Post #1313 by woofmutt on Tue, May 7, 2002 1:05 PM

I just saw the last half of the "I Dream of Jeannie" (IDOJ) episode "Jeannie Goes to Honolulu" on the Hallmark Channel. Very cool. Surprisingly the beach scenes were actually shot in Hawaii (lots of swell Aloha wear). A tiki lamp base was spotted in a hotel room scene. What made the episode super terrific was a scene in a Tiki-esque lounge (Duke Kahanamoku's restaurant? A sign was shown, but quickly.). Dunno if it was a location or a set. The walls were covered in black bamboo, the furniture was bent cane, two tiki supported scorpion bowls were on Tony and Roger's table, and the music was provided by Don Ho (apparently Don appeared earlier in the episode). He and his band did one number which sounded like it had been cut from an Elvis Hawaii flick, then they did a ballad during which the scene disolved from the lounge into a weird video montage of Don and some kid (being pushed around like a prop) wandering around Hawaii. The ballad was great as it was really bad with Don bottoming out his range sounding like a barely audible drunk Elvis.

According to an online IDOJ episoded guide the next episode is "The Battle of Waikiki" where Jeannie zaps King Kamehameha into modern times. The king "...Attacks a lua Dr. Bellows is giving and urges the people of Hawaii to win back their independence." Sound like another must see. The Hallmark Channel seems to run IDOJ a lot so there's a chance of catching the Hawaii epsiodes. Just the sort of thing that should be on the TV if you have one in your Tiki bar.