I find this show to be an absolute original classic. Why else would it have spanned 6 decades to date. The plot is very original and is actually a social microcosm of the time (the 1960's). Granted, many shows from this era were on the silly side (Munsters, Addams Family, I Dream Of Jeannie, and even Batman). The really outstanding element of this show is how well it was cast. All 7 cast members are very convincing and their chemistry is outstanding. I'm the first to admit that some of the humor is silly. But some of it is not. It also falls under the banner of TV sitcoms with a very catchy soundtrack. The guest stars on this show were very entertaining for the most part (including a very young Kurt Russell). In my opinion, I don't believe that there has ever been a more scrutinized, criticized, nor analyzed show in the history of television. The very exaggerated detail that's questioned is what makes it funny (ie for a 3 hour tour, the Howells are carrying about 30 million dollars). Besides: if they have THAT much money, why are they on a 3 hour tour when they should be sailing on one of their own yachts? See what I mean? To me, there will never be another Gilligan's Island, Honeymooners, or I Love Lucy simply because they are timeless classics.

what was the name of the boat, was it the lollipop, castaways I forget.This was a fun part of my life care free just going into my Junior year of high school. And a 17 year old guy that loved Maryann and ginger mostly Maryann.Junk words that's all they used back then was junk word it made the show that's why it was such a popular show you got to take of your stuffed shirts and fall back into the wonderful world of Gilligans Island This was a fun show everyone was into their own thing.The professor was making different inventions to get of the Island,Ginger created ways to stay beautiful.It was a must see for me each day.

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid and I always wanted to go out with dawn wells. However the comment I have a problem with is about the Japanese soldier who did not know the war was over, Lt Onada surrendered in 1974 with his rifle, sword and ammunition. So of all their improbable happenings that one was at least possible.I think the Minnow would make a great tour boat with a few restrictions, as to passenger manifests.I would sale any where with the skipper, but I would personally throw Gilligan over the side, at the first opportunity.THis was a funny show and I really so hate being told I am not wordy enough

A Quantum Leap in the Evolution of the Sitcom. Honest, really, no sh*t! Little old GILLIGAN'S ISLAND! It's considered to be much funnier than NOVA.Jerry Van Dyke has often mentioned in his appearances on our Late Night talk shows how he had turned down the Title Role of Gilligan, but had accepted the lead in "MY MOTHER, THE CAR"(NBC, 1965-66). Oh well, HE moves in mysterious ways; for thanks to the Good Lord for allowing that questionable career move, or we may not have had the pleasure of Jerry as Luther Van Dam, Asst. Football Coach to Craig T. Nelson's Hayden in "COACH" (1989-97).To comment on the Gilligan phenomenon, we first should take an overview of the TV Sitcom.Born out of necessity, following the shot gun marriage of the old silent and sound two reeler Comedies and the Radio's Comedy series. The Sitcom has been with us ever since the dawn of commercial Telecasts in the 1940's. (The first commercial TV stations were licensed in 1940, but development of the medium was delayed by a little event called World War II.) Some of our earliest series were THE BUSTER KEATON SHOW (1950) ,THE COLLEGE BOWL (1950-51) with Chico Marx and the HANK McCUNE SHOW (1950-53). Hank who (?), we hear you ask.We couldn't find a more obscure name and title if we tried, but on his show, Hank McCune initiated a feature that was found to be an indispensable tool and an outright necessity to all of the comedy series that would follow. And that invention would be the use of the "technically augmented audience reaction", the Recorded Laugh Track.So when the GILLIGAN show hit the TV screen via CBS in 1964, the Television industry had some 15 years or so experience in producing these "ha-ha-ha" sitcom shows that they surely did some studying of what flew and what bombed. Slowly, some variation began to show. Some were successful and others were canned early, their innocuous plot lines and characters to spend their lives in a sort of Limbo of forgotten series.GILLIGAN seems to have done things just a little different. First of all, there were seven (7), count 'em folks, seven regular characters, and everyone was worked into the stories each week. Of course the 7 castaways were the only people on the Island; if one doesn't count the hundreds of temporary visitors who had come and gone their way, week to week.In any play, be it live on stage or a filmed episode, be it comedy or any drama, there is a certain need for exposition and having the story line propelled along its way. So that in a sitcom, each scene should serve some such purpose; and be there not just making for funny dialog and situations. (If you think that there is no such thing as trying to be too funny, just watch an old silent film of comedian Larry Semon.) Once again in getting back to GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, we contend that this series made an additional improvement on the use of the short, little comedy vignettes. In the GILLIGAN Show, the little scenes are devised to bring all of the characters into play, one or two at a time. They also made use of comical situations to move the story along. But they were fashioned in a manner so as to be able to virtually stand on their own without the rest of the story. (Not that there would be any call for a 3 to 4 minute comedy film!) The other achievement of the Production Staff of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND is one that they most probably did not accomplish on purpose. And that would be (My Theory) that in fashioning the short scenes in this manner, almost always using regular characters well known to viewers, have created the celluloid equivalent of the Daily Newspaper Comic Strip. This strong similarity in form and literary device is most apparent in comparing GILLIGAN to the 3 or 4 panels of daily strips like: MUTT & JEFF, BRINGING UP FATHER (Maggie & Jiggs), BLONDIE, BEETLE BAILEY, MOON MULLINS and even PEANUTS (with good ol' Charlie Brown.).Otherwise, the series ranks very high on the all time list of the Situation Comedy and was the subject of several "back-to type of Made-for-TV Movies as well as animated series of "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF GILLIGAN.