1966-67 Television Season 50th Anniversary: Gilligan's Island (5/17/88 - Bob Denver, Alan Hale)
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- Today, January 9th, is the birthdate of the late Bob Denver, Gilligan on Gilligan's Island. As we look back at the 1966-67 television season on this 50th anniversary year, we'll be paying tribute to the final season (of three) of the original broadcast television run on CBS of the series.
We started our tribute in November with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gilligan's Island series creator, Sherwood Schwartz. In December, we paid tribute to Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III) and Mr. Magoo. Today, we'll view an interview with Bob Denver and Alan Hale Jr. (The Skipper).
This interview was done on the NBC Late Show way back on May 17, 1988. It was the last time the entire show cast and it's creator were interviewed together (although they would reunite again later in the 1988 on a Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous episode... more on that later this spring).
For the next couple of months as we push through winter into spring, we'll have additional video segments from this entire Late Show cast interview as we pay a special tribute to Gilligan's Island, its cast and creator.
Enjoy!
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"....the ship aground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle, with Gilligan... the Skipper too..."
It's humanly impossible not to like Alan Hale!!! What a guy!!
Absolutely true. Would have loved to have met him at his restaurant.
Poor Skipper died a year & half later. He really appreciated those applause
Oh no that's very sad
That'd be he really appreciated THAT applause.
Alan Hale and Bob Denver had a chemistry not seen since Laurel and Hardy.
Jackie Gleason and Art Carney pretty much right up there laurel Hardy as far as chemistry goes
They reminded me of Laurel and Hardy on the show when The Skipper would get frustrated with Gilligan and look into the camera just like Hardy did to Laurel. I loved it!
That is exactly who they paired after. Alan Hale was a big fan of Laurel & Hardy
ALAN HALE JR. LOVED BEING KNOWN AS THE SKIPPER. HE EMBRACED IT.
I LOVED HIS SMILE!
So true. Leonard Nimoy for the longest hated to be associated with ST until he realized how much money there was to be made attending ST conventions.
@@TowGunner Also, another reason why this worked for Alan Hale Jr.... He grew up in the shadow of his father, and no matter how many movies and TV appearances he made, he was always known as Alan Hales' son.
With the skipper, everyone knew who Alan Hale Jr was. He made a name for himself and he became famous on his own.
Also, not only did he wear the hat because people identified him as that character, he had gotten bald on top. So the hat was a dual purpose item. He genuinely liked the attention of his celebrity due to the skipper.
That's why the "hollywood hacks" nowadays can't remake "Gilligan's Island"! Alan Hale Jr. and Bob Denver, and "THE REST"(!? UNFAIR TREATMENT OF A GREAT CAST!!) WERE THE BEST!!! It's a shame Tina Louise never did the follow-up movies...IT WAS A BAD CHOICE, ON HER PART, NOT TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN A TRUE CLASSIC!
when i was a kid i member he was in a movie i watched in Sunday school 8 mm
a sunday school movie on a projector old school
Gilligan’s Island was my favorite TV show when I was 5 years old. If I ever got to see Alan Hale, Jr. in person at that age, it would have been better than meeting Santa Claus.
Allen Hale wouldn't be any one else but the Skipper.
I met Alan Hale jr. back in 85. He was a spokesperson for a bank in town and in the towns parade. We were hanging out at the staging point and he comes walking up, shaking hands with all of us wearing a huge smiles and laugh. Pretty much how you see him here. He was a real friendly guy.
You are lucky what a nice memory.
Yes. Alan was exactly what you thought he would be.
All the things the Critics hated is what made the show so loved! Funny how Critics and viewers never see a show the same way.
Rest in peace Bob Denver. Gilligan Forever
Gilligan's Island and Star Trek had the most reruns in my baby boomer era!
Love Alan Hale here looking so good here. His father was also a famous character actor as well.
Alan Hale is always a sheer delight.
I once read that when Alan Hale Jr. was in the hospital, dying from cancer, he would still dress up as “The Skipper”, and visit with sick kids stuck in the hospital. If any of them commented on his weight loss, he told them that MaryAnn was concerned about his weight, and had cut him off from coconut cream pies. He revelled in being beloved as “The Skipper”, whereas Tina Louise loathes the fact she’s still thought of as “Ginger Grant”.
