Larry Hagman was a household name during the 1970s. After his claim to fame starring on “I Dream of Jeannie,” he continued to land leading roles in many films and TV shows. While he definitely got his start on “I Dream of Jeannie,” he is best known for his role of “J. R.” Ewing in the show “Dallas.”
During the 1980s while he was starring in “Dallas,” he received a whopping 4 Golden Globe nominations. He also got 2 Emmy nominations for the show! Following “Dallas,” he had roles in other hit TV shows such as “Nip/Tuck” and “The Simpsons.” Sadly, Larry died in 2012.
Reunion Movies
NBC premiered the reunion film “I Dream Of Jeannie… Fifteen Years Later” Fifteen years after the famous series had ended. It was the first of not one, but two reunion films made that were based on the show “I Dream of Jeannie.”
In 1991, six years later “I Still Dream Of Jeannie” was released as the second reunion film. These reunion made for TV movies showcased the life of the magical wife and her marriage to Tony Nelson, as well as their son. Barbara Eden was thrilled to put on her crop top once again and reunite with the character she was so famous for!
Back To Where It All Began
If you watched the reunion film entitles “I Dream Of Jeannie… Fifteen Years Later” you will have noticed a very familiar scene! The creators wanted to bring a little piece of the original to the reunion. The beach scene in the film was actually shot in Malibu at the same spot where the first episode was shot back in 1964.
How fitting that 15 years later, Tony and Jeannie would be reunited at the same location where their love story began. The one difference was that it was with a different actor since Larry was not a part of this film!
Jeannie, a Single Lady?
In the reunion “I Dream of Jeannie” special Tony Nelson seemed to be missing! The producers had to get creative here, and they came up with quite the storyline to explain the absence of Tony who was played by Larry Hagman.
In this special, they wrote in the show that Jeannie’s husband Tony was on a special NASA mission in space, forever! They barely even mention him in this show, and the one time they do, it happens before the opening intro! Now that Jeannie did not have a ‘master’ she had to set out to single bars to find a new mate in order to stay on earth.
Old Jim Beam Bottle
Everyone knows Jeannie's famous bottle. It is where Jeannie lived in the show, and it was one of the most popular props of all time. But you will be blown away to find out what it really it! The bottle was actually just an old Jim Beam bottle!
This 1964 bottle of liquor was transformed into a world-famous TV prop! The prop department still spent a few hundred dollars to get the bottle decorated and painted perfectly, but it was still just that. Since they spent so much money on the bottle, it was known around set to be VERY careful with it, since they did not want to have to replace that!