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Remembering 'Gilligan's Island,' 'Brady Bunch' creator Sherwood Schwartz
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/07/remembering-gilligans-island-brady-bunch-creator-sherwood-schwartz.html ^
| 7/12/2011
| LA Times
Posted on 07/12/2011 5:31:16 PM PDT by Morgana
The Times wasn't kind when it reviewed "Gilligan's Island" in 1964, writing, "'Gilligan's Island' is a television series that never should have reached the air this season, or any other season." But the series defied critics and lasted for three seasons, eventually becoming a staple of syndication.
Its creator, Sherwood Schwartz, died of natural causes Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. He was 94.
Schwartz's impact on pop culture will long survive. In addition to "Gilligan's Island," Schwartz created the family sitcom "The Brady Bunch." Each series came affixed with its own memorably jolly theme song, with lyrics written by Schwartz
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: death; gilligan; gilligansisland; ginger; gingergrant; littlebuddy; maryann; professor; schwartz; sherwood; sherwoodschwartz; skipper
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posted on
07/12/2011 5:31:24 PM PDT
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Morgana
To: Morgana
Mary Ann is hotter than Ginger.
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posted on
07/12/2011 5:34:30 PM PDT
by
FightThePower!
(Fight the powers that be!)
To: Morgana
What was to him a fun romp with a “what if...” premise ended up being a timeless classic.
Like Star Trek, there are so few of this still around.
RIP Sherwood — your humor stands up today as well as it did 40+ years ago.
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posted on
07/12/2011 5:34:56 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Herman Cain 2012)
To: Morgana
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posted on
07/12/2011 5:37:10 PM PDT
by
waterhill
(Little 'r' republican: taker of the Founder's 'Red Pill'...www.mikechurch.com)
To: FightThePower!; All
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posted on
07/12/2011 5:37:59 PM PDT
by
Morgana
(I never said a thing.....................)
To: waterhill
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posted on
07/12/2011 5:40:12 PM PDT
by
Morgana
(I never said a thing.....................)
To: Morgana
I enjoyed Gilligan's Island.
Now who has messed up the clock on FR. I am posting this at 5:25PM and the clock is about 10 minutes faster.
To: waterhill
If Mary Ann put on glasses, she'd look an awful lot like Sarah Palin.
Yes, I also prefer Mary-Ann to Ginger. Ginger is a bimbo.
To: Morgana
The characters he created were so durable, that they killed the careers of every actor on his shows.
To: All
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posted on
07/12/2011 5:41:45 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
(Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
To: Morgana
Say what you will, Gilligan’s Island is a bazillion times better than the garbage that passes for TV shows today.
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posted on
07/12/2011 6:04:50 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: Morgana
I wonder why my kids, 14 years old, has seen every stinkin’ episode of SpongeBob and all shows of that ilk, time after time, after time, after time...until I remember how many Gilligan’s Island episodes I knew by heart.
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posted on
07/12/2011 6:05:51 PM PDT
by
IrishPennant
(We've vanquished them in Tripoli before...bring it!)
To: freedumb2003
In the special features of the Season 1 DVD, Sherwood Schwartz tells a funny story about the casting.
They originally offered the role of Gilligan to Jerry Van Dyke. But Van Dyke’s agent advised him to turn it down, since he was sure the show would flop. The agent told Van Dyke to instead accept the starring role in a new NBC sit-com called “My Mother the Car.”
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posted on
07/12/2011 6:17:39 PM PDT
by
04-Bravo
To: Morgana
If you don't want your childhood memories ripped to shreds, for God's sake, don't look here.
And, yeah...I always thought Mary Ann was hotter, but looking back at the old pix, I think I'm more of a Ginger-head, now.
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posted on
07/12/2011 6:20:07 PM PDT
by
Harpo Speaks
(Honk! Honk! Honk! Either it's foggy out, or make that a dozen hard boiled eggs.)
To: ViLaLuz
To: 04-Bravo
>>The agent told Van Dyke to instead accept the starring role in a new NBC sit-com called “My Mother the Car.”<<
Lordy! I can still remember (and sing) the theme to “My mother the car.” I have no idea why. Theme songs seem to stick in my head for some reason...
I can’t recall a single episode, though...
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posted on
07/12/2011 6:30:02 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Herman Cain 2012)
To: 04-Bravo
I've heard that one before. But Bob Denver was just such a big part of the show, I couldn't imagine Jerry Van Dyke doing it as well and the show doing as well.
Then again, the first long-running show I saw JVD in was "Coach", so it took a while for him.
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posted on
07/12/2011 6:58:14 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: Morgana
I was raised by these guys. haha—(sort of).
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posted on
07/12/2011 6:58:14 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: ViLaLuz
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:00:24 PM PDT
by
Morgana
(I never said a thing.....................)
To: Morgana
RIP Sherwood - Thanks for creating some decent family viewing. Many people still enjoy your shows.
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:02:12 PM PDT
by
Poser
(Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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