nPostednon September 26, 2013
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Ansilly TV show about seven people shipwrecked on an island first airednon this date in 1964. The struggle to survive on a desert island, andnto escape, doesn’t sound all that funny, but somehow the 98 episodesnof Gilligan’s Island managed to nurse the theme for laughs for threenseasons. n
Ansilly TV show about seven people shipwrecked on an island first airednon this date in 1964. The struggle to survive on a desert island, andnto escape, doesn’t sound all that funny, but somehow the 98 episodesnof Gilligan’s Island managed to nurse the theme for laughs for threenseasons. nn
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nThenshow was successful, but not a huge hit.
After it was cancelled, however, thenshow began to appear in re-runs, and it grew and grew innpopularity.
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Now Gilligan is considered an American cultural icon. Apparently work has begun on Gilligan’s Island, the Musical (a show meant for Broadway). A TV-movie featured the rescue of the castaways, and a big-screen movie was in the works for a while, too (and may still happen, who knows?). Gilligan’s Island’s long-lasting popularity has been discussed and analyzed and has even been the subject of a documentary!
Now Gilligan is considered an American cultural icon. Apparently work has begun on Gilligan’s Island, the Musical (a show meant for Broadway). A TV-movie featured the rescue of the castaways, and a big-screen movie was in the works for a while, too (and may still happen, who knows?). Gilligan’s Island’s long-lasting popularity has been discussed and analyzed and has even been the subject of a documentary!n
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nThenfunniest thing about the show, perhaps, never appeared on the screen.nApparently the United States Coast Guard got several telegrams fromnconcerned viewers who begged the Coast Guard to rescue those poornpeople on the deserted island.
The Coast Guard just forwardednthe mail to the show’s producer!
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| The first season was shot in black- and-white but has been colorized for syndication. |
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nCelebrate!
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nListennto—and maybe learn—the catchy theme song.
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nHavena Gilligan’s Island dinner! Check out what one family did here.
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nEnjoynsome of the professor’s inventions here. (Scroll down a bit.)
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nChecknout the bite-sized bits of Gilligan videos here.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nComposer George Gershwin’s birthday
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Show-whalen“Shamu”s birthday
Show-whalen“Shamu”s birthdayn
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nJohnnyAppleseed’snbirthday
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nPlannAhead!
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nChecknout my Pinterest pages on Septembernholidays, Septembernbirthdays,nand historicalnanniversaries in September.
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest pages on Octobernholidays, Octobernbirthdays,nand historicalnanniversaries in October.
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