Here are some random thoughts on "Gilligan's Island":
--Great fun watching as a kid. As the previous person commented, the show was incredibly hokey, but that was part of its appeal.
--I always wondered why the castaways never tried some of the same escape schemes again after they were ruined by Gilligan.
--The show was remarkably prolific, having produced over 100 episodes in only 3 years.
--A lot of people don't realize that Russell "The Professor" Johnson was a Army Air Corps bombardier (on the B-26 Mitchell?) during WW II and had been in dozens of movies before "Gilligan's Island". Russell's book is the best "Gilligan's Island" book out there, in my opinion.
--Mary Ann, in my opinion, is a hands-down winner in a Mary Ann vs. Ginger debate. Dawn Wells was nice enough to send me an autographed picture after I wrote to her.
--At least one researcher has prepared a paper showing how the seven castaways represented the Seven Deadly Sins.
--Trivia Time--an actress named Judith Baldwin played Ginger in the "Gilligan's Island" movies
--Dawn Wells, bless her heart, threw the others off key when the castaways sang on the show--they had her just mouth the words during the singing scenes
--Of all the cameos the stars of "Gilligan's Island" have done on other shows, my favorite is Russell Johnson appearing on a "Newhart" episode saluting "Gilligan's Island"; his was kind of a "hidden" cameo--they didn't identify him as "The Professor"
--I have to agree with the previous reviewer--the Mosquitoes episode was my favorite
