I Dream of Genie (The Twilight Zone)

Infobox Television episode
Title = I Dream of Genie
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Scene from "I Dream of Genie"
Season = 4
Episode = 114
Airdate = March 21, 1963
Production = 4860
Writer = John Furia, Jr.
Director = Robert Gist
Guests = Molly Dodd : May
Milton Parsons : P.R. Man
Howard Morris : George P. Hanley
Patricia Barry : Ann
Jack Albertson : Genie
Mark Miller : Roger
Music = Fred Steiner
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = The Parallel
Next = The New Exhibit

"I Dream of Genie" is an episode of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone".

Opening narration

ynopsis

George Hanley is offered one wish by a genie summoned from a lamp. Rather than make a rash wish, he carefully considers the three most popular options. He wonders what it would be like to wish for love. While having a beautiful actress for a wife sounds like a dream come true, he begins to imagine his wife so obsessed with her acting career, and wearing makeup at all times, and living a starlet's life that it drives him crazy.

Hanley next decides whether or not great wealth is a proper wish. The ennui that comes with excessive amounts of money is soon recalled, and Hanley chooses not to make this wish. His final thoughts are on wishing for great power, but he then imagines becoming the President of the United States, and being paralyzed by indecision when faced with a global crisis.

Realizing that he's not really cut out for any of the things that most people would wish for, Hanley comes to a sudden conclusion and decides that he's going to make an "original" wish. The audience is not made aware of what he wished for until later, when a homeless man in an alley finds the genie's lamp lying in a garbage can. A genie emerges from the lamp and offers "three" wishes, on the condition that the lamp will be returned to the alley afterward for another needy person to find. The camera pulls away from the stunned man to reveal that the genie is none other than George Hanley himself, accompanied by his faithful dog.

Closing narration

References

*DeVoe, Bill. (2008). "Trivia from The Twilight Zone". Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
*Grams, Martin. (2008). "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic". Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090

External links

*imdb title|id=0734574|title=I Dream of Genie
* [http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/i-dream-of-genie/episode/12699/summary.html TV.com episode page]

Twilight Zone links

*The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
*Episode List
*Season 4