I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) Fly Me to the Moon (1967) User Reviews

Fun Episode

[DKosty123 · 7/10 · 6 January 2015]

This episode is really into the mind games with Dr. Bellows. He loses Sam The Chimp when Jeannie blinks him into a man (Larry Storch). While Jeannie leaves NASA to go to the beauty parlor, Bellows is on an extensive monkey hunt. The beauty parlor gets some of the magic treatment as well, but while hitting her with hair spray, Jeannie accidentally turns her master Tony into a monkey.

Best Bellows scene is him witnessing Tony the Money writing a whole sentence on a writing pad. Storch is great as the human instantly evolved from a monkey. I wonder how his date with the gorgeous blonde would have gone if Jeannie had not turned him back? Great fun here.

Larry Storch in the third season opener

[kevinolzak · 8/10 · 4 November 2016]

"Fly Me to the Moon" opened the third season, with Majors Nelson and Healey involved in training a chimpanzee named Sam to be the first living creature to reach the moon. One misplaced blink from Jeannie, and tiny Sam disappears from Dr. Bellows' office, reappearing opposite Tony and Roger as a human being (Larry Storch). Initially unaware of Sam's identity, the two listen to Sam's tales of being captured in equatorial Africa, proclaiming himself the first scientist in the family, before it dawns on them that this is the former chimp that Dr. Bellows is anxious to recover: "don't let him take me, he treated me like a monkey!" (he'd much rather drive around with a blonde in a convertible instead of going back to his hairy mate). A second misplaced blink from Jeannie, and Major Nelson becomes a chimp, baffling Dr. Bellows with his ability to read and write like a human being, believing he's just discovered the missing link! Like Richard Deacon and Bob Denver, this season would see guest stars of recently canceled comedies appearing with greater frequency, with F TROOP's Larry Storch hilarious in a role that no one else could have pulled off so well. The breathtaking Judy Pace plays a receptionist, while the episode's one shot general is played by Parley Baer.

New Theme Was Introduced in This Episode

[panavision-1 · 10/10 · 12 June 2009]

in The Third and Fourth Season of the show another instrumental theme was also introduced that was played during the shows campy scenes, Simply Titled "Mischief" the Theme would be heard mainly on Outdoor locations, showing the characters attempting to do something such as Jeannie learning to drive, Major Nelson arriving Up The Driveway, a Monkey walking around, or reactions to Doctor Bellows, This theme Featured The accompaniment of a Sideshow Organ, a Trombone and Bass Guitar, this theme was first Introduced on the Episode 1 Of Season 3 called "Fly Me to the Moon" Directed by Hal Cooper and Written by Robert Marcus First Aired September 12, 1967 Sypnosis: Tony and Roger are training a chimpanzee named Sam to be on the first flight to the moon. Jeannie turns him into a human (played by Larry Storch). When she tries to turn him back, she accidentally turns Tony into a chimp. Tony almost ends up going to the moon, but Jeannie saves the day. The theme "Mischief" Written By Richard Wess who Also Wrote The Jazz Theme for the First Season.