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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 1:17:42 GMT
Who was the funniest? I think they were all funny and complemented each other so well, but Mrs. Howell was hilarious. One of my favorite episodes is where Don Rickles was kidnapping them and demanding a ransom. After he let Mrs. Howell go, the Professor said to her, "You poor thing; you must've suffered terribly." To which she replies, "Oh, I did. Imagine being kidnapped in SLACKS!"
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Post by Cooper, the Golden Retriever on Feb 26, 2017 4:15:42 GMT
Thurston Howell, most likely as Jim Backus was real funny (I used to post to the original IMDB;s Gilligan page).,... and had been on old-time radio enough times to hone his skills (which also serve Mgaoo well). HOW VULGAR! And I'm surprised there hasn't been a sepeerate thread for this show. I archived some posts from the original on offline .txt files. :wink:
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Post by movielover on Feb 26, 2017 5:26:58 GMT
I think I actually found Skipper the funniest. His exasperated facial reactions towards Gilligan, and his loud "D'OH! sound he'd make when he'd get hit in the stomach or something, made me chuckle growing up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 16:38:14 GMT
I think I actually found Skipper the funniest. His exasperated facial reactions towards Gilligan, and his loud "D'OH! sound he'd make when he'd get hit in the stomach or something, made me chuckle growing up. Yes, the Skipper was hilarious too. He and Gilligan had a 'Laurel & Hardy' shtick going on. I liked when he used to look at the camera all exasperated. It cracked me up when Gilligan 'introduced' him to Gladys the gorilla, and he caught himself shaking her hand about to say, 'nice to meet you'.
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Post by movielover on Feb 26, 2017 17:34:17 GMT
I think I actually found Skipper the funniest. His exasperated facial reactions towards Gilligan, and his loud "D'OH! sound he'd make when he'd get hit in the stomach or something, made me chuckle growing up. Yes, the Skipper was hilarious too. He and Gilligan had a 'Laurel & Hardy' shtick going on. I liked when he used to look at the camera all exasperated. It cracked me up when Gilligan 'introduced' him to Gladys the gorilla, and he caught himself shaking her hand about to say, 'nice to meet you'.Lol...The Skipper was also great at the "double take" reaction. 2nd only to film actress Eve Arden.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 3, 2017 19:04:24 GMT
The Skipper and Mr. Howell were hilarious. But I want to put in a good word for the Professor. He usually did a great job as the straight man but on the occasions when he got to be funny, he really stole the scenes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 1:50:45 GMT
Thurston Howell was my favoruite. Another show I haven't watched in a couple of years but I absolutely love it. There are several really bad episodes towards the end but it still remains one of my favourite sixties comedies, along with Bewitched and Car 54 where are you.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 6, 2017 14:29:06 GMT
Before anybody asks: Mary Ann
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 6, 2017 19:16:42 GMT
Yes, Mary Ann!
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 6, 2017 19:21:01 GMT
The Howells are hysterical.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 20:21:39 GMT
This was my Friday night treat. I'd watch Gilligan's Island, in the living room, eating Kraft macaroni and cheese (the good stuff) off of metal TV trays. Another was Swanson TV dinners (turkey with peas, mashed potatoes, and apple something-or-another). My guilty pleasure.
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Post by LaurenceBranagh on Mar 9, 2017 1:07:11 GMT
Before anybody asks: Mary Ann Yep.
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Post by deembastille on Mar 9, 2017 1:12:16 GMT
I have watched this show since I was very young and I always have thought [although I loved everyone especially professor and mary ann] that the Howells made the show.
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Post by telegonus on Mar 10, 2017 0:43:42 GMT
The Howells were great, though Alan Hale, Jr.'s big hearted Skipper helped a lot. He brought warmth to the show.
