Gilligan's Island FILMING LOCATIONS Revealed! Before and After/Then and Now!
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Gilligan's Island FILMING LOCATIONS Revealed! Before and After/Then and Now!
Did you ever want to know where Gilligan's Island was REALLY filmed? I'll tell you in this video and show you all the clues that tells us this is true. Enjoy!
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Thanks little buddy
blockisle9 hahah
Don't you hurt my little buddy. . .
Parking Deck, not just a lot. Should have been a historical location with a cool good eats hut and outdoor lagoon tables
Why did the Ho grkk ad
Love it.
My dad was one of the writers. He'd be so pleased to know that this show is still watched and loved. RIP Charles Tannen. :(
His writing brought so much laughter to my life. My 2 young daughters watch Gilligan's Island as well. I'm happy to pass those classic shows along.
@@fjr70ify Awwww........thank you. :) Hugs to you and daughters! :) My Dad would be pleased.
Thankyou Charles Tannen! RIP sir.
FASCINATING!! THANKS for sharing!! I remember his name in big letters on the credits.
GRATEFUL to him and all involved.
MUCH LOVE
@@JL-re1rx hugs, and thanks. I miss him.
Met the skipper at his LA restaurant decades ago and he greeted with a warm handshake and enjoyed our comments about him and his dad rather than talking about GI. Came across as a Real Nice Guy.
His Father was great!
Although as a young boy I couldn't always tell Hale Sr. from Walter Slezack when either would show up in movies...
I grew up at that studio. I spent countless hours running around dodge city and Gilligan's lagoon. Swam in that nasty water. Great pic's 👍. You have brought back memories of me going to work every day with my uncle and hanging out with Ron Howard on the set,riding our bikes all through Gunsmoke. What a blast .1970 to 1973. Thanks for this
I remember Bob Denver saying his idea for ending the show was to have the castaways stand at the edge of the lagoon and the camera pan out and back showing Los Angeles and the highways surrounding the "island."
Sounds a bit like the VILLAGE movie
That would have been really cool!
Including that the lagoon was built for the show.
@@ricknineg …or the end of Blazing Saddles!
that ending would have alleviated the concern of the Thermians from Galaxy Quest
As a boater, the coolest shot is the opening one, where you see the marina filled with classic wooden yachts.
The professor was a Navigator on a B-24 bomber during WW2 serving in the Pacific Theatre
I hated that show. How could a battery operated radio work for 3 years?
@@chaosdemonwolf1 they were “supposedly” on the island for decades. The Professor had knowledge to compensate for “everything”... except adhesive for bamboo to stick to a boat’s hull.
@@chaosdemonwolf1I agree totally. It was completely implausible unlike:
Jerry van Dykes mother reincarnated as a car.
A martian with TV antennas living with Bill Bixby.
Universal monsters with a fun side living down the street on Mockingbird Lane.
Fabulously wealthy gouls living in a mansion in Central Park.
A man marrying a beautiful blonde witch.
An astronaut finding a well endowed blonde white girl in a 2000 year old Arabian bottle on a beach.
NASA Astronauts landing in the stone age (same set) to meet whacky cave people and combat dinosaurs.
A US cavalry fort where the sergeant and corporal are running a black market operation with the Jewish Indians.
An intelligent pig that went to school, had a paper route and went to Hollywood to become a movie star
Yes in that environment of seriously well thought out programs, Gilligan's Island was really stupid.
I remember when Gilligan's Island first came out--the media hated it--they criticized it every way they could--yet audiences loved it--near the end of its run--the media started to come around to the humor of the show-some comparing the interactions between Alan Hale Jr. and Bob Denver as being like "Laurel and Hardy" or "Abbott and Costello"
The Laurel and Hardy influence is clear, particularly in the Skipper's acting.
They also hated ace Ventura pet detective, but ppl loved it. 😊
What killed Gilligan's Island though, is that the new program manager at CBS hated it. It was still in the high top ten when is was abruptly cancelled mid-season without explanation.
As far as I know, most of my generation watched it as part of our after-school line up from kindergarten through our middle school years (That's roughly ten years)
Probably much more popular and successful in syndication than as a prime time contender.
