# 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:** 3
**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, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/41 "2005-12-25T18:46:15Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Oh, my good lord! Jimmy Fallon as Major Nelson?! Hmmm . . . And no hint of who they cast as Jeannie. Any predictions/suggestions? ---
**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, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/42 "2005-12-25T18:48:15Z")
The idea of a movie remake is interesting in light of the OP. On the one hand, our attitudes about sex are much more relaxed now than in 1965. OTOH, now we have feminism. So, in a story about a guy who suddenly has a gorgeous (and magical) babe as his slave . . . how much can he get away with? More than the original Major Nelson, or considerably less? ---
**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, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/43 "2005-12-25T18:51:10Z")
> [@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. well, it’s unlikely the project will be completed. The pre-production note says this project has been “stuffed back into the bottle.” Indefinitely, one can only hope. I bet the only reason Fallon wants to do this is because Farrell did “Bewitched” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/44 "2005-12-25T20:06:04Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hmmm . . . And no hint of who they cast as Jeannie. > > Any predictions/suggestions? My money’s on Scarlett Johannsen. Oh, they’ve called this one off? We’ll see. It’ll get re-made eventually, because apparently _everything_ will. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/45 "2005-12-25T20:12:52Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > My money’s on Scarlett Johannsen. Oh, they’ve called this one off? We’ll see. It’ll get re-made eventually, because apparently _everything_ will. She’s a bit lanky, but looks and personality wise I always thought [Jenna Elfman](http://ak1.aka.eonline.com/7/1480/1218/0001/www.eonline.com/Features/Awards/Emmys2000/Gallery/Images/elfman.red.jpg) would make a good “Jeannie” ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/46 "2005-12-25T20:15:42Z")
> [@astro](#): > > She’s a bit lanky, but looks and personality wise I always thought [Jenna Elfman](http://ak1.aka.eonline.com/7/1480/1218/0001/www.eonline.com/Features/Awards/Emmys2000/Gallery/Images/elfman.red.jpg) would make a good “Jeannie” Oh… and [Brendan Fraser](http://www.nellis.af.mil/gallery/PublicAffairs/images/Guest-Brendan-Fraser.jpg) for Col Nelson. ---
**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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/47 "2005-12-25T20:19:27Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Oh… and [Brendan Fraser](http://www.nellis.af.mil/gallery/PublicAffairs/images/Guest-Brendan-Fraser.jpg) for Col Nelson. deifinitely - much better choice than Fallon; Kelsey Grammer for Dr Bellows, Matt LeBlanc for Roger Healy ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/48 "2005-12-25T22:44:24Z")
> [@Rube E. Tewesday](#): > > 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. A bigger shot. http: [//www.freenudecelebs.dk/nude-celebs-pictures/b/barbara-eden-nude/barbara-eden-nude-4.jpg](https://www.freenudecelebs.dk/nude-celebs-pictures/b/barbara-eden-nude/barbara-eden-nude-4.jpg) (NSFW!)(remove the space) ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/49 "2005-12-25T22:54:43Z")
When did Major Nelson get promoted to Colonel? ---
**Author:** ![lalaith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@lalaith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalaith)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/50 "2005-12-25T23:01:11Z")
It’s almost sad what I have in my brain. I saw a Larry King on this once with Larry Hagman, Barbara Eden and Bill Daily. If you want to read exactly the whole transcript of the interview it’s at [http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0306/02/lkl.00.html](http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0306/02/lkl.00.html) \*KING: Right now, if they did that show, they’d do it with a lot more sexual innuendo, wouldn’t they? DAILY: Oh, sure. Absolutely. KING: In modern-day times, they would do it… HAGMAN: Well, we had a lot in those days, but it was clean sex. You know, I mean, it was, like – we never did it. EDEN: You know, you don’t really need sex in that show, though. It’s… HAGMAN: Honey, it was underlying everything…\* And, FYI, Hagman and Eden both blamed the wedding for killing the show. \*KING: Did you have a favorite episode? EDEN: No. I guess – I guess one of the most fun for me was the wedding show, but I didn’t like it because I knew it was killing our show. I knew it. KING: You mean, was that the – one of the… EDEN: Oh, of course. They shouldn’t have married. They never should have married. She wasn’t real! HAGMAN: We’d still be on the air if hadn’t gotten married. KING: That was a mistake. HAGMAN: Yes. HAGMAN: Killed it\* ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/51 "2005-12-26T01:03:39Z")
