Gilligan's Island Minutia
I had a feeling when I said that Wrong Way Corrigan was in Gilligan's Island that I was making a mistake. I was. They named the character (modeled after the real Wrong Way Corrigan, I assume) "Wrongway Feldman."If you want a blast from the past by the way, there's an excellent "Did you know?" section here:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/gilligansisland.html.
Here are a few gems:
--Jayne Mansfield turned down the role of "Ginger"; Carroll O'Connor tested for the role of The Skipper; Dabney Coleman tested for the role of The Professor.
--The original pilot was filmed in November on 1963 but never aired until October of 1992. In the original pilot, the characters of the Professor and Ginger were player by a different actor and actress. There was no character of Mary Ann. In the pilot, there was a character called Bunny. Bunny was the buxom blonde and Ginger was a practical brunette. In the pilot, Ginger and Bunny were both secretaries. The music for the original pilot's theme song was written by (a young) John Williams. This music had a Latin sound and the lyrics were sung with a Spanish accent. In the pilot, it was a six-hour trip, not a three-hour tour.
--The lagoon set was located at the CBS lot in Studio City, CA. If sequences there were filmed too early or too late in the day, microphones would record rush hour traffic noise from a nearby freeway.
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