@@atlas108 I hated it and still do. so not all ppl loved it. But yea, the media does get it wrong alot of the time. They tend to look at it not in a entertainment way as most ppl do.
I always thought I'd like to stay on the island with Ginger and Mary Ann
Hey Rick, if you had to choose, Ginger or Mary Ann?? (had to ask)
@@jaya.0069 Well now days Mary Ann...but back in the day I thought Ginger was a knockout
Ohhh Mary Ann all the way, no contest, one of the hottest girls of all time, the total package, she had it all!
Until both are pissed off at you.
Mary Ann all the way!
I got to meet Dawn Wells at the World of Wheels in Birmingham Alabama . She was just so Awesome.
Gilligan's Island is my all time favorite TV show. I loved Bob Denver. I had an autographed picture of him, but unfortunately I lost it when I moved. I'd give anything to have it back
Ty I am 58 years old and used to rush home from school to watch Gilligan's Island and now I see where the magic was made.
Same here
Here's a bit of trivia for you all - every character on Gilligan's Island actually had a full name:
Willie Gilligan (yep, "Gilligan" was his last name)
Jonas Grumby (Skipper)
Thurston Howell III (we already knew that one though)
Lovell Howell (Mrs. Howell - hence "Lovee")
Ginger Grant (we already knew that one too)
Roy Hinkley (Professor)
Mary Ann Sommers
@@NoName-gz2kk The other names were never actually mentioned in the show itself. I got the info from an article about Sherwood Schwartz, the show's creator.
cool, thx.
Who did NOT know this?
I always enjoy "Then and Now" pictures! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot". It fits this situation perfectly! It seems everyone is in such a hurry to replace old buildings/sites, that they forget the areas are still important to people.
Is 56 years in a hurry?
First thing that poped to mind, how ironic.
It is indeed a bit melancholy to see this set, and many other sets of famous tv shows get demolished when they could easily have been able to use them to do studio tours. I recall the emotions from fans running high when the houses and lots used for shows like Bewitched, Partridge family, the Waltons and other famous shows were removed to make way for offices.
I just stumbled upon this video. Loved it! I worked at CBS Radford Studios for many years in the 1990's-2000's. One year my office was in Bungalow 10 which was on the plot where the lagoon once was. It was further down than the parking structure on Radford, closer to the river. There was a small fountain/pond out front which was known as the last remainder of the Gilligan's Island lagoon. I was told it was intended as such. I went back to visit a couple of years ago and was sad to see the bungalow and pond are gone and replaced by an ugly multi-story building. This video brought back so many great memories of being there. I loved that lot.
So glad you enjoyed it especially since you worked there!
When I was about 9 years old I went on a cruise to the Bahamas with my parents. When we went to Nassau, we spent the day at a small island that was about 30 minutes from Nassau. It was the island that is used in the aerial shots of Gilligan's Island in the opening credits. It was so cool being able to go swimming in the lagoon. Granted, I did not do much snorkeling in the lagoon since the water did not get much tidal flow and was basically brown water with nothing on the ocean floor. The other side of the island was amazing though. That's where the nice beach and the coral reefs were. Great snorkeling. There were a bunch of locals there that tended to the needs of the tourists. This was over 40 years ago. The only thing I really remember was a guy that would cut clean any of the coconuts you brought to him for a couple of bucks. Coconuts were everywhere.
I wish I could remember more about the island. I had a wonderful time. And, being a huge Gilligan's Island fan, it was very cool to be a 9 year old checking it out.
I’m working at the studio where Gilligan’s Island was filmed right now! It’s now called CBS Studio Center and the “Island” was indeed bulldozed and turned into a parking lot (and later a parking structure).
They DID just finish a new production building on the lot called the “Lagoon Building”, though...
James S I’m envious!!! You get to work there!!! How did u swing that? What do you do there?
@@howardgofstein9694
Lets see if he answers ! Lol !!!
“They paved paradise and put in a parking lot”. Sigh.
