In 2008, I had a nice conversation with Tina Louise while waiting on line to vote. She lived on my block in the Manhattan neighborhood of Turtle Bay. For about 20 minutes we spoke about current events, family and other things. I knew that bringing up "Gilligan's Island" might be touchy, so I just mentioned it in passing. She didn't disparage her time on the show, but was much prouder of her work in the film "God's Little Acre." She was even prouder of her daughter, Caprice Crane, a writer. A few years later, I ran into Ms. Louise again in the supermarket. We shared another nice conversation while walking together down Second Avenue.
Judging from interviewing the other six actors Louise must have been difficult to get along with. I also think it's odd and ungrateful that she distance herself from Gilligan's Island, without which nobody would know her name to this day
@Louis Loseau . She was typecast. What if you were typecast, for whatever you do, and had trouble getting jobs. Doesn't mean you would be "ungrateful". Doesn't mean she was either🤔
@@dennisstephens4199 Robert Plant is "typecast" as the lead singer of Zeppelin. Neil Armstrong was "typecast" as the first man on the moon. No matter what else they do, they could even cure cancer, they would be known for what got them famous. They need to deal with it. It has happened to thousands of people. Tina Louise just got a chip on her shoulder over it. That kid on "That 70s Show" left it so he didnt become typecast.....whatever happened to him? NOTHING. I actually cant even remember his name now. Serves him right. They want fame, they get it, then they get mad that they got it. VERY UNGRATEFUL.
Tina Louise is a very nice lady, I watch Gilligan's Island, I couldn't tell she didn't like playing Ginger. I have done jobs I didn't care for, but learn alot by doing them.
good memories , from a much better time when fun and laughter and family seem to be the key , we ran home from school so we could get our chores done and have a good laugh after dinner , we had no idea as kid we were poor , my father never told us , It was all about the great shows and family time , prayers in air for all those that are still around and remember
And nobody worried about their school getting shot up. But I do remember practicing hiding under my desk in case the Russians nuked us. Ridiculous, but funny.
What do you think is the hottest are Bob Crane for Hogan's Heroes 91 Berg I'm going to give you two choices truth or dare . or John Russell scientist can you give me your opinion
I was a little kid when Hogan's Heroes was on. Didn't dawn on me until recently when watching reruns on METV that this was only 20 yrs after WWII. I'll bet there were a lot of vets who didn't think it was funny. It would prob never make it past the idea stage today but that was a different time.
Simply delightful ! put a big smile on my face😊 for the day. Thank you so much A little Trivia but some people know ? The captain Opened up a seafood restaurant in Los Angeles on La Cienaga In the West Hollywood area. Alan Hale's Lobster barrel. My family enjoyed dining there on a regular basis. And boy did Alan loved the ladies he was really nice and extra specially nice to my mom😉 Yeah, my mom was a beauty.🙄 Thank you again for bringing back some happy memories and great times we had with the captain. He was a class act 👍
I thought there was an episode where the extra clothing was EXPLAINED AWAY as washing ashore in a trunk or something like that....at least for Ginger & Mary Ann & maybe the Howells.... Although I think they brought TONS of clothing with them BUT WHY for being gone just 3 HOURS?? LOL And why then we never saw Gillian or the Skipper's clothes wearing out? SAME.DARN.OUTFIT.EVERY.DAY!! FOR 3 SEASONS!! LOL
Actually, there WAS a sequel made called “escape from Gilligans island“… and the castaways were rescued. I know this because I played an extra in that movie. How come you guys don’t mention it?? I was only about 16 at the time, I was in the marching band that welcomed them back when they arrived in Port. If I remember correctly, everyone from the original cast was in it except for Tina Louise.
I’m sorry the title was “rescued from Gilligans island“. Sorry, but it was a long time ago!! But I ran into a couple of the cast members in the trailer. And I got to hang with Dawn Wells once again just a few years ago. Thankfully, because she passed away a short time later.
@@johnbreckenridge2682 I think I already explained… Yes it was “rescued”... like I said, it was a long time ago. If you check out the movie, there was a band playing that welcomed them back to shore. I was in the band. We were a city band at the time called the “Whittier cavaliers“. And as I had explained in my previous reply, I was only 16 years old. That’s over 30 years ago… So forgive me if I had forgotten the title.
The 1978 TV movie reunion was , "Rescue From Gilligan's Island" , not Escape. I own it on DVD. 🙂👍 I also saw it in 1978mon NBC, when I was 10 years old . Having already seen it for 2 years in reruns plus the 2 cartoon shows when they aired in the early 70s on CBS. That announcer is wrong.Filmation made many cartoons and even live action Saturday Morning shows into the early 1980s .
Fun fact...the professors mother lived in ...Wilkes Barre ,PA...yes NEPA..I lived a few doors down from her house..honest to God. Actor .Leslie Nielsen lived in Mtn.Top ,Pa.,just up the road from, Wilkes Barre..you'd be surprised who's from here..
So Gunsmoke pushed Gilligan off the air. This show was one of my favorite and my favorite cast was Dawn Wells. I even had once met her by chance when she was doing a play down in Florida. One of the nicest person ever.
@@TheLostBijou The bottom line is that the critics always HATED the show, and CBS was was sensitive to this, for its reputation as the "Tiffany Network." Plus the mother of the president of the network liked Gunsmoke.
Sadly Tina Louise would not make appearance, and was replaced. I think it was made 10 years after the series ended, and you could see the cast had aged a bit. Today TV is not near as fun to watch. The station I sometimes see re runs of G I puts warning before airing "Viewer discretion advised" "This program depicts inappropriate views" Sigh..to me, the 6 o clock news, ... depicts a sh ton more inappropriate, things than Gilligan's Island.
