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THBI DREAM OF JEANNIE ORIGINAL GENIE BOTTLE
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- Lot Description
The original prop genie bottle used on the set of I Dream of Jeannie (NBC, 1965-1970) and as the template for future I Dream of Jeannie bottles. The bottle was from the collection of Gene Nelson, who worked on the development of the program and directed eight episodes of the first season.
There are many people who take credit for finding the Jim Beam decanter that went on to become Jeannie’s bottle, but credence is given to Nelson’s story that this was his discovery. According to Nelson’s former wife, Nelson was at lunch with someone involved with the project and he saw the Jim Beam bourbon decanter in a liquor store window. He had been looking to find something to use for Jeannie’s bottle that didn’t look like Aladdin’s lamp. He brought the Jim Beam decanter to the prop department, and it became the bottle for the series. Nelson told his family that this was the bottle used on set and for early promotional images. He explained some prop bottles were used for the smoke effect when Jeannie exited her bottle. These bottles occasionally broke from the heat. The smoke bottles were numbered on the bottom to keep track of how many times the bottle had been used in order to avoid the bottle breaking during a scene. This bottle is not numbered on the bottom because it was not used in any special effects. The stopper is also unembellished. This may be in keeping with the storyline that Captain Nelson, played by Larry Hagman, left the stopper on the beach where he found Jeannie, played by Barbara Eden. Nelson left the show after repeated conflicts with Hagman.
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Barbara Eden stating that this was the first bottle used on the set of the show.
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