Have never seen this! Just love them all so much and always will. And Tina is now the lone survivor here in 2022. RIP Alan, Bob, Russell, Natalie, Dawn, and of course Jim!
This was priceless. They all still looked great and Jim Backus, what a gem. But Alan Hale with that smile looked almost exactly the same. I saw something like this from I think late 80s and even then he looked like he hadn’t aged at all. Timeless.
Wow, Kathie Lee Gifford before she became ridiculously phony and full of herself. Great to see the entire cast together again. Regardless of what the critics ever said about the show, these seven actors brought so much joy to so many people around the world.
When Gilligan's Island Is Brought Up Why Do People Start Tina-Bashing? Ok Ok Shes Not A Nice Person. So What Else Is New? She Admitted Herself That She Was Rude To People Who Have Approached Her. They Ask Aren't You Ginger? No I'm Tina She Replied. Aren't you On Gilligan's Island? No I Live in Manhattan. That's Her Way Of Saying Get Lost! You Bug Me! She is Another 1 Of Those Actors Who Did A Tv-Series In The 1960s Who Has A Chip On Their Shoulder. Dawn Wells Said It Best If Don't Want To Do Television Your Afraid You Will Get Stuck in A Role (Typecast) Give It To Another Actor. Dawn Wells Said That.
Alan Hale Jr seemed to be the 1 who "Played himself" the most. He always wore his captain's hat, & when he was on Andy Griffith, I believe he refereed to Barney Fife(Don Knots) as "Little, Buddy" which was transfered to Bob(Gilligan)Denver. It's hard to believe all the dudes are gone.
it was well known that Mr. Hale would go and visit sick children in hospitals wearing his captain's hat and the shirt he wore on the show--Mr. Hale also had a semi-regular role on Gunsmoke (the show that actually bumped Gilligan's Island off the air after its 3rd season)
Yes he did. He also called ALF "Little Buddy" in that awful '90's sitcom. I think he called everybody that because of his size. It wasn't intended for him to call Gilligan that, but, he said it so much, they added it to the script.
I DEFINITELY remember watching this one early morning on GMA in the early Eighties.It was advertised that the original cast of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND would reunite on early morning T.V I remember watching it because the thing that I remember about this T.V reunion is that JIM BACKUS(Thurston Howell) appeared remotely and was not in the same studio with the other six cast members.I was wondering when someone would upload it that would be something.Sure enough, what do I see? That Infamous clip of the reunited cast of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND on GMA from 1982.a BIG HEARTY THANK YOU to whoever uploaded it.
Alan did not originally wear the captains cap once the show ended. But once everyone wanted pictures when he was in public he found one and never left the house without it. He adored his fans.
I do miss them so much! 😢 That’s why I watch reruns of Gilligan’s Island all the time. They were all wonderful people and Skipper was such a sweet charitable man.
I am glad to see Tina Louise on this interview. I have all 3 seasons of GI and often think about this voluptuous beauty. I kinda thought today that people should leave this woman alone. All the remarks about Tina and her "attitude" were made by fans who were not present on the GI soundstage, but were mostly founded on hearsay. She was a professional and played her part well, and owes her sharp critics nothing. I'm glad we get to hear her side of the story.
Thankyou for bringing that up Clarence. Tina I think has been treated pretty unfairly over the years. But Bob Denver said it best, that once the miner details were cleared up he said that Tina was a total pro and the perfect Ginger. :) I don't want to take anything away from Judith Baldwin. She is a very talented actress. But without Tina Louise playing the role the character of Ginger Grant was just not quite the same. Kinda like when Donna Reed spent a year playing Miss Ellie on "Dallas".
Clarence...Tina did a great job playing the Ginger character! She was nothing like her in real life. Pretty serious and very involved in children's causes if I remember right.
He made countless ad libs that were inserted into the dialog. Schwarz said if there was something better than what was in the script, in it went, and Backus was endlessly creatively funny.
This Gilligan's Island reunion video was on Good Morning America on November 26, 1982 and was presided over by guest host Kathie Lee Gifford. This was the first time that the entire cast had been reunited (including Tina Louise).
I thought there was something horrifyingly perky about her. I didn't recognize her. My GOD she exploded later on, becoming this super-irritant that nearly drove Regis Philbin to an aneurysm.
@@farrellmcnulty909 I think Kathie Lee is amazing. This interview alone shows her broadcasting skills were first rate. She kept this moving, asked a lot of meaningful questions and made sure everyone was included. She deserved her very long career.
A RUclips video of the Gilligan's Island cast on Family Feud popped up a few days ago. I watched 2 of them. The first video they played the cast of Batman and the second one was Lost In Space. Needless to say, Gilligan's Island won and raised money for charity. So happy to see them win! Jim Backus was having health issues (MS?) and Natalie Shaffer was helping him. ❤❤
This is a true story, but when Alan found out that they cancelled G.I, he cried as I'm sure most of us would have. I thought Alan was terrific along with all the other cast members.
Sherwood Schwartz told them the show had been renewed for a 4th season-and he has said in interviews many of the cast went and bought homes believing they would be getting a regular paycheck for at least another year--then the lame brains at CBS decided to keep Gunsmoke on the air and to do so cancelled Gilligan's Island
@@bufnyfan1 It was only because some CBS Exec's wife liked Gunsmoke better than Gilligan's Island. GI always won its time slot. They already had shows written, and we the fans never got to see those shows sadly. I've never watched an episode of Gunsmoke and not because of that reason either.
