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** ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': Mr. Freeze's debut episode "The Big Chill" opens with him robbing several cruise ship passengers who are obvious {{Expies}} of the castaways.
** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'': Gilligan cameos as the First Mate of the Nod Cruiser.
** ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'': The "Foolhardy Waywardness" map in ''Armageddon's Blade'' ends with a (sadly DummiedOut) CreditsGag that parodies the show's opening song and casts the seven developers as the castaways, while also poking fun at the game's TroubledProduction. See [[http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=41760&PID=1328782#focus here]].
** ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': Mr. Freeze's debut episode "The Big Chill" opens with him robbing several cruise ship passengers who are obvious {{Expies}} of the castaways.
** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'': Gilligan cameos as the First Mate of the Nod Cruiser.
** ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'': The "Foolhardy Waywardness" map in ''Armageddon's Blade'' ends with a (sadly DummiedOut) CreditsGag that parodies the show's opening song and casts the seven developers as the castaways, while also poking fun at the game's TroubledProduction. See [[http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=41760&PID=1328782#focus here]].
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Despite it being frequently utilised in parodies, there was no on-screen credit for the "And The Rest" lyric in the original show opening.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper) served in the US Coast Guard during World War II.[[note]]]The Coast Guard was incorporated into the Navy for the duration of the war, so the parallel fits exactly.[[/note]]
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* ActorSharedBackground: Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper) served in the US Coast Guard during World War II.[[note]]]The [[note]]The Coast Guard was incorporated into the Navy for the duration of the war, so the parallel fits exactly.[[/note]]
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show is often remembered as timeless, but there are many indications that it took place in TheSixties, even to viewers who did not live through them:
** The setting itself is very "period". Fascination with Polynesian culture was a mid-century fad in American pop culture which was in decline by 1963 (by which point UsefulNotes/LasVegas had come into the zeitgeist). Just one or two years later it's harder to imagine the wealthy Howells or the glamorous Ginger Grant not simply flying to glitzy Vegas instead of going on a three-hour boat tour out of Hawaii.
*** Actually somewhat averted in the later half of TheNewTens, when Hawaii became a popular tourist destination for social media influencers. Vegas, on the other hand, is now seen as both inauthentic and much more accessible to the average person, and therefore somewhat "trashy".
** Most of the characters couldn't exist much later than the mid-20th century:
*** Mr. Howell, described simply as "the millionaire" in the opening titles, would have to be a ''billionaire'' today for his character to have the same impact, and the Howells in general are relics of the Gilded Age/Jazz Age notion of old money, obsessed with the Social Register and a very formalized, ritualized, and aristocratic way of living. Today's super-rich are much less concerned with propriety and respectability.
*** Ginger is very much an "Old Hollywood" kind of celebrity, the better to contrast her artifice and studied distance with her new setting. Today's celebrities try to be much more accessible to their fans, emphasizing their ordinariness (if such a thing can be done with a straight face) and that in many ways they are "one of us".
*** The Skipper is a WWII naval veteran, having served in the Pacific on his tour of duty, and the series aired at a time when such a character was still relatively youthful (Alan Hale was in his early forties throughout the show's run).
*** Mary Ann is a farm girl who, had she remained in Kansas, expected to marry young (she is revealed to have had a fiance waiting for her in the reunion special) and become a {{housewife}}, this being before women's lib.
*** It wasn't implausible for the Professor to have a wide range of knowledge back in the sixties. This was an era prior to not only specialized science but heavy focus on mathematics, high tech, and practical applications. Fields such as molecular biology, quantum physics, and others that required CripplingOverspecialization were in their infancy. The days of the JackOfAllTrades OmnidisciplinaryScientist are over due to the fact that scientists have so much more that they need to learn, just to get a basic bachelor's degree in the field, let alone advanced degrees which do require single-minded devotion to one field. The Professor would not have the time or opportunity to become an expert in more than one field.
