I bought a bottle from Brian as a gift to my Mother, and it was her most treasured possession. She even said that when she died, she wanted that to be her urn. When she passed, I bought a second bottle from Brian, and her ashes were divided into both bottles... One is on a shelf in my living room with a photo of Mom, and my younger brother has the other one. Rest in peace, Mom ❤️
Oh man. That brought tears to my eyes! That is awesome!! I think that you granting your mother's wishes is fantastic. I can't think of a better urn than a Jeannie bottle! Your mother had excellent taste! I may have to make that my dying wish as well. May your mother rest in peace. She did an excellent job raising you and your brother. Your comment made this video so worth the time it took to make it. Thank you for the amazing story! Bless you and your family!
@@outsider238 Thank you so much for your heartfelt response, and for making such an outstanding and comprehensive video. As I was watching, I kept looking up at Mom's urn. BTW- I don't know if you're aware of it, but Brian also made a bottle for Barbara Eden, and posted a photo of him presenting it to her!
@@Jimmy-sb3fc It made me realize how some of my videos affect people. Thank you. Your comment has to be one of the best I've ever received. I didn't know Brian gave one of his bottles to Barbara! I know it's not the original but it's as close to it as one could possibly get. Brian's bottles are the absolute best ones I've ever seen.
I have a bottle made of copper (I can tell from the smell) and it's gold colored with etched-in designs and red and white dots all over it. I found it at a Goodwill and I guess it's a home-made item since there are no numbers are anything. It's gorgeous though. I love this video so much; thank you for the large amount of detail! I love I Dream of Jeannie. 😀
Thank you very much! I appreciate it! That copper bottle sounds interesting. There's been a lot of things made into the shape of the Jeannie bottle over the years. I always get reminded of the show when I see things like that. It was such a great show and one of my all time favorites. Thank you for enjoying the video!
I have a glass replica of the season two, and it’s auto paint. The arches are light blue. It’s one of my prized possessions. I LOVE your display cabinet.
Ah nice! Yes the glass bottles are the way to go. I've heard Brian might be back to painting these again so maybe he'll make the display cases available as well. They really are very nice!
Very nice video. You were spot on with your information. Some additional facts about the bottle .... It was produced by a company called Wheaton Glass for Jim Beam as part of their Christmas Decanter collection. It was sold in a gold and red foil box for Christmas 1964. It was estimated that about 500,000 bottles were produced for it's initial run. The numbers on the bottom of the bottle indicated not only the year it was produced (1964) but the very last single number also indicates which mold the bottle was produced from. If memory serves, there were 15 different molds used to make the bottles. A variation of the bottle was re-released in 1973 (Blue glass with a handle and a flat topped stopper) and again in 1980 (Ruby red coated glass with a handle and a flat top stopper). The red coating can be removed to make the bottle clear glass. I have original packaging for the 64 and 80 bottles but have never found or even seen the packaging for the blue 1973 bottle.
Wow Brian! What an honor to have you comment on my video! Thank you for the very interesting facts about the bottle. I actually have two of the Ruby Red ones with the whiskey still inside. I sold a blue one recently and I've seen the clear ones but never bought them. I've responded to comments on here about how your bottles are the best. I wasn't sure if you wanted me to mention your last name so I didn't to respect your privacy as I wasn't aware at the time of filming this video that you were back in business painting these beautiful bottles. I hope all is well with you. Your bottles are still the highlight of my prop collection and always get huge delight out of people that come over and happen to see them. Thank you so much!
The packaging for the 1973 one was a basic cardboard box with a cellophane wrapper with a cartoonish drawing of the bottle on it. One sold on eBay about 10 years ago it was not in good shape
Hi Brian, my sister got one of the bottles decorated by you as a gift a few years ago. 🎁 It is the best gift I ever got as I watched I dream of Jeannie as a child here in Ireland. 💞 You have such a talent as so much intrinsic detail is required for the Jeannie bottle. Everyone was so excited to see it as anyone I know has many happy memories of the show.
Holy Cow! I won two of Brian's signed bottles at a fundraising silent auction many many years ago. I love them dearly, but never knew the story until I saw your episode! Thanks for sharing!
The bottle stopper showed up in the first episode. He wanted to trap her in the bottle and at first he used a handkerchief and when that didn't work, the next thing you saw was the bottle stopper in the bottle.
Wonderful! I remember seeing it occasionally when it first ran (when I was in Grade School!) I really got to see it when our local station reran it in the afternoons in the 70s. Love it! Wonderful video!
@@outsider238 Barbara was here in Palm Springs last December and she apparently has a deal with the guy who sells the brass ones because he was at her event. Too bad :( (I got to meet her though!)
@@passatboi Oh wow, I didn't know that. No wonder I've seen him hanging around Barbara in so many photos. Well I understand why he has the bottles made in metal as the original glass ones are expensive and difficult to get in bulk. But he needs to make the lid look more accurate and the bottom not so rounded or bulbous. It throws off the look. Thank you for your comment!
Jeannie's bottle was fantastic and as a kid I used to try to make them out of clay. I also had that issue of People when it came out back in the 90s and I was mesmerized by that close up of the bottle Barbara is holding. Yes, Dr. Bellows was a hoot, and I used to think the same thing when the bottle smashed on the table: Where's that little circle couch? Your bottle is rocking that display case as is that Moebius B9 model next to it. He looks very cool with his arms extended.
Thank you so much! I love your comments! Sounds like you appreciate the fine things of the shows we grew up with like I do. Jeannie was one of my favorite shows and still is. It had some hilarious moments in it that have stuck with me. Jeannie's bottle is about as iconic as the Ruby slippers. Brian Fetzer was the artist for those two bottles. I've wanted a professionally painted one all my life so it's like a museum piece to me. Thank you so much for your great comments and thank you for watching. I have a Star Wars lightsaber video coming tomorrow.
Thank you for the video. The explanation was great. There was a lot of stuff i didn't know. Specially about the bottle and were it came from. I was always confused about the glass lid on the first bottle and you clarified it thank you. You have a great voice.👍👍
I started off just looking for the bottle cause i watched the show again last night but now i'll have to get both the bottle and the book. Sad about larry cause one of the reasons i like the show so much is because he's so good looking.
I have a glass replica bottle which was signed by Barbara Eden in front of me..being able to briefly chat to Jeannie herself was an amazing experience and I'll always highly prize my autographed bottle.
Ah! That's fantastic! I've always wanted to meet her. I was hoping she'd come to one of the collectors or sci-fi shows here one day but I don't know if she does those anymore. That's awesome that you got to meet her and have her sign your bottle! I have a couple of autographs of hers including a check she wrote back in the 80s.
Me too! I tried to make one out of clay but it didn't turn out too well. By then I discovered I could find these at flea markets. I'm glad you and your Grandmother are enjoying the show all over again!
Love your channel ! I had the replica of the first season bottle,,,,had ! I am in tears leaving it in New York...Now living in Europe ~ I really miss that bottle, and adored I DREAM JEANNIE show
Thank you! I'm sorry that you had to leave your bottle behind. Any way you could get another? They're often available on ebay if the seller can ship to you. I love Jeannie too! One of my favorite shows.
Howdy. Just want to say how much I liked your video. Most people try to do these "history" pieces, and usually have a fact or 2 wrong. Everything you report is spot on. Thanks for doing your research and presenting the facts correctly.
Great video! Great insider information! I am a big fan of the show and I own a brass bottle, porcelain Jeanie doll, and a Barbie Jeanie doll. Those are my prized possessions! I LOVE everything having to do with I Dream of Jeannie!!!❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for the video! Absolute Jeannie bottle freak here (who knows why) - - I have one by Daniel Moyer who is an awesome artist - and made mine back in the '90s and is one of my absolute prized possessions! Even tho I have one I never get tired of seeing more of them so thanks for sharing your collection!
Thank you! I'm familiar with Dan Moyer. He made an exact replica of the Flying Nun cornet for me many years ago. He is a fantastic artist! I agree, there's something about the Jeannie bottle that I find fascinating also. I think it's a combination of the look of the bottle, the intricate designs and the memories of the show itself. Glad you enjoyed the video!
There's actually a practical reason those 'white' arches have a light blue tint to them. In the early days of color television, the old fashioned footlocker sized cameras were technical marvels, but sometimes demanded certain particulars for successful productions. Old color television cameras needed a great deal of light to register normal images. (Think of any of the movies you've seen about making movies or TV shows. Huge studios and big lights were necessary for a reason.) Also, those early cameras were VERY sensitive to the color white. White paint with BRIGHT lights shining on them could do permanent damage to a camera. Light blue with those same bright lights on them washed out to look white on camera without risking burning the cathode ray tubes recording the image. Lots of 'white' things on early color television were actually light blue.
Very interesting! Yes that may have well been the reason for the light blue arches. Probably made them show up better. Thank you for the interesting information! 😁
@@outsider238 One of the same reasons they put the green wash on the season 1 bottle. Not only to make the bottle look antique but also to tone down the gold on camera.
I had two like the Jim beam.. I gave one to my sister. My ex brother in said he couldn't find it after my sister died I saw they've destroyed the bottle set. They should have auctioned the set I remember the interview and the magazines. So beautiful a lady .
