Download or read book Inside Gilligan s Island written by Sherwood Schwartz and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While every new TV series has to face some problems, no show had to overcome greater obstacles than Gilligan's Island. In spite of that, no series has achieved greater success, as measured by the fact that Gilligan's Island has given rise to three TV movies, two animated series, and is the most rerun program in the entire history of television. Now, Sherwood Schwartz, creator, writer, and producer of Gilligan's Island, tells the life story of the show: from the labor pains of scripting, casting, and production to its golden years of afternoon reruns. Fascinating history that could be known only by the show's creator is enhanced by wonderful photos, sketches, and other illustrations from the author's personal collection, as well as the guest forewords by all seven "Castaways." An appendix lists plots, writers and directors for every episode. All this behind-the-scenes information makes the book a special treat, not only for fans, but for anyone interested in an inside look at the television industry.

Download or read book Inside Gilligan s Island written by Sherwood Schwartz and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1994-04-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join the creator of Gilligan's Island for a three-hour tour! Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful show, That started as just one man's dream, A long, long time ago. That man was a mightily wily guy, With smarts enough for eight. If the brass upstairs let him be, The program would be great. The program would be great. The meddlesome executives Blew up a mighty storm, If not for the courage of the fearless man, The program would be lost. The program would be lost. The show's preserved in the leaves of this Terrific kooky book. With anecdotes, synopses too, Rare photographs and drawings. The whole story And lots, lots more Are here Inside Gilligan's Island! Find out: Where the Howells got all those clothes! Learn: Did Gilligan and the Skipper ever get hurt when the coconuts hit them on the head? Discover: What was "Lovey's" real name? Imagine: What kind of a pet the studio almost gave Gilligan! Sing: The original lyrics to the theme song!

Download or read book Gilligan s Wake written by Tom Carson and published by Picador. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A kaleidoscopic novel about our last American century A skipper plies the waters of the South Pacific, running ammunition and passing the time with navy buddies McHale and Jack Kennedy, remembering the sweet caress of Screw-Me Susie. A New York millionaire reunites with his prep school classmate Alger Hiss, and journeys to an unusual downtown cafe to meet a bearded friend. A young woman and her confidante Daisy Buchanan sink into the languor of the Hamptons and Provincetown. A buxom redhead from Alabam-don't-give-a-damn travels to Hollywood, in search of fame and fortune. A charismatic professor assists Robert Oppenheimer with his desert calculations and is henceforth the author of every American political conspiracy. And Mary-Ann Kilroy leaves Russell, Kansas, for Paris and love, only to discover that you can never go home (nor leave the island). But beneath these stories is the story of their author, an institutionalized shadow man who has twisted the histories of six characters into a pastiche of American history.

Download or read book Gilligan s Island written by Walter Metz and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the under-studied sitcom Gilligan’s Island that addresses key questions about American social life in the 1960s. Gilligan’s Island, created by Sherwood Schwartz, aired for three seasons between 1964 and 1967 on the CBS network. While the series was typically dismissed for its episodic inanity, author Walter Metz argues that this characteristic is precisely the source of the show’s innovation as it produces a vibrant critique of dominant American values. In this analysis of Gilligan’s Island, Metz reveals the inner workings of American television and society through an intensive look at the popular sitcom. In twenty-one short sections, Metz investigates many aspects of Gilligan’s Island: the narrative, the characters, the plot, and the performativity. Through multiple episode analyses and character examinations, Metz shows how the castaways’ actions on the island held deeper meaning and illustrated American social customs. The book also looks at several different themes presented in the show and connects them to many literary traditions, including Shakespeare (The Tempest and Hamlet), existential theatre (Waiting for Godot), and classic American literature (Moby-Dick). Through this discussion, Metz examines the literacy of Gilligan’s Island and the way it knowingly returns to certain tropes from high literature, masking their expression in a distinctly populist American idiom. Metz also addresses the legacy of Gilligan’s Island and its profound effect on American television, as evidenced by popular contemporary shows like Survivor and Lost. At one point in time, Gilligan’s Island was the most syndicated show around the world, but few scholarly articles exist about it. Fans of the show and those interested in television history and popular culture will enjoy this playful and informative study that fills a gap in television history.