Can you blame her? I'd get sick of being treated as a ditzy sex object, too.
During the pandemic, Tina Louise was quoted as saying that she has now come around to realize the pleasure that Gilligan's Island brought to so many people, especially during the difficulties everyone was having with COVID. She also said that she was deeply saddened by the passing of Dawn Wells in December 2020 from COVID complications. This makes her the last surviving cast member from the show
Alen Hale and Bob Denver are the best.
What sweet people
One of the greatest slapstick comedy duos of all time.
Looks like they had a good time being interviewed.
Inane and silly as it was - that was the secret of the show's success! It just worked really well with perfect casting. Alan Hale was just so-so on westerns, but on Gilligan's Island, it made him a superstar, same with Bob Denver and all the cast.
It was like Batman, in that the "camp" was what made it work and so endearing. Vaudeville in the 60's!
I watched after school every day for years!
The song shoots me back. As does Sea hunt. After school chillin.
Watched Gilligan's Island after school Monday to Friday ▪︎Australia 2020
Monday to Friday- Canada 1971
Watched Gilligan’s Island since it came on! And love it to this day.
Back in the 70's, I was in my 20's. One of my friends joked, "Do you think we'll/kids be watching Gilligan's Island, yeeeaaarrrs from now??!!" We were still young. 5 or 10 yrs of reruns, was a long time!! Here it is, 2021! Gilligan's Island is still here, on retro tv or you tube somewhere!!! ☺️☺️☺️
The Skipper always makes me smile. Bless him :-)
I just turn 70th today I remember ask a kid love this so much it's was my favorite tv show ask a kid in the 60s
A top 5 TV show ever.
I remember this. Can’t believe it’s been 32 years.
I know what you mean..
it's 2023 and Gilligan's Island is still my fave american comedy of all time
Two fantastic people that you will never Ever See again Ever Period!!!!!
My favorite show after school in the 70s.
I can’t get over the fact that the Skipper looks the same from 50 years earlier!!
Mrs. Howell looks the same, too. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Alan Hale shines
I remember watching this when I was a kid. I miss these guys.
I remember The Good Guys!
what a treasure!!!!!!! and 33 years later!
Loved Gilligans Island.
This is so cool. Thanks for sharing. I loved Gilligan's Island.
Bob Denver was a stand up guy, threw his career on the line just so the opening theme included credits for both the characters Mary Ann and the Professor. Interesting story i know can be found online.
This is one off my all time favorite shows.RIP cast of the show. Your missed.
It's my understanding that when the show was cancelled, Alan Hale cried like a baby, and I don't blame him. He loved the show and the people and character of the Skipper so very much, and we all loved the cast of Gilligan's Island. I would have cried too!
Only Ginger survives now. She is 87. She refused to be part of the rescue from Gilligan's Island movie. The replacement for her did a nice job being Ginger.
Alan Hale aka Jonas Grumby( Skipper)
That was his real name? Interesting.
@@johnny1963ify Yes, his real name on the show was Jonas Grumby but of course the others called him by his title which was Skipper.
I do remember hearing that at some point, but do they ever actually call him that on the show?
Love the stuff from the 60s. Good wholesome family viewing not like the reality garbage and violent shit they got nowadays
Great show,..this must've been their 25th anniversary/of the show (1964-1989).
Just as he said, an afterschool daily staple in its early reruns for us (then) kids.
I have a time machine and just watched this live yesterday
Great show
Bob was amazed it was still a re run in 1988. Wonder what he would think now in 2020. Still watching it.
Loved Alan in Casey Jones
Russell Johnson appeared in a episode
I remember"The Good Guys." It was a decent show and it was on for 2 seasons.
This was delightful to watch!😊❤
when they were still above ground!!
Great show !
Gilligan and Mary Anne are the only ones introduced by name on the theme song.
And that didn't happen until the second or third season. The last refrain of the theme song was originally "The movie star, and the rest," and was later changed to "the movie star, the professor and Mary Ann," but only after the show was a hit and those two characters were popular.
