R.D. Barnes book "Diary of a Genie" is really big - more than 400 pages! Apart from Jeannie's diary, it includes Interviews with Sidney Sheldon, Richard Albain (special effects), Ben Lane, director Hal Cooper, and James Henerson, among others. Other Behind-The-Scenes information is also included, and there are tons of full-page pictures (b&w or color, depending on the edition you buy). If you don't want to buy 'the Genie in the bottle', here's a reading sample just for you:

Saturday, March 5, 1966

#4239

"THE PERMANENT HOUSE GUEST"

"I will go. You may keep the elephant!"

- Jeannie

Some days I think that I must have the most uninteresting Master in the whole world! When I told Anthony that I had conjured up a fleet of ships for my last master, all he wanted was bacon and eggs for his breakfast! I tried to get him to wish for something bigger, so he thought of an elephant (personally, I do not think it goes well with the lamp in his bedroom, but I suppose that it is all a matter of taste), just as Dr. Bellows walked in.

That did it! My Master tried to get rid of both of us, but to teach him a lesson I left the elephant in his room after I blinked out, and Dr. Bellows was soon on his way to see General Peterson (again). Then, to avoid having my Master thrown out of the space program, I changed "Tiger" into a poodle-dog before they returned.

Later on, my Master and Roger Healey attended a meeting during which they showed films of Major Nelson's space walk (with Roger at the controls of the space capsule) to General Koster (Martin Ashe), General Peterson, Dr. Bellows, and a few other V.I.P.'s from Washington, and General Peterson suggested that they could arrange for Dr. Bellows to go along on the next Moon shot (I think he meant one way!), but Dr. Bellows declined.

...Unfortunately, my Master had doodled an elephant at his desk while the movie was going on, and Dr. Bellows decided to come over just as Anthony and I were about to sit down to a candle-light dinner of truffles, pheasant-under-glass, and rack of lamb that I had prepared for the two of us. It was bad enough that I had to blink out of my white evening-gown and disguise myself as Major Nelson's Spanish-speaking house-boy from Paris named Pedro (Romo Vincent), but I only lost my temper (and started breaking dishes) when I learned that Dr. Bellows was staying for dinner, and moving in as well!

My Master made plans to let me stay with Major Healey for a while...but between the footsteps, the floating bottle, the bombs falling, and the sound of tom-toms and Indian war-cries while he was trying to sleep, Dr. Bellows suddenly decided to leave, and I decided to stay! The next day at breakfast, Major Healey was very disappointed when he did not get the ski outfit, Swiss chalet, and cute maid that he was planning on, so I blinked in a "substitute" named Agnes (Kate Murtagh) who demanded Sundays and holidays off, no heavy cleaning, and two television sets (in order to teach him a lesson).

-Jeannie

Written by Sidney Sheldon

Directed by Hal Cooper

Production of #4239 Finished December 22, 1965.

Created & Produced by Sidney Sheldon

Associate Producer Herb Wallerstein

Music by Nelson Riddle

Director of Photography Henry Freulich,A.S.C.

Art Director Ross Bellah & Malcolm C. Bert

Set Decorator Alfred E. Spencer

Make-up Supervision Ben Lane, S.M.A.

Music Supervisor Ed Forsyth

Sound Effects Fred J. Brown

Special Effects Richard Albain

Production Supervisor Seymour Friedman

Post-production Supervisor Lawrence Werner

Assistant Director Bill Lukather

CAST

Jeannie Barbara Eden

Capt. Anthony Nelson Larry Hagman

Dr. Alfred Bellows Hayden Rorke

Capt. Roger Healey Bill Daily

General Peterson Barton MacLane

General Koster Martin Ashe

Commander Hastings Jack Davis

Pedro Romo Vincent

Agnes Kate Murtagh

A SIDNEY SHELDON PRODUCTION