The New Adventures of Gilligan
| The New Adventures of Gilligan | |
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 The New Adventures of Gilligan title card |
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| Format | Animated cartoon |
| Created by | Sherwood Schwartz |
| Creative director(s) | Don Christensen |
| Voices of | Bob Denver Alan Hale, Jr. Russell Johnson Jim Backus Natalie Schafer Jane Webb |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 24 (16 installments airing in 1974-75; 8 new ones combined with repeats in 1975-76) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sherwood Schwartz |
| Producer(s) | Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer |
| Running time | approx. 0:30 (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | Filmation |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 7, 1974 – September 4, 1977 |
The New Adventures of Gilligan is an animated series produced by Filmation and was aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. It was based on the 1964-1967 CBS television series Gilligan's Island and featured almost all the actors from the show, except for Tina Louise, who was determined to distance herself from the role of Ginger Grant (the animated Ginger became a platinum blonde in case Louise objected to Filmation using her image), and Dawn Wells, who was on the road in a play and was unavailable (Jane Webb voiced both Ginger and Mary Ann; she was credited as Jane Edwards for the latter). Added to the cast was a sidekick for Gilligan, Snubby The Monkey, voiced by executive producer Lou Scheimer. Apropos to many Filmation series at the time, many of the episodes concluded with Skipper and Gilligan talking about whatever lesson they had learned that day.
Like most Saturday morning animated series of the era, The New Adventures of Gilligan contained an adult laugh track.
The show debuted on ABC Saturday morning on September 7, 1974. After 24 episodes over two seasons, ABC relegated the show to Sunday mornings for a third and final season of repeats in 1976-77, as the network, still reeling from the ratings disaster in 1975-76 which was Uncle Croc's Block, was reluctant to order another season of animated Gilligan installments or anything new from Filmation Associates.
Another Gilligan's Island-based Filmation animated series called Gilligan's Planet was made in 1982. The premise for that series centers around the castaways creating a spaceship and winding up on a deserted planet.
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[edit] Episode list
All episodes arranged in order of Filmation production.
- PC = Production code.
[edit] Season One (1974)
| PC | Title | Original airdate |
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| GI-1 | "Off Limits" | 1974 September 7 |
| GI-2 | "Looney Moon" | 1974 September 14 |
| GI-3 | "Raven Mad" | 1974 September 21 |
| GI-4 | "Father of His Island" | 1974 September 28 |
| GI-5 | "Wrong Way Robot (a.k.a. Yeah, Would You Want Your Sister to Marry One?)" | 1974 October 5 |
| GI-6 | "Opening Night" | 1974 October 12 |
| GI-7 | "Lollipop Casserole" | 1974 October 19 |
| GI-8 | "The Loners" | 1974 November 2 |
| GI-9 | "The Ego Trip" | 1974 October 26 |
| GI-10 | "The Olympiad" | 1974 November 9 |
| GI-11 | "Their Own Image" | 1974 November 16 |
| GI-12 | "The Disappearing Act" | 1974 November 23 |
| GI-13 | "A Sinking Feeling" | 1974 November 30 |
| GI-14 | "Reluctant Hero" | 1974 December 7 |
| GI-15 | "The Same Old Dream" | 1974 December 14 |
| GI-16 | "Sputtering Eagle" | 1974 December 21 |
[edit] Season Two (1975)
| PC | Title | Original airdate |
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| GI-17 | "Super Gilligan" | 1975 December 7 |
| GI-18 | "Marooned Again" | 1975 September 6 |
| GI-19 | "Live and Let Live" | 1975 September 13 |
| GI-20 | "Wheels on Parade" | 1975 September 20 |
| GI-21 | "The Movie Makers" | 1975 September 27 |
| GI-22 | "Silence Is Leaden" | 1975 October 4 |
| GI-23 | "The Great Train Robbery" | 1975 October 11 |
| GI-24 | "Moderation" | 1975 October 18 |
[edit] Production credits
- Creative Director: Don Christensen
- Directed by: Don Towsley, Rudy Larriva, Lou Zukor, Bill Reed
- Storyboard Supervisor: Kay Wright
- Storyboard: Sherman Labby, Mike Goodwich, Paul Fessell, Phil Hasey
- Educational Advisors: Dr. Nathan Cohen, Sylvia Cohen
- Layout Supervision: Alberto De Mello, Herb Hazleton, Robert Kline
- Key Assistants: Mike Hazy, David West, Ed Hasey
- Layout: Tom Burton, George Goode, Wes Hersechsohn, Les Kaluza, Mel Kiefer, Ken Leonard, Carol Lindberg, John Perry, Mario Filuso, Lorna Smith, Cliff Voorhees, Wendell Washer, Jim Willoughby
- Director of Color: Ervin L. Kaplan
- Background Artists: Paul Xander, Don Peters, Fay Keppler, Rolly Oliva, Doug Stevenson, Tom O'Loughlin, Janey Brown, Barbara Bevedetto
- Animators: Jim Brummett, Zion Davush, Otto Feuer, Ed Friedman, Fred Grable, Dick Hall, Lou Kachevas, Marsh Lamore, Bob Matz, Fred Meyers, Casey Onaitis, Jack Ozark, Bill Pratt, Virgil Raddatz, Len Rogers, Virgil Ross, Louise Sandoval, Larry Silverman, Hank Smith, Ed Soloman, Estuben Timmers, Ron Westlund
- Checking Supervision: Marion Turk, Jane Philippi
- Xerography & Paint Supervision: John Remmel, Betty Brooks
- Camera Supervision: R.W. Pope
- Camera: Thane Berti, F.T. Ziegler, John D. Aardal, Joe Ponticelle, William Koyler, Dean G. Teves, Don Dinehart
- Editorial Supervision: Joseph Simon
- Film Editing: Doreen Dixon, Jim Blodget
- Film Coordinator: June Gilham
- Music and Sound Effects: Horta-Mahana Corporation
- Color by: Technicolor
- The Gilligan Theme and Background Music by: Yvette Blais, Jeff Michael
- Created by: Sherwood Schwartz, Executive Consultant
- Produced by Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott
- (c)1974 Filmation Associates, Inc. - Sherwood Schwartz
[edit] DVD release
So far, the premiere episode of The New Adventures of Gilligan, "Off Limits," has been released as part of Warner Home Video's Saturday Morning Cartoons - 1970s Volume 2 on October 27, 2009. The Complete Series shoud be on DVD for the first time in the spring of 2011.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- The New Adventures of Gilligan at the Internet Movie Database
- The New Adventures of Gilligan Episode Guide at The Big Cartoon Database
- TVSeriesFinale.com article on last episode. Includes series opening and closing.
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