I'm sorry to hear of your sister's passing. Yes it is a shame that they didn't save the bottle set. Unfortunately back then, none of that stuff was considered valuable and so many Hollywood treasures were thrown out. It definitely would be worth a fortune today!
@@stevescissorsYou're very welcome! It's a good book. You'll find it interesting. I wish she talked more about Jeannie but it covers a lot. I hope you enjoy it!
Love it really beautiful bottles sounds like an interesting read always fought very fondly of Barbara Eden sad she and everybody had to deal with a stinker... she married quite a handsome fellow I believe he was on Star Trek played a Klingon.😊
Barbara was a champ through and through. Glad they had Hayden Rorke as a peace keeper. Yes, Michael Ansara was a busy actor back then appearing on a ton of shows!
GREAT VIDEO!! What a great show! Loved Barbara Eden, *always* ever since I saw her on the Seaview. . Hayden ALWAYS cracked me up. The entire cast was wonderful. I picked up the entire series and have been watching them in order.. Stuff that happened that I had forgotten just makes me laugh out loud after seeing them again. Hey, I see my friend the Robot and the Galactica. But where is the original Enterprise? LOL.. Thanks again!
I wouldn't sweat it too much about the broken bottle in "Hurricane Jeanie." I'd bet money it was a candy glass prop, simply because of the way they dropped it. It'd have to be really fragile glass to shatter like that simply from being dropped on a coffee table from a couple of feet. It might break but not shatter.
I've wondered if it was a stunt bottle. Yes you're right. They didn't drop it from very high up. It's possible there was a more solid plate of some kind like metal that they dropped it on to help it shatter. I wish there were some behind the scenes footage of that show.
He is? Wow! That's awesome! He was the best Jeannie bottle artist in my opinion. Top notch work. You could tell he really took the time to make those bottles look so good. I'm very glad to hear this. Thank you for letting everyone know!
I was too! Especially when they zoomed in on it so I could try to see the details. I'm glad you got some of Brian's bottles. His bottles are incredible and I treasure mine. Thank you for watching!
@@outsider238 my pleasure. Thanks for the upload. I never knew Jeannie’s bottle was an actual Jim Beam whiskey decanter from 1964 until I saw a talk show back in the early 90s in which tv show props were the topic, and some guest had a first season gold vines bottle prop from the show & said it was an actual Jim Beam bottle. I always thought the bottle was made specifically for the show. When I finally got the m internet jn 2000, I went on eBay and couldn’t believe the number of genie bottles for sale. My first bottle I bought was an unpainted smoke green bottle. When I got the money, I bought two of Brian’s.
@@MMAfighter38113 I also thought the bottles were custom made props! A classmate around the 3rd grade brought one to school and she'd let me bring it home for a few days and I'd watch Jeannie with the bottle on top of the TV. Her dad made clay versions of them. When I found out I could find these at flea markets, I'd buy them every chance I got. That guy you saw on that talk show was probably Commissar. He owns an incredible amount of television memorabilia. He was supposed to open a museum but never did.
@@outsider238 it was actually the Chuck Woolery Show. Apparently, he had a talk show in the early nineties, and the guy had several props: Batman’s untlity belt from the Adam West series & some Star Trek props also.
@@MMAfighter38113 The bottle is so distinctively shaped, it doesn't look like it was meant to contain anything BUT a genie! Would be a kick to be able to go back in time to a 1964 liquor store and see these on sale knowing what would come.
I would love to see some behind the scenes video of them doing the special effects when things appear and disappear out of shot. Seeing the actors freeze in place while items are placed on set or taken off, articles of clothing changed while they stay frozen in place, etc.
Me too! They're hasn't been much behind the scenes stuff from the show. Speaking of "The Freeze" that they would do to make things appear and disappear, there's an excellent blooper in one episode where you can actually see them doing it. I don't remember the name of the episode but it's the one where Major Nelson dresses up as Jeffrey Tiffansmyte (sp?) to test Jeannie's fidelity. At the beginning of that episode, Jeannie is enthralled with a soap opera on TV. She says "Read your paper Master" and blinks. Then Major Nelson says "What?" and you can see them do The Freeze while a newspaper comes floating down into the scene on wires. It's an awkward scene because they were clearly supposed to cut after Major Nelson says "What?", lower the newspaper next to his face, and then say "Action" and Major Nelson is supposed to react to the paper appearing. But they ended up leaving The Freeze in the take and not editing it out! The next scene is clearly a jump cut. It's one of my favorite bloopers from the show. Try to see if you can find it and watch it for yourself. It's pretty cool! 😁
Hang on to them. They're getting harder to find as time goes on. I have two red ones with the whiskey still in them. I think the whiskey is 50 years old since it was already aged to ten years in 1980 when they were bottled. I had a blue one but I sold it. I've never been that much of a fan of the ones with the handle.
Wow i really do enjoy the way as was said it was just such a very innocent time i never knew that Larry hagman was troubled on that set i knew that he was said to be more suited as JR Ewing tho.
Yes and I'm sure Barbara Eden has many more stories as well. She mentioned one time where some nuns came to visit the set and Larry went off on a tirade of cussing right in front of them. Not sure if he did it as a joke or what.
Hi - thanks so much for the information - great stuff! I think you do a great job with your bottles. I am just starting out trying to paint my own. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Applying the base coat is a bit problematic. I’m using acrylic spray paint with no primer as I found the primer to make the base coat to rough and bumpy.
Thank you! I only painted the first season and reunion bottles. The others were professionally done by Brian. That reunion bottle I painted so long ago before I had better painting skills. I do remember that I had to put a primer on it to get the paint to stick on but I used a poor quality tempra paint for the rest. There's so much better quality paints today. I'm not sure how I'd go about doing it now. I know the original bottle had a white primer underneath because in that photo of Barbara holding hers, you can see the white primer in the chips in the paint. I also free handed the patterns but I would definitely use some kind of templates now. Good luck on painting your bottle.
I have two of Brians bottles the first season (with that same resin replica old granddad stopper and its original one) and the reunion movie. I have a second season bottle painted by another artist friend of mine (Dan Moyer) and I have 3 original old grand dad 1956 stoppers (I actually have one unopened bottle in its box) and original Jeannie Bottle in its original Jim Beam holiday box as well. I also have the 3 later renditions (blue, ruby and clear) with the handles. They all make wonderful displays
Wow! You have an excellent collection! Pretty much every version that was made. Especially the original Old Grand Dad bottles! Those are very difficult to find! I had the colored bottles but sold them as I'm mostly interested in the originals. I'm thinking of getting a reunion bottle down the road sometime from Brian. I really love the designs on that version. You have an awesome collection! 😁
@@outsider238 I actually have 2 two more 1964 bottles as well as one each extra of the sapphire and the ruby versions. One thing about the 1964 ones they were found various different labels on them one of mine had gilbeys scotch. and my two blue ones have different labels too
@@northgacub Well that's okay about the broken one. The stopper is the only thing that matters. Haha! I have two of the ruby red bottles that still have the whiskey in them. I didn't know those bottles had other liquor in them besides whiskey.
@@outsider238 I have seen them having dark eyes vodka labels as well. The Gilbeys version of the box was very similar but had like a checkerboard sash on it.
I was ALWAYS in love with Jeannie, even as a kid. We will unfortunately never experience the shows from the 60's and 70's in today's time which I consider the best! I believe they made me who I am today. By the way, is it possible if you are selling one of those bottles? If not, where may I get it?
I totally agree! We had the best TV shows growing up during that time! While I'm not selling any of my Jeannie bottles, I've been told by fellow viewers that Brian Fetzer (who painted the two season 2-5 bottles in this video) is back in business painting bottles again. His website used to be Brian's Jeannie Bottles but I don't know if it still is. I hope this helps.
Thank you so much for this deep dive in to "the bottle"! I'm fascinated by this show and the prop, and I really want to paint my own. I just got the bottle, and I'm trying to figure out the base color of the bottle. I read some people saying it is purple, other saying it is mulberry. What's your opinion? Do you have a Pantone number that approaches to your bottle and/or the one printed in the magazine you show? Thanks again!
Thank you! I've heard Mulberry more often than any other color. I'm not sure what color Brian uses to paint his bottles. I know that it's automotive paint. I'm not sure if he mixes his own color though. Sorry I can't be of more help. It's always been a point of contention with bottle artists.
You can still buy 1964 Jim Beam Christmas decanters. I've seen them online from $30 to $350. One guy was selling a bright purple one made from plastic.
I nearly bought the bottle back in 1987 when it was on sale at Univesal Studio for $1200. I guess if I had bought it, it would have met with an accident since I was young and foolish back then.
Larry Hagman should have been much more cooperative through appreciation. Without I Dream of Jeannie he probably would have never been nearly as famous OR have had the role on Dallas! On the flip side Barbara Eden is so appreciative she still shows up at comic cons and always expresses her appreciation for the show and for her fans.
I totally agree. I remember Bill Daily had a show called "The Bill Daily Hocus Pocus Show" and he let Larry guest star because Larry was hurting for work. I love how Barbara appreciates her Jeannie role.