Have to say Russell Johnson was still looking pretty darn handsome here...still had the same sexy voice! He had to be around 58 or so here if this was in 1982 as someone stated below! Thought Tina Louise looked great too. Seems like she's finally accepted that the show made her a household name!
R.I.P. Jim Backus (1913-1989), Alan Hale, Jr. (1921-1990), Natalie Schafer (1900-1991), Bob Denver (1935-2005) and Russell Johnson (1924-2014). Tina Louise and Dawn Wells are the last two Gilligan's Island cast members that are still with us. When they both die. Part of my childhood will be gone. I was born in 1988. But I watched Gilligan's Island reruns on T.V. Land back in the 1990's as a little boy. I was devastated when both Bob Denver died back in 2005 and Russell Johnson died at the beginning of this year.
@@hoorootv7266 I am thinking 1980 plus/minus. There is another reunion on the late show 5/88 and Bob Denver has totally grey hair in that reunion. He looks a lot younger in this interview.
65 here and I remember watching that first season in black and white-and the NEXT two seasons as well! My dad didn't buy a color TV until 1971, I kid you not. Watching 'Star Trek' in color for the first time in reruns was awesome!
Tina Louise must have forgotten all of the times that her character, Ginger Grant, kissed a man, because she kissed Gilligan and the Professor multiple times throughout the series.
thank you for posting this....first time I am seeing this interview with all of them. What a gem, what a treasure of actors! Oh how I wish I could go back in time to meet these folks.
Back in '88 I took my mother back to DFW for her flight to STL. We were sitting at the gate when two men entered walking in from behind us. I saw them from behind and they sauntered off to get a drink and Man the one fellow wearing a Skippers hat had Alan Hale's profile and even his voice. I noticed other couples who had a better view smiling and pointing him out and I said, "Mom, that's the Skipper! I think he's on your flight!" Mom called me that night to let me know she had gotten Alen Hale's autograph. He was hired to do Boat shows in Dallas and STL. He had returned to the gate alone after I headed back to work and Mom slowly approached him and asked, "Mr. Hale can I have your autograph?" and they had a little chat. He was gone less than 18 months later at the age of 68. Mom said his personality was exactly as seen on the TV. Friendly, smiling, joking and giddy. Mom was a young 49 back then. Still here at 82. Out of everyone at the gate she was the first one to slowly walk over and chat with him. She got the ball rolling. Everybody likes the Skipper.
I've read Russell Johnson's (Professor) book on the Series and it was very informative. Most of them didn't think the series was even going to last one season and they were not-at the time-too enamored with it. The exceptions were Russell and Alan Hale, who had been in the business long enough to appreciate the steady paycheck. By the third season they'd gotten over the hump and were starting to enjoy working on the show and with each other, even Tina Louise-who had been a major griper early on. All were looking forward to that 4th season, but the show got cancelled suddenly after they broke up following the 3rd season. Life is like that for everyone, you never know a good thing until you don't have it anymore. Looking back all the Castaways would love to go back and do it again, but at the time some of them took it for granted. Enjoy every minute folks, they never come back once they're gone.
The show did indeed get cancelled suddenly, as the show had been renewed but once the network's wife heard that Gunsmoke was going to be cancelled, she objected and hubby put it back into the lineup, so two half-hour shows had to go to make room. Gilligan's Island, alas, was one of the two.
This is really cool. Just saw a 1988 Good Morning America reunion on RUclips as well with all of them actually in person and included Sherwood Schwartz the show's creator. Good stuff.
I was surprised when I once heard an interview with Alan Hale. The man was nothing like his character. He was intelligent, articulate, and shockingly relevant.
+Kabuki Jo they asked him that at another re-union "if the professor is so smart, why couldn't he fix the boat" and his reply was "if you were a man trapped on an island with MaryAnn and Ginger, would you fix the boat?"
+Kabuki Jo Well, EVENTUALLY he did. He got an old airplane working again and flew them off the island. ("Castaways on Gilligan's Island.") I only found out recently that they eventually got off the island for good.
A 1969 episode of Get Smart was filmed on the Gilligan's Island set. It was aptly titled 'Schwartz's Island'; the Schwartz being Gilligan's Island creator Sherwood Schwartz.
@Jesse Mitchell Yes, but those were "accidents", not that he actually built a boat out of all those palm trees. Funny when you consider he could build working record players and keep batteries fully charged for their Radio. Either way, I loved the show.
Bob Denver really pulled something special off by being able to keep Gilligan likeable even though he kept them trapped on the island over and over LOL
Kathie Lee looks amazing with that vintage early '80s styling. And her interviewing and broadcasting skills were already absolutely perfectly honed by this early date. Strangely, her Wikipedia doesn't even mention she worked on Good Morning America before the Regis show but other sources do.