> [@bluethree](#): > > When did Major Nelson get promoted to Colonel? Sometime between the end of the series and the sequel TV movie in the 80s, I suppose. Really, a gorgeous girl going Master this, Master that, Yes Master… whooee they’d have a hard time with THAT today. In Tony Nelson’s defense, I can see how if confronted with having this Creature of Unknown Origin who _looks_ human but is allegedly and apparently a _djinn_ taking up residence at my home, I may want to be tenfold more cautious and circumspect than with any other female stranger coming into my life. I could also guess that besides all the other considerations, showing Maj. Nelson as a professionally-competent but personally-clueless, yet overall virtuous, “Nice Guy” who would not take advantage of the situation could have gone under a general guideline of “portray the Space Program and members of the Military in a positive light” which was quite likely to be very high up in the writers’ guide. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/52 "2005-12-26T01:17:29Z")
> [@bluethree](#): > > When did Major Nelson get promoted to Colonel? Aha! Pseudo-biographies of Nelson and Healey (reconstructed from the shows and sequel TV movies) at the [www.astronautix.com](http://www.astronautix.com) site – [http://www.astronautix.com/astros/nelthony.htm](http://www.astronautix.com/astros/nelthony.htm) [http://www.astronautix.com/astros/healey.htm](http://www.astronautix.com/astros/healey.htm) “His wife Jeannie Nelson, originally from Baghdad, Iraq” 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/53 "2005-12-26T03:40:16Z")
This is the stupidest thread I’ve ever seen on these boards. My question is this: is she really hot for _him_? Or is she hot for whoever her master is? Maybe she’s like Smithers…he’s a sycophantic Burns-o-phile; she’s a master-o-phile. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/54 "2005-12-26T03:44:45Z")
> [@Fabulous Creature](#): > > I’m sure she would have–which, I think, is what made Tony so reluctant to pursue things with her. He was a good guy; being with a woman who could not refuse him felt too much like rape. Only after she established that she was willing to defy him was he comfortable enough to do her. Slavery’s a job perk, but rape–that’s where I draw the line! I can’t figure out how the show made it on the air: “Are you not pleased with me, Master? Oh, Master, how can Broadcast Standards be _so_ vanilla?” ---
**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 26, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/55 "2005-12-26T03:59:29Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > A bigger shot. > > http: [//www.freenudecelebs.dk/nude-celebs-pictures/b/barbara-eden-nude/barbara-eden-nude-4.jpg](https://www.freenudecelebs.dk/nude-celebs-pictures/b/barbara-eden-nude/barbara-eden-nude-4.jpg) (NSFW!)(remove the space) Thank you, my friend. 🙂😃 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/56 "2005-12-26T04:17:22Z")
Another possibility that has not been mentioned – Jeannie, being a magical being, may be so constituted that she just naturally loves whoever opens her bottle and wants to be their sex slave. It’s not that she feels COMPELLED to do so, any more than most people feel compelled to like fresh air and sunlight. She would be just as attracted to Hagar The Warty if he had been the one to open her bottle. Under such circumstances, Major Nelson is cruel to refuse to give her the orders she craves to hear. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/57 "2005-12-26T04:19:24Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Another possibility that has not been mentioned – Jeannie, being a magical being, may be so constituted that she just naturally loves whoever opens her bottle and wants to be their sex slave… Wasn’t she cast out to the desert island by a former master? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/58 "2005-12-26T04:30:17Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Wasn’t she cast out to the desert island by a former master? I don’t know. ---
**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 26, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/59 "2005-12-26T04:57:55Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Under such circumstances, Major Nelson is cruel to refuse to give her the orders she craves to hear. You _would_ say that… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085/60 "2005-12-26T05:21:27Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Another possibility that has not been mentioned – Jeannie, being a magical being, may be so constituted that she just naturally loves whoever opens her bottle and wants to be their sex slave. It’s not that she feels COMPELLED to do so, any more than most people feel compelled to like fresh air and sunlight. She would be just as attracted to Hagar The Warty if he had been the one to open her bottle. Under such circumstances, Major Nelson is cruel to refuse to give her the orders she craves to hear. That makes sense, but IIRC and it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the show, I think there must have been several episodes where someone else temporarily gained posession of Jeanie’s bottle. She always seemed like she prefered Nelson as Master. Plus, in TV/movie genie lore, the genie (or djinn if you prefer) always seemed to prefer certain masters over others. JRDelirious also has a point. Nelson may not want to risk having Jeanie go all psycho on him. She seemed a little erratic under the best of circumstances. Still, I’d be hard pressed not to occassionally request she produce a couple of supermodels from time to time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-jeanie-have-submitted-to-colonel-nelsons-carnal-desires-if-he-commanded-her-to/337085.md?page=4)