Interesting cause Larry Hagman once said, the studio, director or producer, nobody reach out to him to reprise his role as Tony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later tv film (1985)
They asked him but he was too busy with Dallas at the time and he probably just didn't want to do it anyway since it didn't seem like he enjoyed doing Jeannie.
They were issued in 1980. I believe they contained 10 year old whiskey. I think they were just reusing the old molds but added the handle either to make them more decorative or to be able to decipher them from the originals. As far as I know they were molded in red, blue and clear glass. I have 2 red ones with the whiskey still in them. That makes that booze 50 years old!
@@outsider238 1980! I am surprised. I've been puzzled by pictures of them online but I'd assumed they were issued in the sixties like the other. Leave it to you to have a couple in your collection as well. BTW, if this stuff was in your video and I somehow missed it, I apologize, but thank you for the info! So when do we uncork yours?
@@Nathan-jq1uw Haha! I'm going to have to uncork those soon. Over the years, the whiskey has been evaporating so the corks aren't 100% air tight after all these years. I didn't mention them in my video but now that we're talking about them, I guess I should haved!
Sorry for the late response. Yes she does. She used to keep it at her home but I think she was worried it would get stolen once she had shown she had it.
@@outsider238 It's hard to explain. The bottle is double-walled. So there is a metal/chrome wall on the inside (the mirror part). And a purple-colored glass wall on the outside, which has the hand-painted detailing on it. You can see through the purple glass and see the painted details and you reflecting off of the mirrored insides.
Even before they were painted these bottles are quite beautiful. I now own a purple one which took me 50 years to get as I met Barbara Eden at a Supernova event & she signed it for me too but it cost me $300. She is a sweet woman who doesn't mind being remembered for being Jeannie. In fact she embraces it. I'm only sorry I couldn't get a gold leaf bottle too. Maybe one day I'll acquire one.
Yes the bottles are quite beautiful just on their own. It's a great design. You are so lucky to have met Barbara Eden. I would love to meet her someday! I hope you get the golden vines bottle.
Great video! I own a Brian Fetzer 2nd season mulberry. Got it in 2015 right before he retired. I’m glad that he’s back painting them again. I also own a 1st season golden vibes with the green wash to make it look aged. Michelle Edewaard painted it.
Unfortunately they're all kind of expensive if you want a good quality Jeannie bottle. Two of the main bottle painters have retired now including Brian Fetzer and Michelle of "Dreamy Jeannie Bottles". You might still be able to get one from Dan Moyer but I don't know if he's still doing them or how to contact him. You'll have to look him up. There are probably cheaper ones out there but they're usually lower quality, non authentic Jim Beam bottle knock offs made of plaster and they're smaller.
On the professionally painted bottles it was automotive paints. On the one I painted, it was tempra paints but I definitely don't recommend using tempra paints.
Brian's are by far superior. The problem with Mario's is that they are mass produced as far as I can tell. They are made of metal. Not real Jim Beam glass bottles. The proportions on the bottom part of the bottle is off. The lid has a flat edge near the top that makes it look weird. No disrespect to Mario but I'm not a fan of his bottles. Nothing beats a hand painted, authentic glass Jim Beam bottle where much time and effort was spent painting them with care. Side by side, you'd be able to see the difference. I'd say get a bottle from Brian.
@@laurarichards3212 He's licensed to sell his bottles (which are manufactured) and doesn't want other people selling theirs. But technically people painting the real glass bottles aren't manufacturing theirs. That would fall under a more "arts and crafts" type of category since they aren't actually making the bottle itself. He's just trying to protect his business and I get that. But the problem is the bottles just don't look that good and a metal bottle is kind of weird. I'm not sure how thick that metal is. Not trying to bad mouth him, just saying that the actual bottle on the show was a glass Jim Beam bottle and not a metal replica and Brian uses the real glass bottles like the original prop.
@@laurarichards3212 Just noticed on his website that he's selling glass ones now. Those do look better but they're transparent which Jeannie's bottle was not. Also the paints that are used are too shiny. Jeannie"s bottle wasn't like that as it was a prop for a show after all and the lights would have reflected off back at the camera which they would never allow. I've collected props for decades and have learned that the devil is in the details. Mario's glass bottles would be better if he made them to not be transparent, tone down the paint and fix the odd, bulbous proportions of the bottom of the bottle.
@@outsider238 Do you know the rough prices for one? Trying to determine if I should splurge (I'm in Canada and our dollar is worth less than yours) or just buy one for $200 on Etsy. I know, to you, it would be a bit like a cubic zirconia vs a diamond.
An artist by the name Michelle of Dreamy Jeannie Bottles does nice work. She only paints on Jim Beam bottles. I don't care for the bottles made by the guy who sells the brass ones on ebay.
Yes, Michelle's are excellent. I've seen some by Dan Moyer that are also fantastic. I agree. The brass ones look bad. The proportions are off and they have the wrong finish. Plus they're metal. A metal bottle? 🙄
now I know why my Jennie bottle is missing its stopper, I've been flabbergasted on where or how I could replace it without buying a whole new bottle. I found mine at a flea market back in the day and recognized it and was lucky to pay practically nothing for it because it was just a old bottle.
I have a 1964 Jim Beam bottle and I really need help! I have the disk on how to paint the bottle and have all the designs. I have purchased delta Ceramcoat Acrylic Paint as recommended on the disk. It's terrible! It smears with no coverage at all. The bottles you painted look so good! What paint did you use? What is the secret? Nobody on UA-cam is telling!
I didn't paint the season 2-6 bottles. As far as I know, those were painted using automotive paints. I don't know the brand. I did paint the 1st season bottle though and as far as I can remember, I think I used model paint. It was 10 or 15 years ago so I don't remember. Have you tried craft acrylics? I'd suggest trying out different paints on a regular glass bottle to experiment to see which ones work best. The gold will be the trickiest as it tends to show brush strokes more than the other colors.
@@outsider238 Thanks for the quick reply. I have five pickle jars that I am using for practice. I have painted a 69 Camaro, 77 Camaro and a 29 Ford model A and it was a lot easier. I have over a hundred dollars invested in useless paint so far. Yes, I could have had it professionally done but... I am 76 and recently had half my liver removed, due to cancer, and then a stroke happened and I ended up with afib. Painting the Jeannie bottle is a bucket list item for me. I have been a woodworker all my life and making a Pennsylvania walnut or cherry display case will be a simple task compared to the bottle painting part. " Automotive paints" covers a lot of different types, for example lacquer or basecoat clearcoat? The water based designed painted over lacquer issues need to be considered? I believe people know how to get the season 2-5 bottles painted but nobody is willing to put a detailed video on UA-cam. Thanks for your help! I'll keep watching and trying.
@@frankmonoski5104 I would assume no one is talking because they don't want to reveal their secrets and ruin their chances of selling their bottles. I get it. They are protecting their business. I've always had to just try things on my own when it came to stuff like this. I wouldn't have the foggiest when it comes to the best paints and their reactions to each other or clear coats. I admire that you are even trying to paint one of these. It looks like a daunting effort with all the intricate details. When I painted the "15 Years Later" version, it was more of an experiment to see if I could even do it and there wasn't any masks or stencils that I knew of to use. Plus I used Tempra paint which is all I had laying around. I hope you can find some paints that will work. You have more guts than I do to take on this task!
@@sjbenson5618 I just watched it on UA-cam. I forgot about some of the creepiness of it. It was a pretty bold movie for the time considering the subject matter. It's actually very good.
@@outsider238 Very cool, I'm planning on watching it too, I'm glad I found another I dream of Jeannie fan. I love Jeannie 2 she was a trouble maker and wicked and I wish the blue djinn had a second appearance he was evil and funny but I guess Barbra's husband was busy.
@@sjbenson5618 Haha! I always wanted another episode with the Blue Djinn too! Barbara said she enjoyed playing the evil sister. Probably why they had several episodes with her.
@@outsider238 I think it was a dollar or two and it didn't even register with me because Im so used to seeing it with the decorations, only later in the day did it hit me that was the Jeannie bottle.If Jim beam was smart they would reissue the bottle considering how many people loved the show Im sure it would sell well.
The Beam bottles came in other colors but I think all those had handles and maybe slightly different stoppers. They look nice too but not so much for prop replicas.
Yes, there were blue, red and clear bottles with the handles. The stopper didn't have the point on top. I have two red ones with the whiskey still in them!
@@outsider238 I have never seen a box for the clear one which seems to have been only sold with PH Boileux Brandy. I mentioned in an earlier comment about the blue one. There was one on eBay years ago it was kind of a plain cardboard box with a cartoonish cellophane wrapper with the drawing of the bottle on it. I do have a picture of it saved on an older computer.
@@northgacub Very interesting. I've never seen the boxes for any of the colored bottles. Most of my bottles were flea market finds except for the red ones which I found in a liquor store back in the 80s.
Aauugh!!! What were you thinking?? Haha! Well good news is that Brian's back in business painting these beautiful bottles again so you can get another one but they're probably more expensive now.
@@davidfoley9642 Oh very nice! I only painted the first season and reunion bottles. I wouldn't even try with the season 2-5 bottles. At least not without templates of some kind.
