Gilligan's Island Trivia & Fun Fact ๐ด
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Did you know Sherwood Schwartz tried to get a Reunion movie off the ground as early as 1974, but no TV networks were interested? ๐ฅ Fast forward to 1978, and NBC agreed to Rescue From Gilligan's Island!
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Fun fact: Robinson Crusoe was an inspiration for the original series ๐ฒ! In the '63 Pilot Episode "Marooned", Ginger (Kitt Smythe) and Bunny (Nancy McCarthy) have a hilarious exchange: Bunny: "Gee, isn't it fun being castaway on a desert island?" Ginger: "Loads of laughs! Robinson Crusoe enjoyed it for 9 years." ๐
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And Tom Hanks references the cissy classic in Cast Away: "This stuff works as a laxative. That's somethin' Gilligan never told us." ๐
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