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From bourbon bottles doubling as props to belly button bans that made national headlines, I Dream of Jeannie wasn’t just magical on-screen—it was absolute chaos behind the scenes. Barbara Eden blinked her way into TV history, Larry Hagman stirred up trouble both in and out of costume, and NBC censors lost sleep over… navels? We’re counting down 15 facts so weird, even Dr. Bellows would be suspicious.

Chapters:

00:00 – Intro
01:08 – #15: Jeannie’s Bottle
03:08 – #14: Barbara Eden Filmed Season One While Pregnant
04:38 – #13: Jeannie and Major Nelson Reunited
06:48 – #12: The Famous Theme Song Didn’t Arrive Until Season Two
09:12 – #11: Say What Now?
10:53 – #10: The Infamous “No Navel” Rule
12:50 – #9: The Wedding That “Ruined” the Show
14:48 – #8: Hagman’s Drinking Nearly Got Him Replaced
16:55 – #7: The Rewritten Origin Story
19:25 – #6: Hagman Said, “Nope!”
21:36 – #5: Barbara Eden Got the Job Thanks to Another Genie Movie
23:28 – #4: Animated Jeannie
26:58 – #3: Ad-Libbing
28:42 – #2: The Shared Neighborhood
30:09 – #1: Jeannie’s Evil Twin