Dude....you seem awfully young to know about this show. I was 10 years old when the show aired back in 1965. I use to live near the studio the show was film in. One of my neighbors was one of the lighting crew who work on the set. Yes I to heard stories about Larry's behavior but not as bad as you stated here in your video. Where did you get this bad info from?
Oh wow! That's very cool that your neighbor worked on the show! I'm older than I seem. The information is all in Barbara Eden's book, interviews with her and interviews with Sidney Sheldon, the producer of the show.
Nice maintenance shop specialty item to produce, Every: (I dream of Jennie)kid who supported the show should have a-(I dream of Jennie)Bottle... 🤷🗣️🚬🎱🤷🙋
All of the original Jim Beam bottles that are exactly like this all say 1964. Not 1964-1968. I'm sure that these were only made in 1964. Unless someone has knowledge about the company using the 1964 machine to produce later year bottles without changing the 1964 on the bottles. I have two of these bottles and have looked at many online, and I have never come across one of these bottles with a different year than 1964. I did see one online that said 1963 Jim Beam that looked just like these, but they did not show the year on the bottom in the pictures.
I never said the bottles were stamped 64-68. I said the bottles were produced through 1968 but I wasn't for sure how many years they actually made them. They did reproduce these in multiple colors in 1980 but they had those ugly handles molded onto the side and they took the point off the stopper. I have two of those with the whiskey still in them.
I'm not saying that they they had 64-68 stamped on one bottle, I'm saying the bottles used in the show are 1964 bottles. And the bottles made in 1964 was not made in other years exactly the same. I am aware of the other colors, but they are not the same. The exact design of the 64 bottles were only made in 64.
@@JR-ic4hl I heard they made quite a lot back then as well. I have a bunch in storage that I collected over the years. It's still a fantastic design even today.
I was disappointed in him as well. Sidney Sheldon described him as "weird". Apparently he would show up to the studio wearing outlandish outfits at times including wearing a gorilla suit! I guess his drinking on the show was pretty bad. Barbara called him "a troubled man" and said he was pretty mean to the male guest stars on the show.
@@outsider238 Especially surprising since the character of Tony Nelson was so immensely likeable and funny. Hagman played the role wonderfully. I remember very well in early 1978 when Dallas was set to debut on CBS. The only cast member I was familiar with was Larry Hagman and the word was out that J.R. Ewing was a real "S.O.B" as the press releases liked to say. Well, I just had to sit down and watch that very first episode because I was wondering if the actor who played the amiable astronaut could pull off playing such a despicable character. The rest, as they say is history...
@@Nathan-jq1uw Just saw your comment Nathan. It's getting difficult to keep up with all of them now. Yes, I was surprised that Larry took on the role of J.R. as well. But I'm guessing he wanted to get as far away from the Major Nelson role as possible. It sure turned out to be lucrative for him though. I'm sure he was raking in the dough during the final seasons of Dallas. I thought he did a great job on Jeannie as well. His comic timing was perfect. I never watched Dallas.
@@outsider238 If one was not into the soap opera genre, one would never like a series like Dallas, but I was quite drawn into the sturm und drang of the show. And like I said, I really remember thinking "The guy who played Tony Nelson playing an S.O.B.? He'll never pull it off!" Well who knew? When Dallas was good, it was delicious like thick rich chocolate cake. But they did play it out way too long and the series' watch-ability suffered badly in the later years. And I suppose a younger person who was familiar with the Machiavellian oil tycoon would be surprised by the uber-nice guy NASA officer in a 50+ year old rerun! Hagman may have been a troubled man, and who knows why a person is the way he is, but he was an incredibly influential American television personality. Thanks for commenting on this. You really are quite accommodating.
@@Nathan-jq1uw Awww, thank you! I really try to respond to everyone but I'm afraid as time goes on and as my channel grows, it'll become much more difficult to keep up. I don't always get notifications for comments but I also try to go back through all of them to see if I missed any. I agree with you. Larry was a great actor. Very versatile. Many actors do have issues but I guess we all do to a certain extent. The fact that they tend to hide it so well is perhaps the best acting of all. I loved some of the things Larry did on Jeannie with his movements and his ability to sometimes break the fourth wall by looking at the camera much like the Skipper did on Gilligan's Island.
Brian quit doing them. I have a glass bottle, would you know of anyone else that paints them, if I was willing to pay, and pay to ship it to and from them? Thanks!
I was just recently informed that Brian is no longer painting them. The two others I know of is Dan Moyer and Michelle although I don't know her last name. I've heard good things about them.
@@robdailey2014 Dan Moyer is on Facebook. Google Dan Moyer Jeannie bottles. Here's a link to Michelle's site. I'm not sure UA-cam will allow this link: www.dreamyjeanniebottles.com/about-the-artist If not, look up Dreamy Jeannie bottle Michelle.
Very interesting; the bottle was one of my favorite things about the show when I was a kid, thanks for all the info. Oh, and STOP making that sound with your lips and teeth, it's not really that bad but once you notice it, it's so annoying and almost constant, just sayin.
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I bought a bottle from Brian as a gift to my Mother, and it was her most treasured possession. She even said that when she died, she wanted that to be her urn. When she passed, I bought a second bottle from Brian, and her ashes were divided into both bottles... One is on a shelf in my living room with a photo of Mom, and my younger brother has the other one. Rest in peace, Mom ❤️
Oh man. That brought tears to my eyes! That is awesome!! I think that you granting your mother's wishes is fantastic. I can't think of a better urn than a Jeannie bottle! Your mother had excellent taste! I may have to make that my dying wish as well. May your mother rest in peace. She did an excellent job raising you and your brother. Your comment made this video so worth the time it took to make it. Thank you for the amazing story! Bless you and your family!
@@outsider238 Thank you so much for your heartfelt response, and for making such an outstanding and comprehensive video. As I was watching, I kept looking up at Mom's urn. BTW- I don't know if you're aware of it, but Brian also made a bottle for Barbara Eden, and posted a photo of him presenting it to her!
@@Jimmy-sb3fc It made me realize how some of my videos affect people. Thank you. Your comment has to be one of the best I've ever received. I didn't know Brian gave one of his bottles to Barbara! I know it's not the original but it's as close to it as one could possibly get. Brian's bottles are the absolute best ones I've ever seen.
Hi. Who is Brian ?
I have a bottle made of copper (I can tell from the smell) and it's gold colored with etched-in designs and red and white dots all over it. I found it at a Goodwill and I guess it's a home-made item since there are no numbers are anything. It's gorgeous though.
I love this video so much; thank you for the large amount of detail! I love I Dream of Jeannie. 😀
Thank you very much! I appreciate it! That copper bottle sounds interesting. There's been a lot of things made into the shape of the Jeannie bottle over the years. I always get reminded of the show when I see things like that. It was such a great show and one of my all time favorites. Thank you for enjoying the video!
Sounds nice
I have a glass replica of the season two, and it’s auto paint. The arches are light blue. It’s one of my prized possessions. I LOVE your display cabinet.
Ah nice! Yes the glass bottles are the way to go. I've heard Brian might be back to painting these again so maybe he'll make the display cases available as well. They really are very nice!
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Very nice video. You were spot on with your information. Some additional facts about the bottle ....
It was produced by a company called Wheaton Glass for Jim Beam as part of their Christmas Decanter collection. It was sold in a gold and red foil box for Christmas 1964. It was estimated that about 500,000 bottles were produced for it's initial run. The numbers on the bottom of the bottle indicated not only the year it was produced (1964) but the very last single number also indicates which mold the bottle was produced from. If memory serves, there were 15 different molds used to make the bottles.
A variation of the bottle was re-released in 1973 (Blue glass with a handle and a flat topped stopper) and again in 1980 (Ruby red coated glass with a handle and a flat top stopper). The red coating can be removed to make the bottle clear glass. I have original packaging for the 64 and 80 bottles but have never found or even seen the packaging for the blue 1973 bottle.
Wow Brian! What an honor to have you comment on my video! Thank you for the very interesting facts about the bottle. I actually have two of the Ruby Red ones with the whiskey still inside. I sold a blue one recently and I've seen the clear ones but never bought them. I've responded to comments on here about how your bottles are the best. I wasn't sure if you wanted me to mention your last name so I didn't to respect your privacy as I wasn't aware at the time of filming this video that you were back in business painting these beautiful bottles. I hope all is well with you. Your bottles are still the highlight of my prop collection and always get huge delight out of people that come over and happen to see them. Thank you so much!
The packaging for the 1973 one was a basic cardboard box with a cellophane wrapper with a cartoonish drawing of the bottle on it. One sold on eBay about 10 years ago it was not in good shape
Hi Brian, my sister got one of the bottles decorated by you as a gift a few years ago. 🎁 It is the best gift I ever got as I watched I dream of Jeannie as a child here in Ireland. 💞 You have such a talent as so much intrinsic detail is required for the Jeannie bottle. Everyone was so excited to see it as anyone I know has many happy memories of the show.
Holy Cow! I won two of Brian's signed bottles at a fundraising silent auction many many years ago. I love them dearly, but never knew the story until I saw your episode! Thanks for sharing!