Gilligan's Island Original Air Date - September 26, 1964-September 12, 1966 Original Channel - The Columbia Broadcasting System No. of Episodes - 98 No. of Seasons - 3 Creator - Sherwood Schwartz (Executive Producer) Starring - Bob Denver as Willy Gilligan Alan Hale, Jr. as Capt. Jonas Grumby Jim Backus as Thurston Howell, III Natalie Schaefer as Eunice Lovelle Wentworth Howell Tina Louise as Ginger Grant Russell Johnson as Professor Roy Hinkley RIP Robert Osbourne (Bob) Denver Jan. 9, 1935-Sept. 2, 2005 Alan Hale, Jr. Mar. 8, 1921-Jan. 2, 1990 James Gilmore (Jim) Backus Feb. 25, 1913-Jul. 3, 1989 Natalie Schaefer Nov. 5, 1900-Apr. 10, 1991 Russell David Johnson Nov. 10, 1924-Jan. 16, 2014 Sherwood Charles Schultz Nov. 14, 1916-Jul. 12, 2011
"Willy" Gilligan was an early script name, and a matter of dispute even between Schwartz and Denver themselves, who would know better than anyone. What is certain is that the name never got into series, even in the (original) pilot.
+paul rogers Yeah, that never made any sense to me why she hated the show so much. If it wasn't for Gilligan's Island, no one would know who the hell she is.
+lighthouse44 I think she didn't like the show because her character didn't get a lot of laughs like the other characters. Eventually she did come to terms with the show. Also, she was known to a degree before the show began.
It's a shame Tina Louise did not at least appear in "Rescue from Gilligan's Island". I wonder if, by the late 1980s, when she started appearing with the original cast again, that she regretted that. One more TV movie would have been great, as well. (But, by this time, several cast members did not have much time left.)
Tina Louise's Ginger Character was so much like Marilyn Monroe that I am Amazed that she did not start doing Movies similar to what Marilyn used to do like 'Looking For Mr. Good Bar' or playing Jane in a Tarzan Movie.
My Dad had Bonanza on one time. He watches old shows all the time and Dawn Wells was in it as a Indian! Dawn Wells was also arrested in 2008 having pot in her car. She was 69 years old at the time and how ironic for her to spend 3 hours in jail! :-)
According to Ms. Wells, it wasn't her car. If I understand correctly, the owner loaned it to her, and then admitted to authorities that the marijuana was his.
(LOL) SERIOUSLY???? Did Bob Denver mess up her chances to get bailed out? Alan Hale smacks him on the head and then Tina Louise seduces the judge...but sshe doesn't KISS him, she just flirts, by touch...you know.
I am the son of baby boomers so I was introduced to this show by them and boy am I glad they did as I love this show I have every episode on DVD they should have made a special 3 hour final episode but stupid William Paley let his wife make his decision in cancelling the show after they were approved for a fourth season. well as least we have the two tv movies.
So this is from 1985. Also, a very, very rare appearance by Tina Louise with the rest of the cast. I've never seen them all together after the end of the series. This was not too long before Jim Backus really has a hard time with his health. Not sure if he had a stroke but I believe they made at least one more Gilligan's Island movie after this reunion and Jim was in it, he barely spoke and was only sitting in his scenes. And I just realized the interviewer is Kathie Lee Gifford.
Yeah..I know. I think Ginger (aka Tina Louise) has amnesia! I am surprised NO ONE from the cast corrected her..ESPECIALLY the professor...as Thurston Howell III put it at the time of THAT MINUTE kiss...it’s A DOOZIE!!!!”
I remember Ginger kissing the Professor in one of the episodes when they when some old film equipment and costumes washed up on shore and they made a silent movie.
I think Ginger was hotter. I've known many, whom prefer her to Mary Ann. Nothing against Mary Ann, as they're both great looking, obviously. It's just a matter of preference. And I'll take the tall, voluptuous red head, over the perky wholesome one, everytime. 😍😎
Gilligan's Island, speed racer, Bugs Bunny in a dress, Good times, Sanford & Son and even the Brady Bunch were as innocent as Beaver and Dobie were to their times I must say I am grateful that I was afforded that innocence and often sad for what this age gives to the children. Conflicted
Kathy Lee did an awesome job with this interview! Now, the age old answer of why Tina Louise didn't appear in the made for TV Movies, of GI, has been answered. As she said herself, it was a conflict of interest with her pursuing more dramatic roles .. And if she did not want to be associated with GI after the series was over, as rumor has it, she would have blown everyone off for the reunion. Same thing with Larry Hagman, when I dream of Jeannie was made into a movie for TV. He was working on "Dallas" at the time, and wasn't able to.
She appeared on Dallas with Larry Hagman the same year the first reunion movie aired. According to Sherwood Schwartz, Tina Louise was willing to appear in the reunion movie but demanded way too much money. It's possible she did that to get out of doing the movie without flat out refusing to do so, who knows?
Tina Louise doesn't know what she is talking about. In the episode "Big Man on Little Stick" she passionately kissed the professor to get Duke jealous. She says "lucky Pierre" and kisses him.
george g If you remember, Tina and Russell had MANY kissing scenes together! I think what she is trying to say is she never had a real "romance" with anyone and kissed anyone in that regard. She needs to rephrase that or something! It's very confusing! It confused Russell Johnson! lol
***** She specifically said " I never kissed anyone", and yes she had many kissing scenes with the professor, as well as with others who visited the Island. About what she really meant, that's up to her to elaborate. The same is true of MaryAnn, she had many kissing scenes with Gilligan, but we all know there was no romantic relationship. That statement just came off wrong.