** The Professor, with respect to his asexuality, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "love" and "romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements.[[note]]The question would have had to come up since the Professor was the only eligible bachelor of the castaways, Skipper being a little too old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being too much of a manchild for sexual appeal[[/note]]. The Professor was depicted as personable, well-liked and respected, his only perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
** Many plotlines are similarly dated. One episode involves the characters coming across a Japanese holdout (played, of course, by an Italian-American actor in {{yellowface}}). At the time, some holdouts were still at large, although they were becoming increasingly rare by TheSixties and the last surrendered in 1974.
** The series aired with a LaughTrack despite the implausible setting for one (this being during an era when ''cartoons'' would have laugh tracks), and although there was some location footage (shot mostly at Zuma Beach and the surrounding area) many sets were studio-bound.
** The setting itself is very "period". Fascination with Polynesian culture was a mid-century fad in American pop culture which was in decline by 1963 (by which point UsefulNotes/LasVegas had come into the zeitgeist). Just one or two years later it's harder to imagine the wealthy Howells or the glamorous Ginger Grant not simply flying to glitzy Vegas instead of going on a three-hour boat tour out of Hawaii.
*** Actually somewhat averted in the later half of TheNewTens, when Hawaii became a popular tourist destination for social media influencers. Vegas, on the other hand, is now seen as both inauthentic and much more accessible to the average person, and therefore somewhat "trashy".
** Most of the characters couldn't exist much later than the mid-20th century:
*** Mr. Howell, described simply as "the millionaire" in the opening titles, would have to be a ''billionaire'' today for his character to have the same impact, and the Howells in general are relics of the Gilded Age/Jazz Age notion of old money, obsessed with the Social Register and a very formalized, ritualized, and aristocratic way of living. Today's super-rich are much less concerned with propriety and respectability.
*** Ginger is very much an "Old Hollywood" kind of celebrity, the better to contrast her artifice and studied distance with her new setting. Today's celebrities try to be much more accessible to their fans, emphasizing their ordinariness (if such a thing can be done with a straight face) and that in many ways they are "one of us".
*** The Skipper is a WWII naval veteran, having served in the Pacific on his tour of duty, and the series aired at a time when such a character was still relatively youthful (Alan Hale was in his early forties throughout the show's run).
*** Mary Ann is a farm girl who, had she remained in Kansas, expected to marry young (she is revealed to have had a fiance waiting for her in the reunion special) and become a {{housewife}}, this being before women's lib.
*** It wasn't implausible for the Professor to have a wide range of knowledge back in the sixties. This was an era prior to not only specialized science but heavy focus on mathematics, high tech, and practical applications. Fields such as molecular biology, quantum physics, and others that required CripplingOverspecialization were in their infancy. The days of the JackOfAllTrades OmnidisciplinaryScientist are over due to the fact that scientists have so much more that they need to learn, just to get a basic bachelor's degree in the field, let alone advanced degrees which do require single-minded devotion to one field. The Professor would not have the time or opportunity to become an expert in more than one field.
** The Professor, with respect to his asexuality, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "love" and "romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements.[[note]]The question would have had to come up since the Professor was the only eligible bachelor of the castaways, Skipper being a little too old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being too much of a manchild for sexual appeal[[/note]]. The Professor was depicted as personable, well-liked and respected, his only perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
** Many plotlines are similarly dated. One episode involves the characters coming across a Japanese holdout (played, of course, by an Italian-American actor in {{yellowface}}). At the time, some holdouts were still at large, although they were becoming increasingly rare by TheSixties and the last surrendered in 1974.
** The series aired with a LaughTrack despite the implausible setting for one (this being during an era when ''cartoons'' would have laugh tracks), and although there was some location footage (shot mostly at Zuma Beach and the surrounding area) many sets were studio-bound.
