Okay i was thinkin of ideas for episodes for season for and came up with some ideas:

Gilligan and Mr. Howell get stuck in quick sand while the other 5 can't find them and start to worry and even make up funeral plans!

Two sailors (Captain Tom and Bruce Anderson), two millionaires (the Perrys), a movie star (Hannah Carvey), a high school proffesser (Proffesser Wolsey), and a farm girl from Arkansas (Dorothy Jones) get stranded on the island but get rescued while the others are sleeping and once again---the castaways are left behind.

Marayann has a dream of The wizard of oz. Proffesser is scarecrow Gilligan is tin man and Skipper is the lion. Mrs. Howell is Glinda, Ginger is the wicked witch, and Mr. Howell is the wizard. Yes this was originally PIBOOKFOR (did i spell that right?) idea!

Ginger has a dream she's a Princess Ginger daughter of King Henry VIII in the 1500's. She runs away cuz her father ignores her. Along the way she meets a 15 year old poor girl named Maryann Summers, a doctor named Dr. Roy Hinkley, a wealthy couple The Howells, a superstitious falconer Jonas Grumby, and a 16 year old page boy Jimmy Gilligan. Ginger learns to respect the poor, to appreciate doctors more, that money isn't everything, that superstitions aren't always fake, and Jimmy teaches Ginger to appreciate what she has and to be happy without evrything.

I can't think of anymore at the moment. what r your ideas?

Very interesting Post Rory Michelle. I enjoyed reading it. But I thought Gilligan's first name was Willy?

well nobody really knew Gilligan's first name. It was a mystery. And I didn't necessarily like "Willy" so I just thought of Jimmy.

Bob Denver wasn't too thrilled about that name either when Mr.Schwartz told him that Gilligan's first name was Willy.That's why he wanted to be called only Gilligan:)

The castaways have yet another chance to be rescued, but Gilligan screws things up yet again.

Celine there was dispute over whether Gilligan is his first or his last name. I've covered this in other threads.

Sherwood Shwarthz said that Gilligan was is last name in the movie:Surviving Gilligan's Island.He found that name in the phone book.Remember that the Skipper was Gilligan's boss and it's pretty commun that a captain called his first mate by his last name.For the others castaways,they called him Gilligan like the Skipper thinking that it was his first name and it sounds funnier too:Giiilliiiggggaaannn!!!!!!!

Every episode would have something to do with them almost getting off the island.

http://www.gilligansisle.com/4th.html

How about this? If there are no more seasons after Season 4, which would have been unlikely, the castaways would finally get rescued. Off the island. A good series finale.

good thinkin* (winks);)

Sherwood Schwartz explained in his book Inside Gilligan's Island that if he had known that the third season would have been the last season, he would have closed the season with the castaways' getting off the island. As most probably know, a fourth season was promised, but then taken away at the last minute. I think that an unfair share of blame has been put on Sherowood Schwartz for not rescuing the castaways as part of the original series, when it was, in fact, not his fault at all.

I agree. But what's done is done. You can't change the past. But at least they had three reunion movies long after that series.

The reunions were good we finally learned how they
got rescued.But,I wanted to know more about the
personal lives of the Skipper and Gilligan.We didn't
meet any Gilligan's friends(like Skinny Mulligan) or
parents and any of the Skipper's old girls friend.It
was interesting to see the other castaways in their
every day's lives.Mary Ann getting married with her
old boy friend that she didn't see in fifteen years was
a real shock!On the island,she never mentionned
she was engaged except at the time she pretended
to be...I always whished that Gilligan would ask her
to marry him(she was in a wedding dress anyway).
That would been a great ending.They could suprised
the others with the good news at their reunion on the
Skipper's new boat.Here's another thing:if you had
been shipwrecked on board the Minnow would you go
back and take another cruise with the same boat under
the same Skipper and also Gilligan?::eek:

I don't recall them doing an episode with an epedemic. Maybe they could have had everyone sick except Gilligan, or even Ginger. And the other person has to run around playing doctor. That would have been funny.

Originally posted by alexo451
I don't recall them doing an episode with an epedemic. Maybe they could have had everyone sick except Gilligan, or even Ginger. And the other person has to run around playing doctor. That would have been funny.


lol that would be funny

"Gilligan's Wonderful Life?"