It was much greener and more colorful (and cleaner and more livable) than an actual island would be. Plus, it would have had to have been huge to have had all the cliffs, mountains, caves, unexplored territory, and extra-castaway inhabitants that were seen on the show. Not to mention a huge volcano that no one knew about (until it was about to erupt).
You read and hear elsewhere that Tina Louise hated being on the show and had little or no personal interaction off the set with the other cast members. It sure doesn't come across that way during this interview. Maybe it was all for the camera, but she seemed to enjoy the show and talked about how she and the cast were all "family".
I always liked how the Skipper called Gillian his little Buddy even when he screwed up. And I enjoyed when he got exasperated at him, too. The were basically doing a take on Laurel and Hardy. Skinny and Fatty. And I almost didn’t recognize Kathy Lee. She really changed. The entire cast was screwed financially by Sherwood Swartz the producer. He made endless royalties on the reruns and they were basically shafted.
Have never seen this! Just love them all so much and always will. And Tina is now the lone survivor here in 2022. RIP Alan, Bob, Russell, Natalie, Dawn, and of course Jim!
2024 now.
This was priceless. They all still looked great and Jim Backus, what a gem. But Alan Hale with that smile looked almost exactly the same. I saw something like this from I think late 80s and even then he looked like he hadn’t aged at all. Timeless.
Alan sort of echoed the words of Oliver Hardy when he said that everyone needs nonsense. 😊
Amazing that Backus was having an extremely tough time health wise and still had his quick wit
THE GREATEST CAST IN TV HISTORY... PERIOD!!!
Jim Backus brought Teddy!! Awesome!
Wow, Kathie Lee Gifford before she became ridiculously phony and full of herself.
Great to see the entire cast together again. Regardless of what the critics ever said about the show, these seven actors brought so much joy to so many people around the world.
When Gilligan's Island Is Brought Up Why Do People Start Tina-Bashing? Ok Ok Shes Not A Nice Person. So What Else Is New? She Admitted Herself That She Was Rude To People Who Have Approached Her. They Ask Aren't You Ginger? No I'm Tina She Replied. Aren't you On Gilligan's Island? No I Live in Manhattan. That's Her Way Of Saying Get Lost! You Bug Me! She is Another 1 Of Those Actors Who Did A Tv-Series In The 1960s Who Has A Chip On Their Shoulder. Dawn Wells Said It Best If Don't Want To Do Television Your Afraid You Will Get Stuck in A Role (Typecast) Give It To Another Actor. Dawn Wells Said That.
That’s Kathy?!?!
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@@thomaspayne6866 She almost came across as a sweet likable young lady huh?
Alan Hale Jr seemed to be the 1 who "Played himself" the most. He always wore his captain's hat, & when he was on Andy Griffith, I believe he refereed to Barney Fife(Don Knots) as "Little, Buddy" which was transfered to Bob(Gilligan)Denver. It's hard to believe all the dudes are gone.
it was well known that Mr. Hale would go and visit sick children in hospitals wearing his captain's hat and the shirt he wore on the show--Mr. Hale also had a semi-regular role on Gunsmoke (the show that actually bumped Gilligan's Island off the air after its 3rd season)
Yes he did. He also called ALF "Little Buddy" in that awful '90's sitcom. I think he called everybody that because of his size. It wasn't intended for him to call Gilligan that, but, he said it so much, they added it to the script.
Tina is still alive
Dawn looks unbelievably young and gorgeous!!
I loved the show. Sure beats most of what's on today.
One of my Top 10 Best TV shows of all time I thought.
Absolutely! Very well said! :)
i agree, ,i grew up in the 60's watching Gilligan's island , couldn't wait to watch it ,just a good family show all around
Just good entertainment, exactly what TV was meant to be
These people were as part of my childhood as my family was. Good memories
I could never get tired of Gilligan’s Island! I laugh time and time again!
I know same! I’ve watched literally every episode and I still laugh!
Classy, classy people. These interviews are a joy to watch.
What a cast. Such professionals.
I DEFINITELY remember watching this one early morning on GMA in the early Eighties.It was advertised that the original cast of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND would reunite on early morning T.V I remember watching it because the thing that I remember about this T.V reunion is that JIM BACKUS(Thurston Howell) appeared remotely and was not in the same studio with the other six cast members.I was wondering when someone would upload it that would be something.Sure enough, what do I see? That Infamous clip of the reunited cast of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND on GMA from 1982.a BIG HEARTY THANK YOU to whoever uploaded it.
My goodness do I love this show! It is vintage TV GOLD!
Alan did not originally wear the captains cap once the show ended. But once everyone wanted pictures when he was in public he found one and never left the house without it.
He adored his fans.
They all seem so genuine. I was pleased to see Tina Louise not sounding at all like
what some would have us believe about her sense of the show.
I do miss them so much! 😢
That’s why I watch reruns of Gilligan’s Island all the time. They were all wonderful people and Skipper was such a sweet charitable man.
Alan Hale's father was a famous character actor in the 1940's with the same name.
