“Gilligan Island” found itself in hot water when CBS' censors caught wind of Ginger (Tina Louise) and Mary Ann's (Dawn Wells) exposed navels.
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Gilligan’s Island Was Forced To Censor Mary Ann & Ginger
Few pieces of human anatomy caused quite as much pearl-clutching among conservative media moralists in the 20th century as the uncovered belly button. It would, of course, be more accurate to say that the exposed female waistline was responsible for most of this hand-wringing, and "Gilligan's Island" creator Sherwood Schwartz learned this the hard way. The showrunner revealed that two of the S.S. Minnow's shipwrecked passengers created headaches for him on a daily basis.