Oh wow! That's fantastic! They are the best Jeannie bottle replicas in my opinion. Brian does amazing work. Congratulations!
Also this is the best Jeannie bottle video I have ever seen well well done
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
The bottle stopper showed up in the first episode. He wanted to trap her in the bottle and at first he used a handkerchief and when that didn't work, the next thing you saw was the bottle stopper in the bottle.
I couldn't remember when we first get to see the Old Grand Dad stopper. I do like the look of the bottle when they used it.
The correct name for a 'lid' on the "Jeannie" bottle is a 'stopper'. Beautiful collection of colorful bottles, though. Very nice overview!
Loved it! Thanks for sharing all the details about the bottle(s) and the show.
My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful! I remember seeing it occasionally when it first ran (when I was in Grade School!) I really got to see it when our local station reran it in the afternoons in the 70s. Love it! Wonderful video!
Thank you! I remember it when it first ran as well but mostly got into it in the 70s reruns also. I don't think it's ever been off the air!
I have one of Brian’s “Blue Djinn” bottles - signed. So much better than those awful brass knockoffs. He really did a good job. I love it.
Those are fantastic looking. Brian does the best Jeannie bottles in my opinion. Yeah those brass ones are terrible. Especially the earlier versions.
@@outsider238 Barbara was here in Palm Springs last December and she apparently has a deal with the guy who sells the brass ones because he was at her event. Too bad :( (I got to meet her though!)
@@passatboi Oh wow, I didn't know that. No wonder I've seen him hanging around Barbara in so many photos. Well I understand why he has the bottles made in metal as the original glass ones are expensive and difficult to get in bulk. But he needs to make the lid look more accurate and the bottom not so rounded or bulbous. It throws off the look. Thank you for your comment!
Jeannie's bottle was fantastic and as a kid I used to try to make them out of clay. I also had that issue of People when it came out back in the 90s and I was mesmerized by that close up of the bottle Barbara is holding. Yes, Dr. Bellows was a hoot, and I used to think the same thing when the bottle smashed on the table: Where's that little circle couch? Your bottle is rocking that display case as is that Moebius B9 model next to it. He looks very cool with his arms extended.
Thank you so much! I love your comments! Sounds like you appreciate the fine things of the shows we grew up with like I do. Jeannie was one of my favorite shows and still is. It had some hilarious moments in it that have stuck with me. Jeannie's bottle is about as iconic as the Ruby slippers. Brian Fetzer was the artist for those two bottles. I've wanted a professionally painted one all my life so it's like a museum piece to me. Thank you so much for your great comments and thank you for watching. I have a Star Wars lightsaber video coming tomorrow.
Kinda ironic, because Larry Hagman lived in a whiskey bottle also 😂
Haha!
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Very interesting. I think the thing that goes in the top of the bottle is called a "stopper," not a "lid."
Thank you for the video. The explanation was great. There was a lot of stuff i didn't know. Specially about the bottle and were it came from. I was always confused about the glass lid on the first bottle and you clarified it thank you. You have a great voice.👍👍
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! I'm happy I could provide you with some fun Jeannie trivia!
I started off just looking for the bottle cause i watched the show again last night but now i'll have to get both the bottle and the book. Sad about larry cause one of the reasons i like the show so much is because he's so good looking.
thank you for the history.
My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I have a glass replica bottle which was signed by Barbara Eden in front of me..being able to briefly chat to Jeannie herself was an amazing experience and I'll always highly prize my autographed bottle.
Ah! That's fantastic! I've always wanted to meet her. I was hoping she'd come to one of the collectors or sci-fi shows here one day but I don't know if she does those anymore. That's awesome that you got to meet her and have her sign your bottle! I have a couple of autographs of hers including a check she wrote back in the 80s.
That's really cool I'm rewatching the show with my grandmother and I remember as a kid trying to make a bottle of my own
Me too! I tried to make one out of clay but it didn't turn out too well. By then I discovered I could find these at flea markets. I'm glad you and your Grandmother are enjoying the show all over again!
Love your channel ! I had the replica of the first season bottle,,,,had ! I am in tears leaving it in New York...Now living in Europe ~ I really miss that bottle, and adored I DREAM JEANNIE show
Thank you! I'm sorry that you had to leave your bottle behind. Any way you could get another? They're often available on ebay if the seller can ship to you. I love Jeannie too! One of my favorite shows.
Growing up I loved this show!
One of my all time favorites!
Your 1st season bottle looks amazing…Nice!
Thank you very much! I really appreciate that! 😁
Wonderful presentation thank you so much for sharing I really enjoyed this I also have a Jim Beam bottle it's not painted but I love it just the same
Thank you so much! Yes the bottle is beautiful even if it's not painted. The design was perfect!
Howdy. Just want to say how much I liked your video. Most people try to do these "history" pieces, and usually have a fact or 2 wrong. Everything you report is spot on. Thanks for doing your research and presenting the facts correctly.
Thank you so much! I appreciate that! I definitely try to get it right.
Great video! Great insider information! I am a big fan of the show and I own a brass bottle, porcelain Jeanie doll, and a Barbie Jeanie doll. Those are my prized possessions! I LOVE everything having to do with I Dream of Jeannie!!!❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Sounds like you have a great collection! I love Jeannie too. One of my all time favorite shows!
Thanks for the video! Absolute Jeannie bottle freak here (who knows why) - - I have one by Daniel Moyer who is an awesome artist - and made mine back in the '90s and is one of my absolute prized possessions! Even tho I have one I never get tired of seeing more of them so thanks for sharing your collection!
Thank you! I'm familiar with Dan Moyer. He made an exact replica of the Flying Nun cornet for me many years ago. He is a fantastic artist! I agree, there's something about the Jeannie bottle that I find fascinating also. I think it's a combination of the look of the bottle, the intricate designs and the memories of the show itself. Glad you enjoyed the video!
My second season bottle is from Dan he’s a personal friend of mine
@@northgacub lucky you! he's so talented!!
@@scalaman2246 indeed. He has quite a collection himself
There's actually a practical reason those 'white' arches have a light blue tint to them. In the early days of color television, the old fashioned footlocker sized cameras were technical marvels, but sometimes demanded certain particulars for successful productions. Old color television cameras needed a great deal of light to register normal images. (Think of any of the movies you've seen about making movies or TV shows. Huge studios and big lights were necessary for a reason.) Also, those early cameras were VERY sensitive to the color white. White paint with BRIGHT lights shining on them could do permanent damage to a camera. Light blue with those same bright lights on them washed out to look white on camera without risking burning the cathode ray tubes recording the image. Lots of 'white' things on early color television were actually light blue.
Very interesting! Yes that may have well been the reason for the light blue arches. Probably made them show up better. Thank you for the interesting information! 😁
@@outsider238 One of the same reasons they put the green wash on the season 1 bottle. Not only to make the bottle look antique but also to tone down the gold on camera.
@@josephbaumann292 That makes sense. Keeps the reflections of the lights down.
This is a very comprehensive and helpful video. I have the "blank" and will eventually practice painting to complete mine.
Thank you so much! I appreciate it! I hope your bottle comes out looking excellent!
I had two like the Jim beam.. I gave one to my sister. My ex brother in said he couldn't find it after my sister died I saw they've destroyed the bottle set. They should have auctioned the set I remember the interview and the magazines. So beautiful a lady .
I'm sorry to hear of your sister's passing. Yes it is a shame that they didn't save the bottle set. Unfortunately back then, none of that stuff was considered valuable and so many Hollywood treasures were thrown out. It definitely would be worth a fortune today!
Thanks for your interesting stories. You made it very pleasant to listen to.
Thank you very much! I really appreciate that! 😁
@@outsider238 I went to Amazon, I’m going to buy her book. Thanks again. 🙂
@@stevescissorsYou're very welcome! It's a good book. You'll find it interesting. I wish she talked more about Jeannie but it covers a lot. I hope you enjoy it!
Barbara Eden has an original on a shelf in her home.
Yes, I mention that in the video. I think she now keeps it in a security bank box now.
Grew up Loving the Show and Barbara Eden 🤩
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching and subscribing! I really appreciate it!
@@outsider238 My pleasure!
Love it really beautiful bottles sounds like an interesting read always fought very fondly of Barbara Eden sad she and everybody had to deal with a stinker... she married quite a handsome fellow I believe he was on Star Trek played a Klingon.😊
Barbara was a champ through and through. Glad they had Hayden Rorke as a peace keeper. Yes, Michael Ansara was a busy actor back then appearing on a ton of shows!
GREAT VIDEO!! What a great show! Loved Barbara Eden, *always* ever since I saw her on the Seaview. . Hayden ALWAYS cracked me up. The entire cast was wonderful. I picked up the entire series and have been watching them in order.. Stuff that happened that I had forgotten just makes me laugh out loud after seeing them again. Hey, I see my friend the Robot and the Galactica. But where is the original Enterprise? LOL.. Thanks again!
Thank you! I'm currently in the middle of a series of videos highlighting bloopers in Jeannie. Definitely a favorite show back then! 😁
I wouldn't sweat it too much about the broken bottle in "Hurricane Jeanie." I'd bet money it was a candy glass prop, simply because of the way they dropped it. It'd have to be really fragile glass to shatter like that simply from being dropped on a coffee table from a couple of feet. It might break but not shatter.