I remember that- it was in the 80's. I remember Gilligan being really excited about Star Wars and Skipper finally getting his big thick slab of steak that he'd been craving all those years.
I actually do know a tidbit you didn’t mention. Dawn Wells herself told the story in a documentary I saw in 1989. The reason “the rest” was changed in the theme song. After the first season Bob Denver went to the network and said he wanted the Professor and Mary-Ann included in the theme song because Dawn and Russell were just as much a part of the group as everyone else. They refused because “it doesn’t fit with the score.” After confirming that his contract gave him the right to decide his own billing, he said he wanted to be part of “the rest” then. They changed the song to include the 2.
I'm surprised Bob Denver wasn't the first choice for Gilligan. I'm currently watching Dobie Gillis on Tubi tv and Bobs character Maynard became a break out star in that show. In the last couple of seasons Maynard was very much like Gilligan. Also Jerry van Dyke was not stringy enough for the role.
Many have noted that the characters represent the 7 deadly sins noted in Roman Catholic theology: Skipper = Anger, Gilligan = Sloth, Professor = Pride, Mr. Howell = Greed, Mrs. Howell = Vanity, Ginger = Lust, and Mary Ann = Jealousy? Others claim the Skipper represents both Anger and Sloth, and that Gilligan is Satan, who is always preventing souls from escaping Hell (the Island) through his actions, as Gilligan's action usually fouled up a chance for rescue. They also point point out that Gilligan does wear a red shirt (the Devil normally wearing red in the cultural depictions in the West).
Dawn Wells was married to an agent, so she is the only cast member who negotiated royalties. Every single time Gilligan's Island played in reruns, she got a check. She probably got royalties for all the spin-offs as well! She was actually Miss Nevada in 1959, and died from Covid-19 on December 30, 2020.
I'm surprised that you did not mention where the Island that is used in the intro of each show is located; the island shown at :30 seconds into this video. It is located a few miles from Negril, Jamaica within view of a private beach diving area of a lodging business outside of Negril that I have been to several times. It's a pretty small island that could never provide a lagoon or many of the attributes that the stories of Gilligan's Island requires.
If you watch that sequence, you will observe that some of the waves coming towards the camera are breaking, as if they are entering shallow water, perhaps just before a shore just behind the camera. Is it Booby Cay? That's the only inshore island that I could find near Negril - at least on GoogleMaps. I looked at Booby Cay from a photo sphere there, and if it _is_ the same island, it no longer has those towering palm trees. What happened?
More click bait, reported to TH-cam. How about actually explain what takes these shows off the air. Or start naming your videos facts about said shows.
He said Gunsmoke replaced it and that is how it was taken off the air. No proper finish for the show unfortunately, there was going to be another season. Wonder if there are any lost scripts somewhere?
I do believe Gilligan's first name was mentioned once. It was possibly the episode in season 2 where the news story came out on their never dying battery powered radio blaming the skipper for negligence in the loss of the SS Minow and he would be brought before maritime court should they ever find him. They spent the episode trying to reenact the events of the accident during the storm to prove there was no negligence but, of course, the Skipper was proven innocent at the end of the show as announced on the news.
"The Coast Guard got loads of letters begging them to go out and rescue Gilligan and his pals" 😂😂😂 So what happened to officially end this show? I must be missing something...
His real name was Willie Gilligan, the skipper Jonas grumby, the professor Roy Hinkley and Mrs Howell was Unice lovely was a pet name given to her by Mr Howell.
just finished a marathon of this great show only took a few weeks cause of work but I love this show and all the classic tv shows. And I'm still waiting for funko pops of Gilligans island
It was October of 1978, I was 10 . I saw it then, just a few days before Halloween . I now have it on one of those $1 DVDs they used to sell in Dollar Store type places. I saw the 2nd film in 1979 and the Globetrotters one , in 1981. (One reunion film too many).
Save yourself the trouble, NOTHING happened to end Gilligan's Island. The idiots at DoYouRemember are all about click bait now!! Report for misleading titles, again...
Shows how little you know. The Network President's wife wanted Gunsmoke back on the schedule in the time slot that Gilligan's Island and another show so it was canceled.
One of the episodes in the first season dealt with that. They did patch the holes and coated the boat with the syrup they used as glue. But the stuff didn’t hold for long and the boat sank right after they set out. They had to swim to shore and the boat was gone
@@eph2vv89only1way ....if I may, you are almost right. The Minnow didn't sink, instead it fell apart where it was beached as the syrup glue turned to powder and pretty much reduced the wood to sawdust. The final moment of that scene was Gillian holding the only intact piece of the USS Minnow, the helm aka ship's wheel
@@eph2vv89only1way .....actually you remembered quite well. I'm certain you remember more details than most other fans. Besides remembering the details, I do have what might be considered a unfair advantage....reruns of Gilligan's Island are being broadcasted in my area on MeTV/channel 56.3 on Sundays. The episode of topic I have not yet seen in the ru-runs yet but its only a matter of time. Pls take care, be safe
@@kaos2317 ty. You take care and be safe as well. Btw, I remember when it was cancelled and for several days I fantasized about being in charge of scheduling for all of the networks and putting Gilligan’s Island in every time slot on every network. Lol
There is kind of an unofficial fourth season in the guise of Dusty's Trail. Which is set in a lost Wagon Train heading west. Stars Denver as the titular Dusty, who is just like Gilligan, and a cast of characters that are copies of all the Gilligan characters. Even though it was made just ten years after Gilligan debuted, Denver looked visibly older. It's not a great show, but interesting if you want to see the Gilligan's Island concept in a different setting.