Download or read book Inside Gilligan s Island written by Sherwood Schwartz and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While every new TV series has to face some problems, no show had to overcome greater obstacles than Gilligan's Island. In spite of that, no series has achieved greater success, as measured by the fact that Gilligan's Island has given rise to three TV movies, two animated series, and is the most rerun program in the entire history of television.Now, Sherwood Schwartz, creator, writer, and producer of Gilligan's Island, tells the life story of the show: from the labor pains of scripting, casting, and production to its golden years of afternoon reruns. Fascinating history that could be known only by the show's creator is enhanced by wonderful photos, sketches, and other illustrations from the author's personal collection, as well as the guest forewords by all seven Castaways. An appendix lists plots, writers and directors for every episode. All this behind-the-scenes information makes the book a special treat, not only for fans, but for anyone interested in an inside look at the television industry.

Download or read book Gilligan s Dreams written by Dreama Denver and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost 30 years I was married to the man the rest of the world knew as Gilligan. Almost five decades of reruns have made his television character iconic, but the Bob Denver I knew and loved was legendary to me for his courage, his commitment to his severely autistic son and his love for the wife of his dreams, maybe the reason he called me Dreams. Devoting the last 21 years of his life to our son Colin speaks volumes about Bob Denver, the man. Our love story is one for the ages. Anyone who knew us in our years together will tell you that. Our devotion to each other and to Colin was complete, and the courage of this man during the last six months of his life exemplifies the definition of the word. This is the story of a man and woman who made vows to each other and kept them. This is the story of parents facing the challenge of autism together, never wavering in their love for each other or their son. This is the story of Bob and me, two imperfect people who fit perfectly together. Losing Bob was the hardest thing I've ever faced, but his love left me stronger, more focused and in the end, able to survive even when I thought I couldn't. Being loved by this man was the greatest gift of my life. For every challenge we faced and every minute we spent together, I love you, Bob Denver.

Download or read book Gilligan s Island the Seven Deadly Sins Bible Study written by Stephen Skelton and published by Entertainment Ministries. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Various episodes of the television program Gilligan's Island are used to illustrate Biblical principles.

Download or read book Here on Gilligan s Isle written by Russell Johnson and published by Perennial. This book was released on 1993 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gilligan's Island's "Professor" offers fans behind-the-scenes anecdotes and answers the oft-asked question: how was the professor able to build a nuclear reactor and a car but never a boat? Original. 100,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.

Download or read book Gilligan Unbound written by Paul Arthur Cantor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cantor demonstrates how, during the 1960s, Gilligan's Island and Star Trek reflected America's faith in liberal democracy and our willingness to project it universally. Gilligan's Island, Cantor argues, is based on the premise that a representative group of Americans could literally be dumped in the middle of nowhere and still prevail under the worst of circumstances. Star Trek took American optimism even further by trying to make the entire galaxy safe for democracy. Despite the famous Prime Directive, Captain Kirk and his crew remade planet after planet in the image of an idealized 1960s America."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Gilligan Maynard Me written by Bob Denver and published by Carol Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Denver recalls the two TV shows he starred in and the other projects of his acting career.

Download or read book Five Little Peppers and How They Grew written by Margaret Sidney and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New England in the late nineteenth century, a fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman and his young son.

Download or read book TV Treasures written by Sylvia Stoddard and published by Saint Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 1996 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wacky tour through a popular "tale of a fateful trip" includes behind-the-scenes anecdotes, exclusive interviews with the stars and producers, complete biographies and filmographies, and descriptions of edited scenes. Original. TV tie-in.

