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Iconic "stupid sitcom" from the 1960s, filled with Idiot Plots, What An Idiot moments, an unending, shrieking Laugh Track and a cast of actors who.. deserved better, amazingly enough. The show featured seven stereotyped characters — a rich couple, a famous actress, a farm girl, a college professor, an innocent misfit klutz and the captain of the charter boat on which all of them had sailed — trapped on a Deserted Island. Their little colony of survivors was usually awash in schemes, alliances, betrayals and petty manipulations, usually over the most minor of things. Their own foibles and blindnesses frequently sabotaged any chance of rescue or escape, and no one ever seemed to learn anything from their mistakes.
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Gilligan's Island was created in 1963 by veteran TV writer Sherwood Schwartz (who would later make a career out of The Brady Bunch). Schwartz was an academic with degrees in zoology and psychology, and originally intended for the program to be a meaningful examination of American life. Inspired by Robinson Crusoe, Schwartz intended to create a microcosm of American society by stranding representative members of different subcultures, and then see how they interact. He chose his representatives carefully, claiming later that "Anybody who is watching can identify with someone." How this ostensibly academic idea turned into the show that actually aired is anyone's guess. It lasted three years on CBS (1964-67).
At least four TV movies and two cartoon series followed Gilligan's Island, first rescuing, then re-stranding, then re-rescuing the castaways, who then turned the island into a resort. In the strangest twist, though, 2004 saw Gilligan's Island become the first (and maybe only) Sit Com ever revived as a Reality Show, with the broadcast of The Real Gilligan's Island on TBS — a show which combined the original series with Survivor in a bizarre blend.
Some of the cast reportedly disliked the show. The actress that portrayed Ginger (Tina Louise) refused to appear on a Reunion Special, considering the show 'silly' and the concept ridiculous while also resenting that she ended up being typecast.
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