I was gonna add that too! Lol
Joni Mitchell Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know whatcha got ‘til it’s gone.
I was just gonna write that. Joni Mitchell's muse was Gilligan's Island..who woulda thought?
said that to myself just before going to comments...
Wonder who got that comment in first? 👍
I watched the show growing up and never noticed that building... gotta binge watch now
i work right across the street from CBS Studio Center at the post office where this show was filmed. i hear, because i deliver mail to CBS that there is a very small portion of the lagoon left. They build a walkway over it, so for all you fans, there is a piece of the lagoon still there.
Now I wonder if I could find that on Google Earth.
Someone posted a pic of that walkway this past weekend on FB. He was showing us behind the scenes pics of the lagoon and I did not realize what that walkway was until I saw your comment. It's located in front of bungalow 18 or 19 - can't read the last # clearly. The lagoon itself is now very small. Looks like it's about 3 -4 foot wide by 6 or 7 foot long but at least it still exists!!!
Can you post a picture of it ?
@@fletchb .,.. can someone post a picture of it ?
CBS Television Center is nowhere near the Universal Pictures lot where the lagoon was located. I don't think that CBS Center even existed at the time Gilligan was being produced. Back in the day, studios rented sets from each other. It was less expensive that always re-inventing the wheel.
When I was shooting for maniac Magee I believe our lunch break we got to enjoy lunch on this set of Gilligan's island it's so interesting how shallow those Ponds are but it's so cool how they have the tracks for the cameras built into the ponds and how the sprinklers fill them up and Dispose of the water real quick real Hollywood magic such great times
Gilligan's island was one of my favorite all time shows
Joe
Navy veteran 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Joseph La Bianco thanks for serving our country
I must admit, a few weeks ago I bought the full series on iTunes. Still a great laugh after all these years.
Thank you for your service, Joe ..it means alot - what you and your brothers did for all of us!!
Yes..the show has me in stitches still HAHAHA
Joe La Bianco I was born in 59, some of my fondest memories are of watching Gilligan’s Island, Evan as a young boy I always hag a thing for Mary Ann.
Yes and Fantasy Island
The lagoon existed until 1995 when
CBS studio's decided to turn it into a parking lot. This was reported in a 1995 artical of the "Los Angeles Times'. Dawn Wells is reported as being disappointed with the change and says its a loss of a memory. Other cast members such as Bob Denver also comments reminiscing about his experience on the set of the lagoon.
*article
@@QS-si3cq shut up
the 'Paved Paradise and put up a Parking Lot"song isnt due to that event is it?
The parking structure only covers the Barkley mansion and ranch area.
The lagoon had been filled in with sand.
You can still see the trees surrounding the lagoon to the right side of the parking structure on the newer pictures.
Just no water.
I love watching the behind the scenes for alot of these television shows. I love the before & after with close ups & far away shots. I really like seeing what the locations look like today. Very educational. Keep up the good work.
It would have been interesting if they had painted a section of the parking lot to show where the lagoon was, similar to what they did in Atlanta where Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium used to be.
Thank you so much for this!! I lived for a while at the very end of Radford Avenue directly across from that horrible parking lot...now I know it was once my favorite lagoon!!
Thanks. I never noticed the top of the sound stage in the closing shot. I also never heard a plane or car when they were at the lagoon. I don't remember any jungle sound effects when they were on the sound stage pretending to be outside. But I know for certain that there was no visible toilet, Sherwood Schwartz didn't believe in them. Now it's easy enough to imagine a cute little grass hut with a little crescent-moon on the door, but in reality you would build it away from the living area. So Gilligan's Island is actually more plausible than the Brady Bunch where too much attention was focussed on the total lack of a toilet in the kids' bathroom, where you would normally put one if you were an architect. And they all ate too much, especially too much meatloaf! The only place they could have put it was in Tiger's kennel. And we know that all the children could fit inside because they used to make out in there, just not all at once.
Wow! This is incredible research-thank you so much. It’s sad the lagoon was paved over.
I loved Gilligan's Island when I was a kid. I really inspired me to use my imagination and pretend. It was a just for fun kind of show. It had such a short run. Today we have shows that aren't fit to watch and they stay on for years and years.