@@traveller4790 The intro song was changed at the request of bob Denver. He wanted everyone included. It was a big deal to him. He was a great person.
That island has something in which people don't age.
Alan Hale's dad played in the classic movie - Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 with Errol Flynn. Gilligan's Island - Great show!
I've also heard that his sister Barbara Hale was the young secretary of Perry Mason show in the 60's
@@bartonpercival3216 She played on Perry Mason but, was not related. Take care!
@@tonytrotta9322 Oh ok, thank you for the correction.
@@bartonpercival3216 No problem - have a great day!
Alan Hale Jr really didn't change at all. Amazing
Wonder if Skipper ever talks about his father who was Erroll Flynn's drinking buddy.
And he is just the spitting image of his dear old dad
And wasn't his sister Barbara Hale who played the secretary in Perry Mason show
they say Alan was always jovial and nice
We were there
Audie Murphy VA hospital is where I go in San Antonio.
Thank
Skipper hit little buddy with his hat haha
The Skipper: punching down trees decades before Minecraft.
And I thought I was bad at math... This had to be the 25th anniversary, not the 50th. 😃 But other then that, great interviews!
As the video description states, this video was uploaded/posted in Jan, 2017--that's what the 50 years refers to. January 9th was chosen because it would have been "Gilligan's" birthday.
@3:00 wow, Gilligan and Skipper look good here. hopefully they all do a reunion show soon. i would watch it when it airs on free tv
They are all gone with the exception of Tina louise.
Here's what I know. If you create the Gilligan's Planet comic book series, you won't even have to hire on any voice characterists. You remain trouble-free in this case. Make sure the comic books you make win some sort of approval rating. 😉
RIP everyone from Gilligan's Island (except Tina Louise I think).
Sadly the lagoon over at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California was drained to make more parking spaces.
Alan rode a horse from the movie set to the highway to hitch a ride and a truckdriver stopped. He smacked the horse on the a$$ and made the interview at CBS...
Horses always want to go back home...
@@jaybee2344 That's what he said!
And Survivor basically copied this show and added games and competition.
Nobody can copyright a concept.
The were both beloved.
I enjoyed their comedy bits especially when they basically did a Laurel and Hardy routine.
RIP Alan Hale Jr and Bob Denver
Alan had about a year and a half to live after this.
Since no one will say it i will. Jim Bacchus was my fave. Ole mr magoo. I wasnt too keen on old lady howell but id hada go at good ole mary ann.
11 people gave a 👎!?! SERIOUSLY??
How sad the cast never made any royalties from the reruns.
Actually I read that Dawn Wells did. She was dating an agent and just for the fun of it her boyfriend told her to ask for it and the studio and Sherwood Schwartz agreed thinking either the show wouldn’t last or have re-runs for decades.
You Can Thank Sherwood Schwartz For That. He Collected MILLIONS¡!!!!!! From Gilligan's island! Yet He Would Not Share a Cent With The People That Made The Tv-Show Possible. What a POS He Was!
I was waiting for Skipper to hit Gilligan on the head with his hat.
Unbelievably likable people are Alan Hale Jr. and Bob Denver. I doubt Bob loved his role is Gilligan as much as Alan did his as the skipper and Alan carried that with AM the rest of his life. Conversely I always got the feeling in later years that Tina Louise for instance regretted her role as Ginger even though she was incredible as Ginger. I just hope later in life she realized how many boys and men's had a crush on her for like half a century.
L.A. Times March 3 1986 United Press International Honolulu
Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi has suggested that ousted Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos buy or lease the tiny Hawaiian island shown in the 1960s television series “Gilligan’s Island.”
(WOW, it really took some time to find this article... I was only 23yo at the time, but I still remember it today.)
Jonas Grumby was the skippers real name
What talk show is this?
Hell..even I knew the Skipper's real name was Jonas Grundy!! "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND" WAS AN UNDER RATED TV CLASSIC!! So many MUCH LESS TALENTED PEOPLE than Bob Denver and Alan Hale Jr. have become "worshipped celebrities"....DAMN SHAME!!!
