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As long as there is TV, Gilligan will probably never go off the air

posted 8 years ago by joshwinkler87
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Just like shows like "Seinfeld" and "Friends", I think "Gilligan's Island" will always air in reruns as long as there is TV.

[–] RickEL811 8 years ago

Depends. Most of GI's cast are dead and those left aren't about to do something controversial, so it will be on the air forever.
"Seinfeld" and "Friends" are a different matter, you never know the stupidity of Holllllywood people. Just a year ago, "The Cosby Show" would have been on that list, but now, unless it comes on a racist network like BET, you'll never see it again.

[–] antonasmodeus 8 years ago

Only Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) and Tina Louise (Ginger) are still alive of the main cast and all of the guest stars on the island have passed on, with one exception being Kurt Russell as the Jungle Boy. Sad to say, but our fondest characters from the past as slowly fading away...

[–] RickEL811 8 years ago

As I said, Dawn and Louise aren't about to do anything that would turn people against the show.
If Bob Denver or Alan Hale had raped or murdered someone, the show would have been doomed from that day forward.

LOL Unfortunately, the older you get, the more of those people from the past will pass away... just a fact of life.

[–] benGsboat 8 years ago

I thought GI would have been yanked from the air when Russell Johnson was identified as the Zodiac killer. Turns out it hasn't hurt the show at all.

[–] ghostfan 8 years ago

Isn't Don Rickles still alive?

How sad, that you were not born in my time, nor I, in yours.

[–] benGsboat 8 years ago

Yes -- as is Zsa Zsa Gabor, Larry Storch, Les Brown Jr, Kirby Johnson, Ed Wade, George Patterson, Michael Forest, Kirk Duncan, Scott Graham, Midori...

[–] deem_bastille 8 years ago

Most of GI's cast are dead

Golden girls has one left and the show is shown on multiple channels for hours each day sometimes at the same time.

I Love Lucy -- they are all dead, yet shown for hours every morning.

Cosby show would most likely be on some TVland type channel if it wasn't for Bill's sexual escapades. Sad... he is one of the only black actors who expresses displeasure over how the black children are being raised and encourages the parents to do a better job of teaching morals at a younger age.

Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more.

[–] uoflcardfan2003 8 years ago

Zsa Zsa is still with us

[–] gcarras 8 years ago

I think that hopefully, the reruns were what you referred to, and that this is what the other replies were referring to as they were mentioning dead or alive performers. Anyway, putting it on a service like Netflix, if THAT happens, would limit it, I hope for cable, but you know (Mary Ann like enthusiasm) there is already the Warner Home DVD.

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[–] RickEL811 8 years ago

My reference to the actors being dead on GI is a thought on how NOW, they can't cause controversy and the show will always be on.

As I said, "The Cosby Show" is damaged goods because of Cosby's sexual perversions and the only place you'll ever see it again is on a racist network like BET. And true to my prediction, it has been picked up by a racist network(sort of), Bounce.

I agree with your assessment of Netflix and it limiting it's showing. You saw the same with the evil Ted Turner, who bought thousands of films from a few defunct studios, and now , thousands of films will never be shown again. Ted Turner is to film as Adolf Hitler is to book burning.

I'm a dirty old man and I'm going to be one until I'm a dead old man

[–] deem_bastille 8 years ago

I still use Gilligan as a metaphor in school. kids still get the connection as they have seen the show.

A few years ago I was teaching second grade and we did a unit on nutrition and vitamins. as an end to the unit I showed them the V for Vitamins episode and the kids wet themselves from laughing so hard.

they completely lost it when mrs Howell jumped up on the table and twirled around!

Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more.

[–] linn406 8 years ago

I still use Gilligan as a metaphor in school. kids still get the connection as they have seen the show.

There's a character in a story I'm writing who speculates our language won't change so much over time that people far in the future would no longer understand us. He refers to this as the "Gilligan principle" (though it's meant to represent the influence of recorded media in general) due to the show's enduring popularity, and myriad references in pop culture.

I feel very lucky to have grown up with this show. It's given me so many great memories. And I'm really going to miss these discussion boards when they're gone. What a wonderful resource this place has been, with so many knowledgeable people taking part. Thanks everyone!