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Things You Get Wrong About Gilligan s Island
By Jan MacKell Collins/Jan. 19, 2021 1:39 am EDT Just sit right back and you ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship. Oh come on. You knew you were going to hum the theme song from
Gilligan s Island the minute you started reading this. Whether or not we want to admit it, we ve been fans of this show forever even those who weren t yet alive when it premiered in 1964, or was unexpectedly canceled in 1967. But
Gilligan s Island remains an iconic piece of modern Americana even in reruns, which have aired continuously in the 50-something years since the show ended after just three seasons. And did you know a fourth season was actually planned for production? Thought not.
Dawn Wells, who starred as good girl Mary Ann in the popular 1960s sitcom
Gilligan s Island, died on Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19 in Los Angeles. She was 82.
Pig-tailed and attired in her ubiquitous dungarees or gingham dress, which is on display at the Hollywood Museum, the Mary Ann character was the girl-next-door to Tina Louise s suggestive evening dress-clad Ginger, who was often subjected to leering comments from the male stars in the show s dialogue.
Gilligan s Island cast member Dawn Wells (as Mary Ann Summers), for episode: Two on a Raft. Image dated July 21, 1964. (CBS via Getty Images)
“Every character on Gilligan’s Island was given a broad ‘stock’ comedy role to fill captain, mate, wealthy man, wealthy wife, professor, movie star except me,” she wrote. “She was given a name and location Kansas farm girl. I had to fill in the blanks. So, from the get-go, the Mary Ann character was different. She wasn’t a Hollywood creation. She was molded by me, from me.”
Her former costar Johnson also gushed about her in the forward.
Dawn Wells in ‘Gilligan’s Island’. Mediapunch/Shutterstock
“We love Mary Ann because she is the future, the hope of our world,” he wrote. The youngest of the castaways, Mary Ann has her entire life in front of her. “Watching her unfailing good cheer, her optimism is never in question. We love her because we need her emotional support and her belief that all will turn out well … We love Mary Ann because of Dawn Wells.”
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