First watched : September 1974
"Jeannie" arrived as the latest offering from Hanna-Barbera on Fridays from 6th September 1974. It was loosely based on the 1960s comedy show I Dream Of Jeannie.
As clumsily explained in one of the worst theme songs in TV history Jeannie's bottle was discovered by surfing hunk Corey when he fell off a wave. The scantily-clad girl genie was unfortunately accompanied by obese trainee Babu for supposedly comic relief. The other regular characters were Corey's geeky friend Henry and love rival S Melvin. Jeannie generally wanted to help Corey with her magic but suffered from Tinkerbell-like jealousy and would sabotage any attempt to get off with another chick.
The voice cast was notable for former Stooge ( as in The Three... not Iggy Pop's compadres ) Joe Besser as Babu and a pre - Star Wars Mark Hammill as Corey.
I can barely remember it and a run of just 16 episodes suggests no one else rated it very highly.
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