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** The setting itself is very "period". Fascination with Polynesian culture was a mid-century fad in American pop culture which was in decline by 1963 (by which point UsefulNotes/LasVegas had came into the zeitgeist). Just one or two years later it's harder to imagine the wealthy Howells or the glamorous Ginger Grant not simply flying to glitzy Vegas instead of going on a three-hour boat tour out of Hawaii.
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** The setting itself is very "period". Fascination with Polynesian culture was a mid-century fad in American pop culture which was in decline by 1963 (by which point UsefulNotes/LasVegas had came come into the zeitgeist). Just one or two years later it's harder to imagine the wealthy Howells or the glamorous Ginger Grant not simply flying to glitzy Vegas instead of going on a three-hour boat tour out of Hawaii.
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*** It wasn't implausible for the Professor to have a wide range of knowledge back in the sixties. This was an era prior to not only specialized science but heavy focus on mathematics, high tech, and practical applications. Fields such as molecular biology, quantum physics, and others that required CripplingOverspecialization were in their infancy. The days of the JackOfAllTrades OmnidisciplinaryScientist are over due to the fact that scientists have so much more that they need to learn, just to get a basic bachelors degree in the field, let alone advanced degrees which do require single minded devotion to one field. The Professor would not have the time or opportunity to become an expert in more than one field.
** The Professor, with respect to his asexulaity, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements.[[note]]The question would have had to come up since the Professor was the only eligible bachelor of the castaways, Skipper being a little to old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being too much of a manchild for sexual appeal[[/note]]. The Professor was depicted as personable, well liked and respected, his only perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
** The Professor, with respect to his asexulaity, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements.[[note]]The question would have had to come up since the Professor was the only eligible bachelor of the castaways, Skipper being a little to old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being too much of a manchild for sexual appeal[[/note]]. The Professor was depicted as personable, well liked and respected, his only perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
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*** It wasn't implausible for the Professor to have a wide range of knowledge back in the sixties. This was an era prior to not only specialized science but heavy focus on mathematics, high tech, and practical applications. Fields such as molecular biology, quantum physics, and others that required CripplingOverspecialization were in their infancy. The days of the JackOfAllTrades OmnidisciplinaryScientist are over due to the fact that scientists have so much more that they need to learn, just to get a basic bachelors bachelor's degree in the field, let alone advanced degrees which do require single minded single-minded devotion to one field. The Professor would not have the time or opportunity to become an expert in more than one field.
** The Professor, with respect to hisasexulaity, asexuality, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" "love" and "Romance"[[note]] "romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements.[[note]]The question would have had to come up since the Professor was the only eligible bachelor of the castaways, Skipper being a little to too old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being too much of a manchild for sexual appeal[[/note]]. The Professor was depicted as personable, well liked well-liked and respected, his only perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
** The Professor, with respect to his
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*** The Professor on the other hand, with respect to his asexulaity, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements.[[note]]The question would have had to come up since the Professor was the only eligible bachelor of the castaways, Skipper being a little to old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being too much of a manchild for sexual appeal[[/note]]. The Professor was depicted as personable, well liked and respected, his only perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
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*** It wasn't implausible for the Professor to have a wide range of knowledge back in the sixties. This was an era prior to not only specialized science but heavy focus on mathematics, high tech, and practical applications. Fields such as molecular biology, quantum physics, and others that required CripplingOverspecialization were in their infancy. The days of the JackOfAllTrades OmnidisciplinaryScientist are over due to the fact that scientists have so much more that they need to learn, just to get a basic bachelors degree in the field, let alone advanced degrees which do require single minded devotion to one field. The Professor on would not have the other hand, time or opportunity to become an expert in more than one field.
