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E! True Hollywood Story: Gilligan's Island

E! True Hollywood Story (1999)

Documentary, Biographical, Reality show | United States

Director: Diana Rico, Sergio Myers

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SEASON: 3

EPISODE: 50 - Gilligan's Island

SYNOPSIS

Denver, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Tina Louise, Sherwood Schwartz and others are interviewed and asked what they remember about Gilligan's Island. Included are discussions on how everyone hated the pilot episode, the show got bad reviews, but somehow managed to soon get high ratings. Also the deaths of Jim Backus 'Thurston Howell III', Alan Hale Jr. 'Skipper' and Natalie Schafer 'Lovey Howell' are discussed, as to Tina Louise's not liking the show anymore and not wanting to do it again.

Actors

Writer: Carrie Ainsworth, Mya Alexander

Narrator: Phil Crowley, Chip Bolcik

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