Best show ever...what a great cast...RIP to Alan who helped sick children and was so very charitable
Almost agree, actually the Andy Griffith show was the best show ever, but G. Island was good too
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I am glad to see Tina Louise on this interview. I have all 3 seasons of GI and often think about this voluptuous beauty. I kinda thought today that people should leave this woman alone. All the remarks about Tina and her "attitude" were made by fans who were not present on the GI soundstage, but were mostly founded on hearsay. She was a professional and played her part well, and owes her sharp critics nothing. I'm glad we get to hear her side of the story.
Thankyou for bringing that up Clarence. Tina I think has been treated pretty unfairly over the years. But Bob Denver said it best, that once the miner details were cleared up he said that Tina was a total pro and the perfect Ginger. :) I don't want to take anything away from Judith Baldwin. She is a very talented actress. But without Tina Louise playing the role the character of Ginger Grant was just not quite the same. Kinda like when Donna Reed spent a year playing Miss Ellie on "Dallas".
Clarence...Tina did a great job playing the Ginger character! She was nothing like her in real life. Pretty serious and very involved in children's causes if I remember right.
@@deborahf.5671 'Tis true...she is the last "surviving castaway". So it appears she has the last word.
Jim was a real cut up! I bet he had them all in stitches on the set!
He made countless ad libs that were inserted into the dialog. Schwarz said if there was something better than what was in the script, in it went, and Backus was endlessly creatively funny.
This Gilligan's Island reunion video was on Good Morning America on November 26, 1982 and was presided over by guest host Kathie Lee Gifford. This was the first time that the entire cast had been reunited (including Tina Louise).
She was still Kathie Lee Johnson in 1982.
I thought there was something horrifyingly perky about her. I didn't recognize her. My GOD she exploded later on, becoming this super-irritant that nearly drove Regis Philbin to an aneurysm.
Wow- THAT'S Kathie Lee?
@@farrellmcnulty909 I think Kathie Lee is amazing. This interview alone shows her broadcasting skills were first rate. She kept this moving, asked a lot of meaningful questions and made sure everyone was included. She deserved her very long career.
A RUclips video of the Gilligan's Island cast on Family Feud popped up a few days ago. I watched 2 of them. The first video they played the cast of Batman and the second one was Lost In Space. Needless to say, Gilligan's Island won and raised money for charity. So happy to see them win! Jim Backus was having health issues (MS?) and Natalie Shaffer was helping him. ❤❤
This is a true story, but when Alan found out that they cancelled G.I, he cried as I'm sure most of us would have. I thought Alan was terrific along with all the other cast members.
Sherwood Schwartz told them the show had been renewed for a 4th season-and he has said in interviews many of the cast went and bought homes believing they would be getting a regular paycheck for at least another year--then the lame brains at CBS decided to keep Gunsmoke on the air and to do so cancelled Gilligan's Island
@@bufnyfan1 It was only because some CBS Exec's wife liked Gunsmoke better than Gilligan's Island. GI always won its time slot. They already had shows written, and we the fans never got to see those shows sadly. I've never watched an episode of Gunsmoke and not because of that reason either.
Wow. I grew up watching Gilligan, always loved the show, but I'd never seen this clip before! Thanks for sharing with us.
Have to say Russell Johnson was still looking pretty darn handsome here...still had the same sexy voice! He had to be around 58 or so here if this was in 1982 as someone stated below! Thought Tina Louise looked great too. Seems like she's finally accepted that the show made her a household name!
Why do people say men look good regardless of how they actually look, and put women down when they take great care of themselves?
Wasn't he hot? I have such a crush on him. I always wished Maryann & the Professor could be a couple.
@@LuvTadnDixie The proffessor was pretty dreamy on that show.
I wanted him and Ginger to be together. They made a beautiful couple, for sure.
@@deborahf.5671 your cute
Nice to see Tina Louise doing a interview.
R.I.P. Jim Backus (1913-1989), Alan Hale, Jr. (1921-1990), Natalie Schafer (1900-1991), Bob Denver (1935-2005) and Russell Johnson (1924-2014). Tina Louise and Dawn Wells are the last two Gilligan's Island cast members that are still with us. When they both die. Part of my childhood will be gone. I was born in 1988. But I watched Gilligan's Island reruns on T.V. Land back in the 1990's as a little boy. I was devastated when both Bob Denver died back in 2005 and Russell Johnson died at the beginning of this year.
Scarlet French all of whom that has ever been has come and gone within the last 100 years..
Sherwood Schwartz is also deceased. John Gabriel, Kit Smythe, and Nancy McCarthy are all alive and well, though.
i am guessing that this interview is from the mid 1980s since Jum Bacchus died in 1989. Does anyone have the exact year?!?
@@hoorootv7266 I am thinking 1980 plus/minus. There is another reunion on the late show 5/88 and Bob Denver has totally grey hair in that reunion. He looks a lot younger in this interview.
The year you were born...is when they started dying.....You Bastard!
I watched the show when it was new,and I still watch it in 2019!I'm sixty two years old!
Johnny Hawkins me too , i'm 68 though.
65 here and I remember watching that first season in black and white-and the NEXT two seasons as well! My dad didn't buy a color TV until 1971, I kid you not. Watching 'Star Trek' in color for the first time in reruns was awesome!
Tina Louise must have forgotten all of the times that her character, Ginger Grant, kissed a man, because she kissed Gilligan and the Professor multiple times throughout the series.