If you look carefully and in slow motion there's 8 (eight) people on the boat not the 7 (seven) of our cast. And it's NOT Dr. Smith...... He was the stowaway on a different ship.
The flag at half mass was interesting.I saw Kennedy shot.I was not in school yet.My mother turned it off.Today parents are thrilled a baby watches and understands news.The age of secrets.
Fifteen years later, they were rescued, got re-stranded on the same island, got rescued again, turned the island into a resort, and then the Harlem Globetrotters had to play a game to save it.
Filmation: Mister Backus, we're doing a 'Gilligan' cartoon for Saturday mornings. Would you be interested in getting into voice acting work? (Jim's living room has multiple Magoo pics and trinkets) JB: My boy, you're an idiot, aren't you?
filmation made gilligan's planet in 1982 then went on to produce he -man and other cartoons till 1989. gilligans planet was not filmationtion's last cartoon as you stated.
I just watched the first episode of 'Gilligan' on The Sundance Channel, shown in the wee small hours. I loved the show as a kid, but watching that first episode now I can say IT'S TERRIBLE! How the show survived beyond the first few episodes is beyond me. It was a different time, of course, but other comedy shows like 'Dick Van Dyke' and even 'The Beverly Hillbillies' look way more sophisticated than the early Gilligan episodes! In any case, thanks for this interesting backstory.
I loved the show, it was the reruns. I still watch them. I think the right people was casted. After watching it for eons. I still laugh and enjoy it. I felt sorry. For Gilligan..i loved Mary Ann. The professor. Still today one of my favorite episodes is the radio active seeds. Seeing Mrs Howell run and being super fast, I loved it. Not to add Maryann and the professor would been a big mistake. Though I loved Gilligan, he seemed to be picked on, messed up a lot. He made the show. I don't think anyone but Bob Denver could of played that role, his boyish innocent. Was perfect. Sweet, kind Mary Ann, the brilliant professor. I love Mrs Howell, the skipper as well.. Ginger was to caught up in her looks, too vain, but after all she play a movie star, though her and the Howells seemed out of place, did not seem the types to take a, 3hour tour. They all made it work. I admit some episodes I did not like. It really did look like a real island. It was sad ginger was the only one who refused to make a appearance with the rest of the cast, refused to do the movie was like she was still playing her ginger role. Sad I think Tina Louise is the only one still living.. I don't think she make appearances. I don't think playing ginger typecast ed her. Sad she feel playing that role kind of ruined her acting career. That was a role. And that's Hollywood. By the way how is she. Not only did she survive Gilligan island. She out lived all the cast. Love respect and positivity always. Vj.
Yes I have heard before that the Coast guard got letters and people really believe they were stranded on an Island. But how could anyone possibly believe that when they were watching them on TV.
There were two different "Rescues" movies... first I saw spun off a reboot of a weekly series. Some Coast Guard officials show up... "We have a boat..." The seven go on another boat tour, is lost at sea and winds up on... Gilligan's Island, again. The second Rescue version is where the huts are made into rafts, set out to sea by a typhoon or hurricane, and are rescued by a crew in a Coast Guard helicopter. New trivia to know Bob Denver's lineage with Denver, Colorado. So, Stewie Gilligan Griffith and Willy Gilligan... what was his character last name?
In his tv show Life Is Worth Living, the then Bishop Fulton J Sheen said if stranded on a deserted Island he would take "auther's name" Guide to Shipbuilding.!
Jayne mansfield was first choice for the role of Ginger. Could you imagine Raquel Welch and Jayne Mansfield on gilligan's island together. It would be clash of the divas. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Dawn Wells wasn’t able to do “The new adventures of Gilligan” cartoon, but she not only reprised her role as Mary Ann in “Gilliagan’s planet”, but she did Tina Louise character as well.
Gilligan's Island Officially Ended After WHAT happened?? This video seems to have nothing to do with the title. The title should be "The history of Gilligan's Island"
I watched every episode many times over as a kid. As a leg man I believe I obtained that desire watching this show for I LOVED Mary-Ann. I just happened marry a blonde version of her, down home-cowgirl with a perfect tan and athletic legs.
I remember Bob Denver bitter that he didn't get any re-run royalties. I sure would be too! In interviews he looked rough. I think he got in law trouble over weed too.
If they had Macgyver instead of the Professor, they would've been able to fix the Minnow in no time, but if they had Tim the Tool Man Taylor , he'd try to fix the Minnow and sink the Island !!!! RRR RRR RRR I think I used too much power!!!( And Wilson can't save him this time!!!)
The Gilligan’s Island tribute show hosted by Dawn Wells in 2001, is where the majority of this information came from…. Almost verbatim. It’s great behind the scenes history and facts that’s been recreated to tell the audiences how this show came to be. Sherwood Shwartz was as brave and sure as the Mate and the Skipper! Three times rejected…. But the screening audiences would override “the suits” that ran the network. Although GROSSLY underpaid… and with no residuals paid out…. This cast of castaways ranks #1 in reruns played all over the world! It even beat out “I Love Lucy!” It’s just a good imagination show that brings childlike imagination and humor together. As Jim Bakus said, “Without humor, you have nothing.”
Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) on Gilligan's Island And Elizabeth MacRae (Lou Ann Poovie) On Gomer Pyle USMC and Tuesday Weld (Thaila Menniger)on The Many Loves of Doobie Hollis and Ann Marshall(Angela Brown) on.My Favorite Martian and Candy Moore (Chris Carmichael) on The Lucy Show and Cheryl Holdridge (Julie Foster) on Leave it to Beaver and Shelley Fabares (Mary Stone) on.The Donna Reed Show and Pat Woodall (Bobbi Jo) on Petticoat Junction and Charlene Salerno (Ginger on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet are among.the.best.looking Actresses of all time .. Renee O'Connor )Gabriel on Xena Warrior Princess is also a good looking actress And all of the actresses I mentioned We're and are all very Talented.
