Post #625299 by JOHN-O on Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:35 PM

I know we like to tout "Gilligan's Island" as the 1960's Tiki-style sitcom.

I always considered "I Dream of Jeannie" to be its Exotica-style counterpart i.e. the iconic Martin Denny cover.

OK, I know that Barbara Eden was way too kooky, too blonde, and too fresh-scrubbed to be a true Exotica girl but consider this...

A 1960's sitcom featuring a provocatively (and exotically) dressed woman... living with a man who is not her husband... who she refers to as "Master"... and fulfills his every wish ??

Wasn't that the ultimate mid-century White Male fantasy ?? :)