PROMO TRANSCRIPTION
THE KING OF THIEVES AND SALMONEUS SWIPE A MAGIC LAMP.
(The Genie appears.)
Salmoneus: Mama.
(The Genie snaps her fingers, and Autolycus and Salmoneus disappear in a cloud of smoke.)
BUT THEIR DREAMS OF GENIE BECOMES A NIGHTMARE.
(Soldiers charge Autolycus and Salmoneus.)
Sultan: Bring me their heads!
(Salmoneus cries.)
AN ALL NEW HERCULES.
ON AN ALL NEW HERCULES--
SALMONEUS AND THE KING OF THIEVES SWIPE A SULTAN'S MAGIC LANTERN.
(The Genie appears.)
Genie: Your wish is my command.
BUT WHEN YOU DREAM OF GENIES--
Salmoneus: Mama.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR--
(The Genie snaps her fingers, Autolycus and Salmoneus disappear in a cloud of
smoke.)
Genie: Your souls are mine!
Autolycus: Oh, I knew it! There's always a catch!
YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT.
(Soldiers charge Autolycus and Salmoneus.)
(Autolycus breaks a wooden plank over a soldier's head.)
Genie: Ooh, this is exciting!
AN ALL NEW--
Sultan: Bring me their heads!
(Salmoneus cries.)
HERCULES.
TV GUIDE PROMO
During an ancient version of "Supermarket Sweep," Salmoneus and Autolycus
converge on a sultan's magic lamp---and the genie inside it lets them share three wishes.
Autolycus and Salmoneus learn the drawbacks of stealing a magic lamp from a sultan.
AIRING AND RATING
INFORMATION
1st RELEASE: 10-19-98
An AA average of --
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
(1)
(2)
(3)
2nd RELEASE:
An AA average of --
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
(1)
(2)
(3)
SYNOPSIS:
Synopsis by Liz Sheppard
coming soon
COMMENTARY:
This commentary is by Kent Simmons.
This episode may not have been a dark and emotional one but it was enjoyable
and something worth watching. It did get a little too silly in the end but it was
fun to watch and its great to see Salmoneus again. He appears so little now that
it was great to see a sidekicks episode. I actually like most sidekick episodes,
the ones with just Iolaus, and the ones with Auto and Sal. I didn't mind them
using Falafal as a major character, or semi-major, since he hasn't appeared since
season three's "The End of the Beginning."
This episode had some funny lines and momments. The genie was a decent villan,
although I thought the ending with everyone trapped inside the lamp was a little
dull. The shepard was a weird lad. He did provide some laughs with his "bah" to
Sal and Auto. The fighting scenes were good. Autolycus is becoming better each
time and Sal's starting to get more involved as well. I hope they use Salmoneus
more this season. He's a good character and can be used in darker episodes too.
Just watch "Outcast", "Gauntlet", "Under a Broken Sky", "Centaur Mentor
Journey," and "As Darkness Falls." You can also watch XWP's "The Greater
Good" to see my point proven right.
HIGHLIGHTS
Auto and Sals interaction. Bruce and Rob work well together.
The double Sal's.
Auto calling himself the "Sultan of Swat."
The shepars "bah'ing" at Auto and Sal.
Auto and Sal meeting in the sultans treasure room.
Cry baby Sal moving back and forth on the bench while drinking the coffee.
THINGS
The music used during the fight between Auto and the Sultan was also used last
season on XWP during "Vanishing Act." That episode also had an arabian flare to
it.
Recall that painting of Worholecles? It was used in "If I Had a Hammer." Looks
like Sal finally got a stable job as the manager of those artists. They also used the
Eye of Herc painting.
I don't regognize the set but I recall it from a past episode. It was either used
in "Porkules" or "If I Had a Hammer."
I really cannot say more since theres not much to review. I did enjoy this one
and may go rewatch it now. It wasn't as good as "Faith" or "Resurrection" but
it was good in it's own way and didn't dissapoint me one bit. I just hope we see
sal again this season and tagging alongside Hercules.
TALES OF THE HERCAVERSE
12-31-98a. From Kent Simmons. It was talked about on AmAzOnS Bruce Campbell Forum that Auto may have
killed the Sultan by letting him fall in the hole. The problem from the few fans
were that Auto wasn't a killer and his motives have normally been to be more of
a lover and not a fighter, unless he needed to fight to defend himself or if he needed
to make an escape and has to fight things in his way. They think the writer should have
made it better known what took place and if the Sultan died or not. I kindof agree
although it really doesn't matter.
12-31-98a. From Kent Simmons. Herk was missing because Kevin Sorbo got the filming off. They do show a clip of Herc, from some other episode, during the 30 second teaser.
10-11-98. Originally set to air 11/16/98, and then moved to early 1999, then moved back to 11/16, GENIE has now been bumped up to 10/19/98. Why? The scuttlebutt is that TPTB decided to move RENDER UNTO CAESAR up a week so it would run with XENA's A GOOD DAY, another Caesar episode. Thus, beginning the cut-throat November sweepstakes (which X & H definitely need some ratings uppage), XENA and HERK throw at us one of the best villains in XENA, Caesar, Julius Caesar. And because RENDER kicks off another multipart trip for Hercules, they took the next episode which had nothing to do with anything (GENIES), and slapped it in the 10/16th slot. One of the things that I most admired about this HERK season was the way they were starting the season on an intense and compelling multistory arc, beginning with Iolaus' death, Herk's crisis of faith, Herk's travels, Herk's meeting of Morrigan, his reunion with Iolaus, his relationship with Morrigan changing (the story they should have done with Xena, but then, had they, there would have not been any XWP), Herk's renewal of faith, and then the comedies. But by wanting the Caesar episodes to be together, HERK is walking on shakey ground like XWP did in its third season, which punctuated an extrememly intense and complex dramatic storyline with totally inane comedies. However, it looks like Herk and Iolaus will be for the most part absent from GENIES so perhaps HERK will not fall into this dangerous trap of alienating their core audience by having the focus of critical change going through a silly and pointless farce and romp.
08-21-98. Salmoneus has been written into two HERCULES episodes, and one XENA. Robert Trebor will return to play the part. In the XENA episode, Salmoneus and Joxer finally meet. In HERCULES' GENIES, GRECIANS' AND GREEKS, Trebor plays THREE different Salmoni as the result of a wayward wish to a genie. Autolycus joins him in his hi-jinks. Is this plethora of look-a-likes a way to save money on actors???? Robert Trebor will also reprise his role as a studio suit in FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING US, and will direct a HERCULES episode as well. That makes his contribution a total of 5 episodes. Way to go, Bob.
07-29-98. Robert Trebor just got back from New Zealand where he filmed the HERK episode, GENIES AND GRECIANS AND GEEKS, OH MY! The episode is directed by Bruce Campbell and it involves three nude dancing Salmoneuses...just kidding, I hope. It does feature a genie and three Salmoneuses, but I have no idea how clothed they are. Robert Trebor had a chance to visit a bit at the Southern California XenaFest IV on July 25, 1998 where he mingled with fans and offered an item for the auction. Next thing I knew, he was off to Europe to appear at a convention. GENIES is scheduled to air 11/16/98.
TRANSCRIPT
COMING SOON
DISCLAIMER:
No cool blue bongs that resemble Aladdin's lamp were harmed during
the production of this motion picture.
WHOOSH! ARTICLES:
Coming soon
LINKS:
Photo Gallery
Preview Wav
Official Bruce Campbell Website
