Posted on 07/12/2011 10:35:34 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- The man who created "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch" has died.
Great niece Robin Randall says Sherwood Schwartz died at 4 a.m. Tuesday. He was 94.
Schwartz was a veteran comedy writer when he created two of TV's best-remembered sitcoms in the 1960s. Over the years, they have inspired parodies, spinoffs and countless stand-up comedy jokes.
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They named the boat the SS Minnow to spite FCC Chairman Newton Minnow who called TV “a vast wasteland”.
LOL no kidding. He also created the Brady Bunch.
How sad.
He created the most beloved and memorable comedy series’ in TV history — and the humor was timeless and is as funny today as 40-50 years ago.
It was a sad and dark day when the “suits” decided almost overnight to remove his family-style shows.
RIP — you were a pioneer to be remembered forever in media history.
IIRC, Tina Louise wanted to be the star and he told her “there’s a reason it’s called ‘Gilligan’s Island’ and not ‘Ginger’s Island’.”
RIP, Sherwood.
>>IIRC, Tina Louise wanted to be the star and he told her theres a reason its called Gilligans Island and not Gingers Island.<<
And she, of course, did the smartest career move in TV history since Parnell Roberts left Bonanza by having nothing to do with GI after the series concluded. I mean, look at what a huge star she became, right?
Report: ‘Brady Bunch’ creator Schwartz dies [also wrote Gilligan Theme]
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:33:10 AM · by Red Badger · 9 replies
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I respected the show when I heard last year that it was modeled after the dangers of the seven deadly sins.....
.....every character was a personification of said sins.........
Favorite show as a kid. Clean comedy.
Blogged about the show here:
http://smithsk.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-years-lessons-from-gilligans-island.html
If he were working in today’s environment, he would be forced to include a “positive gay character” in every sitcom.
Yogurt, Lone Star, and other users of the Schwartz are in mourning.
Probably Al Gore- one of Biden’s “green jobs” ...saved or created.
Favorite show as a kid. Clean comedy.
Blogged about the show here:
http://smithsk.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-years-lessons-from-gilligans-island.html
What sin was Mary Ann?
What sin was Mary Ann?
besides how many were a Ginger watcher. Mary Ann was the one.
Mine (at least in my adolescent imagination)
gluttony- she was quite a coconut creme pie hound.
I would guess envy. She always thought Ginger was prettier than her.
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