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We didn't have a big selection of shows back when Gilligan's Island was on TV but I always found it stupid. They were on a 3 hour tour but they had numerous changes of clothes including Ginger with her ball gowns and it was more like they were on a long vacation then shipwrecked. Yeah, I know it was a sitcom but I still found the whole premise ridiculous.
Mr. Howell was a good character and pulled more than his own weight in making the show funny, what a voice that guy had. The gold mine episode, the one where he found out he was broke (radio broadcast), his mannerisms and style were quite unique, nobody could have played that part like him.
People overlook the contribution Sherwood Schwartz made with the music, he was a producer but also a pretty good musician. The music greatly enhances the show. Check out this compilation of all the music cuts he used, most of which he wrote himself. Don't miss the Japanese sailor music at 12:05.
Thanks for posting that. The music definitely set the tone and provided the atmosphere for the show. I immediately placed some of the music with the appropriate scene.
Just stumbled upon this link in a round-about way while researching Carroll O'Connor, who was originally considered for the role of the Skipper, but was ultimately rejected because he was too unsympathetic.
I only watched the clips that I've notated, but will watch the whole two parts later, as she is such a down to earth, likeable lady.
I was never a big GI fan after it's initial run, so never gave much thought to the actual players latter lives.
In this 2008 interview, she is exactly as I would expect Maryann to be.
Dawn starts talking about the cast with a pinch of Ginger @ 22:33 ,followed by the rest of the cast, and ultimately addresses the Ginger/Maryann debate @ 29:18:
Ugh - it's shows like this that have contributed the dumbing down of America.
It's not funny, and the entire pretense is stupid --- a group of morons gets stranded on an island that they never can figure out a way to get off of.
Just stumbled upon this link in a round-about way while researching Carroll O'Connor, who was originally considered for the role of the Skipper, but was ultimately rejected because he was too unsympathetic.
I only watched the clips that I've notated, but will watch the whole two parts later, as she is such a down to earth, likeable lady.
I was never a big GI fan after it's initial run, so never gave much thought to the actual players latter lives.
In this 2008 interview, she is exactly as I would expect Maryann to be.
Dawn starts talking about the cast with a pinch of Ginger @ 22:33 ,followed by the rest of the cast, and ultimately addresses the Ginger/Maryann debate @ 29:18:
True, and I should remember all the letters I sent to them. But the point is the same. The networks had created a formula which did them well, and none of them really knew what to do with shows like trek. TV shows weren't produced to create inovative television but to sell soap, or cigaretts, or some kind of munchies.
Today with all the options we have many many more shows which are not aimed at the 'average viewer'.
I think the writing during the second season really started to get good. Not that it was ever realistic, but the stories were very interesting if you could accept their absurdity. The murder episode about their last night in Hawaii was the one that I first noticed, and every episode since then seems like a mini-masterpiece. Children liked it because it was easy to follow, but it was better than most children's shows.
I watched a lot of them. A few years ago I saw a show on the making it. The lagoons wide angle shots you could see the top of a building, so they had to be careful when shooting. Sometimes shooting had to be stopped because of rush hour traffic that could be heard during filming. The lagoon got so stagnant, they hated to have to swim in it. Gilligan (Bob Denver, and the skipper ( Alan Hale Jr) to prove a point to the executives. Put a fish in the lagoon and it died.
That trivia stuff is pretty interesting.
Tina Louise has wanted nothing to do with "GI" since the series ended. I read on Wikipedia that she claimed it ruined her career.
Yes. She assumed that SHE would be the "star" of the show and not just a minor character. Bob Denver was the star of the show. Her agent did not do a very good job researching the part before she accepted it.
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and was looking for fans to bail her out. Good luck with that!