Best comment of the month award here please!
Great video Nick!!! Love the historical perspective. The shows of the 60's were and will be some of the best ever made. Wish the lagoon was still there. Would be great to visit. Thanks again!
It would really be stinky by now!
Deep to
Studios are film making factories. Some are in the tourist business and keep a few old sets, but that wasn't normal then, and CBS Studios doesn't offer tours even today. When a set is unused, it is wasted space, and once a new use comes up, the old is taken down and a new one built
i have a vivid memory as a child from when our family took a trip to disneyland and universal studios, and other places. we were on some kind of tram traveling through a studio lot and the driver announced, "look kids! that's where they used to film gilligan's island" and he pointed to a pond surrounded by trees. we asked if we could get out and look around but the adults said, "no" and we kids were like, "well that's a drag"
The Island picture in the intial opening is located in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
in the 2nd and 3rd season is K-bay, first season is Sandy Cay in the Bahamas
the skipper picture with charter sign is long beach,ca
When I went to the Bahamas, all the boat owners could take the tourists to the island in the opening shot.
@@jameswhite9025 2nd and 3rd season is Long Beach, CA (Alamitos Bay) Dock #4, just north of the Crab Pot Restaurant...look for the grey roof of the fire station in the background.
Another great vlog Rick. I learn something every time I watch your work. I'm hopeful you will continue for a long time! Have a great weekend!
I was just a little boy watching Gillian's Island reruns in the 1980's when I fell in love with Mary Ann
HEY,HEY MARYANNES MINE ! All mine YA HEAR!
@@billyhill45 By chance are you related to Benny Hill?😂
Everyone fell in Love with MaryAnn!
@@strongdelusion9442 Yeah same here, she was a total knockout, ohhh!
Mary Ann and WKRP's Bailey, now THAT'd be a good time!! oo-la-lah!! Both were perfection.
I loved them all. Especially Mary Ann! Can't believe that she is gone. I was seven when the show started. Thanks for the Memories!
I loved this. I've been on this lot many times!!! Stage 2 also is where King of Queens pilot was filmed. I've been to many shows there
u really put this info together well....I remember watching Gilligan's island back than .... thanks for posting...great job!
The series lasted only 3 seasons?! In reruns, there seem to have been 35,000 episodes.
I got a laugh. True, there seems to be a neverending supply.
Try "The Jetsons"... only one season made (24 episodes) but run over and over.
I heard of an interview Russel Johnson did several years (15-20??) ago, after the show ended and he said that since the show ceased production it has been broadcasting somewhere in the world every minute of every day since in reruns.
Right
Who remembers the cartoon version?
Great video. Love looking back into the past and reliving memories of such a great time in television. Thanks for your great detailed work on showing us the changes through time.
The opening sequence (credits) showed Coconut Island at Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. The pilot was also filmed there.
I have a brother that lives on a hill overlooking the bay and 'Gilligan's Island' is the view from his picture window.
Yep
I live in Kailua and used to go to the island often for science class. Few people know they filmed in Kaneohe.
Interesting to read this, because I specifically recall, during a duffy boat tour I took with family, the tour guide saying that the pilot for Gilligan's Island was filmed somewhere along our tour route. (Balboa Island, I believe) I've always kept this specific piece of information at the top of memory as Gilligan's Island was one of my favorite television shows growing up as well as having kept our family boat in slip in Lido Channel. I would think if making a pilot for the lowest possible cost were the goal that would make Balboa a much more suitable location rather than Kaneohe Bay. But I could be incorrect. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
@@AxtionMag Research Moku o Lo'e aka Island, or Cocoanut Island, Oahu.
@@AxtionMag Both locations were used, as well as a Studio City backlot and adjacent property which is now covered with office buildings and parking lots.
Research Gilligan's Island / Kennedy assassination and you'll find that filming was interrupted at the Hawaii (Kaneohe) location when news of the assassination broke.
