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On 3/22/2024 5:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
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> What did you watch?
> 
The Twilight Zone S4E12 'I Dream of Genie' - DVR
A man considers several possibilities when he is offered one wish by a 
genie in a magic lamp.  With Jack Albertson.  (Comcast)
A wiseacre genie appears from a lamp to a meek man, George P. Hanley. 
Hanley is so used to bad luck, he imagines how each of three possible 
wishes could go very wrong - but the genie will grant him only one wish!
Trivia:  The title is from the first line of the 1854 ballad "Jeanie 
with the Light Brown Hair" by Stephen Foster written about his wife, Jane.
Bob Hastings (Sam) and Mark Miller (Roger Hackett) both later appeared 
in I Dream of Jeannie (1965), another comedy featuring a genie that 
derived its title from the 1854 song "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" 
by Stephen Foster: Hastings played Homer Banks in The Used Car Salesman 
(1968) and Miller played Wild Bill Barrows in Ride 'Em Astronaut (1969).
Despite her character celebrating a birthday in her 20s, Patricia Barry 
was actually 40 when the show was broadcast.
This is Jack Albertson's second (and final) TZ appearance. The first was 
The Shelter (1961).
Of the twelve credited actors for this episode, seven - Howard Morris, 
Mark Miller, Joyce Jameson, James Millhollin, Robert Ball, Jack 
Albertson, and Molly Dodd - made guest appearances on The Andy Griffith 
Show (1960).


What Did You Watch?

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