gilligan fanatic
07-09-2005, 04:04 PM
Gilligan's Islandfor air 5/16/04 - FINAL
theme song:Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful
trip, That started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship.
WHEN 'GILLIGAN'S ISLAND' LANDED ON THE CBS LINEUP BACK IN 1964, MOST CRITICS
PREDICTED DISASTER FOR THE CASTAWAY COMEDY...
theme song:Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour. A three
hour tour.
BUT THAT 'THREE HOUR TOUR' HAS NOW LASTED CLOSE TO FORTY YEARS, MAKING
'GILLIGAN'S ISLAND' ONE OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING SHOWS IN TELEVISION
SYNDICATION...
Sherwood Schwartz
2 03 28
Every place I go, a tour guide will point to some island off the coast of
Africa, or India or California - you name it. He will point to some little
island and say 'that's where they did the pilot for Gilligan's Island.
'SERIES CREATOR SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ ACTUALLY SHOT THE SHOW'S PILOT EPISODE ON
THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND OF KAUAI [pron:keh-WUH-ee... just like Hawaii is
"heh-WUH-ee"] - DECIDING THE BEACHES OF MOLOA'A BAY [pron:molo-WAH-ah] WERE
THE PERFECT SETTING FOR HIS SHIPWRECKED SURVIVORS... SCHWARTZ, A COMEDY
VETERAN OF BOB HOPE AND RED SKELTON'S RADIO SHOWS, ORIGINALLY CAME TO CBS
CHAIRMAN BILL PALEY WITH A RATHER HIGH-MINDED CONCEPT...
Sherwood Schwartz
2 04 01
I referred to 'Gilligan's Island' as a social microcosm // and he said
'social microcosm? I thought this was a comedy!' And I said 'Mr Paley,
it's a funny microcosm.' And it proved to be so.
INSPIRED BY COMEDY DUOS 'LAUREL AND HARDY' AND 'ABBOT AND COSTELLO,'
SCHWARTZ CENTERED THE ACTION ON THE ANTICS OF BOB DENVER, PLAYING
GILLIGAN... AND ALAN HALE AS THE GRUFF BUT LOVABLE 'SKIPPER'
HALE FIT THE PART - AND THE SKIPPER'S CAP.
Sherwood Schwartz [holding up bronzed skipper's hat]
2 31 00
When the show was over, the skipper, who was just a wonderful guy - a warm,
great guy - had it bronzed // if he ever hit Gilligan with it now, it would
kill hiim - it would weigh five pounds.
UNLIKE OTHER ISLAND-BASED SERIES THAT HAVE FOLLOWED - 'GILLIGAN'S ISLAND'
DIDN'T DWELL ON SEX, COMPETITION, OR GREED... INDEED, IT ACTUALLY LIVED-UP
TO SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ'S LOFTY AMBITIONS...
Sherwood Schwartz
2 20 11
whether you're a man woman child democrat republican - it doesn't matter.
Everybody has this dream of an idyllic island somewhere where you can put
your feet up and relax and enjoy the sights and sounds - I think that will
go on forever
....AND SO TOO, IT SEEMS, WILL 'GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.
'theme song:So join us here each week my freinds, you're sure to get a
smile, from seven stranded castways, here on "Gilligan's Isle."
theme song:Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful
trip, That started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship.
WHEN 'GILLIGAN'S ISLAND' LANDED ON THE CBS LINEUP BACK IN 1964, MOST CRITICS
PREDICTED DISASTER FOR THE CASTAWAY COMEDY...
theme song:Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour. A three
hour tour.
BUT THAT 'THREE HOUR TOUR' HAS NOW LASTED CLOSE TO FORTY YEARS, MAKING
'GILLIGAN'S ISLAND' ONE OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING SHOWS IN TELEVISION
SYNDICATION...
Sherwood Schwartz
2 03 28
Every place I go, a tour guide will point to some island off the coast of
Africa, or India or California - you name it. He will point to some little
island and say 'that's where they did the pilot for Gilligan's Island.
'SERIES CREATOR SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ ACTUALLY SHOT THE SHOW'S PILOT EPISODE ON
THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND OF KAUAI [pron:keh-WUH-ee... just like Hawaii is
"heh-WUH-ee"] - DECIDING THE BEACHES OF MOLOA'A BAY [pron:molo-WAH-ah] WERE
THE PERFECT SETTING FOR HIS SHIPWRECKED SURVIVORS... SCHWARTZ, A COMEDY
VETERAN OF BOB HOPE AND RED SKELTON'S RADIO SHOWS, ORIGINALLY CAME TO CBS
CHAIRMAN BILL PALEY WITH A RATHER HIGH-MINDED CONCEPT...
Sherwood Schwartz
2 04 01
I referred to 'Gilligan's Island' as a social microcosm // and he said
'social microcosm? I thought this was a comedy!' And I said 'Mr Paley,
it's a funny microcosm.' And it proved to be so.
INSPIRED BY COMEDY DUOS 'LAUREL AND HARDY' AND 'ABBOT AND COSTELLO,'
SCHWARTZ CENTERED THE ACTION ON THE ANTICS OF BOB DENVER, PLAYING
GILLIGAN... AND ALAN HALE AS THE GRUFF BUT LOVABLE 'SKIPPER'
HALE FIT THE PART - AND THE SKIPPER'S CAP.
Sherwood Schwartz [holding up bronzed skipper's hat]
2 31 00
When the show was over, the skipper, who was just a wonderful guy - a warm,
great guy - had it bronzed // if he ever hit Gilligan with it now, it would
kill hiim - it would weigh five pounds.
UNLIKE OTHER ISLAND-BASED SERIES THAT HAVE FOLLOWED - 'GILLIGAN'S ISLAND'
DIDN'T DWELL ON SEX, COMPETITION, OR GREED... INDEED, IT ACTUALLY LIVED-UP
TO SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ'S LOFTY AMBITIONS...
Sherwood Schwartz
2 20 11
whether you're a man woman child democrat republican - it doesn't matter.
Everybody has this dream of an idyllic island somewhere where you can put
your feet up and relax and enjoy the sights and sounds - I think that will
go on forever
....AND SO TOO, IT SEEMS, WILL 'GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.
'theme song:So join us here each week my freinds, you're sure to get a
smile, from seven stranded castways, here on "Gilligan's Isle."