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.
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.”