I've wondered if it was a stunt bottle. Yes you're right. They didn't drop it from very high up. It's possible there was a more solid plate of some kind like metal that they dropped it on to help it shatter. I wish there were some behind the scenes footage of that show.
Hello, outsider238 - Nice collection! FYI, Brian is painting again.
He is? Wow! That's awesome! He was the best Jeannie bottle artist in my opinion. Top notch work. You could tell he really took the time to make those bottles look so good. I'm very glad to hear this. Thank you for letting everyone know!
He's got a life-sized B-9 Robot from "Lost in Space" in the background!
Yes! Check out my video that I made about him. I also discuss more info on the robot in the Mystery Island video as well.
As a kid I was obsessed with this bottle. I bought two from Brian’s Genie Bottles, a first season and 2-5th season mulberry color.
I was too! Especially when they zoomed in on it so I could try to see the details. I'm glad you got some of Brian's bottles. His bottles are incredible and I treasure mine. Thank you for watching!
@@outsider238 my pleasure. Thanks for the upload. I never knew Jeannie’s bottle was an actual Jim Beam whiskey decanter from 1964 until I saw a talk show back in the early 90s in which tv show props were the topic, and some guest had a first season gold vines bottle prop from the show & said it was an actual Jim Beam bottle. I always thought the bottle was made specifically for the show. When I finally got the m internet jn 2000, I went on eBay and couldn’t believe the number of genie bottles for sale. My first bottle I bought was an unpainted smoke green bottle. When I got the money, I bought two of Brian’s.
@@MMAfighter38113 I also thought the bottles were custom made props! A classmate around the 3rd grade brought one to school and she'd let me bring it home for a few days and I'd watch Jeannie with the bottle on top of the TV. Her dad made clay versions of them. When I found out I could find these at flea markets, I'd buy them every chance I got. That guy you saw on that talk show was probably Commissar. He owns an incredible amount of television memorabilia. He was supposed to open a museum but never did.
@@outsider238 it was actually the Chuck Woolery Show. Apparently, he had a talk show in the early nineties, and the guy had several props: Batman’s untlity belt from the Adam West series & some Star Trek props also.
@@MMAfighter38113 The bottle is so distinctively shaped, it doesn't look like it was meant to contain anything BUT a genie! Would be a kick to be able to go back in time to a 1964 liquor store and see these on sale knowing what would come.
thanks
I would love to see some behind the scenes video of them doing the special effects when things appear and disappear out of shot. Seeing the actors freeze in place while items are placed on set or taken off, articles of clothing changed while they stay frozen in place, etc.
Me too! They're hasn't been much behind the scenes stuff from the show. Speaking of "The Freeze" that they would do to make things appear and disappear, there's an excellent blooper in one episode where you can actually see them doing it. I don't remember the name of the episode but it's the one where Major Nelson dresses up as Jeffrey Tiffansmyte (sp?) to test Jeannie's fidelity. At the beginning of that episode, Jeannie is enthralled with a soap opera on TV. She says "Read your paper Master" and blinks. Then Major Nelson says "What?" and you can see them do The Freeze while a newspaper comes floating down into the scene on wires. It's an awkward scene because they were clearly supposed to cut after Major Nelson says "What?", lower the newspaper next to his face, and then say "Action" and Major Nelson is supposed to react to the paper appearing. But they ended up leaving The Freeze in the take and not editing it out! The next scene is clearly a jump cut. It's one of my favorite bloopers from the show. Try to see if you can find it and watch it for yourself. It's pretty cool! 😁
You have a full sized B9 Robot!
Yes I do! He was quite the labor of love. Also makes a great roomate! Haha!
Cool!
I have at least 30 of these Jim Beam decanters. Plus a few blue and red ones with handles.
Hang on to them. They're getting harder to find as time goes on. I have two red ones with the whiskey still in them. I think the whiskey is 50 years old since it was already aged to ten years in 1980 when they were bottled. I had a blue one but I sold it. I've never been that much of a fan of the ones with the handle.
Wow i really do enjoy the way as was said it was just such a very innocent time i never knew that Larry hagman was troubled on that set i knew that he was said to be more suited as JR Ewing tho.
Yes and I'm sure Barbara Eden has many more stories as well. She mentioned one time where some nuns came to visit the set and Larry went off on a tirade of cussing right in front of them. Not sure if he did it as a joke or what.
Realy neat.
Hi - thanks so much for the information - great stuff! I think you do a great job with your bottles. I am just starting out trying to paint my own. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Applying the base coat is a bit problematic. I’m using acrylic spray paint with no primer as I found the primer to make the base coat to rough and bumpy.
Thank you! I only painted the first season and reunion bottles. The others were professionally done by Brian. That reunion bottle I painted so long ago before I had better painting skills. I do remember that I had to put a primer on it to get the paint to stick on but I used a poor quality tempra paint for the rest. There's so much better quality paints today. I'm not sure how I'd go about doing it now. I know the original bottle had a white primer underneath because in that photo of Barbara holding hers, you can see the white primer in the chips in the paint. I also free handed the patterns but I would definitely use some kind of templates now. Good luck on painting your bottle.
I have a Purple Jeannie Bottle, it's beautiful
I love them! 😄
It's not a 'lid' but a 'stopper'. Nice documentary.
Somebody already mentioned that. Thank you.
I have two of Brians bottles the first season (with that same resin replica old granddad stopper and its original one) and the reunion movie. I have a second season bottle painted by another artist friend of mine (Dan Moyer) and I have 3 original old grand dad 1956 stoppers (I actually have one unopened bottle in its box) and original Jeannie Bottle in its original Jim Beam holiday box as well. I also have the 3 later renditions (blue, ruby and clear) with the handles. They all make wonderful displays
Wow! You have an excellent collection! Pretty much every version that was made. Especially the original Old Grand Dad bottles! Those are very difficult to find! I had the colored bottles but sold them as I'm mostly interested in the originals. I'm thinking of getting a reunion bottle down the road sometime from Brian. I really love the designs on that version. You have an awesome collection! 😁
@@outsider238 Thank you so much I had three OGD bottles but one got broken - but thankfully the stopper survived so I have three of them still.
@@outsider238 I actually have 2 two more 1964 bottles as well as one each extra of the sapphire and the ruby versions. One thing about the 1964 ones they were found various different labels on them one of mine had gilbeys scotch. and my two blue ones have different labels too
@@northgacub Well that's okay about the broken one. The stopper is the only thing that matters. Haha! I have two of the ruby red bottles that still have the whiskey in them. I didn't know those bottles had other liquor in them besides whiskey.
@@outsider238 I have seen them having dark eyes vodka labels as well. The Gilbeys version of the box was very similar but had like a checkerboard sash on it.
I was ALWAYS in love with Jeannie, even as a kid. We will unfortunately never experience the shows from the 60's and 70's in today's time which I consider the best! I believe they made me who I am today. By the way, is it possible if you are selling one of those bottles? If not, where may I get it?
I totally agree! We had the best TV shows growing up during that time! While I'm not selling any of my Jeannie bottles, I've been told by fellow viewers that Brian Fetzer (who painted the two season 2-5 bottles in this video) is back in business painting bottles again. His website used to be Brian's Jeannie Bottles but I don't know if it still is. I hope this helps.
Thank you so much for the info!
@@juancarlosvaldes4538 You're certainly welcome! I hope you get one!
Thank you so much for this deep dive in to "the bottle"! I'm fascinated by this show and the prop, and I really want to paint my own. I just got the bottle, and I'm trying to figure out the base color of the bottle. I read some people saying it is purple, other saying it is mulberry. What's your opinion? Do you have a Pantone number that approaches to your bottle and/or the one printed in the magazine you show? Thanks again!
Thank you! I've heard Mulberry more often than any other color. I'm not sure what color Brian uses to paint his bottles. I know that it's automotive paint. I'm not sure if he mixes his own color though. Sorry I can't be of more help. It's always been a point of contention with bottle artists.
@@outsider238 Thanks for the reply and info! :-)
When they had the case for the bottle, as a kid, I used to think that you really could live in it 🤣
Haha! I loved the inside of Jeannie's bottle! I actually have a case like the one Jeannie used on the show. I need to make a video about it.
You can still buy 1964 Jim Beam Christmas decanters. I've seen them online from $30 to $350. One guy was selling a bright purple one made from plastic.
Yes they are still readily available. Jim Beam actually made quite a few of them back in the day.
I nearly bought the bottle back in 1987 when it was on sale at Univesal Studio for $1200. I guess if I had bought it, it would have met with an accident since I was young and foolish back then.
Was it an actual screen used bottle?
Larry Hagman should have been much more cooperative through appreciation. Without I Dream of Jeannie he probably would have never been nearly as famous OR have had the role on Dallas! On the flip side Barbara Eden is so appreciative she still shows up at comic cons and always expresses her appreciation for the show and for her fans.
I totally agree. I remember Bill Daily had a show called "The Bill Daily Hocus Pocus Show" and he let Larry guest star because Larry was hurting for work. I love how Barbara appreciates her Jeannie role.
