If he were working in today’s environment, he would be forced to include a “positive gay character” in every sitcom.
You've got that one right. Complete with "love scenes".
“If he were working in today’s environment, he would be forced to include a “positive gay character” in every sitcom.”
Haven’t you ever wondered about the Skipper and his Little Buddy?
There was also another Schwartz show called “It’s About Time”. Time traveling US astronauts who get stuck in the stone age with Joe E Ross. Also with another catchy Sherwood Schwartz theme song that explains the plot.
>>> If he were working in today’s environment, he would be forced to include a “positive gay character” in every sitcom.
The Skipper and his “Little Buddy” went over your head? Ginger and Mary Ann lived together too, but they clearly were receptive to the opposite sex. The two boys though, kept things closer to home. Though they were certainly less flamboyant then Floyd the Barber or Gomer.
>>> What sin was Mary Ann?
Sinful cuteness?
>>> Which well known actress turned down that role before Tina got it? Or so I have read.
Jayne Mansfield, and honestly it was the biggest mistake of her life to turn it down. By then her movie career had pretty much died. She was a pretty good comic actress. Gilligan’s Island would have been her salvation. Instead to make a living she was forced into semi-striptease shows at nightclubs. Driving to one such engagement was how she was killed.