After messing up(or, more accurately, being accussed of messing up) yet ANOTHER rescue, our boy Gilligan contemplates ending it alll when, out of the blue comes...a wacky inventor from the future with a time machine, who gives Gilligan the chance to go back and prevent the original shipwreck from ever happening. Of course, this being Gilligan, he bolloxes it up to the point of global annihilation.

Laffs ensue.:lol:

"Gilligan's Red-Eye Zoogie"

Mistaking a lost mystical gem for an oversized marble, Gilligan inadvertantly conjures up an ancient Polynesian demon, who threatens to suck the souls from the castaways...but said demon has yet to reckon with the collossal greed of Thurston Howell III!!

Chuckles result!:D

"Gilligan's Rescue"

Falling through yet another hidden cave, our boy Gilligan finds himself in an alternate reality...with a different set of castaways (mostly the three actors who plyed the Professor, Ginger and Bunny from the original unaired pilot{yes, I got the DVD, too! Did you?})

Guffaws abound.:crazy:

I'll post some more when I think of them.

I am probably one of the biggest fan of the show, and at first, would have loved for this show to have gone on to future seasons. But, after reading posts here, along with the original scripts made for the fourth season, I am glad it did not. This show got more and more ridiculous as time went on. There was always a sense of fantasy associated with this show, since "Two on a Raft", but as this show progressed, especially in the third season, it became ridiculous. The sole point on good comedy is story-lines that revolve around things that can actually happen, but are not likely. Seasons one and two demonstrated this very well. Season three, on the other hand, had Gilligan turning into a radio, and all grasp of reality was lost. I am afraid that if this series had gone on after the original three seasons, story lines would have gotten more fantastic and would have revolved around things that never could have happened in real-life. Thus, Sherwood Schwartz's "social microcosim" would have been lost because the sense of reality had been lost.

Originally posted by W.J. Griffin
"Gilligan's Wonderful Life?"

After messing up(or, more accurately, being accussed of messing up) yet ANOTHER rescue, our boy Gilligan contemplates ending it alll when, out of the blue comes...a wacky inventor from the future with a time machine, who gives Gilligan the chance to go back and prevent the original shipwreck from ever happening. Of course, this being Gilligan, he bolloxes it up to the point of global annihilation.

Laffs ensue.:lol:

"Gilligan's Red-Eye Zoogie"

Mistaking a lost mystical gem for an oversized marble, Gilligan inadvertantly conjures up an ancient Polynesian demon, who threatens to suck the souls from the castaways...but said demon has yet to reckon with the collossal greed of Thurston Howell III!!

Chuckles result!:D

"Gilligan's Rescue"

Falling through yet another hidden cave, our boy Gilligan finds himself in an alternate reality...with a different set of castaways (mostly the three actors who plyed the Professor, Ginger and Bunny from the original unaired pilot{yes, I got the DVD, too! Did you?})

Guffaws abound.:crazy:

I'll post some more when I think of them.



hey great ideas!

Thanx...I know some of these ideas may seen silly to some folks, but hey, if we can't discuss ideas for our favorite shows, silly or otherwise, what's the point, eh? ;)

Originally posted by algebra74
http://www.gilligansisle.com/4th.html

Okay, how are the ideas found with the last produced script any sillier than what was already produced (or the three ideas I suggested above)? (It would have been interesting to see who would've been cast as Miss Sall and Miss Krissy---frankly, it wouldn't have been the same show without Ginger!)

Originally posted by algebra74
I am probably one of the biggest fan of the show, and at first, would have loved for this show to have gone on to future seasons. But, after reading posts here, along with the original scripts made for the fourth season, I am glad it did not. This show got more and more ridiculous as time went on. There was always a sense of fantasy associated with this show, since "Two on a Raft", but as this show progressed, especially in the third season, it became ridiculous. The sole point on good comedy is story-lines that revolve around things that can actually happen, but are not likely. Seasons one and two demonstrated this very well. Season three, on the other hand, had Gilligan turning into a radio, and all grasp of reality was lost. I am afraid that if this series had gone on after the original three seasons, story lines would have gotten more fantastic and would have revolved around things that never could have happened in real-life. Thus, Sherwood Schwartz's "social microcosim" would have been lost because the sense of reality had been lost.

