Summer Fun: Remembering Gilligan’s Island

Oh, that Gilligan. He may have been the Skipper’s “little buddy” but he sure was a real twerp.

But We Still Loved Gilligan’s Island Because…

We loved watching Gilligan “accidentally” sabotage their chances of rescue. (If it was every episode then it’s just around 100.) But it kind of does seem to be too many for it to be an accident… Perhaps Gilligan was secretly a diabolical masochist. We loved the Skipper, and Ginger, and the Professor and his wife. And, of course, we loved Mary Ann. Because how could you not? Keep reading to learn what producers hid about her.

Gilligan’s Island Origins

Gilligan’s Island aired for three seasons — a total of 98 episodes. It aired on CBS in the late 1960s. There were also three movies filmed and then it was in syndication for much of the 1970s and 1980s. The series was spawned from the idea “What would you take with you on a desert island?” Sherwood Schwartz decided to take this social microcosm and make it into a comedy.