Ever wonder why the genie’s master got all the wishes while her bumbling major struck out in love not once, not twice, but three whole times?
Bill Daily, the eternally exasperated Major Roger Healey on “I Dream of Jeannie,” apparently treated marriage like a sitcom pilot — if it flops, just recast and reshoot. The funnyman walked down the aisle a staggering three times, proving that even a guy who can handle a 2,000-year-old genie in a bottle couldn’t quite wrangle lasting matrimony. His first go-round with Patricia “Pat” Gates lasted a respectable 14 years before the curtain fell in 1976. Marriage number two to live-in love Lois M. Daily? A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it two-year run that ended in ’80. But hold onto your harem pants — wife number three, actress and writer Christine Daily, actually stuck the landing. They stayed hitched from 1980 right up until his 2018 passing at 91. That’s 38 years, honey. The third time really was the charm.
Fans are losing it in the comments. “Major Healey finally found his happy ending!” gushed one stan on X. Another snarked, “Three wives? Roger, you couldn’t even handle Jeannie’s cooking!” Barbara Eden herself once called him “the brother I never had,” but stayed notably mum on his marital merry-go-round. Classy, Babs. Real classy.
What do you think? A) Third time’s the charm, baby! B) Some people just love the wedding cake more than the marriage