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I Dream of Jeannie is an American fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon, starring Barbara Eden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman, as an astronaut with whom she falls in love and eventually marries. Produced by Screen Gems, the show originally aired for 139 episodes over five seasons, from September 18, 1965, to May 26, 1970, on NBC.

References to I Dream of Jeannie in The Simpsons

Episodes

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
5	90	"The Last Temptation of Homer"	When Homer is stuck in the elevator with Mindy and tells himself to "Think unsexy thoughts", one of the mental images he gets is of Barney wearing a bikini while dancing and drunkenly scat singing the theme from I Dream of Jeannie.
6	106	"Another Simpsons Clip Show"	Barney hums the I Dream of Jeannie theme.
9	182	"Treehouse of Horror VIII"	Homer is costumed as Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie.
17	365	"Simpsons Christmas Stories"	When Bart turns Homer's wine into water, he crosses his arms and blinks like Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie.
18	385	"Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)"	This episode's title is a wordplay on both I Dream of Jeannie and Stephen Foster's song "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair".
23	498	"Moe Goes from Rags to Riches"	During the "King of Persia" portion of the episode, the Scheherazade (portrayed by Lisa) is costumed as Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie.
27	578	"Halloween of Horror"	Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon is seen dressed as Jeannie.
28	597	"Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus"	Mary crosses her arms and nods like Jeannie.
29	626	"Mr. Lisa's Opus"	Lisa nods in the same way Jeannie does, and a building falls down.
31	664	"Go Big or Go Homer"	I Dream of Blini is a pun on I Dream of Jeannie.

Games

Picture	Game	Reference
	Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness	"I Scream of Genie" is a pun on I Dream of Jeannie.

Comics

Picture	Comic issue	Story name	Reference
	Simpsons Comics #115	Clown Therapy	Lenny asks Krusty if he ever met Barbara Eden. Krusty said that he cream-pied her at an award show once. Carl then said that Jeannie kicked Krusty's butt, referencing the show I Dream of Jeannie, which Eden starred in.

Common cast and crew

Cast

Picture	Name	Role in I Dream of Jeannie	Role on The Simpsons
	Larry Hagman	Played Captain/Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson.	Voiced Wallace Brady in "The Monkey Suit".

External links

I Dream of Jeannie at the Internet Movie Database
I Dream of Jeannie at Wikipedia

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