I Dream of Jeannie

We really should wait for Tony, sir.

He should be here any minute.

Major Nelson has exactly three minutes.

If he isn't here, we'll start the procedures without him.

Yes, sir.

Couldn't we delay it a little while, doctor?

Two minutes, Major Healey. But, doctor...

Jeannie!

Jeannie!

Good morning, master.

Uh, Jeannie, you let me oversleep.

I-I told you we were gonna have a dry run of a spaces hot today.

Well, I woke on time, but I...

I dreamed that we were married,

and I could not resist going back for the honeymoon.

Get me to the base, would you, please?

Now? Yes, now.

Oh, very well.

It's not like Tony to be late, sir.

Major, we're gonna start.

Oh, uh, Dr. Bellows.

Uh, would you like some breakfast, sir?

Five, four, three, two... You're home, Sam.

This is Cap-Com Control signing off.

Yeah. Perfect.

Hi, Tony. Hello, major.

Take him down. Oh, hello, doctor.

How'd it go at your end?

An unqualified success, Major Nelson.

Your protégé is green for go for the real thing tomorrow.

I'm certain Sam appreciates your contribution.

Well, I didn't join the, uh, astronaut program

to become a radio announcer, sir.

I was hoping NASA would put me in the driver's seat.

Well, I'm with Tony.

We're the senior astronauts on this project.

And who gets to make the first shot? Sam.

I mean, it isn't fair.

Now, don't be bitter, gentlemen.

If you really wanted first crack at this mission, why, you...

You should have been more selective

in choosing parents.

It's all a matter of heredity.

Well done, Sam.

All right, uh, Sam, press the green one.

- Hey. - Good boy.

Good boy, Sam.

There's something wrong with this.

I'm gonna have to check it.

I'm gonna have to get a technician

to take a look at this panel.

Hurry up, will ya, Tony?

Everybody else has gone for lunch.

Master!

Oh!

Jeannie!

Oh, thank heavens.

Oh, for a minute, I thought that...

What are you doing here?

I told you never come to NASA. Never.

But it is important, master.

You said I could come if it was an emergency.

Well, what happened? What's the matter?

I got lonely.

You got lonely?!

You got lonely?!

Why do we not go to a movie this afternoon?

Because Roger and I have a lot of work to do.

Now, get out, and I mean it. Now.

Hey! Look what Sam's doing.

Yeah? Oh, uh, S-Sam.

Sam, please, now, don't touch any of the buttons

until I give you the orders, huh?

Red for red, and green for green, okay?

Don't worry. He'll be all right when the time comes.

Yeah, but what good is it? He can't make any decisions.

We might as well have a robot up there.

I will buy lunch.

I know a wonderful little restaurant

along the banks of the Nile.

Really? Well, I'm starved. I...

Roger, we've got work to do.

Lots of work to do.

Oh, uh, Major Nelson, I was...

Doctor. Uh... Insha'Allah, effendi.

Um... who was that?

The water boy.

Yes.

Come along, Sam.

We have a lot of work to do.

Whew.

Was that not brilliant, master?

He did not suspect a thing.

No.

He probably just thought you were one of the regular,

run-of-the-mill NASA Arabs.

Goodbye, Jeannie.

No lunch?

No lunch.

Dr. Bellows is expecting too much out of this.

What do you mean?

Even if Sam does his job properly,

we're gonna get limited information.

What Orbiter 5 needs up there is a man.

Well... let's stop dreaming and get back to work.

We don't have a man, we've got a monkey.

Master.

Jeannie, please.

Where shall I go?

Where does any woman go?

Spend the day at the beauty parlor.

Very well, master.

Jeannie.

Mm. Yes, master?

Please.

Goodbye, master.

You've done very well this morning, Sam.

Here's a reward for you.

Now, Sam... the next test we're gonna...

Sam?

Sam?!

Look, I-I... That wiring's loose.

I think we'd better get an electrician in here.

Uh...

I don't think we ought to fool around with it.

Hold on. I got an idea.

Give me... Give me the screwdriver, will ya?

Mm-hm.

Hi.

Oh, hi. That was fast.

Um, there's something wrong with the signal switch.

Would you look at it, please?

Sure.

Come out, come out, wherever you are.

Here's a nice banana for you.

Now, you've got to be in this room somewhere.

Yeah, you're new around here, aren't you?

Mm. Hm?

Where...? Where are you from?

The Cameroons.

Equatorial West Africa.

That's where I was born and raised as a kid.

No kidding.

Yeah.

And then my... My whole family got captured.

Captured?

Wire ends.

Sam is irreplaceable.

You are not.

I want you to find that chimp.

Oh, I will, general. I will.

And I think I know just where to look.

I said to myself, if I were a chimpanzee,

where would I go?

And what did you decide?

I'd go to where Major Nelson is.

Major Nelson? Yes, sir.

My theory is that Sam has gone in search.

That's right, general.

After all, Major Nelson has worked very closely with Sam.

Sam's animal instincts told him...

that he was being placed in jeopardy.

And he felt an overwhelming need

for the warmth and comfort of the maternal bosom.

How does that sound to you, sir?

It sounds to me as though you've been seeing

too many jungle pictures.

Find Sam.

Um...

I-I-is that gonna take you long, uh...

Sam.

Sam.

You wouldn't like another electrician

to help you, would you?

I'm no electrician. I'm a scientist.

A scientist, huh?

Yeah. It's a beautiful success story.

I'm the first scientist in our family.

One of my brothers made it big in show business.

Maybe you saw him on The Jerry Lewis Show.

Mm, no, I...

I don't think I caught it. Uh...

Y-you're gonna...

You're gonna be able to, uh,

put that back together, aren't you?

Uh, will you excuse me, please?

Hello, Major Nelson here.

Oh, hello, Dr. Bellows.

Huh?

Just a minute.

Y-you, uh... You say Sam's escaped?

You think he's on his way over here.

Well, w-why?

Huh... A mother what?

Oh. Oh, yeah.

Yes, sir. Of course we'll keep our eyes open for him.

Right, sir. Yeah.

Hey, uh, Dr. Bellows is on his way over here.

He thinks Sam is coming.

Don't let him get me.