A clear example of the comedy TZs dating a lot worse than the serious ones. It doesn't even feel like TZ. The genie gimmick is just ridiculous. More like some old show aimed at a family audience. If taken that way 'I Dream Of Genie' is not at all so bad, but this type of episode does nothing to help the lasting legacy of the greatest TV series of all time.
Patricia Barry (from 'The Chaser', series one) returns to TZ, again playing the object of the protagonist's desire, and seen married to him (at one point) by magic. As in 'The Chaser' her character doesn't seem very real from the outset. George P Hanley (Howard Morris) is one of a long line of life's losers to encounter some mystical makeover in the series. Played brightly by all, but on the whole a worn concept.
A second TZ genie (after 'The Man In The Bottle', series two) -oh please!
Patricia Barry (from 'The Chaser', series one) returns to TZ, again playing the object of the protagonist's desire, and seen married to him (at one point) by magic. As in 'The Chaser' her character doesn't seem very real from the outset. George P Hanley (Howard Morris) is one of a long line of life's losers to encounter some mystical makeover in the series. Played brightly by all, but on the whole a worn concept.
A second TZ genie (after 'The Man In The Bottle', series two) -oh please!