They left for a 3 hr. tour (3 hr. tour), ended up with a season 1 set.
 

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since i'm not a gilligan's island fan, could you explain the thread title?

that is part of the theme song and the entire plot of the series.

Clever, but not as clever as the watermarked bullwinkle thread title.

It's a take off of the theme song.

Lyrics

BTW, I'm not a fan of the show either (never seen an episode) but it's one of the more popular TV themes so I thought the lyrics were sort of common knowledge. I apologize if some people don't understand the subject line (just trying to be creative).

No problem, Scott. In fact, I got a little chuckle from it when I saw it. Just goes to show that there is nothing that is 100% universal, I guess.

Scott, I loved your thread title; it was quite clever.

However I love this news even more. Gilligan has been near the top of my TV on DVD wish list for some time.

Unless Warners screws this up somehow, I'm definitely picking this up.

Hopefully the classic TV floodgates will open now that we have this, Green Acres, Mr. Ed, Dick Van Dyke et al all coming soon.

You have to forgive Rypro, he's a wee lad still in high school. Gilligan's Island is before his time.

So did Gilligan and the crew EVER get rescued?

By the way, Mary Ann over Ginger. :D

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GILLIGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Actually Rypro is done with high school and on to college. Or maybe a vocational school!

Damn, they grow up so fast! :(

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Skipperrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

For as many times as I've watched Gilligan's Island (old enough to remember seeing the first season when it was originally broadcast), I will probably still get this set. I think there was a pilot shot with some alternate cast members... that would be a cool extra! :banana:

Great news little buddy! I'm gonna be counting how many times the Skipper smacks Gilligan with his cap. :)

isn't that a drinking game?

Wow--fantastic. Sweet!

The entire series only ran 3 seasons, so this would be an easy one to collect. I hope it includes the unaired pilot that's on the Columbia House video series.

I don't know, if it is set me up with something in a hollowed out coconut!

I hope the first season isn't the colorized version.

Rypro 525,

I guess you won't understand this thread title either:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=315791

Hopefully, this means that the rights issues have been resolved. This could mean that Sherwood Schwartz will finally get to make the Gilligan's Island movie (in the vein of The Brady Bunch movies, which he also did).

Are the Columbia House videos in B&W or colorized? I remember buying a few VHS tapes about 5 years ago & they were colorized. Maybe someone should e-mail tvshowsondvd & see if they could get the info from WB (there good at getting info)

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Gift idea for my "better half"... now that its one of their shows in DVD perhaps I will not be made fun of for being excited about MY shows on dvd

They were rescued several times... mostly for the 1hr specials. They always seemed to get stranded back on the island every time, though! If I were Mr. Howe I'd have bought a few more airplanes and just flew everywhere instead of setting foot on another boat. ;)


zeek

I've been waiting for this for a long time - good to see it's coming.

bah... both :P

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Never seen an episode?!? That's like saying that you've not seen Star Wars or never eaten a Big Mac. How could you live in the 21st century and not have seen Gilligan's Island? What are you from the outback wilderness of Bornio or something?

But then, I guess you did at least know the theme - unlike SOME users. . . .

Letsee - requirements for this set:

* The unaired pilot with the mostly reworked theme song
* Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Bob Denver and Sherwood Swartz for some audio commentary.
* The original network bumpers and promos
* Black and White, as appropreate of course.

But hell, even as a bare bones set, I'm still there. This thing is gonna rock!