Correction Tuesday Weld who played THAILA Menniger on The Many.Loves of DOBIE GILLIS Was typed wrong because my cell phone Changes my letters to the.wrong letters After I typed the right letters. I didn't catch the mistake on the.title For The Many Loves of DOBIE GILLIS Until later.
@@harperstacey9604 I could not possibly answer that question, for it has been over 30 years since I have seen the castaways. However, the scene that pops into my head the most is when Maryanne pulls the over grown carrot out of the ground and says, “ I never seen anything like that on the farm!,…..except under a cow”.😂🤣
@@davidwilson2680 my favorite episode was when Mrs. Howell dreamed that she was Cinderella and that Mr. Howell was Prince charming. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
CBS producers wanted Gilligan to have a pet dinosaur. They decided against it when the special effects would cost $75,000 / minute. Keep in mind that's 1960s values not today's inflation.
In 2008, I had a nice conversation with Tina Louise while waiting on line to vote. She lived on my block in the Manhattan neighborhood of Turtle Bay. For about 20 minutes we spoke about current events, family and other things. I knew that bringing up "Gilligan's Island" might be touchy, so I just mentioned it in passing. She didn't disparage her time on the show, but was much prouder of her work in the film "God's Little Acre." She was even prouder of her daughter, Caprice Crane, a writer. A few years later, I ran into Ms. Louise again in the supermarket. We shared another nice conversation while walking together down Second Avenue.
Judging from interviewing the other six actors Louise must have been difficult to get along with. I also think it's odd and ungrateful that she distance herself from Gilligan's Island, without which nobody would know her name to this day
@Louis Loseau . She was typecast. What if you were typecast, for whatever you do, and had trouble getting jobs. Doesn't mean you would be "ungrateful". Doesn't mean she was either🤔
Whoopie doo!
@@dennisstephens4199 Robert Plant is "typecast" as the lead singer of Zeppelin. Neil Armstrong was "typecast" as the first man on the moon. No matter what else they do, they could even cure cancer, they would be known for what got them famous. They need to deal with it. It has happened to thousands of people. Tina Louise just got a chip on her shoulder over it. That kid on "That 70s Show" left it so he didnt become typecast.....whatever happened to him? NOTHING. I actually cant even remember his name now. Serves him right. They want fame, they get it, then they get mad that they got it. VERY UNGRATEFUL.
Tina Louise is a very nice lady, I watch Gilligan's Island, I couldn't tell she didn't like playing Ginger. I have done jobs I didn't care for, but learn alot by doing them.
Love this Show RIP to the Cast and Crew.
I think Ginger is still alive! Tina Louise is her name.
Everything came to a halt when Gilligan’s Island came on.
good memories , from a much better time when fun and laughter and family seem to be the key , we ran home from school so we could get our chores done and have a good laugh after dinner , we had no idea as kid we were poor , my father never told us , It was all about the great shows and family time , prayers in air for all those that are still around and remember
And nobody worried about their school getting shot up. But I do remember practicing hiding under my desk in case the Russians nuked us. Ridiculous, but funny.
I loved Gilligan's Island. I was watching reruns with my youngest daughter just last week. It holds up.
Gilligan's Island and Hogan's Heroes were staples at my house after school on TV.
SAME HERE.
LOVED BOTH SHOWS.
Along with F-Troop and Dick VanDyke
Sea Hunt.
What do you think is the hottest are Bob Crane for Hogan's Heroes 91 Berg I'm going to give you two choices truth or dare . or John Russell scientist can you give me your opinion
I was a little kid when Hogan's Heroes was on. Didn't dawn on me until recently when watching reruns on METV that this was only 20 yrs after WWII. I'll bet there were a lot of vets who didn't think it was funny. It would prob never make it past the idea stage today but that was a different time.
Went to Bob actor apt from hogan hero. Apt isn't far from scottsdale mall
Simply delightful ! put a big smile on my face😊 for the day. Thank you so much
A little Trivia but some people know ? The captain Opened up a seafood restaurant in Los Angeles on La Cienaga In the West Hollywood area. Alan Hale's Lobster barrel. My family enjoyed dining there on a regular basis. And boy did Alan loved the ladies he was really nice and extra specially nice to my mom😉 Yeah, my mom was a beauty.🙄 Thank you again for bringing back some happy memories and great times we had with the captain. He was a class act 👍
My family went there for dinner with our eight-year-old. He came up to our table and said there's a pretty little miss
He’s my favorite castaway!
It's amazing their clothes NEVER WORE OUT, I'M looking for the store where they bought them..
They multiple copies of the clothes they wore.
They were made out of polyester. Lmfao.
They don't make things like they used to.
@@harperstacey9604 whoosh
I thought there was an episode where the extra clothing was EXPLAINED AWAY as washing ashore in a trunk or something like that....at least for Ginger & Mary Ann & maybe the Howells....
Although I think they brought TONS of clothing with them BUT WHY for being gone just 3 HOURS?? LOL
And why then we never saw Gillian or the Skipper's clothes wearing out?
SAME.DARN.OUTFIT.EVERY.DAY!! FOR 3 SEASONS!! LOL
Actually, there WAS a sequel made called “escape from Gilligans island“… and the castaways were rescued. I know this because I played an extra in that movie. How come you guys don’t mention it?? I was only about 16 at the time, I was in the marching band that welcomed them back when they arrived in Port. If I remember correctly, everyone from the original cast was in it except for Tina Louise.
