Sometime later, a homeless man finds the lamp in a garbage can and polishes it. This inspires him to finally decide on a wish. George realizes the problem with all three wishes is that while his circumstances change, he himself remains a loser, and that he can only improve his life by changing himself. Though initially successful, he is soon paralyzed by indecision when faced with a global UFO crisis. While taking his dog Attila on a walk, George considers power as his third prospective wish and imagines being President of the United States.
He awakes from this fantasy to the news that Roger has won the promotion. However, he slowly realizes that being able to immediately buy anything he wants without having to wait or struggle for it, and having the capacity to give away vast sums is unsatisfying. Peter Hanley, with Roger as his chauffeur and Ann as his financial assistant. The next day, as Roger is in the boss's office discussing a promotion to head bookkeeper - a position George believes he is up for as well - George contemplates having money. He concludes that in any circumstance, he would ultimately lose a woman like Ann.
The original dreamie movie#
However, George discovers she is having an affair with fellow movie star Roger. He first thinks about wishing for love and dreams of being married to Ann as a successful movie star who will not be torn away from her career. Throughout the evening and next day, George considers his choices through various daydreams. While he only offers one wish rather than the traditional three, he gives George time to consider what he should wish for. When George rubs the lamp while cleaning it, a genie emerges. After Ann thanks Roger with a kiss, a despondent George takes the lamp home.
He takes it to work, but is beaten to the punch by his brash co-worker Roger, who gives Ann a skimpy nightgown. Believing it to be worthless, the owner smooth-talks George into buying the lamp for $20. The gift store has just received a heavily soiled oil lamp as part of a random assortment from a distributor. Hanley, a shy office worker, shops for a birthday gift for Ann Lawson, the secretary in the office where he works. Hanley, were about to plunge head-first and unaware into our own personal Twilight Zone. Hanley, but at this moment the accidental possessor of a very special gift, the kind of gift that measures men against their dreams, the kind of gift most of us might ask for first and possibly regret to the last, if we, like Mr. George is a creature of humble habits and tame dreams. Mothers never bother to wait up for the daughters he dates.
Elevator operators close doors in his face. Hanley, a man life treats without deference, honor or success.
The original dreamie series#
This episode is a comedy about a man who finds a genie and struggles to decide what to wish for, pondering the question through a series of hypothetical dream sequences. " I Dream of Genie" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
The original dreamie tv#
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) (season 4) 12th episode of the 4th season of The Twilight Zone " I Dream of Genie"
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