Gilligans Island Traditional Cache
BIG BEAR.: yep it is gone
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This is not a drive up this is a Boat up good luck.
Cast Bob Denver as Gilligan, the bumbling, dimwitted,
accident-prone crewman of the S.S. Minnow. Denver was not the first
choice to play Gilligan; actor Jerry Van Dyke was offered the role,
but he turned it down, believing that the show would never be
successful. He chose instead to play the lead in My Mother the Car,
which premiered the following year and was canceled after one
season. The producers looked to Bob Denver, the actor who had
played lovable beatnik Maynard G. Krebs in The Many Loves of Dobie
Gillis. None of the show's episodes ever specified Gilligan's full
name or clearly indicated whether "Gilligan" was the character's
first name or his last. In the DVD collection, Sherwood Schwartz
states that he preferred the full name of "Willie Gilligan" for the
character. Denver, on various television/radio interviews (The Pat
Sajak Show; KDKA radio), said that "Gil Egan" was his choice. The
actor reasoned that because everyone yelled at the first mate, it
ran together as "Gilligan." In the unaired pilot episode, it is
unclear whether Lovey Howell refers to Gilligan as "Stewart" or
steward. On Rescue from Gilligan's Island, the writers artfully
dodged Gilligan's full name when the other names are announced.
Alan Hale, Jr. as Captain Jonas Grumby, the "Skipper." A longtime
actor in B-westerns and the look-alike son of Alan Hale, Sr., a
legendary movie character actor, Hale so loved his role that, long
after the show went off the air, he would still appear in character
in his Los Angeles restaurant, Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel.[2]
Although the Skipper was a father figure to Gilligan, Hale was only
14 years older than Denver. Gilligan pushed the Skipper out of the
way of a loose depth charge when they were both serving in the
United States Navy. Jim Backus as Thurston Howell, III, the
millionaire. Backus was already a well-known actor when he took the
part. The origin of the super-rich Howell character dates back to
1949 radio when Backus portrayed "Hubert Updike III" on The Alan
Young Show. He was perhaps best known as the voice of the cartoon
character Mr. Magoo. He reused some of the voice inflections and
mannerisms of Magoo in the role. He was well known for his ad-libs
on the set. Natalie Schafer as Eunice "Lovey" Wentworth Howell,
Thurston's wife. Schafer had it written into her contract that
there were to be no close-ups of her, perhaps because of her
advanced age. Schafer was 63 when the pilot was shot although,
reportedly, no one on the set or in the cast knew her real age, and
she refused to divulge it. Originally, she only accepted the role
because the pilot was filmed on location in Hawaii; she looked at
the job as nothing more than a free vacation, as she was convinced
that a show this silly would "never go."[3] Tina Louise as Ginger
Grant, the movie star. Louise clashed with the producers because
she believed that she was to be the main focus of the show despite
its title. Her character was originally written as a sarcastic and
sharp-tongued temptress, but Louise argued that this was too
extreme and refused to play it as written. A compromise was
reached; Louise agreed to play her as a cross between Marilyn
Monroe and Lucille Ball. The evening gowns and hairstyle used were
designed to re-create the look of Myrna Loy. Louise continued to
clash with producers and was the only cast member who refused to
return for any of the TV movies that followed the series'
cancellation, saying that the role had destroyed her career as a
serious actress. However, she did appear in a reunion of the cast
on a late night television talk show in 1988 and on an episode of
Roseanne in 1995. In the first season, Ginger often wore gowns that
looked as if they were tailored from S.S. Minnow tarpaulins or
similar ersatz cloth (some had the name of the vessel stenciled on
them). Later on, she wore regular evening gowns with high heels,
though it was never explained why she brought so many changes of
clothing on a "three-hour tour". (It can also be noted that, in
Season 1 Episode 1 "Two on a Raft", Ginger's evening gown gets
destroyed in the cave and she then complains that it's her "only
dress".) In the pilot episode, the character of Ginger (then a
secretary) was played by actress Kit Smythe. Russell Johnson as Roy
Hinkley (The Professor). John Gabriel was originally cast, but the
network thought he looked too young to have all the degrees
attributed to the Professor. Incongruously, "the Professor" was in
fact a high school science teacher, not a university professor. In
the first episode, the radio announcer describes him as a research
scientist and well-known scoutmaster. Johnson stated that he had
some difficulty remembering his more technically-oriented lines.
Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers. Wells was a former Miss Nevada when
she auditioned for the role. Her competition included Raquel Welch
and Pat Priest. The pilot episode had a different character
("Bunny") played by actress Nancy McCarthy. After it was shot, the
network decided to recast the roles of the Professor and the two
young women. She wrote The Gilligans Island Cookbook and starred as
Lovey Howell in the musical stage adaptation of the show. Charles
Maxwell was the uncredited voice of the "Radio Announcer," whose
plot-advancing radio bulletins the castaways listened to in many
episodes, and always with perfect timing to hear the exact news
they needed to know. He would often pause between sentences,
allowing the characters to react to his news, and sometimes even
responding to their comments.
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