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« on: July 12, 2011, 01:18:07 PM » |
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Sherwood Schwartz, Creator of 'Brady Bunch,' 'Gilligan's Island' diesSherwood 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.
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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2011, 05:36:56 PM » |
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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. |
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2011, 05:55:24 PM » |
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94 good life RIP.
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2011, 06:28:02 AM » |
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Yup, I'd call that a "good run"!
R.I.P. Sherwood.
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« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2011, 07:15:47 AM » |
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I wonder how many episodes multiplied by every person that's watched an episode, summed, compares to any other shows.
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« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2011, 04:06:33 AM » |
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I wonder if he caught John Lindsey's crabs from Florence Henderson .
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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2011, 11:00:33 AM » |
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I found this article by a man who wrote a serious book about Gilligan's Island. The magazine article I referred to in my earlier comment may or may not have been an early version of it. What ‘Gilligan’s Island’ creator Sherwood Schwartz was saying about democracyIn 2001, I published a book called “Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization.” I wrote that “Gilligan’s Island” reflected the political confidence of 1960s America in the midst of the Cold War. A representative group of Americans could be dropped anywhere on the planet and they would rule, creating a small-scale model of U.S. democracy and fending off a sampling of its enemies, from Soviet cosmonauts to a Japanese soldierstill fighting World War II to a Latin American dictator.
Gilligan is the perfect democratic hero because he has no claims to superiority. The Professor has wisdom; the Millionaire has money and social status; the Skipper has a kind of military authority as captain. Gilligan is the pure common man. And, of course, the only time the castaways hold an election, he is chosen as president. Throughout the series, Gilligan represents the triumph of the ordinary over the extraordinary. |
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« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2011, 11:16:18 AM » |
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Jeepers. And all this time I thought Gilligan was just a bumbling fool with a questionable-at-best relationship with a dominant burly-master. We never got to see what went on in that hut when the cameras weren't rolling.  |
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« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2011, 11:33:58 AM » |
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Jeepers. And all this time I thought Gilligan was just a bumbling fool with a questionable-at-best relationship with a dominant burly-master. We never got to see what went on in that hut when the cameras weren't rolling. (snerk) he said "little buddy" (snerk) |
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« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2011, 11:54:49 AM » |
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Jeepers. And all this time I thought Gilligan was just a bumbling fool with a questionable-at-best relationship with a dominant burly-master. We never got to see what went on in that hut when the cameras weren't rolling. (snerk) he said "little buddy" (snerk) Maybe he was really saying "Little Butty".  |
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"The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time."
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« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2011, 11:45:22 PM » |
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« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2011, 08:46:30 AM » |
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Jeepers. And all this time I thought Gilligan was just a bumbling fool with a questionable-at-best relationship with a dominant burly-master. We never got to see what went on in that hut when the cameras weren't rolling. The same thing that went on between Marsha and Greg? |
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2011, 05:14:21 AM » |
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Jeepers. And all this time I thought Gilligan was just a bumbling fool with a questionable-at-best relationship with a dominant burly-master. We never got to see what went on in that hut when the cameras weren't rolling. The same thing that went on between Marsha and Greg? Crabs ! |
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2011, 06:41:27 AM » |
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2011, 07:21:57 AM » |
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So THAT was where Marsha Marsha Marsha originated from...as Greg was jumping up and down, scratching himself. |
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