Summer Fun: Remembering Gilligan’s Island

Other Crossovers: Alf

In addition to Roseanne as mentioned in previous slides, the castaways would often reprise their roles on other television shows. They were featured in an episode of the late 1980s sci-fi sitcom, Alf. In the episode, Alf is obsessed with the charm of Gilligan’s Island, watching marathons and trying to relive the “endless fun” that the Gilligan’s Island cast always seems to be having. He even goes so far as to create a lagoon in his family’s backyard, getting punished for it by having to refill the hole. While completing the task, he falls asleep and dreams himself into the world of Gilligan’s Island. It is present-day 1987 on the island, however, and he is dismayed to discover that Gilligan and the rest of the gang are not very happy to still be living on the island.