Yeah, I didn't think that UP AT BAT aired in May 66, but on September 12th, '66, due to ther paucity of a executive producer credit (which attributed to regular secondf season director Jack Arnold, who also did some seaosn 1's, also producving those).
Only a CREATEDD & PRODUCED credit, then Ron Freidman's writer credit and Jerry Hopper's director credit.
However, as I mentioned in TEASER TROUBLE in the mid-final season episode, THE INVASION, Sherwood Schwqartz is given his standard creator title above his name PLUS, for the first time since the black-and-whites (and reprised on THE BRADY BUNCH episodes from 1970-74 after the "Created and produced by.." first season items of TBB) followed by Jack Arnold's former executive producer title!
Ex-coproducer Robert L.Rosen is now producer since THE INVASION. However, a few includng the final one, GILLIGAN THE GODDESS, still say "Cretaed and produced by SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ",and clearly the episodes were not released in sequential order
Obviously, GILLIGAN GOES GUNG HO and GILLIGAN THE GODDESS were in the can (or coconut) MANY months before they finally saw the light of day!
After all, the seeries opener, TWO ON A RAFDT was NOT the intended first (BIRDS GOTTA FLY, FISH GOTTA TALk, #12 in the series, was intended as THE first epsiode).
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