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Was this sort of the '80s equivalent to I Dream of Jeannie?


I Dream of Jeannie was also a very campy, almost live-action cartoon about a naive, female child (well, Jeannie was a grown woman unlike Vicki, but she none the less, acted like a child), who had special abilities. Also, Jeannie like Vicki had her own "uniform" that she always wore in just about every episode. And Major Nelson, like the Lawsons in regards to Vicki on Small Wonder, always tried his hardest to keep Jeannie's special abilities a "secret".

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I never thought of it like that but it certainly does have elements.

She does do crazy things like lift people over her head.

What I never got is why she always wore the same thing when they're trying to pass her off as a human.

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Kind of.

It was in a similar vein. Sitcoms with really silly storylines were kind of common for a while. Bewitched, My Favorite Martian, Hogan's Heroes. You don't see that much anymore.

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It was just a really, really stupid show.

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