I think I read somewhere that it is possible to receive radio signals with your teeth, although probably not as well as Gilligan did. But certainly the episodes where a witch doctor turns the professor into a zombie, the mad doctor exchanges minds into other bodies, Gilligan becomes invisible, among others were pure fantasy and the fourth season would have taken things even farther.

Originally posted by W.J. Griffin
Okay, how are the ideas found with the last produced script any sillier than what was already produced (or the three ideas I suggested above)? (It would have been interesting to see who would've been cast as Miss Sall and Miss Krissy---frankly, it wouldn't have been the same show without Ginger!)

Miss Krissy's last name was Snow and would have been played by Suzanne Somers (only joking, but it would have explained a lot about her Threes Company character).

And your right, it would not have been the same show without Ginger and the plots would have really been stupid so it is just as well that there never was a fourth season. For the record, WJ, your three ideas were better than what was really proposed. However, I would have liked to seen the episode with Paul Lynde-he was hilarious!

About seeing Skipper's old girlfriends. When on the show did he ever say he ever had any girlfriends?

I cannot remeber any particular episode, but there were several references to his girlfriends, and even how he once almost got married. In "Rescue from Gilligan's Island", while the Skipper is talking to the Professor, the Professor tells the Skipper how much more time they will have, and he replies "Great! It will give me enough time to go over my list of girlfriends".

Well Skinny Mulligan I would think Gilligan had not seen since Gilligan was in grammar school or junior high. I would have liked to have seen his brother though.

Originally posted by algebra74
The sole point on good comedy is story-lines that revolve around things that can actually happen, but are not likely.

Hmmm...That's a highly debatable statement. That's certainly the sole point of SOME good comedy, but there have been several successful comedy shows such as Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters, and The Addams Family (along with many humorous movies of past and present) where the premise and plots were outright impossible.

I think a big part of the conflict between Robert Reed and Sherwood Schwartz was whether or not comedy had to be "realistic" or if it was good enough to be just "entertaining."

This is true, GeeBee, but when I say "good" comedy, I am refering to intelligent comedy. Comedy that doesn't insult your intelligence when you watch it. Good comedy is something that everyone can watch and enjoy; not just the kids and those who have no grasp for reality.

Originally posted by algebra74
This is true, GeeBee, but when I say "good" comedy, I am refering to intelligent comedy. Comedy that doesn't insult your intelligence when you watch it. Good comedy is something that everyone can watch and enjoy; not just the kids and those who have no grasp for reality.


Then you're really stating your OPINION about the definition of "good" comedy. Comedies that defy reality such as Bewitched, Munsters, etc. are not considered to be simply children's shows, but have had a wide appeal for all ages. Many adults use their minds most of the day in their jobs, family life, and personal issues and simply want a "light" comedy so they can sit back, watch, relax, and laugh. Some watch sitcoms to escape from reality, not dwell in it. A person's taste in comedy does not automatically make him or her intellectually superior over another person. Peace.

Originally posted by GeeBee
Then you're really stating your OPINION about the definition of "good" comedy. Comedies that defy reality such as Bewitched, Munsters, etc. are not considered to be simply children's shows, but have had a wide appeal for all ages. Many adults use their minds most of the day in their jobs, family life, and personal issues and simply want a "light" comedy so they can sit back, watch, relax, and laugh. Some watch sitcoms to escape from reality, not dwell in it. A person's taste in comedy does not automatically make him or her intellectually superior over another person. Peace.

The difference between Gilligans Island and Bewitched is that Bewitched was a fantasy but was realistic in how its characters would have dealt with the situations if they were possible. Gilligans Island was not originally a fantasy (although its premise is far-fetched) but the situations and the way the characters dealt with them became so over the top that it became a fantasy. Both shows are among my favorites-but for different reasons!

What would have been the new theme song had Ginger been rescued and two new characters added?

Originally posted by Joeytrom
What would have been the new theme song had Ginger been rescued and two new characters added?
Who knows?

A reference to the fact that they were not originally there and how they came would need to be made in the song, though the theme song unchanged but with "two secretaries"(I heard that's what they would have been) in "the movie star"'s place, or "Miss Sally and Krissy" goes nicely.

As long as they didn't change the tune.;)

~Jillian:rolleyes: