She smiled, blinked once, and vanished in a puff of polite, apologetic smoke.
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 wasn’t 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. But the clip went viral on CTV’s social media: “Jeannie Meets the Leafs” (she’d turned the hockey team into dancing palm trees). i dream of jeannie ctv
“I want you to say ‘sorry’ after every spell.”
“Major Nelson?” she whispered, clutching her pink genie costume. “Why are you wearing a puffy winter coat… indoors?” She smiled, blinked once, and vanished in a
Here’s a short story blending the classic I Dream of Jeannie universe with a modern CTV (Canadian Television) production angle. The Bloopers of Bottle Bluffs
The finale—sweeps week—featured Jeannie accidentally transporting the entire CTV studio to the surface of the moon. She bowed gracefully. “Sorry about the lack of atmosphere, eh?” Tony wasn’t an astronaut; he was a flustered
“Blink again,” Gary said, exasperated, as Jeannie accidentally turned the craft services table into a flock of Canada geese. “No—stop actually summoning geese! We have union rules about wildlife.”
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