Interesting cause Larry Hagman once said, the studio, director or producer, nobody reach out to him to reprise his role as Tony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later tv film (1985)
They asked him but he was too busy with Dallas at the time and he probably just didn't want to do it anyway since it didn't seem like he enjoyed doing Jeannie.
Hey outsider, what was up with those Jim Beam/Jeannie bottles with a handle attached? Were they an alternate product or something?
They were issued in 1980. I believe they contained 10 year old whiskey. I think they were just reusing the old molds but added the handle either to make them more decorative or to be able to decipher them from the originals. As far as I know they were molded in red, blue and clear glass. I have 2 red ones with the whiskey still in them. That makes that booze 50 years old!
@@outsider238 1980! I am surprised. I've been puzzled by pictures of them online but I'd assumed they were issued in the sixties like the other. Leave it to you to have a couple in your collection as well. BTW, if this stuff was in your video and I somehow missed it, I apologize, but thank you for the info! So when do we uncork yours?
@@Nathan-jq1uw Haha! I'm going to have to uncork those soon. Over the years, the whiskey has been evaporating so the corks aren't 100% air tight after all these years. I didn't mention them in my video but now that we're talking about them, I guess I should haved!
The sapphire one was released in 1973. The other two in 1980
I watched a video a few days ago with Barbara Eden and she says she has the bottle from the show…. She said she keeps in in a safe deposit box.
Sorry for the late response. Yes she does. She used to keep it at her home but I think she was worried it would get stolen once she had shown she had it.
I just bought the metallic purple mirrored bottle from Ebay. It is amazing.
Do you know who painted it?
@@outsider238 Mario Della Casa.
@@SHONNER Is it made out of metal?
@@outsider238 It's hard to explain. The bottle is double-walled. So there is a metal/chrome wall on the inside (the mirror part). And a purple-colored glass wall on the outside, which has the hand-painted detailing on it.
You can see through the purple glass and see the painted details and you reflecting off of the mirrored insides.
@@SHONNER Oh okay! I have seen those. I think those are the latest versions he offers. Thanks for the description!
Even before they were painted these bottles are quite beautiful. I now own a purple one which took me 50 years to get as I met Barbara Eden at a Supernova event & she signed it for me too but it cost me $300. She is a sweet woman who doesn't mind being remembered for being Jeannie. In fact she embraces it. I'm only sorry I couldn't get a gold leaf bottle too. Maybe one day I'll acquire one.
Yes the bottles are quite beautiful just on their own. It's a great design. You are so lucky to have met Barbara Eden. I would love to meet her someday! I hope you get the golden vines bottle.
I think the word you were looking for was "stopper" instead of "lid". Good video though.
Yes, several have mentioned it. I always called it a lid but I'm sure everyone knows what I'm talking about.
Great video! I own a Brian Fetzer 2nd season mulberry. Got it in 2015 right before he retired. I’m glad that he’s back painting them again. I also own a 1st season golden vibes with the green wash to make it look aged. Michelle Edewaard painted it.
Thank you! I really love Brian's bottles! He does fantastic work. I need to add that green wash to my first season bottle!
Does he have a website? I want my Jim Beam bottle painted
@@PopCultureCarnivore1 he has a Facebook page called Brian’s Jeannie Bottles. I don’t think he’s painting at the moment though.
@@brucereynolds3131 thanks so much
Where can i get an I Dream of Jeannie Bottle that isn't so expensive?
Unfortunately they're all kind of expensive if you want a good quality Jeannie bottle. Two of the main bottle painters have retired now including Brian Fetzer and Michelle of "Dreamy Jeannie Bottles". You might still be able to get one from Dan Moyer but I don't know if he's still doing them or how to contact him. You'll have to look him up. There are probably cheaper ones out there but they're usually lower quality, non authentic Jim Beam bottle knock offs made of plaster and they're smaller.
What kind of paint is the hand painted part
On the professionally painted bottles it was automotive paints. On the one I painted, it was tempra paints but I definitely don't recommend using tempra paints.
I forgot to mention that on the first season bottle I used model paints.
Don't call it a lid. On a bottle, it's called a stopper.
Yes I know. I've heard it called both and I'm sure everyone knows what it is.
I'm thinking of buying one. Can you tell me your thoughts on Brian vs Mario's work? Thanks!
Brian's are by far superior. The problem with Mario's is that they are mass produced as far as I can tell. They are made of metal. Not real Jim Beam glass bottles. The proportions on the bottom part of the bottle is off. The lid has a flat edge near the top that makes it look weird. No disrespect to Mario but I'm not a fan of his bottles. Nothing beats a hand painted, authentic glass Jim Beam bottle where much time and effort was spent painting them with care. Side by side, you'd be able to see the difference. I'd say get a bottle from Brian.
@@outsider238 Thanks for explaining the difference. Mario's web site says he's the only person licensed by Sony.
@@laurarichards3212 He's licensed to sell his bottles (which are manufactured) and doesn't want other people selling theirs. But technically people painting the real glass bottles aren't manufacturing theirs. That would fall under a more "arts and crafts" type of category since they aren't actually making the bottle itself. He's just trying to protect his business and I get that. But the problem is the bottles just don't look that good and a metal bottle is kind of weird. I'm not sure how thick that metal is. Not trying to bad mouth him, just saying that the actual bottle on the show was a glass Jim Beam bottle and not a metal replica and Brian uses the real glass bottles like the original prop.
@@laurarichards3212 Just noticed on his website that he's selling glass ones now. Those do look better but they're transparent which Jeannie's bottle was not. Also the paints that are used are too shiny. Jeannie"s bottle wasn't like that as it was a prop for a show after all and the lights would have reflected off back at the camera which they would never allow. I've collected props for decades and have learned that the devil is in the details. Mario's glass bottles would be better if he made them to not be transparent, tone down the paint and fix the odd, bulbous proportions of the bottom of the bottle.
@@outsider238 Do you know the rough prices for one? Trying to determine if I should splurge (I'm in Canada and our dollar is worth less than yours) or just buy one for $200 on Etsy. I know, to you, it would be a bit like a cubic zirconia vs a diamond.
An artist by the name Michelle of Dreamy Jeannie Bottles does nice work. She only paints on Jim Beam bottles. I don't care for the bottles made by the guy who sells the brass ones on ebay.
Yes, Michelle's are excellent. I've seen some by Dan Moyer that are also fantastic. I agree. The brass ones look bad. The proportions are off and they have the wrong finish. Plus they're metal. A metal bottle? 🙄
Does they had available Jeannie's bottles as incensaries or not?
They might have some that have a similar shape but the bottles themselves are Jim Beam bottles.
I like very much I dreams of jeannie , de hecho mande hacer la botella un poco más grande que el original
now I know why my Jennie bottle is missing its stopper, I've been flabbergasted on where or how I could replace it without buying a whole new bottle. I found mine at a flea market back in the day and recognized it and was lucky to pay practically nothing for it because it was just a old bottle.
I have a couple of bottles missing the stoppers as well. Like you, they were flea market or garage sale finds.
There are a few on Ebay..one is up now
@@PopCultureCarnivore1 That's a good place to find replacement stoppers for sure! 😁
Cool interesting
Thank you! I've always loved that show!
@@outsider238 Have a bid on one right now. Will be fun to own :D
@@bitukukuasukgremany3 I hope you get it! It's definitely a conversation piece when people come over!
@@outsider238 I will if not that one another. Keep making videos
@@bitukukuasukgremany3 Thank you and keep trying! 😁
I have a 1964 Jim Beam bottle and I really need help! I have the disk on how to paint the bottle and have all the designs. I have purchased delta Ceramcoat Acrylic Paint as recommended on the disk. It's terrible! It smears with no coverage at all. The bottles you painted look so good! What paint did you use? What is the secret? Nobody on UA-cam is telling!
I didn't paint the season 2-6 bottles. As far as I know, those were painted using automotive paints. I don't know the brand. I did paint the 1st season bottle though and as far as I can remember, I think I used model paint. It was 10 or 15 years ago so I don't remember. Have you tried craft acrylics? I'd suggest trying out different paints on a regular glass bottle to experiment to see which ones work best. The gold will be the trickiest as it tends to show brush strokes more than the other colors.
@@outsider238 Thanks for the quick reply. I have five pickle jars that I am using for practice. I have painted a 69 Camaro, 77 Camaro and a 29 Ford model A and it was a lot easier. I have over a hundred dollars invested in useless paint so far. Yes, I could have had it professionally done but... I am 76 and recently had half my liver removed, due to cancer, and then a stroke happened and I ended up with afib. Painting the Jeannie bottle is a bucket list item for me. I have been a woodworker all my life and making a Pennsylvania walnut or cherry display case will be a simple task compared to the bottle painting part. " Automotive paints" covers a lot of different types, for example lacquer or basecoat clearcoat? The water based designed painted over lacquer issues need to be considered? I believe people know how to get the season 2-5 bottles painted but nobody is willing to put a detailed video on UA-cam. Thanks for your help! I'll keep watching and trying.
