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Smilings · 07-20-2013, 03:50 PM

Dawn Wells gave TV interview to Good Day NY.

Two interesting things.
1 She says the cast didn't get residuals. But I thought she had a special deal and was the only one who got residuals.

2 For all the talk of Mary Ann and Gilligan, the one she really liked was the Professor!

below from Huffington Post.

The TV classic "Gilligan's Island" aired for three seasons and for decades after that in syndication. But as Dawn Wells, the actress who played the bubbly Mary Ann, told "Good Day NY" (weekdays, 9 a.m. EST on Fox) the cast wasn't fortunate enough to share in the syndication royalties.

"No, they didn't exist!" Wells lamented. "Our producer made $90 million on the re-runs of 'Gilligan's Island' alone, but we didn't get any of it."

Another opportunity Wells missed out on while they were filming was an off-screen, on-island romance. When Rosanna Scotto asked her if she ever was romantically involved with anyone in the cast, Wells said that she and Russell Johnson, who played the Professor, had a special connection, but they could never hook up because they were both married. "I could have fallen in love with the Professor in a minute, but we were both married ... He was darling and he was handsome; he was the funniest one on the show," she said.

At that point Rosanna Scotto pressed her for more details, noting that being married "has never stopped anyone in Hollywood before." Wells sighed and replied, "Yeah, I know. But we were square. We were a family. That reads on camera," she noted. While a fling might have lasted for a few months, the on-screen chemistry was immortalized for over half a century. It's too bad they weren't properly compensated for it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1279792.html

gilligan fanatic · 07-20-2013, 05:32 PM

I always thought all of them got residuals but only for like the first twenty reruns or something like that. Either way it wasn't much, contracts were much different than they are now.

On screen there really weren't a whole lot of Mary Ann and Professor scenes where it was just the two of them.

80sTrivia · 07-20-2013, 06:15 PM

Sad they didn't earn any residual money from the show...

Teebs · 07-26-2013, 09:17 AM

I'm surprised she would admit to anything like this, especially as they were both married.

I believe there were rumours at one time, but they weren't to do with the Professor.

07-20-2013, 03:50 PM	#1
Smilings Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 09, 2012 Location: California Posts: 417	Dawn Wells: I never hooked up with Professor Dawn Wells gave TV interview to Good Day NY. Two interesting things. 1 She says the cast didn't get residuals. But I thought she had a special deal and was the only one who got residuals. 2 For all the talk of Mary Ann and Gilligan, the one she really liked was the Professor! below from Huffington Post. The TV classic "Gilligan's Island" aired for three seasons and for decades after that in syndication. But as Dawn Wells, the actress who played the bubbly Mary Ann, told "Good Day NY" (weekdays, 9 a.m. EST on Fox) the cast wasn't fortunate enough to share in the syndication royalties. "No, they didn't exist!" Wells lamented. "Our producer made $90 million on the re-runs of 'Gilligan's Island' alone, but we didn't get any of it." Another opportunity Wells missed out on while they were filming was an off-screen, on-island romance. When Rosanna Scotto asked her if she ever was romantically involved with anyone in the cast, Wells said that she and Russell Johnson, who played the Professor, had a special connection, but they could never hook up because they were both married. "I could have fallen in love with the Professor in a minute, but we were both married ... He was darling and he was handsome; he was the funniest one on the show," she said. At that point Rosanna Scotto pressed her for more details, noting that being married "has never stopped anyone in Hollywood before." Wells sighed and replied, "Yeah, I know. But we were square. We were a family. That reads on camera," she noted. While a fling might have lasted for a few months, the on-screen chemistry was immortalized for over half a century. It's too bad they weren't properly compensated for it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1279792.html

07-20-2013, 05:32 PM	#2
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	I always thought all of them got residuals but only for like the first twenty reruns or something like that. Either way it wasn't much, contracts were much different than they are now. On screen there really weren't a whole lot of Mary Ann and Professor scenes where it was just the two of them.
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07-20-2013, 06:15 PM	#3
80sTrivia Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 23, 2002 Posts: 21,714	Sad they didn't earn any residual money from the show...
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07-26-2013, 09:17 AM	#4
Teebs Dusty nut Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 30, 2011 Location: Are we there yet? Posts: 454	I'm surprised she would admit to anything like this, especially as they were both married. I believe there were rumours at one time, but they weren't to do with the Professor.
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