What are some obscure facts about Gilligan's Island?

Answer 1

Producer Sherwood Schwartz designed the characters to represent parts of society. That's why the Skipper and the Professor are addressed by their titles. They have names, but Schwartz forbade their use during the show, Schwartz picked Gilligan's name at random out of a phone book, The characters full names were Skipper Jonas Grumby, Ginger Grant, Thurston Howell III, Lovey Wentworth Howell, Professor Roy Hinkley and Mary Ann Summers. Gilligan's name is less certain,

The ship Minnow was named after Federal Communications Commission president Newton Minow,

Jerry Van Dykewas Schwartz's first choice to play the role of Gilligan,

It was hard for Schwartz to convince CBS president Jim Aubrey to air the show. Aubrey didn't like the idea of keeping the castaways stranded permanently. They cut a deal: once the ratings slipped, Gilligan and his friends would be rescued and would continue their adventures off the island,

Carroll O'Connor (left) tried out of the part of the Skipper, but Schwartz rejected him,

Why does the Skipper keep the idiotic Gilligan around? Because during World War II, Gilligan saved the Skipper's life. In the official backstory, they served on a destroyer together. A depth charge got loose and rolled down theGilligan's Island was cancelled to make its time slot available for the long-running western series Gunsmoke . It would have crushed the Skipper if Gilligan had not pushed him out of the way,