"Gilligan vs. Gilligan" was on today--you know, the one where Gilligan has a double. Bob Denver said in his book that the only time he got sick during the whole run of the series was when they were filming this episode. And he's right about being able to tell--he looks sick in some of the shots. He said he had a 104 degree fever and chills and just felt terrible.

Yes...I had read that too. And now everytime I watch the episode I can't help but think to myself, "He was sick when he filmed this." But you know, he did a great job despite all that. He was still the same old Gilligan.

Yes, he did a great job even though I'm sure he felt terrible. I never would have known he was sick if I hadn't read it--but now as I look at him, I can see that he was sick, LOL.

His book is great. He has a wonderful writing style. I bought mine at a book-signing back in 1995, and it's autographed. I won't let my kids touch it, LOL. He was very friendly, even though I could only talk to him for a minute.

I bought my copy from his website. I would love the chance to meet him. Hopefully some day I will be able to. :)

I never read much of Bob's book--I ahve Sherwood's and The proffesor's, though..:)

BTW This was the next to last Gilligan episode written by Joanna Lee, a prolific actress-writer-director-producer whose next, and last GI job, was the Eva Grubb-yopu know, the Ginger lookalike one..then went to "Ghost and Mrs.Muir","Nanny and the Professor", which was bY Fox and did NOT have the Gilligan Prof.in a spinoff, Brady, then stuff like the Waltons and the type of movies Jennifer Lopez, Ashely Judd,etc. would have done if they were stars back then. She wrote autobiography titled A DIFFICULT WOMAN IN HOLLYWOOD. Gilligan Vs.Gilligan was one of many directed by Jerry Hopper, a guy whose name I've seen on a Paramount movie poster for a 1950s post officve movie, as preserved iN Washington DC's famed postal museum.

Incidentally, Gilligan had many female writers besides Joanna Lee-Mary C.McCall, a one-timer who wrote the famed "Hi Fi Gilligan one", Joan Maples who wrote with her husband, cousin, or brother Terry, the famed volcano epside "Operaiton: STEAM HEAT", and others, plus female director IDa Lupino (WRONGWAY FELDMAN, part of HAROLD HECUBA, aka THE PRODUCER-codirected by GEO.M.CAHAN and Wilbur D'Arcy).

Getting back to Joanna Lee (Gilligan versus Gilligan scribe)..Hard to believe that the woman who wrote heartwarming WALTONS material also wrote slapsticky stuff for Gilligan! (She also created
the GReat Gazoo on the Flinstones, or least is listed as writer for the first episode, if creator-producers-directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera simply created Gazoo and just commision her to write the episode ort they cowrote it..).

And yes, Bob Denver did play his own double..:) and do the accent as well!

Oh really? I really liked that episode.

Bob should have gotten a flu shot every year back in the 60's (the shots were invemted in the 40's). But hey very few folks not in he service got them in those days anyway.