Summer Fun: Remembering Gilligan’s Island

The Tour Was Originally a Whole Lot Different

The S.S. Minow was supposedly on a three-hour tour. It’s kind of hard to imagine to a ship completely disappearing in just three hours, but such is the story of Gilligan’s Island. In the original pilot, the tour was a lot different and a lot more believable. The S.S. Minow was supposed to have set out on a six-hour tour. In the original theme song (that hokey version penned by Star Wars’ film scorer), the voice sang “a six-hour tour…a six-hour tour.” It just doesn’t sound the same.