I remember a documentary where they tell a story about Alan Hale and Jim Backus (both avid golfers) during some down time driving golf balls over the lagoon betting who could hit the studio parking lot with the longest drive ( I believe the skipper won and actually hit a car). Who knew that rescue from the island was only a well hit 3 wood away!
Outstanding work. I love this kind of fun research. These places are haunted with rich history and it’s wonderfully disseminated here and your other videos. Thanks.
This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you for all of the excellent work!
Really appreciate you correlating all of these details from the past.
Great video....and highly informative. Loved the decades of contrasts. Job well done.
Rick, thank's for all your hard work in researching these images and doubly for sharing. I have always wondered about the lagoon and sets. I was thinking of that wonderful cast and how they entertained us, pretending to be on a tropical island while enduring the LA heat, smog and noises. Awesome generation of entertainers!
All he did was use Google Maps. He didn't actually go anywhere and photograph anything.
Thanks for that awesome video. The historical value alone is very cool. Hope to see more before and after videos of these good old shows. Thanks again.
I always loved the lagoon...rich in bounty and many treasures.... everyone (and everything) who visited the island managed to find their way into it. They did a good job of building that set.
And what is the deal with the professor? I mean he could make a radio out of a coconut but couldn't fix a hole in the boat.
He (Russell Johnson ) said in an interview he often got asked thst question and would reply “if you found yourself shipwrecked on a beautiful island surrounded by beautiful women ....would you really want to leave?”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
nor did the professor even realize they were in the middle of LA
@@samboggs3499 actually there was an episode where Gilligan made a glue (probably from coconuts) ...which after applying to the entire Boat.. ALL the Boards warped and popped off into a giant scrap heap .. Gilligan blew it again, every time! If only they could have made some good coconut reefer for Gilligan to just sit and chill with.. the rest of them could have gotten off the island.
@@KrustyKlown that's funny because didn't Bob Denver get arrested in the 80's or 90's for weed?
The "Lagoon" was also featured on a couple of episodes of Wild Wild West: "The Night of the Bottomless Pit" and "Night of the Sudden Death".
Think it was used in McHale's Navy, too.
We moved to L.A. from Chicago in 1979 when I was 10. In early 1980, some family friends got tickets to a taping for WKRP in Cincinnati which were at the same location as discussed here in this video. The studios were (still are) owned by CBS. My parents were kind of prudes, and my mom thought I was too young for the innuendos of most late 70s/early 80s comedy TV shows, so I could not go to the taping. Later on, when everyone got home (my two older sisters got to go), they told my father and I about their experience at the studio. While the audience was walking from where they lined up outside to the WKRP set with escorts, the escorts showed the dozens of people what was left of the Gilligan's Island set which was still visible. I doubt the entire set was still there, but from what I recall hearing secondhand from my mom and sisters, there were still a bunch of fake palm trees and whatnot. As someone who watched the show in the 70s in syndication, I would have loved to have seen that!
I really like your format in these videos. 👍 Makes things clear and very interesting.
That was very interesting, I never realized the filming lots of all those old shows we're so close together.
I have noticed that 'pretty much' all shows by 'ex wye zed' Studios, used the same backgrounds at certain times, same Props, Animals, etc. Often you aren't. 'looking' for this kinda thing.
Gotta say "Wow", I had no idea about the location. Thanks
Thanks for researching this. Amazing what they can do. Never saw the bloopers when I was a kid watching it. Was one of my favorites.
I watched this Monday through Friday for years as a young kid in the 80's
I wasn’t curious but then was made curious and now curiosity is satisfied.
This was really neat information! Too bad the lagoon is gone 😢Love all your videos! Appreciate all your hard work and dedication to all the great classic tvshows ❤️❤️
Awesome information. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this. Just looking around after we’ve sadly lost Dawn Wells and came across this little Gem. Very much appreciated.
Great job in explaining the location... I've worked on the CBS lot...and lived just outside the 'walls/gates of the studio...and could never find anyone at the studio who gave me the right information. ... thanks for all your hard work/research.
If it wasn't for that street sign, you'd never know there was ever a show that was filmed there. RIP Dawn Welles.
