But then some writer (from the Hollywood Reporter, Eden would recall) came to the set, asking her to show him her belly button. She jokingly said she’d have to charge him for a peek—and kept raising the price as he kept asking. He published a piece about her unseen navel, other outlets picked up on the story, and it became a whole thing. NBC’s own comedy show Laugh-In planned to do a sketch where they’d dramatically unveil her belly button to the world. So the network finally decided to make a formal rule about it.
From that point on, yes, the belly button stayed covered. Even when the show went to Hawaii for an episode (a full third of which, incidentally, was taken up by a long musical performance by Don Ho). Plenty of other characters walked around in bikinis, or even jeans and a knotted shirt that showed off the belly button, but Jeannie wore a one-piece.
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