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Report: 'Brady Bunch' creator Schwartz dies [also wrote Gilligan Theme]
MSNBC ^
| 07-12-2011
| Staff
Posted on 07/12/2011 10:33:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
Sherwood Schwartz, the legendary producer who created "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island" and also wrote their theme songs, is dead at 94, TMZ.com reports. Schwartz won an Emmy in 1961 for his work on "The Red Skelton Show" and worked on numerous other programs, but will forever be best known for his two campy 1970s sitcoms.
(Excerpt) Read more at today.msnbc.msn.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bradybunch; gilligan; showbusiness; tv
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Pest in Peace, sir. Thanks for the memories.................
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:33:58 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Casey Anthony: "Surprise, surprise."...............)
To: Red Badger
Thanks for all the laughs, Sherwood!
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:35:30 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Red Badger
Rest in peace Mr. Schwartz.
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:38:59 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Red Badger
As a side note - I have a friend who can sign Gilligan’s Island to the tune of Amazing Grace - and Amazing Grace to the tune of Gilligan’s Island.
I know, I know - but it’s funny as all get out when standing around a fire after a few beers.
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:41:21 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
To: Red Badger
Good luck in the ultimate “fateful trip”, Mr. Schwartz.
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:41:30 AM PDT
by
So Cal Rocket
(Task 1: Accomplished, Task 2: Hold them Accountable!)
To: Red Badger
Thank you,Mr.Schwartz.Growing up wouldn't have been the same without Marcia,Ginger,and Mary Ann
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:42:56 AM PDT
by
massmike
(Massachusetts:Stopped hanging witches;started electing Kennedys.Coincidence?)
To: Red Badger
The Brady Bunch was pure schlock. But Gilligan’s Island ventured some pretty trenchant social satire on occasion. Remember Phil Silvers as Harold Hecubah, famous Hollywood producer who came to the island to hammer out a musical version of Hamlet?
And anybody over the age of 50 knows the theme song ... “A three-hour tour ... A three-hour tour ...”
Art cinema? Not at all. Entertainment? Oh, yeah.
Good job, Mr. Schwarz.
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:43:58 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(=)
To: PeteB570
Well, that beats bagpipes, I guess................
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:44:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Casey Anthony: "Surprise, surprise."...............)
To: Red Badger
He’s standing very close to Florence Henderson in that pic. Maybe he died from something else...
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:44:22 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: massmike
Ginger or Mary Ann?
Definitely Mary Ann!
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:47:21 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Red Badger
Yeah, but, but, but, Gilligan and the Brady’s weren’t “important” TV that “taught us” ignorant, prejudiced rubes critical social lessons.
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:49:00 AM PDT
by
EyeGuy
(2012: When the Levee Breaks)
To: IronJack
But Gilligans Island ventured some pretty trenchant social satire on occasion. Remember Phil Silvers as Harold Hecubah, famous Hollywood producer who came to the island to hammer out a musical version of Hamlet? Speaking of social satire, I wonder how long it has been since the episode with the grenade-throwing gorilla was last broadcast?
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:50:10 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Liberty Valance
When I was a teenager, growing up in the 60’s, I used to daydream of being shipwrecked with Mary Ann.
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:53:29 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: IronJack
“Do not forget... stay out of debt.”
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:57:55 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
To: Red Badger
My teen daughter coincidentally is presently watching episodes from our first season Gilligan collection.
Rest in peace, Mr. Schwartz
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posted on
07/12/2011 11:02:30 AM PDT
by
stanne
To: Charles Martel
"rut roh"
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posted on
07/12/2011 11:04:15 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/12/2011 11:04:15 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Ingtar
Do not forget... stay out of debt."Guard that old solven-cy!"
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posted on
07/12/2011 11:04:57 AM PDT
by
niteowl77
("Born in a well? Let me see that birth certificate again!")
To: Liberty Valance
Ginger or Mary Ann? Ginger.
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posted on
07/12/2011 11:14:17 AM PDT
by
Pilsner
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