Soulaesthete yeah I know I just rewatched most of them. Even Russel protests and she cut him off
Didn't she only ever kiss them on the cheek? Or am I wrong?
Ginger tried to kiss Gilligan many, many times and he flinch or pull away and knock himself out.
Wow... I just watched (ruclips.net/video/u2KdTkNrens/видео.html) she is either on drugs or needs to be on drugs.
I saw several episodes yesterday and she kissed Professor and Gilligan on the lips 3 times...what a liar! :-)
i think these people are genuinly good maybe it was part of my life
It's great seeing the whole cast together! They were such a big part of my childhood. "Gilligan's Island" will live forever in TV history!😉
thank you for posting this....first time I am seeing this interview with all of them. What a gem, what a treasure of actors! Oh how I wish I could go back in time to meet these folks.
I love Gilligan's Island! I have the collection, and watch it often. My only regret is that Tina wasn't in the movies.
Back in '88 I took my mother back to DFW for her flight to STL. We were sitting at the gate when two men entered walking in from behind us. I saw them from behind and they sauntered off to get a drink and Man the one fellow wearing a Skippers hat had Alan Hale's profile and even his voice. I noticed other couples who had a better view smiling and pointing him out and I said, "Mom, that's the Skipper! I think he's on your flight!" Mom called me that night to let me know she had gotten Alen Hale's autograph. He was hired to do Boat shows in Dallas and STL. He had returned to the gate alone after I headed back to work and Mom slowly approached him and asked, "Mr. Hale can I have your autograph?" and they had a little chat. He was gone less than 18 months later at the age of 68. Mom said his personality was exactly as seen on the TV. Friendly, smiling, joking and giddy. Mom was a young 49 back then. Still here at 82. Out of everyone at the gate she was the first one to slowly walk over and chat with him. She got the ball rolling. Everybody likes the Skipper.
dawn wells is beautiful here and now in 2017 she is still beautiful.
I've read Russell Johnson's (Professor) book on the Series and it was very informative. Most of them didn't think the series was even going to last one season and they were not-at the time-too enamored with it. The exceptions were Russell and Alan Hale, who had been in the business long enough to appreciate the steady paycheck. By the third season they'd gotten over the hump and were starting to enjoy working on the show and with each other, even Tina Louise-who had been a major griper early on. All were looking forward to that 4th season, but the show got cancelled suddenly after they broke up following the 3rd season.
Life is like that for everyone, you never know a good thing until you don't have it anymore. Looking back all the Castaways would love to go back and do it again, but at the time some of them took it for granted. Enjoy every minute folks, they never come back once they're gone.
The show did indeed get cancelled suddenly, as the show had been renewed but once the network's wife heard that Gunsmoke was going to be cancelled, she objected and hubby put it back into the lineup, so two half-hour shows had to go to make room. Gilligan's Island, alas, was one of the two.
This is the closest to a true reunion of all of the original cast even with Mr.Howell out of the studio and on a monitor.
they got together in 1988 on another show
This is really cool. Just saw a 1988 Good Morning America reunion on RUclips as well with all of them actually in person and included Sherwood Schwartz the show's creator. Good stuff.
I remember seeing this show on ABC TV's:"Good Morning America".
I was surprised when I once heard an interview with Alan Hale. The man was nothing like his character. He was intelligent, articulate, and shockingly relevant.
Just listen to the way he speaks here :)
Russell Johnson (the professor) was looking darn good then, it’s a shame he’s gone now.
Love Alan Hale, what a great guy to have known I bet. Nice to see entire cast together (nearly, Jim Backus on satellite from the other coast)
He owned his own seafood restaurant in Los Angeles and would greet diners dressed as The Skipper when they arrived.
@@greglawrence1314 A very nice man with an upbeat personality was Alan
The reason the Professor could not build a boat to get them off the island, is that the series would be over if he did.
+Kabuki Jo they asked him that at another re-union "if the professor is so smart, why couldn't he fix the boat" and his reply was "if you were a man trapped on an island with MaryAnn and Ginger, would you fix the boat?"
+Kabuki Jo Well, EVENTUALLY he did. He got an old airplane working again and flew them off the island. ("Castaways on Gilligan's Island.") I only found out recently that they eventually got off the island for good.
A 1969 episode of Get Smart was filmed on the Gilligan's Island set. It was aptly titled 'Schwartz's Island'; the Schwartz being Gilligan's Island creator Sherwood Schwartz.
Same thing with The Incredible Hulk t.v. series. Had David Banner found a cure to rid himself of the Hulk, THAT series would have ended as well.
@Jesse Mitchell Yes, but those were "accidents", not that he actually built a boat out of all those palm trees. Funny when you consider he could build working record players and keep batteries fully charged for their Radio. Either way, I loved the show.
Bob Denver really pulled something special off by being able to keep Gilligan likeable even though he kept them trapped on the island over and over LOL
Kathie Lee looks amazing with that vintage early '80s styling. And her interviewing and broadcasting skills were already absolutely perfectly honed by this early date. Strangely, her Wikipedia doesn't even mention she worked on Good Morning America before the Regis show but other sources do.
Alan hale reminds me of my grandfather big and soft hearted always smiling and not wanting to hurt anyone
WONDERFUL MOVIES "GILLIGAN ISLAND". ONLY FUN, GENTLE AND JOYFUL. WHAT A WONDERFUL BUNCH.!