** The Professor, with respect to his asexulaity, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements.[[note]]The question would have had to come up since the Professor was the only eligible bachelor of the castaways, Skipper being a little to old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being too much of a manchild for sexual appeal[[/note]]. The Professor was depicted as personable, well liked and respected, his only perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
** The Professor, with respect to his asexulaity, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements.[[note]]The question would have had to come up since the Professor was the only eligible bachelor of the castaways, Skipper being a little to old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being too much of a manchild for sexual appeal[[/note]]. The Professor was depicted as personable, well liked and respected, his only perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
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** Russell Johnson confirmed that the Professor is asexual, although nobody used that term in TheSixties outside of biology to describe cell reproduction. He also stated that it was due to the censors demands that there be NoHuggingNoKissing due to the fact that the show had a large audience of children. It was only a concern for his character because of the male castaways, he was the only eligible bachelor, Skipper being a little old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being ruled out as his ManChild nature already worked to cancel out sex appeal. The Professor had intelligence, good looks, and confidence so the issue would have to be addressed in his case.
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** Russell Johnson confirmed that the Professor is asexual, although nobody used that term in TheSixties outside of biology to describe cell reproduction. He also stated that it was due to the censors demands that there be NoHuggingNoKissing due to the fact that the show had a large audience of children. It was only a concern for his character because of the male castaways, he was the only seeming eligible bachelor, Skipper being a little old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being ruled out as his ManChild nature already worked to cancel out sex appeal. The Professor had intelligence, good looks, confidence, and confidence was just young enough so the issue would have to eventually be addressed in his case.
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** Russell Johnson confirmed that the Professor is asexual, although nobody used that term in TheSixties outside of biology to describe cell reproduction. He also stated that it was due to the censors demands that there be NoHuggingNoKissing due to the fact that the show had a large audience of children. It was only a concern for his character because of the male castaways, he was the only eligible bachelor, Skipper being a little old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being ruled out as his ManChild nature already worked to cancel out sex appeal.
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** Russell Johnson confirmed that the Professor is asexual, although nobody used that term in TheSixties outside of biology to describe cell reproduction. He also stated that it was due to the censors demands that there be NoHuggingNoKissing due to the fact that the show had a large audience of children. It was only a concern for his character because of the male castaways, he was the only eligible bachelor, Skipper being a little old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being ruled out as his ManChild nature already worked to cancel out sex appeal. The Professor had intelligence, good looks, and confidence so the issue would have to be addressed in his case.
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** Russell Johnson confirmed that the Professor is asexual, although nobody used that term in TheSixties outside of biology to describe cell reproduction. He also stated that it was due to the censors demands that there be NoHuggingNoKissing due to the fact that the show had a large audience of children. It was only a concern for his character because of the male castaways, he was the only eligible bachelor, Skipper being a little old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being ruled out as his ManChild nature already worked to cancel out sex appeal.
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*** The Professor on the other hand, with respect to his asexulaity, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements. The Professor was depicted as personable, well liked and respected, his only perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
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*** The Professor on the other hand, with respect to his asexulaity, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements.[[note]]The question would have had to come up since the Professor was the only eligible bachelor of the castaways, Skipper being a little to old for the young ladies, Thurston being happily married to Lovey, and Gilligan being too much of a manchild for sexual appeal[[/note]]. The Professor was depicted as personable, well liked and respected, his only perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
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*** The Professor's asexulaity would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements. The Professor was depicted as personable and well respected, his only real personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
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*** The Professor's asexulaity Professor on the other hand, with respect to his asexulaity, would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements. The Professor was depicted as personable and personable, well liked and respected, his only real perceived personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when for adult males, "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality.homosexuality if nothing else. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
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*** The Professor's asexulaity would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements. The Professor was depicted as personable and well respected, his only real personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality. Today, none of this would be played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
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*** The Professor's asexulaity would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with lack of interest in sexual activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements. The Professor was depicted as personable and well respected, his only real personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality. Today, none of this would be true, let alone played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
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*** The Professor's asexulaity would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with "lack of interest in sexual activity.
