Carroll O'Connor tested for the role of The Skipper on "Gilligan's Island" Didn't realize this at all. Interesting indeed.

http://mortystv.com/aitf_faq.shtml

Yep - and I read someplace else that he was also up for the role of Dr. Smith on Lost in Space. :cool:

If Carroll O'Connor had gotten the role Gilligan would have been a dingbat instead of Skipper's little buddy!

and Jerry Van Dyke was wanted for the role of Gilligan, but he read the script for the pilot and called it "the worst piece of crap I ever saw!"

and the reason Carrol O'Conner was replaced was because they thought audiences would feel sorry for Gilligan whenever the skipper yelled at him.

and Jerry Van Dyke was wanted for the role of Gilligan, but he read the script for the pilot and called it "the worst piece of crap I ever saw!"

Wonder what he thought 'My Mother the Car' was???

Wonder what he thought 'My Mother the Car' was???
:rofl:

am mabye a mom whos inside a car and her voice comes out of a car aka Mother rider lol just a joke there