the fifth season and will be available for $39.95 SRP.
Barbara Eden (TV's "Harper Valley PTA") in her career-defining role as Jeannie and Larry Hagman (TV's "Dallas") as the hapless Major Tony Nelson star as the adorable mismatched couple, back for one last season of adventures. Their viable chemistry and deft comic timing was made even more successful by the series' talented regulars Bill Daily (TV's "The Bob Newhart Show") as Tony's best friend and secret-keeper Major Roger Healey, Hayden Rorke (The Unsinkable Molly Brown) as nosey Dr. Bellows, and Emmaline Henry (Rosemary's Baby) as his wife, Amanda Bellows.
Fifth season high jinks include Jeannie having to make a choice between being Tony's wife or being the queen of a country, with many of the episodes revolving around wedding arrangements and the big event itself. Viewers have a front row seat to Tony's (Hagman) reluctant participation in a bachelor party, the confusion and avoidance of wedding pictures, since genies don't show up in pictures, and the last-ditch attempt of Jeannie's sister to break up the happy couple by posing as Jeannie and pretending to have an affair. Guest stars appearing during this season include Farrah Fawcett (TV's "Charlies Angels") and Jackie Coogan (The Kid).
I Dream of Jeannie the Complete Fifth Season DVD
Footnotes:Special thanks to Resident Djinn, GeekyGuy for keeping on top of the DVD news!
Posted by Hajji on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 12:05 am (3871 reads)
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The Sixties were full of choices, and not just making love vs. making war. There were serious TV issues, too, like Ginger vs. Mary Ann, or "Bewitched" vs. "I Dream of Jeannie." With those "Gilligan's Island" females it was all a matter of whether you preferred a glamour girl or the girl next door. But with the two "magic" sitcoms that went toe-to-toe, it was "Bewitched" by a nose. Make that a nose-twitch, compared to Jeannie's "blink."
The reason is simple: more people could identify with a married couple where one spouse just happens to be a witch in a marriage that was otherwise equal than they could with an astronaut who splashes down on a deserted island and finds a beautiful genie in a bottle who calls him "master" and attends to his every wish. It was unfortunately too close to male fantasy than it was to a household situation comedy, and at a time when a women's rights movement was gaining steam, it was bad timing indeed.
In fairness, though, this novelty show was still fun, and it's fun still. The premise was that Maj. Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman) didn't really bring the bottle back. A genie named Jeannie (Barbara Eden) hitched a ride back to Cape Kennedy and Cocoa Beach, Florida, and POOF, just like that a fairly successful series was born. As a warm-up for the popular secret agent spoof "Get Smart" on NBC's Saturday night line-up, "I Dream of Jeannie" cracked the Top-30 its first year, finishing at #27. But by the time the show finished, even a wedding wasn't enough to entice enough viewers to watch.
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Posted by GeekyGuy on Saturday, June 21, 2008 @ 12:05 am (1742 reads)
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IDOJ DVD: I Dream of Jeannie the Complete Fifth Season
GeekyGuy writes "Barbara Eden & Larry Hagman Return for One Last Time on DVD July 8
I DREAM OF JEANNIE THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON
Four-Disc Box Set Features 26 Fanciful Episodes
Culver City, Calif. (April 28, 2008) - The final season of one of the most beloved sitcoms in television history comes to DVD July 8 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Fifth Season. The four-disc box set features the romantic magic of all 26 episodes from the fifth season and will be available for $39.95 SRP.
Culver City, Calif. (April 28, 2008) - The final season of one of the most beloved sitcoms in television history comes to DVD July 8 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases . The four-disc box set features the romantic magic of all 26 episodes from the fifth season and will be available for $39.95 SRP.
Barbara Eden (TV's "Harper Valley PTA") in her career-defining role as Jeannie and Larry Hagman (TV's "Dallas") as the hapless Major Tony Nelson star as the adorable mismatched couple, back for one last season of adventures. Their viable chemistry and deft comic timing was made even more successful by the series' talented regulars Bill Daily (TV's "The Bob Newhart Show") as Tony's best friend and secret-keeper Major Roger Healey, Hayden Rorke (The Unsinkable Molly Brown) as nosey Dr. Bellows, and Emmaline Henry (Rosemary's Baby) as his wife, Amanda Bellows.
Fifth season high jinks include Jeannie having to make a choice between being Tony's wife or being the queen of a country, with many of the episodes revolving around wedding arrangements and the big event itself. Viewers have a front row seat to Tony's (Hagman) reluctant participation in a bachelor party, the confusion and avoidance of wedding pictures, since genies don't show up in pictures, and the last-ditch attempt of Jeannie's sister to break up the happy couple by posing as Jeannie and pretending to have an affair. Guest stars appearing during this season include Farrah Fawcett (TV's "Charlies Angels") and Jackie Coogan (The Kid).
I Dream of Jeannie the Complete Fifth Season DVD
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Posted by GeekyGuy on Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 7:31 pm (2105 reads)
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IDOJ DVD: IDOJ Season 5 DVD Rumor
Sony's July slate of home video releases was recently revealed to retailers in an early heads-up. It seems that there's only a single TV-DVD release on the schedule for that month...but it's a big one! Fans of I Dream of Jeannie have been wondering when the fifth and final season will make it to DVD, and we can tell you that all 26 magical episodes - including wedding bells for Jeannie and Tony - will come home in July.
Among the guest stars you'll see are Jackie Coogan (The Addams Family), Judith Baldwin (Rescue from Gilligan's Island), Farrah Fawcett (Charlie's Angels), Michael Ansara (Star Trek's "Kang" and Barbara Eden's husband at the time), Alan Oppenheimer (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman), Ned Wertimer (The Jeffersons) and Dick Van Patten (Eight is Enough).
Posted by Hajji on Monday, April 21, 2008 @ 11:42 am (1986 reads)
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