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Bonsai · 08-19-2005, 08:17 PM

When I was in grade school, our local CBS affiliate showed Gilligan at 3:30 every weekday afternoon. From the time I was about 5 until I was 12, I would get off the school bus, drop my books down on the living room floor, get a snack, and turn on the TV. It was one of those old console TVs with built-in speakers as tall as the screen and a channel knob that made a sound like "chnk-chnk-chnk" as you flipped through the stations. For all those years it ran continuously.....if they made it all the way to "Gilligan the Goddess" on a Tuesday, then Wednesday would be "Two on a Raft." I knew all the episodes backwards and forwards. Now, on the DVD collections, they're still like old friends.

How did you discover Gilligan?

Céline · 08-19-2005, 10:03 PM

I was about 5 years old,I was watching tv when my big brother came in the living room and changed the channel without asking me first.I was so furious

but,as soon as I heard the Gilligan's Island's theme's song,I was already hooked

Munsters#1 · 08-20-2005, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Céline

I was about 5 years old,I was watching tv when my big brother came in the living room and changed the channel without asking me first.I was so furious

but,as soon as I heard the Gilligan's Island's theme's song,I was already hooked

You shoulda kicked his ass!

ph1l · 08-20-2005, 03:14 AM

Who said big brothers are useless.

Vince 887 · 08-21-2005, 06:58 PM

I was in the first grade and this was when the show went to syndication...Even at an early age besides laughing at the antics especially of Gilligan and the Skipper It was Ginger like for many young boys that were my age and today probably that made them really look foward to watching...Mary Ann is more appreciated when you grow older

gilligan fanatic · 08-22-2005, 08:46 PM

I have only been watching it for 5 or 6 years. My dad was watching a marathon of it on TBS in 1999 or 200 and they showed many episodes and the reunion movies. Well I saw a good amount of it and then It came to Nick at Nite. At that point It was on Block Party Summers and on at 9:00 so I had lots of chances to watch it. I then ordered the VHS's from a catalog and then got the books and everything else. And its all because my dad was watching it.

Fleet · 08-26-2005, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonsai

When I was in grade school, our local CBS affiliate showed Gilligan at 3:30 every weekday afternoon. From the time I was about 5 until I was 12, I would get off the school bus, drop my books down on the living room floor, get a snack, and turn on the TV. It was one of those old console TVs with built-in speakers as tall as the screen and a channel knob that made a sound like "chnk-chnk-chnk" as you flipped through the stations. For all those years it ran continuously.....if they made it all the way to "Gilligan the Goddess" on a Tuesday, then Wednesday would be "Two on a Raft." I knew all the episodes backwards and forwards. Now, on the DVD collections, they're still like old friends.

How did you discover Gilligan?

My family also had one of those console TVs. In fact, we still do. My dad's friend gave us one a few years ago. I think it's dated Dec., 1970. We don't really use it- it serves as a table on which to put a 25" TV on.

I can't quite remember if I watched "Gilligan" during its original run; I think so. But I know for sure that I watched re-runs of it in the late '60s and into the '70s.

GingerGilligan · 08-29-2005, 03:06 AM

I was tiny when I first saw GI. My older brother watched it, and I watched it too. I thought Gilligan was *so* cute & sweet!

I especially loved his soft voice, his smile, his eyes, his raven hair, etc. etc. etc. The station took it off before I started kindergarten. I did continue to watch the cartoons of it (both New Adventures & Gilligan's Planet), but I didn't actually watch GI itself again until I was in the 7th grade. I'd never forgotten GI and I'd recently got "The Unofficial GI Handbook" by Joey Green. It was really exciting reading it, it brought back a lot of memories. So I checked to see if it was on TV and sure enough it was on channel 26 on Saturday morning. This was the day my brother went to Long Beach to start college. They showed "Two on a Raft".

I was like, wow, that's one of the very first ones! Unfortunately ch. 26 (this is in Fresno, it became a Fox afflilate around this time) dropped GI from it's schedule again.

(I think they may have had GI between K and 7th, but it was on really early in the morning, like 5am).

SO! I did not see GI again except when I was on vacation by the coast and the beach house had cable (my family did not have cable yet). That was "Gilligan vs. Gilligan". My mom called out "CINDY! GILLIGAN'S ON!"

*Then* finally when I was 16, we moved to a new house with cable! So I was able to watch all the TV oldies on Nick at Nite and TBS, including GI and DOBIE GILLIS!!!

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08-29-2005, 03:06 AM	#8
GingerGilligan He was like an angel Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 22, 2005 Location: Running my fingers through Gilligan's dark hair Posts: 158	I was tiny when I first saw GI. My older brother watched it, and I watched it too. I thought Gilligan was so cute & sweet! I especially loved his soft voice, his smile, his eyes, his raven hair, etc. etc. etc. The station took it off before I started kindergarten. I did continue to watch the cartoons of it (both New Adventures & Gilligan's Planet), but I didn't actually watch GI itself again until I was in the 7th grade. I'd never forgotten GI and I'd recently got "The Unofficial GI Handbook" by Joey Green. It was really exciting reading it, it brought back a lot of memories. So I checked to see if it was on TV and sure enough it was on channel 26 on Saturday morning. This was the day my brother went to Long Beach to start college. They showed "Two on a Raft". I was like, wow, that's one of the very first ones! Unfortunately ch. 26 (this is in Fresno, it became a Fox afflilate around this time) dropped GI from it's schedule again. (I think they may have had GI between K and 7th, but it was on really early in the morning, like 5am). SO! I did not see GI again except when I was on vacation by the coast and the beach house had cable (my family did not have cable yet). That was "Gilligan vs. Gilligan". My mom called out "CINDY! GILLIGAN'S ON!" Then finally when I was 16, we moved to a new house with cable! So I was able to watch all the TV oldies on Nick at Nite and TBS, including GI and DOBIE GILLIS!!!
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08-19-2005, 08:17 PM	#1
Bonsai Gilligan Ambassador Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 356	Discovering Gilligan When I was in grade school, our local CBS affiliate showed Gilligan at 3:30 every weekday afternoon. From the time I was about 5 until I was 12, I would get off the school bus, drop my books down on the living room floor, get a snack, and turn on the TV. It was one of those old console TVs with built-in speakers as tall as the screen and a channel knob that made a sound like "chnk-chnk-chnk" as you flipped through the stations. For all those years it ran continuously.....if they made it all the way to "Gilligan the Goddess" on a Tuesday, then Wednesday would be "Two on a Raft." I knew all the episodes backwards and forwards. Now, on the DVD collections, they're still like old friends. How did you discover Gilligan?

08-19-2005, 10:03 PM	#2
Céline Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 29, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,606	I was about 5 years old,I was watching tv when my big brother came in the living room and changed the channel without asking me first.I was so furious but,as soon as I heard the Gilligan's Island's theme's song,I was already hooked

08-21-2005, 06:58 PM	#5
Vince 887 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 29, 2005 Posts: 110	I was in the first grade and this was when the show went to syndication...Even at an early age besides laughing at the antics especially of Gilligan and the Skipper It was Ginger like for many young boys that were my age and today probably that made them really look foward to watching...Mary Ann is more appreciated when you grow older