Monday, September 26, 2022

"Gilligan's Island" premieres 1964


The pilot for Gilligan's Island, Marooned was filmed first but by the time it was ready for release onto television, the cast had changed.  The first episode to air was Two on a Raft, in which Gilligan and the Skipper build a raft and set back out to sea to find help.  It debuted September 26, 1964.

The show starred Bob Denver as Gilligan, Alan Hale Jr. as the Skipper, Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III, Natalie Shafer as Mrs. Howell, Tina Louise as Ginger Grant, Russell Johnson as the professor, and Dawn Wells as Mary Ann.  

The show ran for three seasons.

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