Last night I dreamed that I was running to catching a train but missed it because I was trying to carry too many library books.
Did you know
'I Dream of Jeannie's' Barbara Eden had navel warfare over her costume?
If you ever need reminding that 1965 was a very different time than 2015, think of this: Back then, Barbara Eden's navel was a real hot button issue on "I Dream of Jeannie"!
As a genie who emerges from a bottle to serve the astronaut who frees her, Eden had to wear a skimpy costume that still satisfied the mores of the period. That meant an exposed midsection, but billowing pants to cover her legs. And, apparently, no exposure of her belly button.
Fifty years later, Eden just chuckles about the discussions had over her waistline. As she told TODAY's Willie Geist on Thursday, when producer George Schlatter wanted to "premiere my navel ... executives at NBC [the show's network] got very frightened. George said he had never seen so many suits sitting around a table in his life discussing someone's anatomy."

No comments:
Post a Comment