I’m sorry the title was “rescued from Gilligans island“. Sorry, but it was a long time ago!! But I ran into a couple of the cast members in the trailer. And I got to hang with Dawn Wells once again just a few years ago. Thankfully, because she passed away a short time later.
if you were in it then you should know it was called rescue from gilligans island not escape from gilligans island
@@johnbreckenridge2682 I think I already explained… Yes it was “rescued”... like I said, it was a long time ago. If you check out the movie, there was a band playing that welcomed them back to shore. I was in the band. We were a city band at the time called the “Whittier cavaliers“. And as I had explained in my previous reply, I was only 16 years old. That’s over 30 years ago… So forgive me if I had forgotten the title.
Lizann, what was it like to be an extra? How much did you earn as an extra?
The 1978 TV movie reunion was , "Rescue From Gilligan's Island" , not Escape. I own it on DVD. 🙂👍
I also saw it in 1978mon NBC, when I was 10 years old . Having already seen it for 2 years in reruns plus the 2 cartoon shows when they aired in the early 70s on CBS.
That announcer is wrong.Filmation made many cartoons and even live action Saturday Morning shows into the early 1980s .
Dawn wells was the prettiest
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I always said the same thing.
Gilligan, Mr. Howell, and Ginger all had look-alikes that came to the island. I wonder how would have done with a Mary Ann look-alike.
Mary Ann was cute, Ginger was hot.
No doubt she was so cute.
I love Mrs. Howell! She was so sweet and such a good sport, always up for anything and had intellectual pursuits. I love her style too.
Mrs Howell had something important today's brash miillonaire Millenials dont have, CLASS & GRACE!
I grew up watching Gilligan's Island and the 0nly show my Dad would watch and he laughed. I own the complete collection and still love it.
My Dad did smile while watching, (rare) never heard him laugh. Different generation, tough crowed.
@@jacksnyder7318 yeah in the 70's things were waaaaay different. These shows showed our family how to be grateful. LOL
@@moriganna67ify my mother only liked the show just to see the outfits that mrs Howell would wear, even during the rerun years.
Fun fact...the professors mother lived in ...Wilkes Barre ,PA...yes NEPA..I lived a few doors down from her house..honest to God.
Actor .Leslie Nielsen lived in Mtn.Top ,Pa.,just up the road from, Wilkes Barre..you'd be surprised who's from here..
So Gunsmoke pushed Gilligan off the air. This show was one of my favorite and my favorite cast was Dawn Wells. I even had once met her by chance when she was doing a play down in Florida. One of the nicest person ever.
Couldn't we have had both? This explanation never satisfied me...especially after all the other crap that gets made.
@@TheLostBijou The bottom line is that the critics always HATED the show, and CBS was was sensitive to this, for its reputation as the "Tiffany Network." Plus the mother of the president of the network liked Gunsmoke.
My brothers and I never missed an episode.
I still watch it at 56 years old
There was a movie made showing the castaways were finally rescued.
I was gonna mention this too!
Sadly Tina Louise would not make appearance, and was replaced. I think it was made 10 years after the series ended, and you could see the cast had aged a bit. Today TV is not near as fun to watch. The station I sometimes see re runs of G I puts warning before airing "Viewer discretion advised" "This program depicts inappropriate views" Sigh..to me, the 6 o clock news, ... depicts a sh ton more inappropriate, things than Gilligan's Island.
There were actually three tv movies that featured the Castaways, Post Series.
I remember that- it was in the 80's. I remember Gilligan being really excited about Star Wars and Skipper finally getting his big thick slab of steak that he'd been craving all those years.
@@RetroCaptain What was so inappropriate about "Gilligan's island"??? It was one of the most wholesome programs in the entire decade.
The Gilligan's Island theme song is the best!🥰🎶🎶
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale....
I can hum three seconds of it and total strangers know instantly and join in!
I heard that the mosquitos that appeared on Gilligan’s Island sang the theme song in the first season.
The group,the wellingtons played the mosquitos who sang the theme song in the first season.
I actually do know a tidbit you didn’t mention. Dawn Wells herself told the story in a documentary I saw in 1989. The reason “the rest” was changed in the theme song.
After the first season Bob Denver went to the network and said he wanted the Professor and Mary-Ann included in the theme song because Dawn and Russell were just as much a part of the group as everyone else. They refused because “it doesn’t fit with the score.” After confirming that his contract gave him the right to decide his own billing, he said he wanted to be part of “the rest” then. They changed the song to include the 2.
It was cool that Bob went to bat for Dawn and Russell. It is said that it takes a very smart person to play dumb, and Bob was a very smart man.
@@nicoleknight9412 I totally agree. And him doing that for them speaks volumes about who he was
I was singing the song with them in it before it was changed. It was so obvious how it could be done.
Its surprising how many people don't even notice that change in the theme song.
@@richardlong9785 really? I didn’t know that. I noticed it at 10 years old!
I'm surprised Bob Denver wasn't the first choice for Gilligan. I'm currently watching Dobie Gillis on Tubi tv and Bobs character Maynard became a break out star in that show. In the last couple of seasons Maynard was very much like Gilligan. Also Jerry van Dyke was not stringy enough for the role.
The cast was perfect.
Many have noted that the characters represent the 7 deadly sins noted in Roman Catholic theology: Skipper = Anger, Gilligan = Sloth, Professor = Pride, Mr. Howell = Greed, Mrs. Howell = Vanity, Ginger = Lust, and Mary Ann = Jealousy? Others claim the Skipper represents both Anger and Sloth, and that Gilligan is Satan, who is always preventing souls from escaping Hell (the Island) through his actions, as Gilligan's action usually fouled up a chance for rescue. They also point point out that Gilligan does wear a red shirt (the Devil normally wearing red in the cultural depictions in the West).
