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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Nawww I thought you were older. You got that grumpy old man vibe nailed! You are crushing it 😃
T&A window dressing didn’t in her day.
‘ Nawww I thought you were older. You got that grumpy old man vibe nailed! You are crushing it 😃’
Yeah. Grumpy old man is my jam.
That’s why he’s the Fuzz
‘ Go back to DU if you want to play the PC police. FReepers hate that.’
lol. The du and pc thing again.
🙄
My Kinda Gal !
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She Likes to Cook...
I like to Eat.
She is 91 years okd
The thing is too that she stayed pretty attractive for her age until there was a point where it seemed that something happened all of a sudden. I dont know but I suspect there was some sort of illness or something because it was abrupt. I think what we are seeing is not just age but the surgeons correction of sorts when her health stabilized.
‘ She is 91 years okd’
So? Go back to du with that pc crap.
Is she hittable or not?
/huge sarcasm tag
You are starting to make me think Gilligan’s Island wasn’t real
She failed to leverage her fame, not my fault.
Nothing in the story made sense, but that’s why it was funny.
(I was a fan of the Professor.)
I wish there was a way of seeing what she would have looked like with natural aging and no plastic surgery.
My bet is she would look just fine - old - but just fine..
That’s true of most women who opt for cosmetic surgery. They’re generally nice looking women who take care of themselves anyway.
But they don’t seem to think much about how plastic surgery ages...
You wouldn’t be a billionaire for long.
MARY ANN
Her agent was smart, too. He got her a 50-yr residual deal.
The studio laughed and okayed the deal, after all who would be watching Gilligan’s Island for 50 years, right?
[pssst, studio, they’re still on that island on my TV]
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