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*** The Professor's asexulaity would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with "lack lack of interest in sexual activity.activity. Therefore, there would be no reason why the Professor couldn't still have an emotionally (or intellectually) intimate relationship if he chose to. It is also worth noting that according to actor Russell Johnson, the only reason that the Professor was made asexual at all was to appease the censors, not to make any statements. The Professor was depicted as personable and well respected, his only real personality flaw was his total inexperience with women. This is a relic of a time when "straight" was the only accepted sexual orientation on TV and a man's lack of interest in available women would, by default, be interpreted as homosexuality. Today, none of this would be played for comedy and the Professor's lack of interest in sex (preferring to relate to a woman intellectually) would be praised in many circles, even outside of the asexual community.
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*** The Professor's asexulaity would be handled differently as after The Sixties were over, it was no longer necessary to use the terms "Love" and "Romance"[[note]] which is what the Professor said onscreen that he was not interested in[[/note]] as [[SexualEuphemism code words for what they are really talking about]]. The asexual community does not conflate lack of interest in love and romance with "lack of interest in sexual activity.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: A staple of syndication for decades, and in particular, the young [[Creator/{{TBS}} WTBS-17 from Atlanta]]. This was likely the reason why UsefulNotes/TedTurner, in his purchase of the massive MGM/UA library in 1986, kept this show despite not acquiring anything else from the UA side (barring the pre-1950 Creator/WarnerBros library).
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: A staple of syndication for decades, and in particular, the young [[Creator/{{TBS}} WTBS-17 from Atlanta]]. This was likely the reason why UsefulNotes/TedTurner, in his purchase retention of the massive MGM/UA MGM library after having to sell back MGM/UA in 1986, kept this show despite not acquiring anything else from relinquishing the rest of the UA side library (barring the pre-1950 Creator/WarnerBros library).
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* HostilityOnTheSet: While the rest of the cast got along famously well, Tina Louise (Ginger) did not. She felt the show was beneath her and feared it would keep her from doing Shakespeare on stage as she really wanted. This attitude did not endear her to the rest of the cast (she and Dawn Wells, in particular, did not get along ''at all'', and in a television film about the making of the show that Wells produced, Louise was portrayed as the clear antagonist of the story).
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* HostilityOnTheSet: While the rest of the cast got along famously well, Tina Louise (Ginger) did not. She felt the show was beneath her and feared it would keep her from doing Shakespeare on stage as she really wanted. This attitude did not endear her to the rest of the cast (she and Dawn Wells, in particular, did not get along ''at all'', and in a television film about the making of the show that Wells produced, Louise was portrayed as the clear antagonist of the story). They did apparently reconcile at some point, as Wells has positive things to say about Louise in her last interview prior to her death, and Louise paid tribute to Wells after she passed.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper) served in the US Coast Guard during World War II.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper) served in the US Coast Guard during World War II.[[note]]]The Coast Guard was incorporated into the Navy for the duration of the war, so the parallel fits exactly.[[/note]]
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* ActorSharedBackground: Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper) served in the US Coast Guard during World War II.
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* {{Jossed}}: There were rumors about a purported script for an episode for the planned fourth season that would've featured Tina Louise's departure, given her public dislike of the show (supposedly by having Ginger being rescued alone while two female characters join the cast). [[https://jacksonupperco.com/2020/10/14/debunking-a-gilligans-island-myth/ This has been debunked]], with Louise even going on-record that although she was not fond of the show (which she had already made clear while the first season was still airing), she had no plans to leave and would have continued for a fourth season.
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** Creator/RussTamblyn turned down the role of Gilligan.
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** Creator/RussTamblyn Russ Tamblyn turned down the role of Gilligan.
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*** Actually somewhat averted in the later half of TheNew10s, when Hawaii became a popular tourist destination for social media influencers. Vegas, on the other hand, is now seen as both inauthentic and much more accessible to the average person, and therefore somewhat "trashy".
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*** Actually somewhat averted in the later half of TheNew10s, TheNewTens, when Hawaii became a popular tourist destination for social media influencers. Vegas, on the other hand, is now seen as both inauthentic and much more accessible to the average person, and therefore somewhat "trashy".
