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TJ · 05-12-2022, 06:23 PM

It's Gilligan's Island...with Cowboys!

From the Hats Off Entertainment video description:

On this episode of Forgotten Failures, I take a look back the failed 1973 "remake" of Gilligan's Island that was the same show in a different setting.

Bonniegirl · 05-12-2022, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TJ

It's Gilligan's Island...with Cowboys!

From the Hats Off Entertainment video description:

On this episode of Forgotten Failures, I take a look back the failed 1973 "remake" of Gilligan's Island that was the same show in a different setting.

I saw " Dusty's trail" recently! A few episodes I think on Decades weekend binge ? It was like Gilligan's island but on the prairie!!

I liked it , really funny!!

You can't go wrong with Bob Denver ( Gilligan himself) and Lori Saunders from Petticoat Junction !!

Duster76 · 05-25-2022, 02:10 PM

This series had two major issues:

1. It was Gilligan's Island in the wild west and there was no attempt to suggest otherwise. The biggest problem was not that it was Gilligan's Island in the west, but it was the fact that Gilligan's Island was now one thing, it wasn't just Bob Denver/Gilligan it was all those actors/actresses playing those parts. Alan Hale was the skipper, Dawn Wells was the farm girl, Jim Backus was the millionaire etc...

The second issue was just the fact that the audience had been westerned out. Take a look at TV of the 50's and 60's, there was a steady stream of westerns and the audience had just grown tired of the whole concept. By the fall of 1973 there was only one left (Gunsmoke), just 14 years earlier there were 30 westerns in primetime, as late as the 1965-66 TV season there were still 13 westerns in primetime.

Duster76 · 05-25-2022, 02:11 PM

This series had two major issues:

1. It was Gilligan's Island in the wild west and there was no attempt to suggest otherwise. The biggest problem was not that it was Gilligan's Island in the west, but it was the fact that Gilligan's Island was now one thing, it wasn't just Bob Denver/Gilligan it was all those actors/actresses playing those parts. Alan Hale was the skipper, Dawn Wells was the farm girl, Jim Backus was the millionaire etc...

The second issue was just the fact that the audience had been westerned out. Take a look at TV of the 50's and 60's, there was a steady stream of westerns and the audience had just grown tired of the whole concept. By the fall of 1973 there was only one left (Gunsmoke), just 14 years earlier there were 30 westerns in primetime, as late as the 1965-66 TV season there were still 13 westerns in primetime.

05-12-2022, 06:23 PM	#1
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,677	Dusty's Trail \| Forgotten Failures It's Gilligan's Island...with Cowboys! From the Hats Off Entertainment video description: On this episode of Forgotten Failures, I take a look back the failed 1973 "remake" of Gilligan's Island that was the same show in a different setting.

05-25-2022, 02:10 PM	#3
Duster76 Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2008 Location: New jersey Posts: 1,652	This series had two major issues: 1. It was Gilligan's Island in the wild west and there was no attempt to suggest otherwise. The biggest problem was not that it was Gilligan's Island in the west, but it was the fact that Gilligan's Island was now one thing, it wasn't just Bob Denver/Gilligan it was all those actors/actresses playing those parts. Alan Hale was the skipper, Dawn Wells was the farm girl, Jim Backus was the millionaire etc... The second issue was just the fact that the audience had been westerned out. Take a look at TV of the 50's and 60's, there was a steady stream of westerns and the audience had just grown tired of the whole concept. By the fall of 1973 there was only one left (Gunsmoke), just 14 years earlier there were 30 westerns in primetime, as late as the 1965-66 TV season there were still 13 westerns in primetime.

05-25-2022, 02:11 PM	#4
Duster76 Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2008 Location: New jersey Posts: 1,652	This series had two major issues: 1. It was Gilligan's Island in the wild west and there was no attempt to suggest otherwise. The biggest problem was not that it was Gilligan's Island in the west, but it was the fact that Gilligan's Island was now one thing, it wasn't just Bob Denver/Gilligan it was all those actors/actresses playing those parts. Alan Hale was the skipper, Dawn Wells was the farm girl, Jim Backus was the millionaire etc... The second issue was just the fact that the audience had been westerned out. Take a look at TV of the 50's and 60's, there was a steady stream of westerns and the audience had just grown tired of the whole concept. By the fall of 1973 there was only one left (Gunsmoke), just 14 years earlier there were 30 westerns in primetime, as late as the 1965-66 TV season there were still 13 westerns in primetime.