jon cryer: i dream of jeannie was about an astronaut who ended up on a deserted island where he found a bottle and he rubbed it and of course there's a genie and boom! tony: i must have gone further into orbit than i thought. laura morowitz: i think the only way to understand i dream of jeannie is to see it as a backlash against what's happening in the real world. jeannie: yes master, one egg and two slices of bacon. tony: that's right. margaret cho: you couldn't do it today. like, the cultural appropriation, the misogyny... tony: hey, this is wild, oh no no - ladies please, stop! herbie: but the 70s... news: welcome to the giant history that is the 1970s... herbie: ...brought a different sophistication to television.