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Barbara Eden Recalls ‘Joys’ and ‘Challenges’ of Working With Larry Hagman on ‘I Dream of Jeannie’

Barbara Eden tells Closer exclusively about the 'joys' and 'challenges' of working with Larry Hagman on 'I Dream of Jeannie, and how he was his 'worst enemy.'

I Dream of Jeannie, which originally aired for five seasons, from 1965 to 1970, starred Barbara as a beautiful 2,000-year-old genie who falls in love with her rescuer, dashing astronaut Tony Nelson, played by Larry. When the cameras weren’t rolling, Larry was a perfectionist who demanded long rehearsals and script rewrites — which didn’t endear him to the show’s writing team. In one off-kilter incident, Larry tried to silence a loud air conditioner on the set with a fireman’s ax, but accidentally cut off electricity to the entire soundstage.

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