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Another thing I meant to remark on about this show was the music, much of which was compsed by John(ny) Williams. The incidental music was quite memorable and really helped to evoke various moods to suit the needs of the show. Those various themes have stayed with me my whole life.
"Now, this is the tales of our castaways..."
Wow, so that's the whole original series. I am aware of the three TV movies. I have the first one on disk, somewhere - I'm not going to dig it out. While it has a few good moments - the castaways sailing into Honolulu, the Howells standing up for the Skipper and Gilligan - by and large, it wasn't that good, and my recollection of the other two was that they were even worse. If anybody else wants to post on them, they are welcome to do so.
I am also aware of the two animated series - I recall watching them when they were first broadcast. From my recollection, they were standard Saturday morning kids' fare of the time, and I'm to seeking them out, either.
Another thing was, I was sure that somewhere in the show, Mrs. Howell's first name was given as "Eunice". But, to the best of my ability, it's not. I even went back and re-watched "Mr. & Mrs. ??" - her family name is given as Wentworth, but "Eunice" is never mentioned. I mean, I watched these pretty closely, with an eye out for details like that, but I didn't find it there.
Once I've sat right back and disgested abit, I will be posting a few thoughts and ideas about the show as I watched it. I thnk the biggest surprise was, that "Gilligan spoiling rescues" was a much smaller part of the show than people have traditionally made it out to be - smaller than even I would've thought it was.
The Baron said:"Now, this is the tales of our castaways..."
Wow, so that's the whole original series. I am aware of the three TV movies. I have the first one on disk, somewhere - I'm not going to dig it out. While it has a few good moments - the castaways sailing into Honolulu, the Howells standing up for the Skipper and Gilligan - by and large, it wasn't that good, and my recollection of the other two was that they were even worse. If anybody else wants to post on them, they are welcome to do so.
I have the first one on disk, too -- I got a cheap copy from my friendly neighborhood supermarket. I'm not going to look at it again, but I have seen it recently enough that I could remark on it from memory ... but I'd rather dig up the comments we made on the old board about it. It's too late in the evening to do that now.
The Baron said:I am also aware of the two animated series - I recall watching them when they were first broadcast. From my recollection, they were standard Saturday morning kids' fare of the time, and I'm to seeking them out, either.
Are they available on DVD? I agree with your assessment; they were no better or worse than the other stuff Filmation was putting out at the time, although I didn't watch Gilligan's Planet, because that presented not just 11 impossible things per episode, but 100.
The Baron said:Another thing was, I was sure that somewhere in the show, Mrs. Howell's first name was given as "Eunice". But, to the best of my ability, it's not. I even went back and re-watched "Mr. & Mrs. ??" - her family name is given as Wentworth, but "Eunice" is never mentioned. I mean, I watched these pretty closely, with an eye out for details like that, but I didn't find it there.
I looked that up in The Unofficial Gilligan's Island Handbook, and it makes no mention of Mrs. Howell's name being "Eunice." The Straight Dope newspaper column, citing Snopes.com, states that her name is "Eunice Wentworth," and states that it was given by the radio announcer (see here). But the Snopes page that The Straight Dope links to doesn't say that at all (see here), and provides a clip of the radio announcer describing who was aboard the S.S. Minnow, but the clip gives her name as "Lovey Howell."
However, a different Snopes page states that the script for the episode "Mr. and Mrs. ?" gives Mrs. Howell's maiden name as "Eunice Wentworth" (see here). So that's where it comes from, although Mrs. Howell's first name -- like Gilligan's first name, if, indeed, "Gilligan" is a surname -- apparently never was said on the air.
So far as I'm concerned, she is and always will be "Lovey Howell".
The Baron said:Once I've sat right back and disgested abit, I will be posting a few thoughts and ideas about the show as I watched it. I thnk the biggest surprise was, that "Gilligan spoiling rescues" was a much smaller part of the show than people have traditionally made it out to be - smaller than even I would've thought it was.
I look forward to it, and I want to thank you for this effort; it's been a lot of fun!