Jambi (Pee-wee's Playhouse)
Jambi is a character from
Pee-wee's Playhouse. He appears solely as a disembodied head in a gilded box, and perks up whenever Pee-wee or anyone else says a sentence with the word "wish" in it, and says "Wish? Did somebody say wish?" Then after the supplicant makes his or her request, Jambi, with a humorously somber tone, asks the supplicant to repeat after him, in a
magic spell (the ancient language of
Jambese) usually consisting of three phrases:
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Mekka-lekka hi mekka hiney ho!*
Mekka-lekka hi mekka chonny ho!*
Mola-mekka chana mekka hoola molla hey!The supplicant often misspeaks the third phrase, but Jambi doesn't mind, as with a vigorous headshake reminiscent of characters from
Bewitched or
I Dream of Jeannie he makes the wish come true complete with special-effect rings. He usually says after granting the wish: "The wish is granted. Long live Jambi."