Art meets Life

Dome of Khayyam's Tomb

In an episode of I Dream of Jeannie entitled ‘The Moving Finger’ which first aired on November 13, 1965, Jeannie has a screen test for which she recites the following verses from Edward Fitzgerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám:

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, 
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

And when like her, oh Saki, you shall pass 
Among the Guests star-scatter'd on the Grass, 
And in your joyous Errand reach the Spot 
Where I made one -- turn down an empty Glass!