I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) Jeannie and the Wild Pipchicks (1968) User Reviews

Jeannie's mother played by Barbara Eden

[kevinolzak · 7/10 · 24 November 2016]

"Jeannie and the Wild Pipchicks" features the third appearance of Jeannie's mother, here played for the first time by Barbara Eden herself. Jeannie receives a gift from her mother, a box of homemade pipchicks, delicious candies made from her own secret recipe. Tony eats one and suddenly finds himself with the strength of ten men, and when Dr. Bellows does the same he has it analyzed for its ingredients. Major Nelson is ordered to work on a new batch of pipchicks for the NASA space program, only for Jeannie's mother to cross them up with a different recipe. Once eaten, these candies bring out the person's hidden inhibitions, with Colonel Abigail Finch (Reta Shaw) suddenly reversing her tough demeanor to embrace Major Nelson, as Roger walks in: "Tony you shouldn't be doing that, she outranks you!" "she also outweighs me!" With Dr. Bellows becoming an Alaskan whaler and General Peterson warding off an Indian attack, Tony has his hands full trying to keep everyone locked up until the effects subside. Barbara Eden only has one scene as Jeannie's mother (repeating the role in "Is There a Doctor in the House?"), who considers her daughter to be very foolish living with an astronaut who rarely comes down from orbit.

Classic episodes as Jeannie receives the Wild Pipchicks

[RogerMooreTheBestBond · 10/10 · 12 June 2016]

Cast: Jeannie, Tony, Roger, Dr. Bellows & General Peterson Jeannie receives a gift from her mother, wild pipchicks. Tony eats them and loves them. He takes some to work and Dr. Bellows eats some and becomes very strong. He takes some to analyze them. A female colonel comes to the base to discuss the pipchicks. She picks up Roger right after she eats a pipchick. She tells Tony he must make more. Jeannie asks her mother for the recipe. He comes back with a crazy recipe to help solve the Space Capsule food problem. He finishes another batch and Dr. and the Colonel have some. They both begin to act strange. Dr. Bellows has his finest moments on the series as he thinks he is a captain of a whaler sailing to Alaska. You have to see it to see how funny it really is. Tony gets them all together as Roger has some too and he becomes all about regulations. General Peterson acts like a soldier in the old west. Tony secures the pipchicks, but not before eating one and thinking he is a fireman. Classic episode and one of the best of the series.