Who Knew? Bob Denver Was Not The Top Choice To Play Gilligan - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 07-06-2012, 10:10 PM

Kliph Nesteroff: I had heard that Alan Young was up for the part of Gilligan originally.

Sherwood Schwartz: No.

Kliph Nesteroff: No?

Sherwoord Schwartz: No, that's not true. The only other one up for Gilligan had another show available to him and he chose the other pilot. So then I went to my second choice which was Bob Denver. Very often the second banana becomes even more important than the top banana. That's what happened with Bob Denver.

http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/s...ood%20schwartz

robyrob · 07-07-2012, 09:01 AM

Jerry Van Dyke was first offered Gilligan, but chose My Mother the Car instead

Teebs · 07-07-2012, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Kliph Nesteroff: I had heard that Alan Young was up for the part of Gilligan originally.

Sherwood Schwartz: No.

Kliph Nesteroff: No?

Sherwoord Schwartz: No, that's not true. The only other one up for Gilligan had another show available to him and he chose the other pilot. So then I went to my second choice which was Bob Denver. Very often the second banana becomes even more important than the top banana. That's what happened with Bob Denver.

http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/s...ood%20schwartz

Awww! But he *was* the perfect choice.

And that's a lovely photo, thanks for posting it!

Marvo301 · 07-07-2012, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robyrob

Jerry Van Dyke was first offered Gilligan, but chose My Mother the Car instead

Jerry thought that "My Mother the Car" was a much better show than GI and would last much longer and be more lucrative. Oops!!

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