The Professor is the man I heard of that can make radio out of 2 coconuts. Loved it.
He was Mr Science before Bill Nye!
The original MacGyver
I LOVED THIS SHOW ‼️. I even borrowed the 3 season disc set so I could watch it again & again ‼️. Nick ~ Thanks for the memories ❤️
an era of innocence.
Ginger or Mary Ann?
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The irony is that Dawn Wells was the real beauty contest winner but Tina louise was cast as the glamourous one.
Miss Nevada, and she couldn't carry a note in a bucket!
@Marty McFly II She won Miss Nevada. She was a real-life beauty queen.
Dawn Wells was married to an agent, so she is the only cast member who negotiated royalties. Every single time Gilligan's Island played in reruns, she got a check. She probably got royalties for all the spin-offs as well! She was actually Miss Nevada in 1959, and died from Covid-19 on December 30, 2020.
Dawn Wells swore up and down that she never received any royalties from the show. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
The poor thing probaby had the convig vac.
I'm surprised that you did not mention where the Island that is used in the intro of each show is located; the island shown at :30 seconds into this video. It is located a few miles from Negril, Jamaica within view of a private beach diving area of a lodging business outside of Negril that I have been to several times. It's a pretty small island that could never provide a lagoon or many of the attributes that the stories of Gilligan's Island requires.
If you watch that sequence, you will observe that some of the waves coming towards the camera are breaking, as if they are entering shallow water, perhaps just before a shore just behind the camera.
Is it Booby Cay? That's the only inshore island that I could find near Negril - at least on GoogleMaps. I looked at Booby Cay from a photo sphere there, and if it _is_ the same island, it no longer has those towering palm trees. What happened?
I read that Mary Ann died of COVID in 2020. So sad. I loved watching her and Ginger.
I like the Gilligan's Isle lyrics set to Stairway to Heaven's music....very cool.
"Stairway to Gilligan's Isle"
Little Roger and The Goosebumps
Never knew this so had to look it up. Absolutely hilarious.
More click bait, reported to TH-cam. How about actually explain what takes these shows off the air. Or start naming your videos facts about said shows.
He said Gunsmoke replaced it and that is how it was taken off the air. No proper finish for the show unfortunately, there was going to be another season. Wonder if there are any lost scripts somewhere?
I do believe Gilligan's first name was mentioned once. It was possibly the episode in season 2 where the news story came out on their never dying battery powered radio blaming the skipper for negligence in the loss of the SS Minow and he would be brought before maritime court should they ever find him. They spent the episode trying to reenact the events of the accident during the storm to prove there was no negligence but, of course, the Skipper was proven innocent at the end of the show as announced on the news.
I remember that one too!
Also, the weather reported on mainland was wrong the day before sailing.
That was the answer. 😉
"The Coast Guard got loads of letters begging them to go out and rescue Gilligan and his pals" 😂😂😂
So what happened to officially end this show? I must be missing something...
Gunsmoke took its spot
I think the Coast Guard did save them in the first reunion movie, and the Air Force in the second.
Actually, the wife of G I 's producer wanted to see Gunsmoke, so, he had Gilligan's Island canceled. 😾
For years, I thought that Bob Denver"s character was named Gill Egan
Haha...I hope your kidding...
@Brian Smith 😂
His real name was Willie Gilligan, the skipper Jonas grumby, the professor Roy Hinkley and Mrs Howell was Unice lovely was a pet name given to her by Mr Howell.
Did you never read the opening credits
@@JohnLee-pt5jz Didn't Mr. Howell call her Lovey? Didn't know those other names before, where did you find that out?
just finished a marathon of this great show only took a few weeks cause of work but I love this show and all the classic tv shows. And I'm still waiting for funko pops of Gilligans island
Gilligan and the other castaways were finally rescued in a reunion movie in 1978 or 79 (the same school year I graduated high school)
It was October of 1978, I was 10 . I saw it then, just a few days before Halloween .
I now have it on one of those $1 DVDs they used to sell in Dollar Store type places.
I saw the 2nd film in 1979 and the Globetrotters one , in 1981. (One reunion film too many).
I always liked Alan Hale in all his works! RIP
Alan hale appeared in many films.
Save yourself the trouble, NOTHING happened to end Gilligan's Island. The idiots at DoYouRemember are all about click bait now!! Report for misleading titles, again...
Shows how little you know. The Network President's wife wanted Gunsmoke back on the schedule in the time slot that Gilligan's Island and another show so it was canceled.
@@nimblehealer199 Just as well. I hated that show anyway.
@@chaosdemonwolf1 so why did you watch this video?
@@daledickey8400 I didn't. I came to see the comments.
All the things they built on that island but they couldn't patch a hole in a boat?!?!? lol
One of the episodes in the first season dealt with that. They did patch the holes and coated the boat with the syrup they used as glue. But the stuff didn’t hold for long and the boat sank right after they set out. They had to swim to shore and the boat was gone
@@eph2vv89only1way ....if I may, you are almost right. The Minnow didn't sink, instead it fell apart where it was beached as the syrup glue turned to powder and pretty much reduced the wood to sawdust. The final moment of that scene was Gillian holding the only intact piece of the USS Minnow, the helm aka ship's wheel
@@kaos2317 ah. Ty. It is understandable that I made a mistake though - I was only 7 when the show was canceled lol
@@eph2vv89only1way .....actually you remembered quite well. I'm certain you remember more details than most other fans. Besides remembering the details, I do have what might be considered a unfair advantage....reruns of Gilligan's Island are being broadcasted in my area on MeTV/channel 56.3 on Sundays. The episode of topic I have not yet seen in the ru-runs yet but its only a matter of time. Pls take care, be safe
@@kaos2317 ty. You take care and be safe as well.
Btw, I remember when it was cancelled and for several days I fantasized about being in charge of scheduling for all of the networks and putting Gilligan’s Island in every time slot on every network. Lol
Loved that show..
There is kind of an unofficial fourth season in the guise of Dusty's Trail. Which is set in a lost Wagon Train heading west. Stars Denver as the titular Dusty, who is just like Gilligan, and a cast of characters that are copies of all the Gilligan characters. Even though it was made just ten years after Gilligan debuted, Denver looked visibly older. It's not a great show, but interesting if you want to see the Gilligan's Island concept in a different setting.
GREAT ONE! on Gilligans island ALSO It would be so Kool if you did one on Alice tv series with Vic Tayback.
Vic tayback was hilarious as Mel the cook on Alice.
If you look carefully and in slow motion there's 8 (eight) people on the boat not the 7 (seven) of our cast. And it's NOT Dr. Smith...... He was the stowaway on a different ship.
It’s Waldo!
Just love that show. Feels like home to me.
The flag at half mass was interesting.I saw Kennedy shot.I was not in school yet.My mother turned it off.Today parents are thrilled a baby watches and understands news.The age of secrets.
Rescue from Gilligan's Island, 1978 ‧
They were still on the island at end of season 3 They finally got off the island in a TV movie
Fifteen years later, they were rescued, got re-stranded on the same island, got rescued again, turned the island into a resort, and then the Harlem Globetrotters had to play a game to save it.
And The Brady Bunch and Bewitched were mine. I raced home in time to catch Dark Shadows.
Filmation: Mister Backus, we're doing a 'Gilligan' cartoon for Saturday mornings. Would you be interested in getting into voice acting work?
(Jim's living room has multiple Magoo pics and trinkets)
JB: My boy, you're an idiot, aren't you?
It's part of American culture. Who hasn't heard of Gilligan's Island, even if they've never actually seen it?
I liked the rescue from Gilligan's island movie plus the show
I love this show
Bob Denver was a hell of a man of principle for wanting to be part of the others
I was hoping that something happened with the show not Gunsmoke. Almost accused you of click bait.
had to get use to seeing judith baldwin playing ginger grant instead of tina Louise in the 78 movie rescue from gilligans island ! 🤷♂️🤗👍
Jerry Van Dyke appeared in 200 episodes of "Coach" which, unlike "Gilligan's Island" did pay residuals to the cast.
filmation made gilligan's planet in 1982 then went on to produce he -man and other cartoons till 1989.
gilligans planet was not filmationtion's last cartoon as you stated.
Russell Johnson as reed Richards in the Fantastic Four! - Alex Ross
I just watched the first episode of 'Gilligan' on The Sundance Channel, shown in the wee small hours. I loved the show as a kid, but watching that first episode now I can say IT'S TERRIBLE!
How the show survived beyond the first few episodes is beyond me.
It was a different time, of course, but other comedy shows like 'Dick Van Dyke' and even 'The Beverly Hillbillies' look way more sophisticated than the early Gilligan episodes! In any case, thanks for this interesting backstory.
You had me rolling on the floor lmfao with that No not that crossover…. Featuring Steph Curry…. Lol
I loved the show, it was the reruns. I still watch them. I think the right people was casted. After watching it for eons. I still laugh and enjoy it. I felt sorry. For Gilligan..i loved Mary Ann. The professor. Still today one of my favorite episodes is the radio active seeds. Seeing Mrs Howell run and being super fast, I loved it. Not to add Maryann and the professor would been a big mistake. Though I loved Gilligan, he seemed to be picked on, messed up a lot. He made the show. I don't think anyone but Bob Denver could of played that role, his boyish innocent. Was perfect. Sweet, kind Mary Ann, the brilliant professor. I love Mrs Howell, the skipper as well.. Ginger was to caught up in her looks, too vain, but after all she play a movie star, though her and the Howells seemed out of place, did not seem the types to take a, 3hour tour. They all made it work. I admit some episodes I did not like. It really did look like a real island. It was sad ginger was the only one who refused to make a appearance with the rest of the cast, refused to do the movie was like she was still playing her ginger role. Sad I think Tina Louise is the only one still living.. I don't think she make appearances. I don't think playing ginger typecast ed her. Sad she feel playing that role kind of ruined her acting career. That was a role. And that's Hollywood. By the way how is she. Not only did she survive Gilligan island. She out lived all the cast. Love respect and positivity always. Vj.
Yes I have heard before that the Coast guard got letters and people really believe they were stranded on an Island.
But how could anyone possibly believe that when they were watching them on TV.
There were two different "Rescues" movies... first I saw spun off a reboot of a weekly series. Some Coast Guard officials show up... "We have a boat..." The seven go on another boat tour, is lost at sea and winds up on... Gilligan's Island, again.
The second Rescue version is where the huts are made into rafts, set out to sea by a typhoon or hurricane, and are rescued by a crew in a Coast Guard helicopter.
New trivia to know Bob Denver's lineage with Denver, Colorado.
So, Stewie Gilligan Griffith and Willy Gilligan... what was his character last name?
Was Bob Denver related to John Denver? Or was John Denver named after Bob Denver?
The funny thing is that John Denver named himself after one of his favorite places-Denver, Colorado.
Raquel Welch would have made a stunning Ginger!
It would have been a huge uproar if they tried to cancel it if she was Ginger..
5:03 wait what? you were in the credits?! 😳😲😮 Geehs how old this guy really is?! He sounds young!
When Tina Louise's clothes fell of and Alan Hale and Bob Denver saw her naked?
I remember when Maryann was swimming and Gilligan went fishing and snagged her swimsuit. Not Tina Louise though
I remember the mosquitoes rock band in the 60s,Briefly
In his tv show Life Is Worth Living, the then Bishop Fulton J Sheen said if stranded on a deserted Island he would take "auther's name" Guide to Shipbuilding.!
I'm surprised that, in this video, the castaways' trip to the island home of "Dr. Boris Bellinkoff" wasn't mentioned.
Rachel Welch as Mary Ann, would have me watch EVERY last episode...
Jayne mansfield was first choice for the role of Ginger. Could you imagine Raquel Welch and Jayne Mansfield on gilligan's island together. It would be clash of the divas. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Why is this video titles, Gilligan's island ended after this happen...and you never state, what happen?
Strange...
There was a 'Rescue From Gilligan's Island '
I saw it.
The professor's first name is Roy, not Rory (as we hear at 2:37)!
Dawn Wells wasn’t able to do “The new adventures of Gilligan” cartoon, but she not only reprised her role as Mary Ann in “Gilliagan’s planet”, but she did Tina Louise character as well.
Dawn Wells had dementia when she passed away. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Loved My Mother the Cat show RIP.
Gilligan's Island Officially Ended After WHAT happened?? This video seems to have nothing to do with the title. The title should be "The history of Gilligan's Island"
Love Dawn Wells, my first TV crush.
I watched every episode many times over as a kid. As a leg man I believe I obtained that desire watching this show for I LOVED Mary-Ann. I just happened marry a blonde version of her, down home-cowgirl with a perfect tan and athletic legs.
I remember Bob Denver bitter that he didn't get any re-run royalties. I sure would be too! In interviews he looked rough. I think he got in law trouble over weed too.
How many times of this Hollywood island back lot scene going to be told
Until we get physically sick of it.
So, Bob Denver is actually and truly related to the city of Denver? That's fascinating.
If they had Macgyver instead of the Professor, they would've been able to fix the Minnow in no time, but if they had Tim the Tool Man Taylor , he'd try to fix the Minnow and sink the Island !!!! RRR RRR RRR I think I used too much power!!!( And Wilson can't save him this time!!!)
After living on the 🏝️ island, they all should look more like the cast of Naked And Afraid!
Love Tina. Still alive.
Btw ,
They never taped anything back then;
Everything was filmed;
You people need to get your facts strait ;
I’m just saying
Racquel should have tried out for ginger grant instead of Mary Ann
Raquel welch was replaced by the late dawn wells who went on play mary ann summers on
Gilligan's Island on CBS
TINA LOUISE MY CRUSH
I remember all those Gingers. I didn’t know or remember about the Pres. Kenndy thing
I can believe it, real coconuts are a pain.
The reason This show was canceled was to keep Gunsmoke on Television.
Gilligan's island was sacrificed for Matt dillon and miss Kitty.
I dream of Ginny and Gilligans island were my favorite.
It's jeannie, not Ginny. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
The Gilligan’s Island tribute show hosted by Dawn Wells in 2001, is where the majority of this information came from…. Almost verbatim.
It’s great behind the scenes history and facts that’s been recreated to tell the audiences how this show came to be. Sherwood Shwartz was as brave and sure as the Mate and the Skipper! Three times rejected…. But the screening audiences would override “the suits” that ran the network. Although GROSSLY underpaid… and with no residuals paid out…. This cast of castaways ranks #1 in reruns played all over the world! It even beat out “I Love Lucy!” It’s just a good imagination show that brings childlike imagination and humor together. As Jim Bakus said, “Without humor, you have nothing.”
I wonder what will be in the future if there is the 60’s forgotten cartoons? I was just thinking
Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) on Gilligan's Island
And Elizabeth MacRae (Lou Ann Poovie)
On Gomer Pyle USMC and Tuesday Weld
(Thaila Menniger)on The Many Loves of
Doobie Hollis and Ann Marshall(Angela
Brown) on.My Favorite Martian and
Candy Moore (Chris Carmichael) on
The Lucy Show and Cheryl Holdridge
(Julie Foster) on Leave it to Beaver and
Shelley Fabares (Mary Stone) on.The Donna
Reed Show and Pat Woodall (Bobbi Jo) on
Petticoat Junction and Charlene Salerno
(Ginger on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet are among.the.best.looking
Actresses of all time ..
Renee O'Connor )Gabriel on Xena Warrior
Princess is also a good looking actress
And all of the actresses I mentioned
We're and are all very Talented.
Correction
Tuesday Weld who played THAILA Menniger on The Many.Loves of DOBIE GILLIS
Was typed wrong because my cell phone
Changes my letters to the.wrong letters
After I typed the right letters.
I didn't catch the mistake on the.title
For The Many Loves of DOBIE GILLIS
Until later.
Seen every episode at least 12 times maybe even more.
What was your favorite episode? From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604
I could not possibly answer that question, for it has been over 30 years since I have seen the castaways.
However, the scene that pops into my head the most is when Maryanne pulls the over grown carrot out of the ground
and says, “ I never seen anything like that on the farm!,…..except under a cow”.😂🤣
@@davidwilson2680 my favorite episode was when Mrs. Howell dreamed that she was Cinderella and that Mr. Howell was Prince charming. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
CBS producers wanted Gilligan to have a pet dinosaur. They decided against it when the special effects would cost $75,000 / minute. Keep in mind that's 1960s values not today's inflation.
Willy is mentioned on the radio
IFind Jim Backus Heroic I Hear He Had Parkinson Disease Symptoms During Show
He had parkinson's disease.
I still would like to do a reboot of the Island and no "Lost" such as it was inspired by it does no count dark as it was.
my fiancé grew up in reno close to dawn wells his mother hired her to be his sitter some times
Well Mrs Howell