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Post by deembastille on Mar 10, 2017 1:45:33 GMT
The Howells were great, though Alan Hale, Jr.'s big hearted Skipper helped a lot. He brought warmth to the show. this is the great thing about this show. it was about how 7 people from different backgrounds interacted with eachother when forced to. how they make due. They all had a certain amount of comic wit: Gilligan was for the most part an innocent and eager young man. often bumbling but he cared deeply and often disciplined himself when he really messed up. Skipper brought the warmth as you said but also the gentle giant I call it. he was strong and good at building but was a big teddy bear. Thurston: oh god, he was a riot! 'when does this thing get to Albuquerque?' whenever money was involved, whether it was ransom or whatnot, he surprisingly was quick to the rescue -- at least Lovey was. Lovey: she tried to bring music to the island and etiquette. Also she was interested in 'preserving the bloodline' [match making] although she had slim pickings to work with. Ginger: she had the sexy, sultry way but was warm and nice usually. she brought entertainment and was eye candy which came in handy most of the time. Professor: the way he would prattle on hi scientific findings and such was just hysterical. he brought logic and was the king of life hacks on that godforsaken island. Mary ann: she was by far the most resourceful although one of the youngest and kind of [understandably] naïve. She was 'head chef' as I call it, she did most of the laundry and other household chores [if they had a house]. she was also as cute as hell!
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Post by telegonus on Mar 11, 2017 9:19:42 GMT
The Professor wasn't really funny, and he didn't try to be. He was the straight man to everyone else, with Russell Johnson perfect casting in the role, as well as the "reality check guy", more or less the sanest person on the island, and needless to say the best educated. I think that the absence of a professor type character may be why F Troop, also a fun goofy comedy featuring a Skipper-Gilligan type pairing with Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch didn't become a cult classic, or not to the same degree, because it didn't have a Professor to balance the show's overall goofiness
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 12, 2017 2:22:36 GMT
The Professor wasn't really funny, and he didn't try to be. He was the straight man to everyone else, with Russell Johnson perfect casting in the role, as well as the "reality check guy", more or less the sanest person on the island, and needless to say the best educated. I think that the absence of a professor type character may be why F Troop, also a fun goofy comedy featuring a Skipper-Gilligan type pairing with Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch didn't become a cult classic, or not to the same degree, because it didn't have a Professor to balance the show's overall goofiness You and I could have some long discussions about F Troop and Gilligan's Island but I'll leave that to another time. Regarding the Professor. Yes he was usually the straight man. However, there were a few occasions when he got to show his comedic talent. It was usually in a dream/fantasy sequence or a scene where the castaways were putting on some sort of act to fool some villain. When Russell Johnson wanted to be funny, he could be hilarious.
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Post by deembastille on Mar 12, 2017 2:32:35 GMT
The Professor wasn't really funny, and he didn't try to be. He was the straight man to everyone else, with Russell Johnson perfect casting in the role, as well as the "reality check guy", more or less the sanest person on the island, and needless to say the best educated. I think that the absence of a professor type character may be why F Troop, also a fun goofy comedy featuring a Skipper-Gilligan type pairing with Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch didn't become a cult classic, or not to the same degree, because it didn't have a Professor to balance the show's overall goofiness You and I could have some long discussions about F Troop and Gilligan's Island but I'll leave that to another time. Regarding the Professor. Yes he was usually the straight man. However, there were a few occasions when he got to show his comedic talent. It was usually in a dream/fantasy sequence or a scene where the castaways were putting on some sort of act to fool some villain. When Russell Johnson wanted to be funny, he could be hilarious. right. and it is hard to be silly or funny when you take the sole responsibility of the survival of all 7 of them. yeah, I read too into this show. and you can be funny without meaning to be. I am very funny when in a relatively somber or medium serious occasion to bring some real life perspective into the situation. I use a lot of metaphors that for the most part get the point across. I say this all the time to my students: who is driving this bus? weird thing... the kids who get this metaphor are the special needs kids. the regular kids are all: there's a bus??
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Post by Nalkarj on May 9, 2017 3:40:43 GMT
Before anybody asks: Mary Ann Yep. A third "yep." Just saw the episode where Mary Ann wants to be Ginger. I was thinking, Mary Ann, darling, you just be yourself.
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Post by telegonus on May 9, 2017 5:47:27 GMT
Apropos of this thread, it just occurred to me: whatever else one can say about the humor or overall quality of Gilligan's Island one thing we can all agree on (I think): its character's were well developed. Show me a good comedy and I'll show you well defined, nicely shaded individuals to act it out, as it were. Where Gilligan triumphed (and I almost can't believe I'm using this word) was in its isolation. Its characters had to be well developed. No development, no show. There's no way the show could have "coasted". It had to click, the characters, or else it wasn't working. This was more obvious on this show than most due to the extreme nature of the central premise.
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