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Barbara Eden had a big secret while filming the first season of "I Dream of Jeannie."

Sixty years later, the actress is uncorking the truth of why the 1960s sitcom was first shot in black and white before switching to color.

"I was going to have a baby," Eden recently told People magazine . "And so they started fast. I think they thought I was going to die or something. They didn't want to invest the money in color."

‘I DREAM OF JEANNIE’ STAR BARBARA EDEN NEVER SAW HERSELF AS A SEX SYMBOL DESPITE ICONIC COSTUME

It had long been assumed that showrunners worried about how the show’s special effects would look in color, prompting them to play it safe, People reported. However, they were actually more concerned about hiding

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