I can't believe it! The theme song we all know is not the original!!!!!!!!!!! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

gilligan fanatic · 09-25-2006, 04:56 PM

I just got in four episodes of the show with Original Commercials from the original airings and it is unbelievable. So far all I have seen are the opening credits and a little bit of the commercials. In season 1 we all know the lyrics as "That started from this tropic port aboard this tiny ship" On the episode X Marks the Spot from it's original airings the Wellingtons sing it as "That started from this tropic port about this sea ship"

And on season 3 the music notes played on the flute are different and the song seems to be sung a little deeper and bolder. I can't believe it at all. I have never read anything about the theme being different I am stunned and amazed.

Oh and this post was brought to you buy Top Job (The sponsors for "And Then There Were None"

gilligan fanatic · 09-25-2006, 05:44 PM

For you guys to see it for yourself here is a video of the opening credits from season 1

http://download.yousendit.com/C94E61B43552BA7D

gilligan fanatic · 09-25-2006, 05:59 PM

listen for the different flute after Natalie Schafer's credit

warning 27MB

http://download.yousendit.com/0257E36657A12A6E

Simply amazing

ph1l · 09-27-2006, 03:12 AM

Thanks for the themes gf. I was allowed to download the first one but I've got to be a member for the second.
I've watched it a few times. Do you think it could be a splice in the film? It looks and sounds a bit like it.

gilligan fanatic · 09-27-2006, 01:35 PM

It does sound like a splice, but it really doesn't sound like something is missing besides a breath. I mean it honestly could be, but I really can't tell for sure.

I think because it was so big you have to log in. Just use my username and password there because I only got it to upload it

Name: Taxsquad
Password: Taxies

AaronHandy3 · 12-10-2006, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

And on season 3 the music notes played on the flute are different and the song seems to be sung a little deeper and bolder.

Not only that, the storm winds were much louder! All this is due to added echo effects.

Sadly, The Complete Third Season DVD set (which I got from Barnes & Noble in Metarie 2 weeks ago) doesn't feature the Season 3 version of the theme. Instead, the Season-2 arrangement of The Ballad is substituted.

And the below shot of the S.S. Minnow was used towards the end of the main titles which was never seen before. I don't think this was used at all during the original CBS run...

gilligan fanatic · 12-10-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by AaronHandy3

Not only that, the storm winds were much louder! All this is due to added echo effects.

Sadly, The Complete Third Season DVD set (which I got from Barnes & Noble in Metarie 2 weeks ago) doesn't feature the Season 3 version of the theme. Instead, the Season-2 arrangement of The Ballad is substituted.

And the below shot of the S.S. Minnow was used towards the end of the main titles which was never seen before. I don't think this was used at all during the original CBS run...

I am pretty sure that that pic is on the credits

I ended up uploading these credits to Youtube because the other way I had it was to complicated.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1lHWPYNqOM8 - Season 1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=r81IJyktt-I - Season 2

Ireneparalegal · 12-10-2006, 02:30 PM

Not to change the subject, but I remember that product Top Job.

Thanx for the info on the theme song. This is weird hearing a different version than the one we have heard all these years.

AaronHandy3 · 12-10-2006, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I am pretty sure that that pic is on the credits

I ended up uploading these credits to Youtube because the other way I had it was to complicated.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1lHWPYNqOM8 - Season 1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=r81IJyktt-I - Season 2

"And Then There Were None" (prod. #1625-0517) was a Season 3 Gilligan installment, first airing on CBS December 5, 1966.

Just for curiosity's sake, which sponsor took its turn at bat for "Waiting For Watubi"? I didn't get to see that.

AaronHandy3 · 12-15-2006, 04:35 PM

It's rather strange that Gilligan's Island continued to feature the shot of the beached, battered Minnow in the main titles, in spite of the fact it fell to pieces in Season 1 after just 8 weeks into the run (the November 21, 1964 episode "Goodbye Island")!

ph1l · 12-16-2006, 02:55 AM

*sigh* The theme song's lyrics have motion pictures to illustrate their meaning for the first time viewer. Part of the song has "The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle".

TV Knowledge Fan · 12-20-2006, 03:28 PM

...the show was co-sponsored by Philip Morris [Marlboro or Parliament cigarettes; which of them, I'm not sure, could have been both] and Procter & Gamble [various products]- in fact, their alternate sponsorship was the reason the series stayed on the air, despite CBS president Jim Aubrey's attempts to throw it off the 1964-'65 schedule before its premiere; he HATED the entire premise (I believe his attitude was, "Get those ----ing castaways off that ----ing island!!!"), and tried to sabotage Sherwood Schwartz's efforts to produce it at all. I'm quite sure Procter & Gamble, as they did over Aubrey's arguments about keeping "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW" and "PETTICOAT JUNCTION" in place, insisted that, if "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND" wasn't on the network's schedule in the time period they "bought", they would take ALL of their business elsewhere {meaning, all their ad time AND the CBS daytime soap operas they controlled as well}. Jim Aubrey could not afford to offend THE biggest advertiser in all of television, so he grumbled in private and kept the show on the schedule. By February 1965, he was out at CBS...and Sherwood Schwartz had the last laugh.

