When the cable sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie” ran from 1965 to 1970, I watched every single show.
I confess I had a boyhood crush on the attractive Barbara Eden dressed in her navel exposing genie uniform! More important than my infatuation was my fantasy about having a trio of wishes granted by an entity that emerges from rubbing a decorative bottle… Back then I might have wished for some “quality time” with Ms.
Eden, a current bicycle, or that my math teacher would quickly disappear before an upcoming test. I still watch reruns of 1960s sitcoms, but my wish list has evolved. At first, I thought deeply about what extraordinarily rich people wish for. If you have money and power, then any material item is available, selfish rich people can only wish for more money and power while those more benevolent can wish for world peace or a cure for a disease. Everyone will wish for nice health but after that, poorer people usually wish for a most needed item love a automobile in great condition or money to buy a current freezer. My wish would be for a current Heating and Air Conditioning system, then with nice health and a current Heating and Air Conditioning system, I would have 1 wish left. My crush on Barbara has long passed and I’m quite happily married to a attractive woman, so “quality time” with a attractive movie star is not on my list, but karaoke evening at Joe’s bar fulfills my wishes to be a star or perhaps uncover a hidden desire to inflict audible pain on people. The only wish I have left is for a free lifetime Heating and Air Conditioning repair and cleaning to keep my 2nd wish running for various years and to maintain my first wish for health with fresh clean air to breathe.