Sketch o’the Week: I Dream of Jeannie!

It’s another entry into the “Sketch o’the Week” series no one asked for called “TV shows Tom watched after school as a kid”. This week we draw the 60’s TV sitcom star everyone was in love with… and Larry Hagman. “I Dream of Jeannie” was one of those shows I always stopped to watch when flipping through the channels (all three of them) after school in the 1970’s. Sure, I was a little in love with Barbara Eden… who wasn’t? She was gorgeous, funny, charming, and the perfect zany comic foil to the straight laced Hagman. The show ran for five seasons, and was one of the last network shows that started out in black and white and was switched to color.

You may notice this is a little different from my usual head and shoulders or mainly upper body weekly sketches. That’s because in the spirit of these nostalgic drawings from TV shows I watched as a kid, I am going to do sketches that are reminiscent of old TV Guide cover compositions. That means full bodies and some kind of relevant poses or action. Something different!