I was too young to have seen the original run, but it was on every day after school in the 70’s.
It’s on METV currently, so I’ve seen them again after a decade or two.
“...but it was on every day after school in the 70s.”
I would come home and got to watch TV for an hour after school. Gilligan’s Island and Hogan’s Heroes. My old man would often come in during Hogan’s Heroes, do something for a few minutes, watch for a few minutes, and then leave with a smile and shaking his head ‘Oh those crazy guys!” (Every single time!)
As a WWII vet that was all he would say.
I must have seen the original episodes of Gilligan’s Island also to have the idea that it was real.