Jeannie

Jeannie was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Screen Gems from September 8, 1973 to August 30, 1975. It is loosely based upon the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, which aired on rival network NBC. The animated series features the eponymous 2,000-year-old genie character with master Corey Anders, a high school student, and his best friend Henry Glopp. Many of misadventures often involved run-ins with their rival, S. Melvin Farthinghill, a snooty rich kid and the series' antagonist whom Henry often addressed as "Smellvin" or "Smelly". S. Melvin was often a competitor with Corey when it came to girls, undermining his efforts at every turn. Comedian and former Three Stooges star Joe Besser voiced Babu, a cowardly, bumbling, immature genie-in-training under Jeannie's charge. His typical magic words are "Yapple Dapple!" which usually gets everyone around him into a pickle, even himself. Babu normally annoyed almost everyone he met because he gets so nervous, he could never control his powers. Unlike the blonde character from I Dream of Jeannie, the animated Jeannie was a ponytail redhead. She could use her magical powers by crossing her arms and whipping her ponytail insteas of blinking her eyes.

The cartoon show features the voices of Julie McWhirter as Jeannie. Mark Hamill as Corey Anders. Joe Basser as Babu. Bob Hastings as Henry Glopp. Tommy Cook as S. Melvin Farthinghill. John Stephenson as Hadji the Master of all Genies. And Janet Waldo as Mrs. Anders.