I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series)

The Lady in the Bottle (1965)

Joe Higgins: 2nd Garbage Man

Quotes 

• Gen. Wingard Stone : [Upon the sudden arrival of General Stone and Dr Bellows, Tony has hidden Jeannie's bottle in a garbage can]  Dr Bellows tells me you had a hallucination back on that island.

  Major Nelson : Um, you really didn't need to tell the General that, sir.

  Col. Alfred E. Bellows, MD : I'm only trying to safeguard the welfare of my astronauts, Captain.

  Major Nelson : But I'm fine now sir, really. There's no girl in a bottle.

  [just notices that a garbage truck has just pulled up and 2 garbagemen have emptied the trash can with Jeannie's bottle in it into the compactor] 

  Major Nelson : STOP! Wait! There's a girl in there!

  [runs over whilst Dr Bellows and the General look on] 

  First Garbage Man : [sarcastically]  Oh really? She must have slipped past us.

  Major Nelson : No, really. There's a girl in there! She's in a bottle!

  [Garbage men ignore him. The trash compactor starts up] 

  Major Nelson : STOP! STOP! You'll kill her! I - I'll buy the garbage from you!

  First Garbage Man : [to his colleague]  Charge for garbage?

  Second Garbage Man : Well, this is a good neighbourhood, we got a good grade of garbage.

  Major Nelson : Here, I'll give you $20

  [gives him the money] 

  Major Nelson : Jeannie! Jeannie!

  [rummages through the garbage in the truck] 

  Major Nelson : Jeannie, speak to me!

  [finds bottle] 

  Major Nelson : Ah! Here she is.

  Col. Alfred E. Bellows, MD : [Dr Bellows and General Stone have been watching all this in bemusement]  Come with us, Captain Nelson, we'll buy you all the garbage you want.