Gilligan's Island
Original Air Date - September 26, 1964-September 12, 1966
Original Channel - The Columbia Broadcasting System
No. of Episodes - 98
No. of Seasons - 3
Creator - Sherwood Schwartz (Executive Producer)
Starring -
Bob Denver as Willy Gilligan
Alan Hale, Jr. as Capt. Jonas Grumby
Jim Backus as Thurston Howell, III
Natalie Schaefer as Eunice Lovelle Wentworth Howell
Tina Louise as Ginger Grant
Russell Johnson as Professor Roy Hinkley
RIP
Robert Osbourne (Bob) Denver Jan. 9, 1935-Sept. 2, 2005
Alan Hale, Jr. Mar. 8, 1921-Jan. 2, 1990
James Gilmore (Jim) Backus Feb. 25, 1913-Jul. 3, 1989
Natalie Schaefer Nov. 5, 1900-Apr. 10, 1991
Russell David Johnson Nov. 10, 1924-Jan. 16, 2014
Sherwood Charles Schultz Nov. 14, 1916-Jul. 12, 2011
+Yondris Ferguson Thank you. Just thank you.
"Willy" Gilligan was an early script name, and a matter of dispute even between Schwartz and Denver themselves, who would know better than anyone. What is certain is that the name never got into series, even in the (original) pilot.
Is that Kathy Lee Gifford interviewing them?
I haven't seen this in it's entirety since it originally aired. Thanks for posting.
I love this show and the people too. God bless them all.
Nice to see Tina Louise saying good things about the show; she always bashed the show
+paul rogers Yeah, that never made any sense to me why she hated the show so much. If it wasn't for Gilligan's Island, no one would know who the hell she is.
+paul rogers The Professor would too, occasionally. He started out in Sci-Fi, and had rather ambitious career aspirations.
+lighthouse44 typecasting can be a bitch for some actors.
+lighthouse44 I think she didn't like the show because her character didn't get a lot of laughs like the other characters. Eventually she did come to terms with the show. Also, she was known to a degree before the show began.
She did have a role in Dallas before that show exploded.
No wonder that the producer had to find a way to get help so that someone can rescue these seven nice people.
RIP ALL WHO PASSED ONLY MARY ANNE AND GINGER ARE LEFT
The three actors from the pilot who were fired are also still living.
Mary Anne gone today at 82....
Thanks for posting this!
When I was young, I liked Mary Ann. Now, Lovey is looking good!
One of the best vids I’ve ever seen! Circa 1982
roger fancher I remember seeing that episode of Andy Griffith and getting mad thinking "BUT GILLIGAN'S YOUR LITTLE BUDDY!" Lol!
This is charming! Thank you!
One of best shows when I grew up still watch it its 2021 an very had to belive we lost all but one of them so sad
My heart will always throb for ginger, I always had a mega crush on her.
Dawn Wells looked great!
+Mark Wheeler ..and she still does!
+Mark Wheeler Always did.
Met her in 1976 while filming The Town that Dreaded Sundown. She is precious!!
wow, incredible..
Gilligan"s Island is on DVD [1964-1967] that was over 50yrs.
It's a shame Tina Louise did not at least appear in "Rescue from Gilligan's Island". I wonder if, by the late 1980s, when she started appearing with the original cast again, that she regretted that. One more TV movie would have been great, as well. (But, by this time, several cast members did not have much time left.)
Gillian was my childhood hero and I was in love with Maryann. I always wanted one of her coconut cream pies! :)
Tina Louise's Ginger Character was so much like Marilyn Monroe that I am Amazed that she did not start doing Movies similar to what Marilyn used to do like 'Looking For Mr. Good Bar' or playing Jane in a Tarzan Movie.
Happy 60th anniversary to Gilligan's Island.
My Dad had Bonanza on one time. He watches old shows all the time and Dawn Wells was in it as a Indian! Dawn Wells was also arrested in 2008 having pot in her car. She was 69 years old at the time and how ironic for her to spend 3 hours in jail! :-)
According to Ms. Wells, it wasn't her car. If I understand correctly, the owner loaned it to her, and then admitted to authorities that the marijuana was his.
(LOL) SERIOUSLY???? Did Bob Denver mess up her chances to get bailed out? Alan Hale smacks him on the head and then Tina Louise seduces the judge...but sshe doesn't KISS him, she just flirts, by touch...you know.
Jim did join the others in person, despite his illness in 1988, when the seven appeared on a lesser known late night show on the FOX network.
I am the son of baby boomers so I was introduced to this show by them and boy am I glad they did as I love this show I have every episode on DVD they should have made a special 3 hour final episode but stupid William Paley let his wife make his decision in cancelling the show after they were approved for a fourth season. well as least we have the two tv movies.
NEPOTISM..at ITS BEST!
Three TV movies + two cartoons!
a really cool show......one of the greats, for sure.
So this is from 1985. Also, a very, very rare appearance by Tina Louise with the rest of the cast. I've never seen them all together after the end of the series. This was not too long before Jim Backus really has a hard time with his health. Not sure if he had a stroke but I believe they made at least one more Gilligan's Island movie after this reunion and Jim was in it, he barely spoke and was only sitting in his scenes.
