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Jul 6, 2023 · GILLIGAN’S ISLAND, Jim Backus, 1964-1967. Everett Collection. Watching the Howells so clearly out of their element was a big highlight, but Jim Backus was no rich snob. He offered younger actors advice whenever he could, and was the cheapest cast member among them— not always in a fun way.
- Jerry Van Dyke
Jerry Van Dyke, famed actor and comedian, passed away...
- 20 Facts About “Gilligan's Island” That Are Sure To Surprise You
The 98 th —and final—episode of Gilligan’s Island was...
- Jerry Van Dyke
[2] Gilligan's Island ran for 98 episodes. All 36 episodes of the first season were filmed in black and white and were later colorized for syndication. The show's second and third seasons (62 episodes) and the three television film sequels (broadcast between 1978 and 1982) were filmed in color.
- It Was Intended to Be A “Metaphorical Shaming of World Politics.”
- Gilligan’s First Name Is Willy.
- Schwartz Wanted Jerry Van Dyke to Play Gilligan.
- Alan Hale Got to His Audition Via Horseback.
- The Assassination of JFK Delayed Production on The Series.
- The Millionaire’s Wife Really Was A Millionaire.
- Dawn Wells Still Gets Paid For Gilligan’s Island.
- Raquel Welch Auditioned For Mary Ann.
- The Show’S Stars Found Fans in The Strangest places.
- The Skipper Broke His Arm Falling Out of A Coconut Tree.
One day in a public speaking class at New York University, the professor had students compose an impromptu one-minute speech on this topic: If you were stranded on a desert island, what one item would you like to have? Sherwood Schwartz was a student in that class, and the question so intrigued him that it remained lodged in the back of his mind fo...
After getting a green light from CBS for the pilot, Schwartz went about assembling his cast. He chose the name of the bumbling first mate—Gilligan—from the Los Angeles telephone directory. Gilligan’s first name was never mentioned during the series, but according to Schwartz’s original notes, it was intended to be “Willy.” Yet Bob Denver always ins...
Jerry Van Dyke was Schwartz’s first choice to play the lead, but Van Dyke said that the pilot script was “the worst thing I’d ever read.” On the advice of his agent, Van Dyke accepted the lead in the short-lived (and critically panned) My Mother The Car instead. “I had a lot of problems with the agency, because they were trying to push me into taki...
The Skipper was the toughest, and last, character to be cast. Schwartz auditioned dozens of actors (including Carroll O’Connor), but no one was quite right; he wanted someone strong and commanding, sometimes blustery and short-tempered, but able to show a genuine affection for Gilligan even when smacking him over the head with his hat. Alan Hale wa...
The pilot for the series was filmed over several days in November of 1963 on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The last day of shooting was scheduled for November 23, 1963 in Honolulu Harbor for the scenes showing the S.S. Minnow embarking on its fateful three-hour tour. Late in the morning on November 22, a crew member ran to the set and announced th...
Natalie Schafer, who played Mrs. Lovey Howell—and allegedly only accepted the invitation to play Mrs. Howell because it meant a free trip to Hawaii to film the pilot—was a real-life millionaire. During her marriage to actor Louis Calhern, the couple had invested heavily in Beverly Hills real estate at a time when a house on Rodeo Drive could be pur...
All of the actors signed contracts that guaranteed them a certain amount of money per original episode plus a residual payment for the first five repeats of each episode. This was a pretty standard contract in 1965, when as a rule most TV shows were only rerun during the summer months as a placeholder between seasons. Even though the word “syndicat...
The programming executives at CBS were underwhelmed by the pilot, but it managed to impress three different test audiences enough that they put the series on the fall schedule. But before filming for the first episode began, they had a few caveats—the first of which was replacing three cast members who had tested the “lowest” with audiences: John G...
Years after the show stopped filming (it’s never really been “off the air”), the cast members found fans in the most unusual places. For example, in 2001 Russell Johnson was asked to speak at a biochemical conference in San Francisco. “There were four or five hundred PhDs there, and every one of them was a Gilligan’s Island fan,” he recalled. Bob D...
Alan Hale was an old-school “the show must go on” kind of actor. InInside Gilligan’s Island, Schwartz recalledchatting with Hale at the season one wrap party when the actor, as jolly and convivial as always, happened to comment that now that shooting was completed, he could take care of his arm. When Schwartz asked what was wrong with his arm, Hale...
Mar 3, 2021 · I recall Splashdown, S3E22 with US astronauts in orbit, then safely landing somewhere (I don't recall where), but this comment in Space Exploration SE links to the video Gilligan's Island - The Russians Have Landed that shows a space-suited Soviet-era astronaut being interrogated by Ginger, acting the role of a honeytrap.
Aug 16, 2023 · The Untold Truth Of Gilligan's Island. One part slapstick, one part survival show, one part buddy comedy, and all parts goofy '60s classic, Gilligan's Island is one of the most popular and well ...
Aug 26, 2014 · By the end of its third season, Gilligan's Island had dropped from the top 30 shows, but was still beating its airtime competitor, The Monkees, in the ratings, so when the show wrapped for the ...
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October 2, 1982 03 1.03 The Castaways build a boat to cheer-up the Skipper. Journey to the Center of Gilligan's Planet: October 9, 1982 04 1.04 The Professor suggests the Castaways explore the interior of the island. Amazing Colossal Gilligan: October 16, 1982 05 1.05 Gilligan falls into a strange crater and grows into a giant. Bumper To Bumper
