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October 16, 2020 5:15 pm  #1


FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS

CHCH has replaced its 5:00 p.m. Cheers! reruns with Gilligan's Island reruns.   

That familiar TV question can once again be debated:  

Ginger, or

Mary Ann?

 

 

October 16, 2020 9:47 pm  #2


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Charlie wrote:

According to the Professor, Mrs. Howell was the only one who ever put out.
 

As funny as that is, you're talking about the same professor that said in an interview (after the show was cancelled) 
"If you were trapped on an island with two very beautiful ladies would you want to find a way off the island?" 

 


RadioWiz & RadioQuiz are NOT the same person. 
RadioWiz & THE Wiz are NOT the same person.

 
 

October 16, 2020 10:53 pm  #3


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Not many people know this. Gilligan's Island was actually renewed for a fourth season for fall 1967. The programmers at CBS had decided to cancel Gunsmoke. While the series still had reasonable ratings, the audience watching on Saturday nights at 10pm didn't fit the required demographic. When Bill Paley returned from vacation, after scanning the fall schedule, he asked where's Gunsmoke. It was his wife's favourite show. In September Gunsmoke returned in a new timeslot and new night [Monday 7:30pm]  The series finished 4th that year and would run an additional seven seasons. Because the durable western was an hour long show, an extra 30 minutes had to be trimmed from the schedule. It was decided Gilligan's Island would be the sacrificial lamb.

 

October 19, 2020 11:14 am  #4


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Loved Gilligans Island!!  

 

October 19, 2020 11:33 am  #5


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Gilligan's Island's theme song is said to be the most well known title tune in TV history. I suspect most of us can sing the words without even thinking about them. But I'm not sure how many know it wasn't the original one. The pilot episode features a terrible calypso song that's about as memorable as the full conjugation of "Pi."

It's not a surprise it was changed. (In fact, the pilot version says it was for "a six-hour ride" and not the now well known "three hour tour.") 

And one more thing. As many remember, two prominent cast members were never mentioned in the first season lyrics. Apparently it was Bob Denver who went to the producers and demanded the words be changed from "and the rest" to "The Professor and Mary Ann" in the later versions. Class act. 

 

October 19, 2020 11:48 am  #6


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And that's why it was changed.

 

October 19, 2020 2:29 pm  #7


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Is it just me or does that 1964 theme song have a vague resemblance to the Chiquita banana ad.

 

October 26, 2020 10:41 am  #8


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Speaking of Gilligan's Island...

Billionaire investor accused of blaring ‘Gilligan’s Island’ song on loop to torment neighbor

What else is a good TV theme song for?

 

October 26, 2020 11:37 am  #9


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TV Morning Show host mourns the loss (see what I did there?)  of the creator of the Gilligan's Island theme...




 

Last edited by Glen Warren (October 26, 2020 11:38 am)

 

October 26, 2020 1:59 pm  #10


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Wow...it's "tough" being wealthy...LOL!   

Musical selections are the the least of their problems.  They all need to grow up.
 

Last edited by Media Observer (October 26, 2020 2:02 pm)

 

October 26, 2020 2:04 pm  #11


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Billionaire investor? Maybe it was Thurston Howell III!

 

October 26, 2020 2:35 pm  #12


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RadioActive wrote:

Billionaire investor? Maybe it was Thurston Howell III!