Procter & Gamble (who marketed "Top Job" at the time) continued to sponsor the show over the entire series' run; I'm not sure who the "alternate" sponsors were after the first season, if any.

gilligan fanatic · 12-20-2006, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by AaronHandy3

"And Then There Were None" (prod. #1625-0517) was a Season 3 Gilligan installment, first airing on CBS December 5, 1966.

Just for curiosity's sake, which sponsor took its turn at bat for "Waiting For Watubi"? I didn't get to see that.

There were a few. Also thought you would like seeing the Oxydol credit during the end credits.

Jack1000 · 12-20-2006, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I just got in four episodes of the show with Original Commercials from the original airings and it is unbelievable. So far all I have seen are the opening credits and a little bit of the commercials. In season 1 we all know the lyrics as "That started from this tropic port aboard this tiny ship" On the episode X Marks the Spot from it's original airings the Wellingtons sing it as "That started from this tropic port about this sea ship"

And on season 3 the music notes played on the flute are different and the song seems to be sung a little deeper and bolder. I can't believe it at all. I have never read anything about the theme being different I am stunned and amazed.

Oh and this post was brought to you buy Top Job (The sponsors for "And Then There Were None"

Is that Season 1 song lyric change from "X Marks The Spot?" It's listed on YouTube as being from "Waiting for Watubi." (Unless I read something wrong.)

Jack

gilligan fanatic · 12-20-2006, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack1000

Is that Season 1 song lyric change from "X Marks The Spot?" It's listed on YouTube as being from "Waiting for Watubi." (Unless I read something wrong.)

Jack

It is from Waiting, but I have that episode and X Marks and they have the same opening.

09-25-2006, 04:56 PM	#1
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	I can't believe it! The theme song we all know is not the original!!!!!!!!!!! I just got in four episodes of the show with Original Commercials from the original airings and it is unbelievable. So far all I have seen are the opening credits and a little bit of the commercials. In season 1 we all know the lyrics as "That started from this tropic port aboard this tiny ship" On the episode X Marks the Spot from it's original airings the Wellingtons sing it as "That started from this tropic port about this sea ship" And on season 3 the music notes played on the flute are different and the song seems to be sung a little deeper and bolder. I can't believe it at all. I have never read anything about the theme being different I am stunned and amazed. Oh and this post was brought to you buy Top Job (The sponsors for "And Then There Were None" Attached Images
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09-27-2006, 03:12 AM	#4
ph1l Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2004 Posts: 1,362	Thanks for the themes gf. I was allowed to download the first one but I've got to be a member for the second. I've watched it a few times. Do you think it could be a splice in the film? It looks and sounds a bit like it.
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12-10-2006, 02:30 PM	#8
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,689	Not to change the subject, but I remember that product Top Job. Thanx for the info on the theme song. This is weird hearing a different version than the one we have heard all these years.
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12-15-2006, 04:35 PM	#10
AaronHandy3 Classic TV Buff Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 21, 2001 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 859	About The S.S. Minnow It's rather strange that Gilligan's Island continued to feature the shot of the beached, battered Minnow in the main titles, in spite of the fact it fell to pieces in Season 1 after just 8 weeks into the run (the November 21, 1964 episode "Goodbye Island")!

12-20-2006, 03:28 PM	#12
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Originally... ...the show was co-sponsored by Philip Morris [Marlboro or Parliament cigarettes; which of them, I'm not sure, could have been both] and Procter & Gamble [various products]- in fact, their alternate sponsorship was the reason the series stayed on the air, despite CBS president Jim Aubrey's attempts to throw it off the 1964-'65 schedule before its premiere; he HATED the entire premise (I believe his attitude was, "Get those ----ing castaways off that ----ing island!!!"), and tried to sabotage Sherwood Schwartz's efforts to produce it at all. I'm quite sure Procter & Gamble, as they did over Aubrey's arguments about keeping "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW" and "PETTICOAT JUNCTION" in place, insisted that, if "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND" wasn't on the network's schedule in the time period they "bought", they would take ALL of their business elsewhere {meaning, all their ad time AND the CBS daytime soap operas they controlled as well}. Jim Aubrey could not afford to offend THE biggest advertiser in all of television, so he grumbled in private and kept the show on the schedule. By February 1965, he was out at CBS...and Sherwood Schwartz had the last laugh. Procter & Gamble (who marketed "Top Job" at the time) continued to sponsor the show over the entire series' run; I'm not sure who the "alternate" sponsors were after the first season, if any.

09-25-2006, 05:44 PM	#2
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	For you guys to see it for yourself here is a video of the opening credits from season 1 http://download.yousendit.com/C94E61B43552BA7D

09-25-2006, 05:59 PM	#3
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	listen for the different flute after Natalie Schafer's credit warning 27MB http://download.yousendit.com/0257E36657A12A6E Simply amazing

09-27-2006, 01:35 PM	#5
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	It does sound like a splice, but it really doesn't sound like something is missing besides a breath. I mean it honestly could be, but I really can't tell for sure. I think because it was so big you have to log in. Just use my username and password there because I only got it to upload it Name: Taxsquad Password: Taxies

12-16-2006, 02:55 AM	#11
ph1l Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2004 Posts: 1,362	sigh The theme song's lyrics have motion pictures to illustrate their meaning for the first time viewer. Part of the song has "The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle".