I Dream of Jeannie

Jonathan Toubin, Comeback Kid

Getting back to the business of making people dance

Larry Hagman Licked Lauren Bacall

​But I'm sure she ended up licking him, as she does with any perceived opponent. Here's the deal. In a New York Times magazine interview, Larry Hagman--Mary Martin's son and a star in his own right from I Dream of Jeannie and later, Dallas--remembers costarring with Bacall in the 1973 TV mov ... More >>

I Dream of Jeannie Casting News

​ I Dream of Jeannie was the classic, navel-baring 1960s show about a 2,000-year-old lady who lives in a bottle, which makes her look much younger. There's long been talk of a movie version, seeing as it's one of the few sitcoms (along with My Mother the Car) that hasn't been filmed yet. Wel ... More >>

Barbara Eden at Disco 2000

​OMG. This just went up on YouTube. It's a clip of I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden receiving a "Nightlife Achievement award" from yours truly, dressed as a gay genie, while drag star Lahoma Van Zandt twirls around with a contagious glee.

Iran to Cali

A first-time novelist gets her hands wordy

Oh, the Nora, the Nora: Every Little Thing She Does Is Tragic

Sympathy for the Slave

Stephen Collins Foster is back on earth, wrestling with race: the entity in the woodpile

Gary Ruskin's Christmas Present

Right Joins Naderite in Dicey Situation

E-Mail at the End of Time

Mambos in Bottles, Pit Bulls in Skirts, Smurfs in Stretch Hummers