This is so cool. The depth of your research is impressive. Thank you so very much
This was a really great video! My friend and I walked on Ventura Blvd today and great to know how much history we’re surrounded by.
Hey Rick! That was a lot if interesting info. You did a lot of research and very much appreciated👍
For some reason I thought GI lasted more than three seasons. Also on a tour years ago at Universal Studios, the tram tour, we were shown an island spot where GI was filmed. Just a small spot which would resemble the ending credit scene.
I just watched your newer video showing the bldg. I miss that part of living in So Cal. Seeing movies being made in your neighborhood🌞
I’m a big fan of “Wild Wild West.” Many episodes were filmed using the GI lagoon as well as “The Big Valley”mansion.
I'm fan of that show too. I noticed in one episode they were in San Francisco. The street they were on was made of Asphalt. It probably is "period correct," but I just thought it odd.
View This There are many episodes with asphalt. Don’t think asphalt was really used until much later.
Wild wild west was really a fantastic show..
I noticed that but sometimes when you see the two different shows the Mansion is different like there's a wall that doesn't belong or there's an extra room it's funny
@Liberty Tree 🙂 Chuckle... Seems like I've seen that western somewhere before......
My grandma and I talked about this show awhile ago lol. I'll never get old of stuff like this
I love this show. I have watched Gilligan's Island from childhood. I love that they are still running the show on METV.. Thank you
One of my all time favorite episodes was when after the big storm the telephone line was washed up on the beach and the professor makes a diamond cutting line to cut through the line and they contact the outside world then a big storm comes in and washes away the line before they could contact authorities they get up next morning only to find it washed away again lol
Never knew there was a studio roof in the exterior shots. Thats wild.
Love all the aerial shots from then and now. Great vid!
Thank you
thanks for creating this video...very enjoyable
I used to live in Studio City on Valleyheart Drive...I know that place well!... thanks for sharing..great work!
Any good honest stories to tell?
Love these videos. My wife and I took a Bahama cruise in 2010. On a tour they showed us the island that was shot for the exit shot of Gilligan's Island. I thought it was quite interesting that the island where the castaways were supposed to be living was in the South Pacific. Yet the real island location is a part of the Bahama Islands.
Grew up in love with Gilligan's Island in the mid to late 1960's Los Angeles.
Lived in Honolulu's Moanalua district in '74 - '76 when the lake/basin was stiil there and very large, with the area not overly developed as it is today.
Even though I knew it wasnt, it felt a lot like it was the actual setting for many of the exterior scenes...
You are VERY informative about the GILLIGAN'S ISLAND set.Thanks, Little Buddy!
Haha love. Little buddy haha
Thank you very very much. I know you put alot of work on this video. It sure brings back so great memories.
Thanks for the info. As a kid I always wondered why the lagoon was big but the entrance was more like a river. I always wanted to see what was around the right hand bend as it joined into the ocean. I remember one episode where Gilligan paddled and paddled trying to exit to the ocean and it seemed like that lagoon never ended then his makeshift boat sank!!! 😂🤣
I really like the arrows to pinpoint the areas you describe. I think the parking lot would possibly be half of the lagoon where point A is described and the smaller buildings as point B. If you match up where the LA River curves at, you’ll notice the lagoon from 1964 is closer to the curve than further away from it where it straightened out. But nice going overall. Excellent detective skills.
Correct Matt. I scrolled down to mention this. I worked on this lot for many years, the large parking structure is to the left of where the lagoon was. That area was filled in and populated with all those small writer bungalows. In 2015 they took down the bungalows and build the Lagoon Building, a multiuse post production/production offices. Great video Rick!
Great video...Appreciate all the work
Very Informative, Loved it.
I believe when they filmed "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" (1978) they filmed that special at Universal Studios. In the old days of the Universal Studios tour part of the tram speech used to reference "Rescue from GI" and that it was filmed in one of the water/ponds on the tour. The lagoon on universal looked nothing like the Radford lagoon.
