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Season of television series
Gilligan's Island
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No.
of episodes
| 32
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Original network
| CBS
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Original release
| September 16, 1965
(
1965-09-16
)
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April 28, 1966
(
1966-04-28
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List of episodes
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The second season of the American comedy television series
Gilligan's Island
commenced airing in the United States on September 16, 1965, and concluded on April 28, 1966, on
CBS
. The second season continues the comic adventures of seven castaways as they attempt to survive and escape from an island on which they had been shipwrecked. Most episodes revolve around the dissimilar castaways' conflicts and their failed attempts?invariably Gilligan's fault?to escape their plight. The season originally aired on Thursdays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST). Unlike the first season, this season was shot in color.
Production
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Executive producers for the second season of
Gilligan's Island
included
William Froug
and series creator
Sherwood Schwartz
.
[1]
Filming of the season took place at the
CBS
Radford Studios
complex in
Studio City, Los Angeles
, California.
[2]
This complex contained 17 sound stages, as well as special effects and prop departments.
[3]
On one part of the studio lot, a lagoon had been constructed by the production company "at great expense".
[4]
According to
Bob Denver
, the crew would spend half of their days filming scenes in the lagoon. Scenes involving the castaways' huts and or the jungle, were shot on a soundstage.
[4]
After the series' cancellation, the show's lagoon was not dismantled, and it remained in place until 1995, when it was converted into a parking lot.
[2]
[4]
Cast
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The series employed an ensemble cast of seven main actors and actresses.
[5]
Denver played the role of the titular
First Mate Gilligan
, a bumbling, naive, and accident-prone crewman who often messes up the castaways chances of rescue.
Alan Hale Jr.
portrayed
The Skipper
, captain of the
S.S.
Minnow
and the older friend of Gilligan.
Jim Backus
appeared as
Thurston Howell III
, a
millionaire
, and
Natalie Schafer
played his wife,
Eunice Lovelle Wentworth Howell
.
Tina Louise
played the role
Ginger Grant
, a famous movie star.
Russell Johnson
portrayed
Professor Roy Hinkley, Ph.D.
, a high school science teacher who often uses his scientific background to try to find ways to get the castaways off the island.
Dawn Wells
played
Mary Ann Summers
, wholesome farm girl from
Kansas
.
[6]
Charles Maxwell
was the uncredited voice of the radio announcer, to whom the castaways would often listen via their radio.
Broadcast history
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The season originally aired Thursdays at 8:00?8:30 pm (EST) on CBS.
DVD release
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The DVD was released by Warner Home Video, with an interdiction by the creator and members of the cast.
Episodes
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- ^
Berard and Englund (2009)
, p. 126.
- ^
a
b
"CBS Studio Center"
. Seeing-Stars.com
. Retrieved
October 17,
2009
.
- ^
"CBS Buys Republic Lot".
Broadcasting
. Vol. 72, no. 9. February 27, 1967.
ProQuest
1014503405
.
(subscription required)
- ^
a
b
c
Walstad, David (August 7, 1995).
"Civilization Takes Over 'Gilligan's' Lagoon"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
November 18,
2013
.
- ^
Tucker (2010)
, p. 89.
- ^
Schwartz (2009)
, pp. 49?64.
- ^
a
b
Schwartz (1988)
, pp. 291?299.
- ^
Gilligan's Island: The Complete Second Season
(booklet). Arnold, Jack, et al.
Warner Home Video
.
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