Alans voice sounds like a cartoon character i watched as a kid but I can't put my finger on it can someone help me out?
Bullwinkle?
Didnt the skipper know McHale?
isn't 66-88 22yrs? and didn't the series start in 1964?
Series started in '64, but we posted this video in 2017 (broadcast in 1988) as we paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of the 1966-67 television season... the final year of GIlligan's Island in series production. Thank you for watching... much more coming. - Television Vanguard staff
Was this on Fox?
Yes, a late night show from 1988.
I quit watching T.V. when they weet off the air in the 70's. There wasn't anything else that good.
I think they mean 30th anniversary not the 50th LOL
I think New Long engine treatment turned into Prolong Engine treatment, can someone verify?
Bob Denver almost wasn't Gilligan. Sherwood Schwartz Wanted and offered the part to Jerry Van Dyke. Jerry read the pilot and said it was “the worst thing I’d ever read.” He opted to take the lead in "My Mother the Car". That sounds like a mistake but Jerry said "“But that’s the joke: I turned it down and took My Mother the Car. But, again, it was really good, because I’d [have] been forever known as Gilligan. So that worked out, too!”
Did I miss something? 1988 to 1966 is 22 years not 50, To be the 50th is 2016 and Alan and Bob have been dead for years! Ginger and Mary Ann are the only living members of that show.
Good catch... correct... this episode of NBC Late Show was shown on May 17, 1988 (date included in video clip title)… as you noted, about 22 years after the end of the series in 1967. What we want to try to do here at our Television Vanguard channel is to highlight the 50th anniversary of a series debuting or ending on first-run broadcast primetime television, and we write a 'blog-like' summary of the show to highlight the passing of this 50th anniversary. To do this, we look for supporting videos from across the decades, which are older videos from years gone by. Many of our viewers do ask about 'why the 50th anniversary title when indeed the video clip shown Is not actually a 50th anniversary reunion.' Our answer is often the same - we simply what to bring to the viewers attention that a 50th year milestone is upon us, and we want to stop and take a moment to reflect and pay tribute to the event, show and performers in the best way we can. We hope you are enjoying the channel! Stay tuned, much more to come. Best, Television Vanguard staff
Compared to Bob Alan Hale has hardly changed & he WAS the Skipper, no doubt about it. Sad now that Tina Louise is the final cast member living, how ironic.
20th. not 50th
Willy no a real dumb choice. Glad the name was never used. 3-25-2022
Bob denver looks fairly insecure, keeping his arms folded all the time... not sure if he was enjoying the experience...
@@willoughby1888 just had to have a go at the old skipper.eh? Sice you broke the ice,cant see myself too keen on swappin spit with old sod meself. Christ now it's on my mind. Damn you.
Not being American, so never saw this, who is the Host here?
His name is Johnny Carson
@@davidjames666 that's not the Johnny Carson i know, i know johnny Carson well
The host is Ross Shafer. The Late Show was on Fox, originally hosted by Joan Rivers in 1986. It went through a series of replacement hosts, ending with Shafer in 1988.
I love the original show very much, but when the "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" and the followup movies came along, the show to me had lost its charm! The cast tried to recreate the magic but it just wasnt there!
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1988 was NOT the 50th anniversary of Gilligan’s Island!
Indeed, this cast reunion was from 1988 (date noted)... however, we ran this clip (and others) a couple of years ago during our 50th Anniversary review of those show that ran on primetime television during the 1966-1967 season. - staff
Boy that was 80s cheese
Yo mommas coochie got cheeze.
I don't think Bob Denver ever been with a woman poor guy
LOL. Bob Denver was married four times and fathered four children. His final marriage lasted 25 years until his early death at 70yo. From all reports he was a very loving father to his children.
Beep! Beep!
@@karmicselling4252 Denver's young son played the tiny Gilligan on the Jack and the Beanstalk episode during the chase scene with the giant. Your useless trivia for today!
i wonder if the skipper ever did ginger ugly thought though
I was wondering even more if Uncle Joe (Carson) did any of his three nieces on Petticoat Junction.....
What a horrible show.
What a horrible person you most likely are. Please go away and stay away.