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*** Actually somewhat averted in the later half of TheNew10s, when Hawaii became a popular tourist destination for social media influencers. Vegas, on the other hand, is now seen as both inauthentic and much more accessible to the average person, and therefore somewhat "trashy".
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** ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'': The "Foolhardy Waywardness" map in ''Armageddon's Blade'' ends with a (sadly DummiedOut) CreditsGag that parodies the show's opening song and casts the seven developers as the castaways, while also poking fun at the game's TroubledProduction. See [http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=41760&PID=1328782#focus here].
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** ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'': The "Foolhardy Waywardness" map in ''Armageddon's Blade'' ends with a (sadly DummiedOut) CreditsGag that parodies the show's opening song and casts the seven developers as the castaways, while also poking fun at the game's TroubledProduction. See [http://heroescommunity.[[http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=41760&PID=1328782#focus here].here]].
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* ReferencedBy: Gilligan cameos in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'' as the First Mate of the Nod Cruiser.
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**''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': Mr. Freeze's debut episode "The Big Chill" opens with him robbing several cruise ship passengers who are obvious {{Expies}} of the castaways.
**''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'': Gilligan cameosin ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'' as the First Mate of the Nod Cruiser.Cruiser.
**''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'': The "Foolhardy Waywardness" map in ''Armageddon's Blade'' ends with a (sadly DummiedOut) CreditsGag that parodies the show's opening song and casts the seven developers as the castaways, while also poking fun at the game's TroubledProduction. See [http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=41760&PID=1328782#focus here].
**''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': Mr. Freeze's debut episode "The Big Chill" opens with him robbing several cruise ship passengers who are obvious {{Expies}} of the castaways.
**''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'': Gilligan cameos
**''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'': The "Foolhardy Waywardness" map in ''Armageddon's Blade'' ends with a (sadly DummiedOut) CreditsGag that parodies the show's opening song and casts the seven developers as the castaways, while also poking fun at the game's TroubledProduction. See [http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=41760&PID=1328782#focus here].
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** For many years, Tina Louise absolutely ''refused'' to acknowledge the show or her part in it. She was the only surviving cast member to refuse to participate in the animated series or the reunion movies, which naturally resulted in her being portrayed in ''Surviving Gilligan's Island'' (which was co-produced by Dawn Wells, the cast member with which she was said to get along the least) as a vapid bitch while everyone else had no negative traits at all. In later years, however, Louise seems to have mellowed out. On Twitter she occasionally makes jokes and references to the show (even noting in her description that she is "still living on an island (Manhattan)"), she did occasionally attend reunion specials (and seemed to be having a good time in them), and even [[https://twitter.com/TheTinaLouise/status/1344465352655163392 paid tribute to Wells]] after the latter's death in 2020.
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** For many years, Tina Louise absolutely ''refused'' to acknowledge the show or her part in it. She was the only surviving cast member to refuse to participate in the animated series or the reunion movies, which naturally resulted in her being portrayed in ''Surviving Gilligan's Island'' (which was co-produced by Dawn Wells, the cast member with which she was said to get along the least) as a vapid bitch while everyone else had no negative traits at all. In later years, however, Louise seems to have mellowed out. On Twitter out in the years since, however -- she occasionally makes jokes and references to the show on Twitter (even noting in her description that she is "still living on an island (Manhattan)"), she did occasionally attend reunion specials (and seemed to be having a good time in them), and she even [[https://twitter.com/TheTinaLouise/status/1344465352655163392 paid tribute to Wells]] after the latter's death in 2020.
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** For many years, Tina Louise absolutely ''refused'' to acknowledge the show or her part in it. She was the only surviving cast member to refuse to participate in the animated series or the reunion movies, which naturally resulted in her being portrayed in ''Surviving Gilligan's Island'' (which was co-produced by Dawn Wells, the cast member with which she was said to get along the least) as a vapid bitch while everyone else had no negative traits at all. In recent years, however, Louise seems to have mellowed out some. On Twitter she occasionally makes jokes and references to the show (even noting in her description that she is "still living on an island (Manhattan)"), she did occasionally attend reunion specials (and seemed to be having a good time in them), and even [[https://twitter.com/TheTinaLouise/status/1344465352655163392 paid tribute to Wells]] after the latter's death in 2020.
