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).
“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.”
The man who looked like Major Tony Nelson—but carried a clipboard and a double-double from Tim Hortons—sighed. “It’s ‘Gary,’ actually. Gary the director. And you’re late. Hair and makeup, now.” i dream of jeannie ctv
Jeannie tilted her head. “You want me to… tone it down?”
Back on Earth, Gary cancelled the show anyway (budget cuts). But Jeannie didn’t mind. She’d found a new bottle: a mini-fridge in the CTV greenroom, stocked with butter tarts and a note that read, “To the next dreamer—please don’t turn the camera crew into beavers.” The cast and crew were losing their minds
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
“Major Nelson?” she whispered, clutching her pink genie costume. “Why are you wearing a puffy winter coat… indoors?” “No—stop actually summoning geese
She smiled, blinked once, and vanished in a puff of polite, apologetic smoke.
Jeannie blinked. One moment, she was nodding off inside her cozy, turquoise-scented bottle. The next, she was standing on a soundstage in Toronto, staring at a massive CTV logo and a dozen baffled crew members.