Skipper Duke

By Horseback, Hitchhike, Airplane and Taxi Getting Alan Hale Jr., to audition for the role of the Skipper was a major feat. At the time, Hale was filming Bullet for a Badman in Utah. He received the casting call for the role of the Skipper but had to try and figure out how he was going to get there, without being missed on the Bullet set. Hale made his way to Los Angeles to read a scene with Bob Denver via horseback, hitchhiking, airplane, and taxi cab. He reversed the process after the audition and made it back to Utah just in time to resume filming his western the next day. Schwartz had auditioned several actors for the role, but no one fit the bill like Hale.

(Season 3 The Pigeon.) Gilligan:"Does he have to go? I was just beginning to love him." Skipper:"Little Buddy, if Walter gets to Hawaii for us, we'll build him a special cage, just for the 2 of you!"

The photos I did today are from a photo shoot out side of Alan Hale Jr.(Skipper's)old Lobster Barrel Restaurant in Hollywood/Los Angeles CA. Sitting in his 1965 Shelby GT350 Mustang.

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I can get a 2nd Fun World hat. Then have 3 Lancaster type hats. 1 Bluenox 2 Fun World. Theresa has Fun World for me you know. GI Fan Club President William Duff has Fun World too. He wants to give me.

The photos I did today come from Season 3 The Hunter.

(Season 2 Gold Fever) Luke Duke:"The way that rear end was bottomin' out, they must have both Boss and Lulu in there."

Harold John Smith (August 24, 1916 – January 28, 1994) He was an actor and voice actor, who was best known for his role as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show. Smith was also active in voice-over roles, having played many characters on various animated shorts including Owl in the first four original Winnie the Pooh shorts (the first three of which were combined into the feature film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh) and later The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Uncle Tex on The Flintstones, Goliath in Davey and Goliath, and Flintheart Glomgold and Gyro Gearloose on DuckTales, as well as multiple other characters in The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, The Gumby Show, The Jetsons, Top Cat, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Clutch Cargo, Hong Kong Phooey, and many more. He is also known to radio listeners as the original voice of John Avery Whittaker in Adventures in Odyssey. Smith would play Otis one more time in the television movie Return to Mayberry (1986). In the television movie, Otis is the town's ice cream truck driver and is reported to have been "sober for years". Smith later used his Otis Campbell character in commercial spots for the Mothers Against Drunk Driving organization and appeared as Otis in Alan Jackson's music video "Don't Rock the Juke Box". Smith was married to Louise C. Smith from 1936 until her death in 1992. They had a son. After his wife died in 1992, Smith's own health began to deteriorate rapidly. On January 28, 1994, at the age of 77, Hal Smith died from an apparent heart attack. He is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica, California.

Well y'all... Let's hope Miss Theresa Clark is true to her word and ships my hat this week.

(Season 3 Bang, Bang, Bang) Mr. Howell:"A Howell never runs in the face of danger."

(Season 2 Mine Hero) Mr. Howell:"Remind me to have the locks changed to the executive washroom."

(Season 2 Ghost a Go-Go) The Ghost:"This island, she crazy."

Home Sweet Hut Air Date: 10/3/64 Written By: Bill Davenport and Charles Tannen Directed By: Richard Donner Guest Cast: None Main Cast Bob Denver as Gilligan Alan Hale, Jr. as The Skipper Jim Backus as Mr. Howell Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell Tina Louise as Ginger Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Russell Johnson as The Professor Guest Cast Charles Maxwell as the Radio Announcer (voice only) Trivia Gilligan retires to his hammock without his trademark red shirt; this is the only episode where he does this. It's revealed in this episode the Howells have been married for twenty years, although according to Mr. Howell, the last five years were a little shaky.

(Season 2 Feed the Kitty) Mr. Howell:"A Howell doesn't know how to spell the word fear." Gets scared. "Fear. F. E. A. R. Fear!"

Two on a Raft Air Date: September 26, 1964 Written By: Lawrence J. Cohen and Fred Freeman Directed By: John Rich Guest Cast: None Main Cast Bob Denver as Gilligan Alan Hale, Jr. as The Skipper Jim Backus as Mr. Howell Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell Tina Louise as Ginger Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Russell Johnson as The Professor Guest Cast Charles Maxwell as the Radio Announcer (voice only) Kit Smythe as Ginger (cameo) Nancy McCarthy as Bunny (cameo) John Gabriel as The Professor (cameo) Trivia First appearance of "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" sung by The Wellingtons. In the opening credits, the S.S. Minnow shown before the cruise is different from the version beaching on the island after the storm. There is no upper deck above the windows where the helm is, and the front of the cabin is straight rather than pointed.. When the Skipper wakes up, the original actors from the pilot can be seen still sleeping on the Minnow. In the scenes where the castaways are listening to the radio, the Professor is sitting with the others in the far shots but standing in the close-ups. When the Skipper and Gilligan finish fighting off the sharks, the Skipper's hat falls off his head and into the water right in the path of one of the sharks, and yet, in the next shot, the hat is back on the Skipper's head. By the time this episode aired, it was the most expensive pilot ever filmed due to the fake sharks and break-away raft. (Wiki)

