dumbnewbie Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 God I love this show. Been watching some re-runs lately. It occured to me that this show is probably a favorite of other Thai Visa members. You gotta love this show, right? I mean what a babe! Great body, always smiling... so sweet-natured... always wanting to please her guy... kinda like Thai girls, no? Not exactly, no, of course not. But might there be something here? Something else just occured to me. Thai culture, like Middle Eastern cultures around the time of Western colonialism, had a tradition of harems and dancing girls... something I don't think ever existed in the West, with it's tradition of puritanical Christian monogamy. (Blech!) Something else occured to me... not even 35 years ago we Westerners still perceived the Middle East as a pretty benign, exotic, even sexy or romantic place (thus a show like I Dream of Jeannie). How things change. How terribly sad. Some of those countries were really making progress between the 1920's and 1970's. But for more than 30 years now those countries have been going in reverse, and at an increasingly rapid pace. Just really sad. I hope nothing like that ever happens to Thailand. Cambodia used to be like Thailand... then the war, the Khmer Rouge, the Vietnamese and their puppet changed all that. Long live the King and the gentle, fun-loving traditional Thai culture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumbnewbie Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Oh, c'mon! 159 views and not one reply?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I never really thought that she was that pretty. Samantha on Bewhiched or Ginger on Gilligan's Island were much more my type! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumbnewbie Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Different strokes for different folks, I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Marcia on the Brady Bunch always got the strokes and Mrs Brady was not bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinky Bill Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Jeannie always gave me a bit of a woodie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harcourt Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I watched a documentary recently, ...I can't remember the title.... (Hollywood And The Arabs????) It was all about how Hollywood has a history of villifying the Middle East: Arabs are always the bad guys, whether of old with flashing scimitars or in Saville Row suits with hidden uzis. The evil Persian djinn. Even cartoons (Alladin was cited).Sometimes the villification is subtle as with Jeannie because she was portrayed as not too smart, prone to sulking, and subservient. Yeah, Barbara Eden (was it?) was cute with those slightly oriental eyes. I'd give my eye teeth for my very own Jeannie in a bottle. A beautiful woman who, in the blink of an eye, could produce a magnificent feast or transport me to a desert island for a day of fishing. Dreams are free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Jeannie was nice, but Emma Peel was the real dream at the start of my puberty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harcourt Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I wonder how I Dream Of Jeannie would go with a Thai audience? There's all those wonderful Booooiiiing sounds when she does her magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumbnewbie Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 Marcia on the Brady Bunch Oh yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumbnewbie Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 (edited) I watched a documentary recently, ...I can't remember the title.... (Hollywood And The Arabs????) It was all about how Hollywood has a history of villifying the Middle East: Arabs are always the bad guys, whether of old with flashing scimitars or in Saville Row suits with hidden uzis. The evil Persian djinn. Even cartoons (Alladin was cited).Sometimes the villification is subtle as with Jeannie because she was portrayed as not too smart, prone to sulking, and subservient. Yeah, those evil Jews vilifying those poor Muslims. C'mon - who else are you going to vilify? Does anyone on earth make better villains than Nazis and Muslims? You think you can make a movie where the bad guys are Buddhist or Baha'i? To be fair Hollywood has also vilified the KKK and other neo-Nazis. They haven't exactly been kind to America and Israel either. I only wish they did more to vilify Commies, who killed more people in the 20th century than everyone else put together, Americans, Israelis and Nazis included. Barbara Eden (was it?) Indeed it was! I'd give my eye teeth for my very own Jeannie in a bottle. A beautiful woman who, in the blink of an eye, could produce a magnificent feast or transport me to a desert island for a day of fishing. Dreams are free. Yeah, dreams are free. But some people are actually living the dream (various dictators and oil sheikhs, and most probably The Man as well). You can imagine they don't have just one "Jeannie", but hundreds or even thousands. Who says harems are a thing of the past? Edited August 21, 2009 by dumbnewbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumbnewbie Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 (edited) (Dang... I tried to post some pics of Jeannie from Yahoo images, but I guess I can't do it. Oh well.) Edited August 21, 2009 by dumbnewbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 C'mon - who else are you going to vilify? Does anyone on earth make better villains than Nazis and Muslims? You ain't no dumb newbie. You tricked us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaifan2 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 (edited) That show was great at the time .Barbra Eden was a babe and kept her good looks for many years as she played parts in B movies .She is 75 years old now .Here is an interview with her on youtube .She is still a lovely lady . Edited August 25, 2009 by Thaifan2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patsycat Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Wasn't JR in that show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krading Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Yes he was and probably half shot at the time on his way to a liver transplant. Remember Dick Van Dyke on the Mary Tyler Moore show. These guys were funny because they were always pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zpete Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Barbara Eden was my dream gal for years. Talking of pissed......... Dean Martin, the epitome of boozed performers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDrSomkid Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I get the feeling you guys were watching these shows when they were new. Which make you old timers. I Dream of Jeannie I have heard of and might have seen a re-run in my kiddie years. Married with Children was more my thing. Kelly? Oh yeah! Ass!, small tits, and those lovely lips. Then I saw Lucy Liu... Something deep inside stirred and awoke. All down hill from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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