Jeannie and the Wild Pipchicks
- Episode aired Sep 23, 1968
- 25m
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Magical candy is taken to NASA and it brings out the inner desires of anyone who eats it.Magical candy is taken to NASA and it brings out the inner desires of anyone who eats it.Magical candy is taken to NASA and it brings out the inner desires of anyone who eats it.
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- TriviaNone of the letters inside the NASA mailbox have ZIP codes on them. In 1968 when this episode was made, ZIP codes were still fairly new and only about 50% of the public used them. Strangely enough, even though the letters shown in this episode are from NASA, even U.S. government agencies did not have widespread universal use of ZIP codes. Probably the prop guys didn't want to do the extra work to look up the right zip for each address, but a better reason for using no ZIP codes is that the addresses were likely fake so as not to list anybody's actual address on screen for security and liability reasons.
- GoofsThe first three ingredients of the pipchicks are seen when Tony drops the scroll at the end of the scene. They are dates, oranges, and raisins. There is a fourth ingredient listed on the scroll, too, but the rest of the scroll is scribbles to fill up space. This side should've never faced the camera.
- ConnectionsFeatured in I Dream of Jeannie: Hurricane Jeannie (1970)
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Jeannie's mother played by Barbara Eden
"Jeannie and the Wild Pipchicks" features the third appearance of Jeannie's mother, here played for the first time by Barbara Eden herself. Jeannie receives a gift from her mother, a box of homemade pipchicks, delicious candies made from her own secret recipe. Tony eats one and suddenly finds himself with the strength of ten men, and when Dr. Bellows does the same he has it analyzed for its ingredients. Major Nelson is ordered to work on a new batch of pipchicks for the NASA space program, only for Jeannie's mother to cross them up with a different recipe. Once eaten, these candies bring out the person's hidden inhibitions, with Colonel Abigail Finch (Reta Shaw) suddenly reversing her tough demeanor to embrace Major Nelson, as Roger walks in: "Tony you shouldn't be doing that, she outranks you!" "she also outweighs me!" With Dr. Bellows becoming an Alaskan whaler and General Peterson warding off an Indian attack, Tony has his hands full trying to keep everyone locked up until the effects subside. Barbara Eden only has one scene as Jeannie's mother (repeating the role in "Is There a Doctor in the House?"), who considers her daughter to be very foolish living with an astronaut who rarely comes down from orbit.
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- Nov 23, 2016
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