[Gefn]

I don’t know if it’s an urban legend but I was told that the name “Gilligan” came from from Newton Minnow, the then Chair of the FCC who called TV back in 1961 a “vast wasteland”.

[Defiant]

I was told that the name “Gilligan” came from from Newton Minnow

Is he who the SS Minnow was named after?

Ironic, isn't it? Minnow turned out to be right, as exemplified by the show using his name. Which I watched 5-10 times per episode, by the way, as it was on after school.