Jeannie (animated series)

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show_name = Jeannie


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genre = Animation
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audio_format = mono
runtime = 30 minutes
creator =
director = Charles A. Nichols
executive_producer = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
starring =
voices = Julie McWhirter
Mark Hamill
Joe Besser
Bob Hastings
Janet Waldo
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country = flagcountry|USA
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language = English
network = CBS
first_aired = September 8, 1973
last_aired = August 30, 1975
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num_episodes = 16
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imdb_id = 0069596
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"Jeannie" was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Screen Gems from September 8, 1973 to August 30, 1975 on CBS. Based upon the 1960s sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie", the animated series features the eponymous genie character (voiced by Julie McWhirter) with a new master, high school student Corey Anders (voiced by Mark Hamill) and his best friend Henry Glopp (voiced by Bob Hastings).

Comedian and former Three Stooges star Joe Besser voiced Babu, a cowardly, bumbling, immature genie-in-training under Jeannie's charge. His typical magic words are "Yapple Dapple!" which usually gets everyone around him into a pickle, even himself. Babu normally annoyed almost everyone he met because he gets so nervous, he could never control his powers.

Unlike the blonde character from "I Dream of Jeannie" (portrayed by Barbara Eden), the animated Jeannie was a ponytailed redhead. Jeannie could use her magical powers by crossing her arms and whipping her hair instead of blinking her eyes like the original Jeannie did. Jeannie and Babu made one guest appearance on "The New Scooby-Doo Movies". In 1977, Babu alone was a teammate of Scooby-Doo on "Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics" and episodes of "Jeannie" were serialized on the syndicated weekday series "Fred Flintstone and Friends".

Due to this series connection with "I Dream of Jeannie", this is one of only two Hanna-Barbera produced series since H-B's 1967 sale to Taft Broadcasting that are owned outright by Sony Pictures Television, whose predecessor Screen Gems once had a partnership with H-B and was the same company that did the opening animation for "I Dream of Jeannie"; the other is "Partridge Family 2200 A.D.", because of its ties to "The Partridge Family".

Episodes

:Jeannie-1. Surf's Up (September 8, 1973):Jeannie-2. The Decathlon (September 15, 1973):Jeannie-3. The Great Ski Robbery (September 22, 1973):Jeannie-4. Survival Course (September 29, 1973):Jeannie-5. The Power Failure (October 6, 1973):Jeannie-6. The Dognappers (October 13, 1973):Jeannie-7. The Pigeon (October 20, 1973):Jeannie-8. Helen of Troy (October 27, 1973):Jeannie-9. The Sailors (November 3, 1973):Jeannie-10. The Kid Brother (November 10, 1973):Jeannie-11. The Blind Date (November 17, 1973):Jeannie-12. The Commercial (November 24, 1973):Jeannie-13. Don Juan (December 1, 1973):Jeannie-14. The Dog (December 8, 1973):Jeannie-15. The Jinx (December 15, 1973):Jeannie-16. The Wish (December 22, 1973)

Voices

* Julie McWhirter - Jeannie
* Mark Hamill - Corey Anders
* Joe Besser - Babu
* Bob Hastings - Henry Glopp
* Janet Waldo - Mrs. Anders

Production credits

*Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
*Directed by: Charles A. Nichols
*Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
*Associate Producer: Art Scott
*Story: Sid Morse, Marion Hargrove, Dave Ketchum, Arlene & Leonard Stadd, Bill Canning, Irma & Austin Kalish, Bruce Shelly, Frank Waldman, Phyllis & Robert White
*Story Direction: Don Christensen, George Gordon, Mike Kawaguchi, George Singer, Steve Clark, Jan Green, Earl Klein, Paul Sommer, John E. Walker
*Voices: Gay Autterson, Joe Besser, Indira Dirks, Bob Hastings, Sherry Jackson, Don Messick, John Stephenson, Ginny Tyler, Julie Bennett, Tommy Cook, Mark Hamill, Tina Holland, Julie McWhirter, Hal Smith, Judy Strangis, Vincent Van Patten
*Production Design: Bob Singer
*Production Supervisor: Victor O. Schipek
*Titles: Iraj Paran
*Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
*Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
*Character Design: Takashi Masunaga
*Layout: Terry Slade, Roman Arambula, Homer Jonas, Sukhdev Dail, Don Morgan
*Animation: Bill Keil, Ed Barge, Lars Calonius, George Kreisl, Margaret Nichols, Don Patterson, Oliver Callahan, Harry Holt, Rae McSpadden, Ed Parks, Dick Thompson, Xenia
*Background Styling: F. Montealegre, Fernando Arce
*Backgrounds: Lorraine Andrina, Sheila Brown, Al Rudnick
*Technical Supervisor: Frank Paiker
*Ink and Paint Supervisor: Billie Kerns
*Xerography: Robert "Tiger" West
*Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
*Supervising Film Editor: Larry Cowan
*Music Editor: Pat Foley
*Effects Editors: Earl Bennett, Joe Sandusky
*Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
*Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
*Camera: George Epperson, Ron Jackson, Curtis Hall, Dennis Weaver

See also

List of Animated Spinoffs from Prime Time Shows

External links

*imdb title|id=0069596|title=Jeannie
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Columbia_Pictures/Television/Jeannie/index.html "Jeannie" @ The Big Cartoon DataBase]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jeannieanimatedseries Jeannie: The Animated Series]