Episode
E! True Hollywood Story: Gilligan's Island
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 50
- Air date
- 1999-12-12
Episode context
Gilligan's Island is Episode 50 in Season 3 of E! True Hollywood Story. It aired on 1999-12-12.
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