Saturday, April 05, 2008

I Dream of Jeannie: Too Many Tonys (1965) (TV)

Synopsis [spoilers]: Jeannie, still upset about Tony's refusal to marry her, makes a double of Tony who is entirely devoted and amorous to her. Dr. Bellows has just divulged the results of a survey which points out that married astronauts are more efficient and stable than single ones. Jeannie receives an unexpected visit from Dr. Bellows while Tony is out. He inquires her about her relationship with Tony, and she says she is just a friend who always cooks for him. Dr. Bellows is enthusiastic about a possible wedding between Tony and Jeannie. She takes the opportunity to summon the phony Tony, whom she induces to propose to her in front of Dr. Bellows. Roger hears about the upcoming wedding and is deeply hurt that Tony did not invite him for best man, in fact didn't even tell him about it. Tony tries to revert Jeannie's catastrophic deeds, but all his efforts are in vain. Jeannie tells Tony to disappear until the wedding, because it is bad luck for the brides-to-be to see each other right before the ceremony. When Tony appears at the wedding he behaves exactly like the phony Tony, disturbing the ceremony with his improper displays of affection. Jeannie is freaked out with Tony's atypical behavior, and leaves the church before the wedding is concluded. When she meets Tony later, she tells him that she actually knew that at the wedding it was the real Tony faking to be the phony one; he asks her why then she didn't go on with the wedding and she tells him that she would never marry him against his will. He says they would never marry, and she is so angry that she makes his drink and his newspaper -- both of which she had just produced to him -- disappear.

(Saw it dubbed in Portuguese.)

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