Posted on 04/08/2025 2:29:14 PM PDT by DallasBiff
You would think a hit show like Gilligan's Island would rake in the dough. Across three seasons, they received a ton of prestige and audiences still love it. The show currently resides at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, impressive for a show that's over 60 years old. However, according to Tina Louise, the legacy of the show doesn't exactly reflect the kind of pay they were getting at the time.
Recently, she spoke with Forbes to go over her illustrious career, particularly her time on Gilligan's Island. There, Tina says that across all 98 episodes, she didn't bring in much money, "like $1,500 an episode," as she puts it. Moreover, the streaming availability and cable reruns doesn't do Louise any favors either. You would think residuals would hold her over once she settled down from an acting career. Instead, it's quite the opposite. ""Nothing! Not a cent," she exclaims
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I liked the red head.
‘ You just don’t get it’
Unfortunately I do.
Happens all the time. ‘Women don’t age well’ was your comment.
She’s 91 years old and still has to endure people like you commenting on her looks.
Seriously. It’s not defensible. It’s poison.
‘ Her plastic surgeon needs to go to jail.’
Post a picture of yourself.
Let people comment on how sexy you are at whatever age you are. You 91?
Nimoy was good in Columbo
‘ Posting the picture invited such comments’
Did it really? Seriously, did it really invite a comment on a 921year old woman’s aging appearance?
Let’s see what you look like and see if you’re sexy enough at whatever age you are.
Helen Hunt is along similar lines. We tried watching a movie with her in it the other night. She was so ugly she’d scare little kids so bad they’d never sleep again. To play a part as a witch she would not need any makeup, just put on a pointy hat, giver her a broom and she’d do great.
I’m not knocking her. Obviously she’s struggling with insecurities and she has my empathy, especially as a 91-year old. What angers me is the Hollywood celebrity machine that literally destroys people. Look what happened to Maryann and Gilligan. Ginger survived but some unethical surgeon is more than happy to mutilate her for $$$$$$$$. That mindset is spread throughout American society. There’s nothing wrong with aging. I bet she’d still be beautiful at 91 without all the fillers and implants. But no, some quack got ahold of her.
Have you noticed the same with some of the young ladies in Trump’s circle. The quacks have created something called Mar a Lago face. It’s totally unnecessary, a waste of money and destroys natural beauty at all ages. It can’t be good for health either, having all those materials and chemicals injected into the body.
“If the purpose of the story was to discuss her experience, they posted the wrong picture.”
Agreed! The story discusses her pay when working. With that said a picture of her taken from the show would have been much more appropriate.
‘ Yes, a normal person sees the change.’
Of course people see the changes.
You said it invited comments on her appearance when a picture was posted.
Totally different things.
When you make comments about a 91 year old woman’s appearance and then talk about how it’s unnecessary for them to get plastic surgery do you not see the connection between those two things?
I’m not in my 90s yet. I’m a sexy sexagenarian. How about you?
And Thurston Howell III brought suitcases of it with him on a 3 hour tour on the SS Minnow ( instead of touring on his own private yacht ) !!!
‘ I’m not in my 90s yet. I’m a sexy sexagenarian. How about you?’
Younger than you and a helluva lot uglier than I was 40 years ago.
Post a picture of yourself mom so we can judge her looks and how much she looks like gollum.
“Those eyes, those lips, those nose...”
“...with the show’s creator and producer, Sherwood Schwartz, reportedly making an estimated $90 million from the reruns”
‘ More people here will agree with me than you’
lol. So?
Makes one want to cry...
...wait...I'm what?
Whaaaa...
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