Leslie Goodwins Born in London, England on September 17, 1899, Leslie Goodwins was an English film director and screenwriter, who directed nearly 100 films between 1926 and 1967. Not much about his life and career are known. He came to Hollywood somewhere about the time Silent Films were replaced with Talkies, working as a gag writer and later getting to direct features at RKO and becoming the creator of the "Mexican Spitfire" series. His film, Dummy Ache was nominated for an Academy Award in 1936 for Best Short Subject. he became involved in television in the 1950s, directing episodes of "The Texans," "The Alaskans," "Maverick," "77 Sunset Strip," "My Favorite Martian," "F Troop" and "Gilligan's Island." He died in Hollywood, California on January 8, 1969. He was survived by his wife. Episode(s) The Chain of Command Feed the Kitty Ghost a Go-Go Gilligan's Living Doll The Hunter The Invasion Man With a Net Pass the Vegetables, Please The Postman Cometh Seer Gilligan Ship Ahoax (Wiki)

Gary Nelson Born January 1, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, Gary Nelson is an American television and film director. Not much of his career is known, but it is known he has directed several well-known television series, such as "Gunsmoke," "The Patty Duke Show," "Gilligan's Island" and "Happy Days" among others. He has also known for directing feature films such as "Molly and Lawless John" in 1972, "Murder in Coweta County" with Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith and "Freaky Friday" for Walt Disney Pictures. In 1978, Nelson was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for "Washington: Behind Closed Doors." Nelson was married to actress Judi Meredith, who died in April 2014. They had two sons. Now semi-retired, he continues to occasionally guest lecture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Episode(s) Court-Martial Gilligan Gets Bugged Gilligan the Goddess It's a Bird, It's a Plane Mr. and Mrs. ??? Topsy-Turvy Physical Fatness The Secret of Gilligan's Island (Wiki)

Catherine Bach(Daisy Mae Duke)

"Marooned (Unaired Pilot)" Air Date: October 16, 1992 Written By: Sherwood Schwartz, Austin Kalish (uncredited), Elroy Schwartz Directed By: Rod Amateau Bob Denver as Gilligan Alan Hale, Jr. as The Skipper Jim Backus as Mr. Howell Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell Kit Smythe as Ginger Nancy McCarthy as Bunny John Gabriel as The Professor Trivia: There are noted differences between this unaired pilot and the series' episodes. This cast of this episode differed from the cast of the series with John Gabriel playing the Professor, and the girls replaced by two secretaries named Ginger and Bunny played by, respectively, Kit Smythe and Nancy McCarthy. All the regular roles, however, remain intact. Bob Denver as Gilligan, Alan Hale, Jr. as the Skipper, Jim Backus as Mr. Howell and Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell. Portions of the pilot turn up in the episode, Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk with a newly revised ending. Instead of the well-known Gilligan's Island theme song, this episode opens with a Calypso-style tune. (Unaired pilot has been posted in a separate post)

Jack Arnold Jack Arnold (born John Arnold Waks; October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992) was an American actor and film and television director, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of 1950s science fiction films. His most notable films are It Came from Outer Space (1953), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Tarantula (1955), and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). Episode(s) Agonized Labor Allergy Time Angel on the Island Beauty Is as Beauty Does Castaways Pictures Presents Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue Forget Me Not The Friendly Physician Gilligan's Mother-in-Law Goodbye Old Paint Hi Fi Gilligan It's Magic The Little Dictator Meet the Meteor Music Hath Charms Nyet, Nyet, Not Yet Smile, You're on Mars Camera The Sweepstakes Three to Get Ready They're Off and Running V for Vitamins Waiting for Watubi Will the Real Mr. Howell Please Stand Up? X Marks the Spot You've Been Disconnected Arnold died of arteriosclerosis in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California at the age of 75. (Wiki)

(Season 2 Smile, You're On Mars Camera) Mr. Howell:"I'll have you know that's never been off her finger since the day we were merged!"

(Season 2 Ghost a Go-Go) Ginger:"Professor! Tisk tisk tisk!" Professor:"Oh good heavens! Forgive me!"(Covers eyes.)

(Season 3 Bang, Bang, Bang) Gilligan:"Hey Skipper these bananas have pits in 'em!" Skipper:"Gilligan, for goodness sakes, bananas don't have pits! Your head maybe, but not bananas!"

(Season 4 Dukes in Danger) Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane:"He's got money. He's got more than you could spend, I could spend or even Flash could spend." Hammer:"Where?" Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane:"It's right around here in his-" Boss Jefferson Davis Hogg:"Rosco!" Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane:"I didn't say "Tummy!" Leeman(Patting Boss Hogg's tummy):"Well, well, well! So this ain't all belly?"(Finds money belt, starts counting the money)"Jackpot!" Boss Jefferson Davis Hogg:"Rosco, if we get outta this alive, I'm gonna kill you!"

The photos I did today come from Season 2 Mine Hero.