The first reunion movie Rescue from Gilligan's Island filmed at the old lagoon at CBS Radford but shot their interior scenes at Universal. All three reunion movies shot on Universal soundstages & the 2nd & 3rd reunion movies The Castaways & Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island are the only productions to shoot at the Universal lagoon because the beach wasn't available at CBS Radford to accommodate the set design.
Great research. Seen several of these "Gilligans island location" vids and this was by far the best .
The hell with you rob
Interesante'
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That was really cool! Thanks so much for your hard work!
Really enjoyed this video as much as I enjoyed Giligan's Island. Keep up the great work with insigts and info on those wonderful TV series of the past!
I lived and worked in Studio City (mere blocks from the studio), and I've been on that lot a handful of times over the years, but much of the information you've provided I never knew. Loved all the old photos you dug up! (Also kinda odd that they'd have the Gilligan and Gunsmoke streets intersecting each other: it was Gunsmoke that knocked Gilligan off the air in 1967!)
A re post
Film Fantastic
3 days ago
Blame Mrs Paley as she was a Gunsmoke fan and wanted her husband to save that show from cancellation. To make room Mr Paley canceled GI instead.
When I was a kid we used to sneak into the studios all the time, CBS, Universal, Paramount... played on all the sets and sound stages of all the popular shows, I lived on Radford in Studio City and in Toluca Lake... sets from Jaws, Bates Motel, Brady Bunch, Mayberry... it was a blast
Thanks Bella💚🍀
Pics or bulshit on a story like that.
So that's where it all was done! Thank you for bringing back memories.
I have to hand it to you Rick, you did a wonderful job putting this together thank you.
Thank you kindly
Rest in peace Dawn
I just hurd this morning love you always miss you much and your coconut cream pie.🤪 you Are missed
I heard the actors hated having to actually get in the lagoon because it was an algae filled, slimy, cesspool... much like Hollywood, I suppose.
Brad Zook. Good one 👍and so true
they hated it cause the water was freezing but it was probably dirty too
Hollywood is not what you "suppose". Hollywood is just a name...but basically in Los Angeles. LA owns Hollywood, cops, courts, taxes, LA mayor, etc. if you're a real LA kid growing up in LA, you went there to have fun and to this day it's fun....if you know your Hollywood stuff. Every person that visits me, I take them on some tours that are unbelievable. Where do you live?
Loser
Why do you think it is called "Tinseltown".
Such a cool tour of the "island" topography then and now. Thanks for your efforts!
Nice Work Rick! Thank You
The Lagoon was just to the east of the parking structure.
I heard different stories about where Gilligan's Island was filmed at. I heard Catalina Island and Hawaii
@@1990758 The Island shown in the opening (credits) was Coconut Island in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu.
@@-oiiio-3993 thanks for the insight
My favorite episode is the one where they almost got off the island
I liked so much of your info. I grew up in the sixtys. So seeing this was fantastic. Thank you so much. Look forward to other videos you put up.
I’m so glad you liked my video, Jim!
This show is what I would watch each day after school and I absolutely loved it! Very cool video!👍
Tina Louise said that the lagoon was so filthy and dirty she was afraid she would catch something
That's funny coming from someone alleged to have had trysts in her dressing room! 😛
That's really neat. That's what I like to watch in your videos. BTW, at the one-minute mark, at the lower middle part of the screen, I noticed a white box of some kind. Since straight lines rarely occur in nature, and castaways wouldn't happen to have a white anything, let alone a box, lying around, that had to have been a blooper.
That is a reflection from a palm leaf or large leaf near the ground. It is not a white box. If you look to the right you will see even my reflections to see what I’m talking about.
@@auntiem873 There's no water where I see the box, so there can be no reflection. I didn't see a human reflection there either. If you follow the top of the RICKNINEG logo straight across to the left, almost at the very bottom of the screen, you'll see it. I zoomed in on it and found a hint of blue in the white. A puddle of water, maybe? It's not a leaf.
Jerry Mills - it May be a shinny leaf. Some leaves are waxy and when the sun hits it, it will shine.
Or maybe the jungle was watered prior to shooting. That is a reflection off a leave though.
Never knew this!! Excellent video!
Thanks for the info, good video 👍👍 love the show 👌