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** For many years, Tina Louise absolutely ''refused'' to acknowledge the show or her part in it. She was the only surviving cast member to refuse to participate in the animated series or the reunion movies, which naturally resulted in her being portrayed in ''Surviving Gilligan's Island'' (which was co-produced by Dawn Wells, the cast member with which she was said to get along the least) as a vapid bitch while everyone else had no negative traits at all. In recent later years, however, Louise seems to have mellowed out some.out. On Twitter she occasionally makes jokes and references to the show (even noting in her description that she is "still living on an island (Manhattan)"), she did occasionally attend reunion specials (and seemed to be having a good time in them), and even [[https://twitter.com/TheTinaLouise/status/1344465352655163392 paid tribute to Wells]] after the latter's death in 2020.
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* {{Jossed}}: There were rumors about a purported script for an episode for the planned fourth season that would've featured Tina Louise's departure from the show, given her public dislike of the show (supposedly by having Ginger being rescued alone while two female characters join the cast). [[https://jacksonupperco.com/2020/10/14/debunking-a-gilligans-island-myth/ This has been debunked]], with Louise even going on-record that although she was not fond of the show (which she had already made clear while the first season was still airing), she had no plans to leave and would have continued for a fourth season.
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* {{Jossed}}: There were rumors about a purported script for an episode for the planned fourth season that would've featured Tina Louise's departure from the show, departure, given her public dislike of the show (supposedly by having Ginger being rescued alone while two female characters join the cast). [[https://jacksonupperco.com/2020/10/14/debunking-a-gilligans-island-myth/ This has been debunked]], with Louise even going on-record that although she was not fond of the show (which she had already made clear while the first season was still airing), she had no plans to leave and would have continued for a fourth season.
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* {{Jossed}}: There were rumors about a purported script for an episode for the planned fourth season that would've featured Tina Louise's departure from the show (supposedly by having Ginger being rescued alone while two female characters join the cast). [[https://jacksonupperco.com/2020/10/14/debunking-a-gilligans-island-myth/ This has been debunked]], with Louise even going on-record that although she was not fond of the show (which she had already made clear while the first season was still airing), she had no plans to leave and would have continued for a fourth season.
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* {{Jossed}}: There were rumors about a purported script for an episode for the planned fourth season that would've featured Tina Louise's departure from the show, given her public dislike of the show (supposedly by having Ginger being rescued alone while two female characters join the cast). [[https://jacksonupperco.com/2020/10/14/debunking-a-gilligans-island-myth/ This has been debunked]], with Louise even going on-record that although she was not fond of the show (which she had already made clear while the first season was still airing), she had no plans to leave and would have continued for a fourth season.
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* {{Jossed}}: There were rumors about a purported unfilmed script for an episode for the planned fourth season that would've featured Tina Louise's departure from the show (supposedly by having Ginger being rescued alone while two female characters join the cast). [[https://jacksonupperco.com/2020/10/14/debunking-a-gilligans-island-myth/ This has been debunked]], with Louise even going on-record that although she was not fond of the show (which she had already made clear while the first season was still airing), she had no plans to leave and would have continued for a fourth season.
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* {{Jossed}}: There were rumors about a purported unfilmed script for an episode for the planned fourth season that would've featured Tina Louise's departure from the show (supposedly by having Ginger being rescued alone while two female characters join the cast). [[https://jacksonupperco.com/2020/10/14/debunking-a-gilligans-island-myth/ This has been debunked]], with Louise even going on-record that although she was not fond of the show (which she had already made clear while the first season was still airing), she had no plans to leave and would have continued for a fourth season.
