Sherwood Schwartz, Creator of 'Brady Bunch,' 'Gilligan's Island' dies
Sherwood Schwartz, writer-creator of two of the best-remembered TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch," has died at age 94.
RIP. I was never a big Brady Bunch fan, but Gilligan's Island was a classic. There's a reason why it's still being rerun all these years later. It's held up very well, and the cast of characters have become cultural icons.
I remember an article in Liberty magazine (
this one, not the older, more famous one) back in the 90s which depicted the show as an allegory for modern society and the characters as archetypes. If it was written tongue-in-cheek, it was masterful satire. If it was serious, it was just this side of insane, yet thought-provoking. I'm not sure which was the case. It doesn't seem to be in their web archive, or I'd link it.