...mainly for Barbara Eden. She was, and always will be the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Ever since I was a kid and first saw her as Jeannie, I was hooked. The show was corny but funny and I still watch it to this day. But there isn't one actress in Hollywood today that could compare to her beauty. Even today, she's gorgeous.

Of course this belongs to an era when producers took the silliest of ideas and treated them like the lost works of Shakespeare (a premise that could arguably be made for today's shows as well). But in fact this entry is not "typical" for the era, to the contrary, it set the bar and defined how this formula could be done (then) and would be done (now). First, if you want to have some fun, follow the IMDb link for Sidney Sheldon, the creator. His body of work is so prolific and contains so many well-know names, you will for a moment think you are in someone's Playlist of classic hits. This was a man who knew how to work a concept. Next, the casting. Larry Hagman became known as one of the most bankable TV stars of all time and -- get this -- here he was playing straight man to the real star, Barbara Eden. TV historians will tell you that Eden was considered too "old" for the part (indeed, too old to play a sexy temptress) and keep in mind that this was an era in Hollywood when, generally, actresses were considered over the hill at 35 (Look how old Anne Bancroft was in the Graduate -- not old at all, yet cast as the "mother" role). Eden got the part anyway and the rest is history. The chemistry between Hagman and Eden was so strong (not to mention the subliminal pitch to millions of male viewers that it was possible to control the fairer sex by, er, rubbing a lamp) that the series was not only a hit, but Eden (like Elizabeth Montgomery) became a TV icon, and would continue doing popular "movies of the week" for decades to come.

To tell you the truth, I was never a fan of "I Dream of Jeannie" but I did see the reruns as a child when they showed reruns on local stations. I love Barbara Eden as Jeannie and Larry Hagman as her master. Although now several years later, I felt the show degrades Jeannie in the power of a man. I don't think it was ever meant to be sexist since it was over forty years ago. Still, the marvelous Sidney Sheldon did a fantastic job in writing the series which only lasted five years maybe it was because of the women's liberation movement. Regardless, I did enjoy the on screen chemistry between Hagman and Eden. Nobody could ever fill Eden's shoes as Jeannie. While there is production for an updated movie version, nobody could fill Jeannie's shoes like Barbara Eden.

Did you know that finally after all these years you can get your very own OFFICIAL I Dream of Jeannie Bottle! Yes, that's right, you can own an official bottle created by the official artist Mario A.C. Della Casa. He is the ONLY Licensed Artist that is allowed to recreate the bottle, and the owner of www.JeannieBottles.com Mario is also fully endorsed by the cast of I Dream of Jeannie, and many top celebrities own his gallery Jeannie Bottle. If you want to make your childhood dream come true after all these years, then I strongly suggest that you log on to www.JeannieBottles.com right now and get you very own I dream of Jeannie Bottle NOW! Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Bill Daily own Mario's bottle, and love them! Like many artisans before him, Della Casa found inspiration inside of a bottle, but in this case it was Barbara Eden's from I DREAM OF JEANNIE. Says Mario, "I was intrigued by Jeannie's sequestered life deep within her jewel-tone bottle filled with groovy furnishings, so I created one to satisfy my own fascination." He would learn that this obsession was not exclusively his own, as he was quickly called upon to commission others for friends. Then the floodgates opened: "It's impossible to count all the collectors and connoisseurs that needed to have one of my hand-painted bottles. It has taught me never to underestimate the power of a TV show that resonates in our collective hearts." In fact, so momentous was the demand for his original Jeannie Bottles, that Della Casa is the only artist ever to be awarded the license by Sony Entertainment to officially create them for the world! While Mario A.C. Della Casa successfully continues to bring back the true innocents of yesteryear into our lives, he does so with Class & Elegance. Della Casa approaches each creative work of art with the intention of first and foremost; creating a work that will evoke an emotional response to be enjoyed for many years to come. He truly created a new movement in his art by successfully blending the Classics with Amazing Elegance. "Truly bringing into existence something to forever be admired".Della Casa shares his unique expertise of Hollywood art with a truly exclusive clients that includes Hollywood superstars, Major players in the motion picture and television industries, chief executive officers of U.S. and international corporations, authors, judges, legislators. His work has been exhibited in the United States, throughout the United Kingdom & Australia, as well as having been featured on GOOD MORNING America, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT and on the TV Land Television Network. He has also created unique art pieces for numerous national commercials, magazines and TV shows.Mr. Della Casa's art is now coveted by the very community he endeavors to memorialize, and Nicollette Sheridan, Pamela Anderson, Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton, Linda Grey, Linda Blair, Sandy Taylor, Kate Mulgrew, Penny Marshal and Cindy Williams are among those that own or have his work. Aaron Spelling, Laurence Fishburne and the Museum of Television's James Comisar and other Hollywood notables have even fallen under Mario's artful spell.Della Casa is an associate member of National Fine Arts Title Registry, which offers secure documentation for original works of art of any value. If you would like to set up an interview with Mario, he can be reached at jeanniebottles @ cox.net (or) [email protected] or www.JeannieBottles.com