#Gilligan's Island Movie

[lgspears]

If a Gilligan's Island movie was made in the 2000s, I pick Ben Savage as Gilligan, Kevin James as Captain Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby, Patrick Dempsey as Thurston Howell III, Sarah Jessica Parker as Eunice "Lovey" Howell, Kate Hudson as Ginger Grant, Luke Wilson as Professor Roy Hinkley and Christina Ricci as Mary Ann Summers.

[dolorygloria]

Dawn Wells (1938-2020)

[oldshowbiz]

[vintage-old-hollywood]

Tina Louise

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[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

anyway so i'm doing a literature class right now that i'm really enjoying, and i love the professor for the most part, but he is dead set against bringing up disney movies in class. and by disney movies he means any animated movie ever. (given that disney owns a whole host of live action stuff now and he did not ever shut anyone down when they brought something up... as far as i remember? i don't think he has beef with live action movies. which. okay.)

i was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt that maybe he just wanted to steer the class away from overly common comparisons or examples in media, but honestly? i felt like people were bringing up obscure stuff, popular stuff, other novels from the 19th century, TV shows from the '60s, modern movies: he didn't even have to enforce his rule more than once because nobody was even reaching for animated movies.

but then this one kid brought up puss in boots: the last wish (i forget why, but it was relevant enough) and the professor's like, "nope, no disney movies"

and i'm sitting there like oh. okay. first of all, that's dreamworks, and second of all, so you did actually just mean no animated movies point blank period. I kicked around the idea of "um, actually"ing him, but I didn't want to derail the class or be obnoxious. because the point wasn't so much that he wasn't distinguishing between animation studios, it was that why in the everloving heck would you just put a blanket ban on animated films. especially when the question is just something simple like "what other stories can you think of that have this trope?" and that is a whole 'nother discussion.

but then the kid. the kid who brought up puss in boots. he jokingly literally pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and was like, "um, actually, first of all it's dreamworks, not disney-"

and the professor kinda laughed and was like "okay, you know what i meant" (then why did you SAY disney movies. my guy)

and the kid laughed too and he was like "-i promise it's relevant though. can i just say it quickly?"

and the professor let him. so that was a win i guess. i wish i'd gotten the chance to tell that guy he was my hero though. he managed to do the obnoxious thing in a friendly way and kept me from combusting in my seat

[pepperbag76]

“ Tina Louise during a break from filming on the set of the television series Gilligan's Island, 1964 “

Source: tooldhollywoodandbeyond

[schlock-luster-video]

On January 16, 2014 Gilligan's Island and Attack of the Crab Monsters star Russell Johnson died in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

R.I.P. (1924 - 2014)

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[timetravelingthroughspace]

"Alouette" is a popular Quebecois children's song, commonly thought to be about plucking the feathers from a lark. Although it is in French, it is well known among speakers of other languages; in this respect, it is similar to "Frère Jacques". Many US Marines and other Allied soldiers learnt the song while serving in France during World War I and took it home with them, passing it on to their children and grandchildren.

[eregyrn-falls]

[ID: A series of 8 gifs from the 1938 movie "The Adventures of Robin Hood". Most of the gifs show Robin Hood (played by Errol Flynn) and Little John (played by Alan Hale Sr.) fighting energetically with quarterstaffs while balancing on a log that crosses a stream. The third and sixth gif shows Will Scarlet (played by Patric Knowles), who is dressed in an all-red oufit, and who watches the fight while smiling and strumming on a lute. He is visible in the background of the final gif. End ID.]

(Folklore note: yes, this movie kind of fused together the role of Will Scarlet and Alan-a-Dale, who is the usual bard character in the Merry Men.)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

[lgspears]

If a Gilligan's Island movie was made in the 90s, I pick Matthew Lillard as Gilligan, John Goodman as Captain Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby, Tim Matheson as Thurston Howell III, Cheryl Ladd as Eunice "Lovey" Howell, Famke Janssen as Ginger Grant, Jason Priestley as Professor Roy Hinkley and Jennifer Love Hewitt as Mary Ann Summers.

[travsd]

The Rory Calhoun Centennial

Born 100 years ago this day, film and television actor Rory Calhoun (Francis “Frank” McCowan. 1922-1999). Do you find him indistinguishable from Victor Mature? I always have. Mature was Italian, though, Calhoun was Irish. He was discovered by Alan Ladd with his shirt off (he was a day laborer) and referred to his wife, talent agent Sue Carol. Prior to acting, Calhoun had been a cowboy, a miner,…

[oldshowbiz]

"The Castaways on Gilligan's Island will return after station identification."

[rubber-garage]

Having an out of body experience watching Madigan’s Millions 1968 at 1 am in the morning

[kcyars19992]

Yay! Now that the writers' and actors' strikes are both over, we don't have to keep watching reruns anymore.

So, when can we look forward to seeing new episodes of Gilligan's Island and Lost in Space?