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Download or read book The Hallelujah Girls written by Jessie Jones and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several feisty females in Eden Falls, Georgia decide to shake up their lives starting with the Spa-Dee-Dah!, the abandoned church-turned-day-spa where they meet every Friday afternoon.

Download or read book Terror in Australia Workers Paradise Lost written by John Stapleton and published by A Sense Of Place Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terror in Australia: Workers' Paradise Lost, by veteran journalist John Stapleton, is a beautifully written snapshot of a pivotal turning point in the history of the so-called Lucky Country. This book is a sidewinding missile into the heart of Australian hypocrisy. In 2015 there were well attended Reclaim Australia demonstrations in every major capital city, all protesting what the demonstrators saw as the growing Islamisation of Australia, along with countering anti-racism demonstrations. There were frequent violent clashes, hundreds of police were forced to form lines separating the demonstrators in Sydney and Melbourne, there were a significant number of arrests and injuries, and dozens of people were treated for the effects of capsicum spray. The terror alert was at its highest level ever, the country was engaged in an unpopular and discredited war in Iraq and Syria, and relations between the government and an increasingly radicalised Muslim minority had broken down. Despite the billions being spent on national security, authorities believed another terrorist attack was inevitable. A demoralised population, saddled with a history of grotesque overregulation, turned inwards, increasingly questioning the failed social creeds of the past. On the streets once vibrant entertainment districts were desolate, while closed and shuttered shops became a characteristic of many suburbs. An optimistic, freedom loving country with an irreverent, larrikin culture and a wildly optimistic view of its place in the world lost faith in its own story. Well documented, switching through multiple points of view, Terror in Australia: Workers' Paradise Lost is a sometimes frightening, sometimes intensely lyrical step inside a democracy in serious trouble.

Download or read book Log of the Minnow written by T. S. McLellan and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-24 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the cancellation of the top-rated prime time sitcom, authors around the world (even dead ones) started flooding producer Sherwood Schwartz' office with treatments to try to revoke the cancellation, to try to save Gilligan's Island! This is a compilation of 24 Gilligan-based short stories, echoing famous literature both contemporary and classic.Excerpt from "The Coconuts of Wrath":Gilligan pullis himself up on shore, wringing out his hat, dusting the sand off of his sodden clothing. He trudges wearily into the jungle. How long he journeys it is hard to say. Soon he comes across the Professor, who jumps out at him from behind a bush."Hey!" the Professor fairly shouts, "I know you from somewheres! Ain't you that first mate of the Skipper's, from over yonder?""Yep," Gilligan stoically replies. "I'm headed home."The Professor is more than curious and leaps in front of him. "I thought you was a prisoner of those head-hunters." This was half-question, half accusation. He peers into Gilligan's eyes and demands a response."Relax, would ya?" Gilligan snaps. "They let me go, all honest-like. I'm on the up and up." They walk together through the jungle for a spell, then Gilligan examines the Professor like a dog examining a steak. "Ain't you the Professor?"The Professor lets out a sigh and his shoulders slump from the burden the thin man just dropped on him. "Used to be," he mutters, "used to be a durn good 'un, too. But I lost my callin'. Was a time I used to make things out a coconuts you'd a thunk impossible, but I made 'em just the same. I was full of the science, and I just wanted to do good things with my science, but ever'time I done sumpthin', I jes' realized I warn't no scientist. I just wanted to do things to Ginger in the bushes. Finally, I jes' gave up. I ain't no scientist, an' I never was one."

Download or read book Gilligan s Island 1 written by Arlene Morriso and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yes, Gilligan, the Skipper, the Millionaire and his Wife, the movie Star, The Professor and Mary Ann, are still on that island! This book will help you stay organized. Keep track of all your tasks. Make a schedule. Keep contact names. Everything you need to record goes into this book. Wide Ruled Book: 7.44 x 9.69, 150 pages; Lined Notebook, Composition Book/Journal