On Gilligan's Island, who are the castaways? ?!
Question: On Gilligan's Island, who are the castaways!? !?
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Bob Denver as Gilligan, the bumbling, 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 cancelled after one season!. The producers then looked to Bob Denver, the actor who played lovable beatnik Maynard G!. Krebs in the The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis!. None of the show's episodes ever specified Gilligan's full name, nor clearly indicated whether "Gilligan" was the character's first name or his last!. On the DVD collection, Sherwood Schwartz states that he preferred the a full name of "Willie Gilligan" for the character!. Denver himself, on various TV/radio interviews (The Pat Sajak Show; KDKA radio), said that "Gil Eggan" 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 has been debated whether Lovey Howell refers to Gilligan as "Stewart", or steward!. On Rescue from Gilligan's Island, the writers artfully dodge the recitation of Gilligan's full name, when the other names are announced!.
Alan Hale, Jr!. as Jonas Grumby, the "Skipper"!. A longtime actor in B-westerns, 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!.[citation needed] Although the Skipper was a father figure to Gilligan, Hale was only 14 years older than Denver!. It is alluded in one episode that 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 greedy millionaire!. Backus was already a well-known actor when he took the part!. 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!. The origin of the uber-rich Howell character dates back to 1940's radio when Backus portrayed "Hubert Updike III" on The Alan Young Show!.
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 due to her advanced age!. Schafer was 62 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 that information!. 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"!. [1]
Tina Louise as Ginger Grant, the movie star!. When regular shooting began, Louise clashed with producers, because she had 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 hair style 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, and the fourth season, which was later canceled to make room for Gunsmoke, 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 TV 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 tarps or similar ersatz cloth (some had the name of the vessel stenciled on them)!. Later on, she wore regular evening gowns with high heels!. However, there were episodes where Ginger wore an almost tropical sarong style outfit while going barefoot!. It was never explained why she brought so many changes of clothing on a "three-hour tour," though many fans postulate the trunk of silent movie props that washed ashore in one episode provided much of the wardrobe!. In the pilot episode, the character of Ginger (a blonde 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 described 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 thWww@Enter-QA@Com
Alan Hale, Jr!. as Jonas Grumby, the "Skipper"!. A longtime actor in B-westerns, 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!.[citation needed] Although the Skipper was a father figure to Gilligan, Hale was only 14 years older than Denver!. It is alluded in one episode that 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 greedy millionaire!. Backus was already a well-known actor when he took the part!. 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!. The origin of the uber-rich Howell character dates back to 1940's radio when Backus portrayed "Hubert Updike III" on The Alan Young Show!.
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 due to her advanced age!. Schafer was 62 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 that information!. 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"!. [1]
Tina Louise as Ginger Grant, the movie star!. When regular shooting began, Louise clashed with producers, because she had 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 hair style 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, and the fourth season, which was later canceled to make room for Gunsmoke, 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 TV 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 tarps or similar ersatz cloth (some had the name of the vessel stenciled on them)!. Later on, she wore regular evening gowns with high heels!. However, there were episodes where Ginger wore an almost tropical sarong style outfit while going barefoot!. It was never explained why she brought so many changes of clothing on a "three-hour tour," though many fans postulate the trunk of silent movie props that washed ashore in one episode provided much of the wardrobe!. In the pilot episode, the character of Ginger (a blonde 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 described 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 thWww@Enter-QA@Com
The Skipper was, well, the skipper or the captain of the boat!. Gilligan was the clumsy, but lovable, first mate!. That's kind of a scary navy term for another guy that, on the island, sleeps in the captain's cabin!. But he was the only other official member of the boat's crew!. All the others were guests!.
The millionaire was Winston Howell, the third!. I don't remember where his money came from, but from the way he carried himself it appeared it was from inheritance rather than hard work!. He called his wife, Mrs!. Howell simply "Lovie!." She was as brain dead as her husband when it came to dealing on a real life (moneyless) level!. As stupid as Gilligan seemed, at least he tried to figure things out and make things better!. The Howell's just simply waited for the world, because they had money, to fix itself for them!.
I'm not quite sure what the Professor was a professor of, but he was the only one on the island with any true intelligence!. Ginger was a movie star, who like the Howell's found the entire experience beneath her lifestyle!. She was from Hollywood rather from New York, so she used temptation for sex as her weapon rather than money!.
Ironically, there was more use of her weapon on the island than the Howells' money, but even that weapon goes unused!. Did I mention that the captain and the first mate sleep in the same hut!?
Ah, but then there was Mary Anne!. She didn't have the obvious beauty that Ginger was supposed to have had, but she was just very good looking!. Add to that, that she had a hint of beauty and sexualtity, a hint of intelligence, and a hint of wisdom and just plain common sense!.!.!. I think that makes her the strongest character on the show!. And all that, from a simple farm girl!.
I read somewhere that when creater of the series was first working on the show, it was a deep drama whose characters represented all of the 8 deadly sins!. Nobody would buy into it, so he made it into a comedy and put two sins one one character!.!.!.!.
Darn, I thought I was answering a question, not asking one!.!.!. :) Sorry!.!.!.!.
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The millionaire was Winston Howell, the third!. I don't remember where his money came from, but from the way he carried himself it appeared it was from inheritance rather than hard work!. He called his wife, Mrs!. Howell simply "Lovie!." She was as brain dead as her husband when it came to dealing on a real life (moneyless) level!. As stupid as Gilligan seemed, at least he tried to figure things out and make things better!. The Howell's just simply waited for the world, because they had money, to fix itself for them!.
I'm not quite sure what the Professor was a professor of, but he was the only one on the island with any true intelligence!. Ginger was a movie star, who like the Howell's found the entire experience beneath her lifestyle!. She was from Hollywood rather from New York, so she used temptation for sex as her weapon rather than money!.
Ironically, there was more use of her weapon on the island than the Howells' money, but even that weapon goes unused!. Did I mention that the captain and the first mate sleep in the same hut!?
Ah, but then there was Mary Anne!. She didn't have the obvious beauty that Ginger was supposed to have had, but she was just very good looking!. Add to that, that she had a hint of beauty and sexualtity, a hint of intelligence, and a hint of wisdom and just plain common sense!.!.!. I think that makes her the strongest character on the show!. And all that, from a simple farm girl!.
I read somewhere that when creater of the series was first working on the show, it was a deep drama whose characters represented all of the 8 deadly sins!. Nobody would buy into it, so he made it into a comedy and put two sins one one character!.!.!.!.
Darn, I thought I was answering a question, not asking one!.!.!. :) Sorry!.!.!.!.
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Gilligan, the Skipper, the Professor, the Millionaire, the Millionaire's Wife, Ginger (Rowr!!) and Marianne!.Www@Enter-QA@Com