# Would Jeanie have submitted to Colonel Nelsons carnal desires if he commanded her to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085 "2005-12-24T16:14:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/21 "2005-12-24T20:55:05Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Didn’t he (Col. Nelson) date a variety of of women even after she came into his possession? Yeah . . . and she always got jealous and he always failed to get the hint. IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/22 "2005-12-24T21:01:43Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Re [I Dream Of Jeannie](http://www.sonypictures.com/tv/shows/sgn/jeannie/home.html) > > Just curious. Was she duty bound to obey or could she say no? In my pre-adolesent imagination she did! Oh yeah, she did. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/23 "2005-12-25T03:10:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hey, look, it’s generally assumed the characters aren’t living every single moment of their lives in front of the camera. Did we ever see Ralph Kramden in bed with Alice? (Or want to?) POW, right in the kisser! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/24 "2005-12-25T04:16:54Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > POW, right in the kisser! You just gave a whole new world of meaning to that term in my mind…damn you… ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/25 "2005-12-25T04:24:54Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > You just gave a whole new world of meaning to that term in my mind…damn you… Thank _Family Guy_. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/26 "2005-12-25T05:39:37Z")
Can we await “I Dream of Jeannie” The Lost Episodes on DVD? Colonel Nelson slams Jeannie like a storm door, along with “Oh, Master! Do me harder!” :eek: 😃 😛 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/27 "2005-12-25T05:42:28Z")
what made the OP even think of this? but he wouldn’t have to ask twice, that’s for sure - she was trying to get with him from day one. also, since, for the most part, only Tony and Roger ever saw her in the house, until the engagement, the neighbors wouldn’t have known about it. As for him being such _“a good guy; being with a woman who could not refuse him felt too much like rape.”_ - that’s putting way too much thought into it. He never asked, because he never thought of her that way, clueless bugger that he was. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/28 "2005-12-25T06:10:31Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > He never asked, because he never thought of her that way, clueless bugger that he was. If he didn’t think of her that way, I guarantee it wouldn’t be because he was clueless. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/29 "2005-12-25T06:13:49Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > If he didn’t think of her that way, I guarantee it wouldn’t be because he was clueless. Well, you know, he spent an AWFUL lot of time alone in those capsules with Major Healey…and Healey’s girl-craziness is SO obviously overcompensation… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/30 "2005-12-25T15:08:49Z")
Was it ever in doubt that she wanted to hit that but Major Nelson’s oversized sense of, um, stupidness prevented him? Really, how can you turn this down? [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/Biggirl/Internet%20Strangeness/geniesbooby.bmp) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/Biggirl/Internet%20Strangeness/geniesbooby.bmp) \*NSFW. \*Copy and post link. \*Permission requested and granted for posting of link. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/31 "2005-12-25T15:18:59Z")
**Biggirl** – if the text was important, it was too small to read. (I got a thumbnail size pic.) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/32 "2005-12-25T15:53:41Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Biggirl** – if the text was important, it was too small to read. (I got a thumbnail size pic.) Nah, the important part was the boobie. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/33 "2005-12-25T17:16:33Z")
The text was something about the historical background of the photo. "We call them “^_(_&_()\*\*()()_&s” now, but in . . . " ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/34 "2005-12-25T17:23:27Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > If he didn’t think of her that way, I guarantee it wouldn’t be because he was clueless. Of course, he could’ve simply wished she were a guy! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/35 "2005-12-25T17:29:43Z")
I’d like to add: Only on the Dope can you show people Barbara Eden’s boob and the only thing anybody wants to talk about are the words beside the picture. That’s why I love this place. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/36 "2005-12-25T18:07:15Z")
If I recall, in the pilot episode, Major Nelson is briefly castaway on a small island after splashing down in his capsule. (What NASA is doing with a one-man Mercury-type mission in 1965, I couldn’t say.) He finds Jeannie’s bottle, etc., and is soon rescued. He thinks he’s seen the last of Jeannie, but she shows up in his apartment. I think she had just taken a shower; in any case she was wearing nothing but one of his shirts. (Let me just dwell on that in my mind for a moment.) He’s very flustered and says, “Take that off!” She seems happy at this suggestion and eagerly begins unbuttoning – but he stops her. I was maybe eight when I saw that, and remember feeling a keen sense of disappointment. What was _wrong_ with the man? Anyway, in regards to the OP, based on that scene I think Jeannie would have assumed the position happily and displayed an excellent attitude about it. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/37 "2005-12-25T18:08:48Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’d like to add: Only on the Dope can you show people Barbara Eden’s boob. Her boob? :dubious: I don’t see Colonel Nelson in that picture. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/38 "2005-12-25T18:10:23Z")
Sure enough, here comes a [movie remake](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415863/). Jesus, will this fad ever end? It so seldom produces anything good. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/39 "2005-12-25T18:12:40Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’d like to add: Only on the Dope can you show people Barbara Eden’s boob and the only thing anybody wants to talk about are the words beside the picture. That’s why I love this place. Well, I wasn’t paying any attention to the words – I just wished the picture was bigger. Thanks for posting that **Biggirl** – I have a feeling your husband is a lucky man. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/40 "2005-12-25T18:14:13Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > Sure enough, here comes a [movie remake](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415863/). Jesus, will this fad ever end? It so seldom produces anything good. Oh, my good lord! Jimmy Fallon as Major Nelson?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085.md?page=3)