And I just realized the interviewer is Kathie Lee Gifford.
They were part of something very special.....
man, somewhere out there there is a Good Mourning America reunion of Adam West, Guy Williams, Van Williams, etc. i wish i could find it to see it.
Loved them
Ginger DID kiss Gilligan in the "jetback" episode, and also she kissed the professor when they were making the movie to get them off the island.
Yeah..I know. I think Ginger (aka Tina Louise) has amnesia! I am surprised NO ONE from the cast corrected her..ESPECIALLY the professor...as Thurston Howell III put it at the time of THAT MINUTE kiss...it’s A DOOZIE!!!!”
Also kissed Mr Howell in Gilligans dream about cavemen
@@rvpstudiosstudios1028 ....@3:53 "the professor" did correct Tina. He said, "You kissed me".
One of the best family shows to be created
loved all these People!!
November 26, 1982.
Thank You for providing the date.
I remember Ginger kissing the Professor in one of the episodes when they when some old film equipment and costumes washed up on shore and they made a silent movie.
i dont know anyone,who ever thought that tina was hotter than dawn! she was the "hot"girl next door!
I think Ginger was hotter. I've known many, whom prefer her to Mary Ann. Nothing against Mary Ann, as they're both great looking, obviously. It's just a matter of preference. And I'll take the tall, voluptuous red head, over the perky wholesome one, everytime. 😍😎
I Still Love This Show / I Got I Of There Series On Cd And Their Rescue Video ...
ginger kissed the professor and gilligan
Gilligan's Island, speed racer, Bugs Bunny in a dress, Good times, Sanford & Son and even the Brady Bunch were as innocent as Beaver and Dobie were to their times I must say I am grateful that I was afforded that innocence and often sad for what this age gives to the children. Conflicted
Kathy asked Natalie about staying on the air, & not feeling that way 18 yrs ago- that would put this at 1982 at the earliest
It is Faith Daniels.
Watching it right now .
Kathy Lee did an awesome job with this interview! Now, the age old answer of why Tina Louise didn't appear in the made for TV Movies, of GI, has been answered. As she said herself, it was a conflict of interest with her pursuing more dramatic roles .. And if she did not want to be associated with GI after the series was over, as rumor has it, she would have blown everyone off for the reunion. Same thing with Larry Hagman, when I dream of Jeannie was made into a movie for TV. He was working on "Dallas" at the time, and wasn't able to.
She appeared on Dallas with Larry Hagman the same year the first reunion movie aired. According to Sherwood Schwartz, Tina Louise was willing to appear in the reunion movie but demanded way too much money. It's possible she did that to get out of doing the movie without flat out refusing to do so, who knows?
@Marty McFly II Hagman would've merited the paycheck though.
Cj glad to see them all
Mary Ann looked like Mary Ann. Skipper was the skipper.
Tina Louise doesn't know what she is talking about. In the episode "Big Man on Little Stick" she passionately kissed the professor to get Duke jealous. She says "lucky Pierre" and kisses him.
george g If you remember, Tina and Russell had MANY kissing scenes together! I think what she is trying to say is she never had a real "romance" with anyone and kissed anyone in that regard. She needs to rephrase that or something! It's very confusing! It confused Russell Johnson! lol
***** She specifically said " I never kissed anyone", and yes she had many kissing scenes with the professor, as well as with others who visited the Island. About what she really meant, that's up to her to elaborate. The same is true of MaryAnn, she had many kissing scenes with Gilligan, but we all know there was no romantic relationship. That statement just came off wrong.
+george g The kissing that she meant wasn't a sex kiss, that's why it might sound confusing.
@@deborahf.5671 A kiss to a woman is a whole lot different than a kiss is to a man.
Gilligan's island something about that island
It was much greener and more colorful (and cleaner and more livable) than an actual island would be. Plus, it would have had to have been huge to have had all the cliffs, mountains, caves, unexplored territory, and extra-castaway inhabitants that were seen on the show. Not to mention a huge volcano that no one knew about (until it was about to erupt).
@@greglawrence1314 Exactly!
You read and hear elsewhere that Tina Louise hated being on the show and had little or no personal interaction off the set with the other cast members. It sure doesn't come across that way during this interview. Maybe it was all for the camera, but she seemed to enjoy the show and talked about how she and the cast were all "family".
I always liked how the Skipper called Gillian his little Buddy even when he screwed up.
And I enjoyed when he got exasperated at him, too.
The were basically doing a take on Laurel and Hardy. Skinny and Fatty.
And I almost didn’t recognize Kathy Lee. She really changed.
The entire cast was screwed financially by Sherwood Swartz the producer. He made endless royalties on the reruns and they were basically shafted.
I don't think anybody knew it would end up being a classic
If you like this video, watch them on Family Feud with Richard Dawson.
Decades ago I saw Tina Louise walking on the streets of New York Madison Ave.
Ginger kissed people all the time, especially Gillian. I just recently watched an episode when she kissed the Professor. It was the Zsa Zsa episode.
Kathy Lee did a Great job...including everyone in the conversation...she did miss Natalie
She didn't miss Natalie, who got in her 2 cents.
They all looked great I don't know what year this was but they all look great
Wow young.. Kathy lee
What talk show and year was this. Kathy Lee was interviewer.