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The cast and crew were losing their minds. But the clip went viral on CTVâs social media: âJeannie Meets the Leafsâ (sheâd turned the hockey team into dancing palm trees).
The finaleâsweeps weekâfeatured Jeannie accidentally transporting the entire CTV studio to the surface of the moon. She bowed gracefully. âSorry about the lack of atmosphere, eh?â
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The man who looked like Major Tony Nelsonâbut carried a clipboard and a double-double from Tim Hortonsâsighed. âItâs âGary,â actually. Gary the director. And youâre late. Hair and makeup, now.â
Turns out, CTV was rebooting I Dream of Jeannie as a meta-comedy: Genie in the Great White North . Jeannie, ripped from the 1960s, now had to navigate modern Canadian problems. Tony wasnât an astronaut; he was a flustered producer at CTV headquarters in Toronto. And her magic? It kept freezing mid-spell, producing maple syrup instead of fireballs. The cast and crew were losing their minds
She smiled, blinked once, and vanished in a puff of polite, apologetic smoke.
Jeannie tried to help. When the lead actor (playing âNew Tonyâ) complained his lines were too boring, she poofed him onto a dogsled racing down Yonge Street. When ratings dipped, she magically inserted Don Cherry into every scene, wearing a sequined genie vest. She bowed gracefully
Jeannie tilted her head. âYou want me to⊠tone it down?â