The Blind Date
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Animation studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Distributor
- Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television
Synopsis
This cartoon is based on the live-action TV show I Dream Of Jeannie, introducing a teenager from Center City High School named Corry Anders. He discovers a magic lamp containing a girl genie and her bumbling apprentice, Babu. Corry becomes their master after releasing them from the bottle and using their magical powers to help Corry out of many trials and troubles the days may bring.
Characters
Corry Anders, Jeannie, Babu, Henry Gloop, Mrs. Anders
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols)
Producing
- Producer
- Iwao Takamoto
- Executive Producers
- Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Associate Producer
- Art Scott, Art Scott
- Produced by
- Iwao Takamoto
Writing
Voices
- Voice
- Julia McWhirter Dees (Jeannie), Joe Besser (Babu), Mark Hamill (Corry Anders), Bob Hastings (Henry Gloop), Janet Waldo (Mrs. Anders), Tommy Cook (S. Melvin "Smellvin" Farthingale), John Stephenson (The Great Hadji), Gay Autterson, Michael Bell, Julie Bennett, Indira Danks, Gay Hartwig, Tina Holland, Sherry Jackson, Don Messick, Vic Perrin, Susan Silo, Hal Smith, Judy Strangis, Ginny Tyler, Vincent Van Patten, Gay Autterson, Julie Bennett, Joe Besser, Tommy Cook, Indira Danks, Mark Hamill, Bob Hastings, Janet Waldo, Tina Holland, Sherry Jackson, Julie McWhirter, Don Messick, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Judy Strangis, Ginny Tyler, Vincent Van Patten
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin
Animation
- Animator
- Bill Keil, Ed Barge, Lars Calonius, George Kreisl, Margaret Nichols, Don Patterson, Oliver Callahan, Harry Holt, Rae McSpadden, Ed Parks, Dick Thompson, Xenia
- Layout
- Terry Slade, Roman Arambula, Homer Jonas, Sukhdev Dail, Don Morgan
- Animation
- Bill Keil, Ed Barge, Lars Calonius, George Kreisl, Margaret Nichols, Don Patterson, Oliver Callahan, Harry Holt, Rae McSpadden, Ed Parks, Dick Thompson, Xenia
- Xerography
- Robert "Tiger" West
Art Department
- Production Design
- Bob Singer
- Character Design
- Takashi Masunaga
- Backgrounds
- Lorraine Andrina, Sheila Brown, Al Budnick
- Background Styling
- F. Montealegre, Fernando Arce
- Ink and Paint Supervisor
- Billie Kerns
Camera
- Camera
- George Epperson, Ron Jackson, Curtis Hall, Dennis Weaver
Editing
- Editor
- Larry Cowan (Supervising Film Editor)
- Supervising Film Editor
- Larry Cowan
Sound
- Sound Direction
- Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Effects Editors
- Earl Bennett, Joe Sandusky
Music Department
- Music Editor
- Pat Foley
- Musical Supervisor
- Paul DeKorte, Paul DeKorte
- Musical Director
- Hoyt Curtin
Production Management
- Production Supervisor
- Victor O. Schipek
- Post Production Supervisor
- Joed Eaton
Crew
- Directed by
- Charles A. Nichols
- Story Direction
- Don Christensen, George Gordon, Mike Kawaguchi, George Singer, Steve Clark, Jan Green, Earl Klein, Paul Sommer, John E. Walker
- Titles
- Iraj Paran
- Technical Supervisor
- Frank Paiker
- Negative Consultant
- William E. DeBoer
Companies and other credits
- Story: Arlene and Leonard Stadd
- Story: Irma and Austin Kalish
- Story: Phyllis and Robert White
- A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
- © 1973 Columbia Pictures Industries
- Inc
- and HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS
- INC
Production notes
This is the only Hanna-Barbera cartoon series to be owned outright by Columbia Pictures, whose sister company, Screen Gems, once had a partnership with Hanna-Barbera and did the animated opening sequence for I Dream of Jeannie.
The primetime sitcom I Dream of Jeannie ran for 5 years on NBC, featuring Larry Hagman as Tony Nelson, an astronaut who stumbled upon a bottle on the shores of the Atlantic. Inside was a shapely genie, played by Barbara Eden, who returned home to serve Tony as her "master." The show was a major hit, and its reruns have shown great staying power over the years.
The animated version hit the airwaves in 1973, three years after the primetime version's exit. In this new incarnation, Jeannie was freed from her bottle by a new "master," surfer Corry Anders (voiced by then-unknown Mark Hamill, the future Luke Skywalker). As payment for being freed, Jeannie had to grant Corry's every wish.
For some reason, Jeannie had a genie sidekick, an inept, corpulent fellow named Babu. Babu was a hybrid of several cartoon character types: the adult with the mind of a child, and the lovable guy who means well, but fouls everything up. His inability to control his magic led to a lot of work for Jeannie, who didn't seem to mind. She would just sigh, exclaim "Oh Babu!," and right every wrong he had caused.
In the sitcom, Jeannie's magic came from folding her arms and blinking; in the cartoon, she whipped her ponytail around. Babu's "magic" came from gesturing with his hands, and saying "Yapple Dapple." Corry's high school buddy Henry knew about Jeannie and Babu, but told nary a soul. Corry's mother, Mrs. Anders, didn't have a clue about much of anything.
The show ran two seasons, the second consisting entirely of repeats. Jeannie and Babu later returned to Saturday morning as contestants on Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics.
The primetime sitcom I Dream of Jeannie ran for 5 years on NBC, featuring Larry Hagman as Tony Nelson, an astronaut who stumbled upon a bottle on the shores of the Atlantic. Inside was a shapely genie, played by Barbara Eden, who returned home to serve Tony as her "master." The show was a major hit, and its reruns have shown great staying power over the years.
The animated version hit the airwaves in 1973, three years after the primetime version's exit. In this new incarnation, Jeannie was freed from her bottle by a new "master," surfer Corry Anders (voiced by then-unknown Mark Hamill, the future Luke Skywalker). As payment for being freed, Jeannie had to grant Corry's every wish.
For some reason, Jeannie had a genie sidekick, an inept, corpulent fellow named Babu. Babu was a hybrid of several cartoon character types: the adult with the mind of a child, and the lovable guy who means well, but fouls everything up. His inability to control his magic led to a lot of work for Jeannie, who didn't seem to mind. She would just sigh, exclaim "Oh Babu!," and right every wrong he had caused.
In the sitcom, Jeannie's magic came from folding her arms and blinking; in the cartoon, she whipped her ponytail around. Babu's "magic" came from gesturing with his hands, and saying "Yapple Dapple." Corry's high school buddy Henry knew about Jeannie and Babu, but told nary a soul. Corry's mother, Mrs. Anders, didn't have a clue about much of anything.
The show ran two seasons, the second consisting entirely of repeats. Jeannie and Babu later returned to Saturday morning as contestants on Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics.