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You might also like. View All Photos Alan Hale Jr. Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby. Natalie Schafer Mrs. Lovey Howell. Tina Louise Ginger Grant. Dawn Wells Mary Ann Summers. Sherwood Schwartz Creator. Go back. More trailers.

Dexter: New Blood: Season 1. The Shrink Next Door: Season 1. No Score Yet. Yellowstone: Season 4. Sherwood Schwartz. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. During what was supposed to be a three-hour tour, the S. Minnow is shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island following a typhoon. The seven castaways include the blustery captain, his bumbling first mate Gilligan, a millionaire couple named the Howells, curvaceous movie star Ginger Grant, sexy farm girl Mary Ann Summers, and a science professor known as the Professor.

Despite their dire situation, they managed to survive on a diet made up of fish and coconut cream pie, and were aided by their trusty transistor radio and a seemingly never-ending parade of guest stars who managed to drop by their "deserted" island including a big game hunter, a movie producer, a mad scientist, a rock band, Russian cosmonauts, foreign spies, and a jungle boy , yet never managed to bring them to safety. Did you know Edit. Trivia In the first-season credits, Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells were relegated to being simply "the rest," due to "Ginger" actress Tina Louise's insistence that no one be listed after her in the credits.

That changed in the second season when Bob Denver demanded that they be given an equal share in the credits, thus changing the lyrics to "The Professor and Mary Ann".

Sherwood Schwartz , who composed both themes, has said it didn't occur to him the Professor and Mary Ann would turn into prominent characters. Goofs On a number of occasions, the castaways encounter people, whether other castaways or fugitives in hiding, who have been on the island for 10 years or more, prior to the arrival of the Minnow Wrongway Feldman, Dubov the painter, and the jungle boy.

All these characters regard themselves each as being the only person on the island. How big is this island that all these people could exist there so long and never know about each other? Quotes Gilligan : Hiya, Professor. Crazy credits During the first season's opening credits, neither The Professor Russell Johnson nor Mary Ann Dawn Wells received an on screen billing, nor were they referred to in the theme song. They were just referred to as " User reviews 90 Review.

Top review. Why are you reading this? If you're old enough to use the computer, you've probably watched Gilligan's Island. Are you checking to see what other people think about it? I remember every day after elementary school, I'd come home and watch Gilligan's Island, then Star Trek, the old series. Thinking back to that desert island question, he thought it would make for an interesting dynamic to have a group of very dissimilar individuals stranded together and have to learn to live and work together.

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.

Because in the original presentation, it's Willy Gilligan. But he doesn't believe it, and he doesn't want to discuss it. He insists the name is Gilligan. So that worked out, too! The Skipper was the toughest, and last, character to be cast. George, Utah when he got the casting call for Gilligan and was unable to get time off for a screen test. So he had to sneak off set after a day of filming, which was no easy task. He reversed the process after the audition and made it back to Utah just in time to resume filming his western the next day.

The pilot for the series was filmed over several days in November of on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. Ep St. Gilligan and the Dragon The women decide to move to the other side of the island in protest.

Ep The Matchmaker Mrs. Howell decides to engineer a romance between Gilligan and Mary Ann. Unfortunately, the drumming has also attracted the attention of a neighboring island's tribe, who are convinced that a war is about to start. Ep New Neighbor Sam The castaways overhear gangsters discussing buried treasure and threatening their lives. Ep They're Off and Running Mr. Howell wins all of the Skipper's possessions betting on turtle races. Ep Three to Get Ready The Skipper insists a stone found by Gilligan will grant the finder three wishes before sundown.

Ep Forget Me Not The Professor tries to cure the Skipper's amnesia by hypnotizing him and taking him through time. The castaways discover Gilligan's secret diary. Ep It's Magic The castaways discover a magician's trunk on the island, using its contents to scare away unfriendly natives from nearby islands. Ep Goodbye, Old Paint A famous painter who has renounced civilization visits the island.

Howell's life, Mr. Howell decides to make him his son. Ep 1: Gilligan's Mother-in-Law A native family from another island comes seeking a husband for their lovely but large daughter.

Ep 2: Beauty is as Beauty Does Gilligan suggests a beauty contest to decide which of the three women will become "Ms. Ep 3: The Little Dictator The exiled president of a revolution-torn country visits the island.

Ep 7: Castaways Pictures Presents The castaways make a silent movie in the hopes that it will lead to their rescue. Ep 8: Agonized Labor Gilligan and the Skipper hear a radio broadcast telling of the collapse of the Howell financial empire. Ep Hi-Fi Gilligan Gilligan's mouth becomes a radio after he is accidentally hit on the head. When the castaway's regular radio is broken, Gilligan becomes the sole source of information on an approaching typhoon.

Ep Gilligan Gets Bugged Gilligan thinks he is doomed after being bitten by a yellow and green bug. Soon, the other castaways also are bitten by the same bug. When the Professor is unable to deactivate the mine, Gilligan tows it back into the lagoon, where it harmlessly explodes. Ep Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue Erika Tiffany Smith lands on the island looking for a place to start a new resort, and find a new husband. Ep Not Guilty A crate containing coconuts is wrapped in an old Honolulu newspaper that says one of the castaways is being sought in a murder investigation.

Ep You've Been Disconnected A storm washes up a trans-continental telephone cable into the lagoon. The Professor manages to break into the cable and rig up a telephone so they can dial out for help. Ep Seer Gilligan Gilligan discovers an island bush that produces seeds that when eaten give a person the ability to read the minds of others. Ep Forward March The castaways are frightened as the sounds of battle, including hand grenades and machine guns, rock the island.

The culprit turns out to be a gorilla who has found in an old WWII arsenal cave.