@@frankmonoski5104 I would assume no one is talking because they don't want to reveal their secrets and ruin their chances of selling their bottles. I get it. They are protecting their business. I've always had to just try things on my own when it came to stuff like this. I wouldn't have the foggiest when it comes to the best paints and their reactions to each other or clear coats. I admire that you are even trying to paint one of these. It looks like a daunting effort with all the intricate details. When I painted the "15 Years Later" version, it was more of an experiment to see if I could even do it and there wasn't any masks or stencils that I knew of to use. Plus I used Tempra paint which is all I had laying around. I hope you can find some paints that will work. You have more guts than I do to take on this task!
Fun fact Barbra Eden and Larry Hagman reunited in a different movie called howling in the woods :)
I remember that! Wasn't it a scary movie? I can't remember.
@@outsider238 yes it was and a mystery, :)
@@sjbenson5618 I just watched it on UA-cam. I forgot about some of the creepiness of it. It was a pretty bold movie for the time considering the subject matter. It's actually very good.
@@outsider238 Very cool, I'm planning on watching it too, I'm glad I found another I dream of Jeannie fan. I love Jeannie 2 she was a trouble maker and wicked and I wish the blue djinn had a second appearance he was evil and funny but I guess Barbra's husband was busy.
@@sjbenson5618 Haha! I always wanted another episode with the Blue Djinn too! Barbara said she enjoyed playing the evil sister. Probably why they had several episodes with her.
...COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Thank you!!😁
Saw one at a garage sale many many years ago, Im still kicking myself for not buying it.
Oh wow! Yes that's another good place where these turn up sometimes. They're getting harder to find these days.
@@outsider238 I think it was a dollar or two and it didn't even register with me because Im so used to seeing it with the decorations, only later in the day did it hit me that was the Jeannie bottle.If Jim beam was smart they would reissue the bottle considering how many people loved the show Im sure it would sell well.
@@hifijohn I agree! I'm really surprised they haven't brought it back. Maybe an anniversary edition.
The Beam bottles came in other colors but I think all those had handles and maybe slightly different stoppers. They look nice too but not so much for prop replicas.
Yes, there were blue, red and clear bottles with the handles. The stopper didn't have the point on top. I have two red ones with the whiskey still in them!
@@outsider238 I have a box for the ruby one. But it’s not in good shape unfortunately
@@northgacub I wish I had the box for the originals.
@@outsider238 I have never seen a box for the clear one which seems to have been only sold with PH Boileux Brandy. I mentioned in an earlier comment about the blue one. There was one on eBay years ago it was kind of a plain cardboard box with a cartoonish cellophane wrapper with the drawing of the bottle on it. I do have a picture of it saved on an older computer.
@@northgacub Very interesting. I've never seen the boxes for any of the colored bottles. Most of my bottles were flea market finds except for the red ones which I found in a liquor store back in the 80s.
I can not see the bottle in People magazine. All I can see is Barbara!
Hahaha!!! She's so beautiful.
🤔😍😍😍
Dang it! I had one and sold it! :(
Aauugh!!! What were you thinking?? Haha! Well good news is that Brian's back in business painting these beautiful bottles again so you can get another one but they're probably more expensive now.
I originally bought a plain green glass one at a thrift store for less than $3. I painted it, and sold it 30 years later.
@@davidfoley9642 Oh very nice! I only painted the first season and reunion bottles. I wouldn't even try with the season 2-5 bottles. At least not without templates of some kind.
Witches and warlocks can't do that, 'cause they're too smart.
Dude....you seem awfully young to know about this show. I was 10 years old when the show aired back in 1965. I use to live near the studio the show was film in. One of my neighbors was one of the lighting crew who work on the set. Yes I to heard stories about Larry's behavior but not as bad as you stated here in your video. Where did you get this bad info from?
Oh wow! That's very cool that your neighbor worked on the show! I'm older than I seem. The information is all in Barbara Eden's book, interviews with her and interviews with Sidney Sheldon, the producer of the show.
@@outsider238 Name the Nasa manned space program during the airing of the show in 1965.
@@lox_5017 Project Gemini?
Nice maintenance shop specialty item to produce,
Every:
(I dream of Jennie)kid who supported the show should have a-(I dream of Jennie)Bottle...
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One of my all time favorite props!
The lack of furniture in the smashed bottle was likely not visible on the televisions of the time.
They probably just didn't think anyone would notice.
All of the original Jim Beam bottles that are exactly like this all say 1964. Not 1964-1968. I'm sure that these were only made in 1964. Unless someone has knowledge about the company using the 1964 machine to produce later year bottles without changing the 1964 on the bottles. I have two of these bottles and have looked at many online, and I have never come across one of these bottles with a different year than 1964. I did see one online that said 1963 Jim Beam that looked just like these, but they did not show the year on the bottom in the pictures.
I never said the bottles were stamped 64-68. I said the bottles were produced through 1968 but I wasn't for sure how many years they actually made them. They did reproduce these in multiple colors in 1980 but they had those ugly handles molded onto the side and they took the point off the stopper. I have two of those with the whiskey still in them.
I'm not saying that they they had 64-68 stamped on one bottle, I'm saying the bottles used in the show are 1964 bottles. And the bottles made in 1964 was not made in other years exactly the same. I am aware of the other colors, but they are not the same. The exact design of the 64 bottles were only made in 64.
@@JR-ic4hl I heard they made quite a lot back then as well. I have a bunch in storage that I collected over the years. It's still a fantastic design even today.
Barbara Eden has the original
Yes she does have one of them.
Shame to know Larry was a jerk. He seemed really cool in his role.
I was disappointed in him as well. Sidney Sheldon described him as "weird". Apparently he would show up to the studio wearing outlandish outfits at times including wearing a gorilla suit! I guess his drinking on the show was pretty bad. Barbara called him "a troubled man" and said he was pretty mean to the male guest stars on the show.
@@outsider238 Especially surprising since the character of Tony Nelson was so immensely likeable and funny. Hagman played the role wonderfully. I remember very well in early 1978 when Dallas was set to debut on CBS. The only cast member I was familiar with was Larry Hagman and the word was out that J.R. Ewing was a real "S.O.B" as the press releases liked to say. Well, I just had to sit down and watch that very first episode because I was wondering if the actor who played the amiable astronaut could pull off playing such a despicable character. The rest, as they say is history...
@@Nathan-jq1uw Just saw your comment Nathan. It's getting difficult to keep up with all of them now. Yes, I was surprised that Larry took on the role of J.R. as well. But I'm guessing he wanted to get as far away from the Major Nelson role as possible. It sure turned out to be lucrative for him though. I'm sure he was raking in the dough during the final seasons of Dallas. I thought he did a great job on Jeannie as well. His comic timing was perfect. I never watched Dallas.
@@outsider238 If one was not into the soap opera genre, one would never like a series like Dallas, but I was quite drawn into the sturm und drang of the show. And like I said, I really remember thinking "The guy who played Tony Nelson playing an S.O.B.? He'll never pull it off!" Well who knew? When Dallas was good, it was delicious like thick rich chocolate cake. But they did play it out way too long and the series' watch-ability suffered badly in the later years. And I suppose a younger person who was familiar with the Machiavellian oil tycoon would be surprised by the uber-nice guy NASA officer in a 50+ year old rerun! Hagman may have been a troubled man, and who knows why a person is the way he is, but he was an incredibly influential American television personality. Thanks for commenting on this. You really are quite accommodating.
@@Nathan-jq1uw Awww, thank you! I really try to respond to everyone but I'm afraid as time goes on and as my channel grows, it'll become much more difficult to keep up. I don't always get notifications for comments but I also try to go back through all of them to see if I missed any. I agree with you. Larry was a great actor. Very versatile. Many actors do have issues but I guess we all do to a certain extent. The fact that they tend to hide it so well is perhaps the best acting of all. I loved some of the things Larry did on Jeannie with his movements and his ability to sometimes break the fourth wall by looking at the camera much like the Skipper did on Gilligan's Island.
I have some photos I can share with you I just don’t know how to be able to get in touch with you outside of comments here.
Brian quit doing them. I have a glass bottle, would you know of anyone else that paints them, if I was willing to pay, and pay to ship it to and from them?
Thanks!
I was just recently informed that Brian is no longer painting them. The two others I know of is Dan Moyer and Michelle although I don't know her last name. I've heard good things about them.
@@outsider238 any contact info on either one of them? Thanks
@@robdailey2014 Dan Moyer is on Facebook. Google Dan Moyer Jeannie bottles. Here's a link to Michelle's site. I'm not sure UA-cam will allow this link: www.dreamyjeanniebottles.com/about-the-artist
If not, look up Dreamy Jeannie bottle Michelle.
@@outsider238 Thank you!!! I’m gonna message them.
@@robdailey2014 Glad I could be of help! I hope you get your bottle painted! 😁
Very interesting; the bottle was one of my favorite things about the show when I was a kid, thanks for all the info. Oh, and STOP making that sound with your lips and teeth, it's not really that bad but once you notice it, it's so annoying and almost constant, just sayin.
Thank you. Sorry about the sounds. I didn't even know I was doing it. It's just the way I talk sometimes.
I thought I saw that,at Vaule Village?!😜🤣 Just kidding! Not
Should have picked it up! Haha!
Donald Starkey: Wow Boris, you are so witty.