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Buzz In: Cast the Gilligan's Island Movie!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:30:00 PST

Remember Gilligan's Island? It was like Lost, but instead of smoke monsters and alternate realities, they had coconut radios and innocent sexual tension. Child TV addicts such as myself were obsessed with its reruns back in the day, but now the old show is about to get some very wide exposure: Warner Bros. is turning the classic sitcom into a feature film.

A few years ago, I asked you to recast the series for fun (John Krasinski won the lead then), but now that Gilligan's Island is actually going to be a movie, I want you to come up with actors who would play the principal parts now. Composer Sherwood Schwartz has mentioned Michael Cera for Gilligan, while I think Christina Hendricks makes an obvious Ginger, and George Clooney, the perfect Professor. Now it's your turn: Cast away!

How-To: Ginger and Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Makeup

BellaSugar — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:00:37 PDT

It's a rivalry as old as ridiculous stereotypes about women: Ginger vs. Mary Ann. We all know that on Gilligan's Island, at least, the goody-goody in short shorts won out, but as far as makeup goes, both ladies' looks were absolutely divine - and surprisingly similar, when you get right down to it. To find out how to go from sultry to sweet with the substitution of just a couple products, read more

WTF?!

GiggleSugar — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:00:00 PST

This is not political commentary. In fact, I'm not sure how you would file it, except under "weird." I think the formula is X + Gilligan's Island = WTF?!

Stairway to Gilligan's Island

GiggleSugar — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:00:00 PST

This is one of those ideas that starts out great. Combine footage and lyrics from one classic, Gilligan's Island, with the music from another classic, Stairway to Heaven. Giggling (at least for me) gave way to the feeling that this ganja-inspired (I'm guessing) mashup was a little too spooky for my tastes. But why don't you just sit right back and you'll hear a tale. . .

The Results Are In: Recast "Gilligan's Island"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:36:04 PDT

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

The cast of "Gilligan's Island" is a fun one to recast because the characters are of various ages, so you can pick your favorite actors of several different generations. I absolutely loved many of RCLdesigngirl's picks, like Ginnifer Goodwin as Mary Ann, Donald Sutherland as Thurston Howell III, and Becki Newton as Ginger.

I also enjoyed pistonsjenny's idea of Phillip Seymour Hoffman playing Skipper, and the idea of Jason Schwartzman as Gilligan, suggested by both LaLa0428 and HelloKittyMini. Finally, I think GiggleSugar and Moley25's pick of Rachel Bilson as Mary Ann is a very cute idea.

Yet my favorite cast list overall this week comes from eme391! To see who eme391 picked, along with a new cast photo,

eme391's cast:
Gilligan - John Krasinski
Skipper - William Shatner
Mary-Ann - Alyson Hannigan
Ginger - Kate Walsh
The Professor - James Denton
Mr. Howell - Alan Dale
Mrs. Howell - Swoosie Kurtz

Recast "Gilligan's Island" and Win a Prize!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:32:55 PDT

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

"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!" This week, tell me a modern tale of this fateful trip by recasting "Gilligan's Island" with new actors. Who could play the Professor and Mary Ann? Or the Howell couple? And what about Skipper and that redhead Ginger? Finally, who would you cast as the goofy Gilligan himself?

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, September 25, complete with a "new" cast photo. To see a list of characters to recast and a photo of the BuzzSugar t-shirt,

Characters to recast:
Gilligan (Bob Denver)
The Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.)
The Professor (Russell Johnson)
Mary Ann (Dawn Wells)
Ginger (Tina Louise)
Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus)
Mrs. Howell (Natalie Schafer)

The BuzzSugar t-shirt

And just in case you need a refresher on who's who:

Sassy Quotes From the Women of The Brady Bunch

Annie Scudder — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:30:43 PDT

Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of The Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island, died today at age 94. Not only is Schwartz responsible for bringing Carol, Mike, and the six Brady kids into our lives, as well as their housekeeper Alice, but he also wrote the iconic theme song. The Brady Bunch aired for less than five years, but generations of TV watchers got to know the wholesome bunch thanks to decades of reruns. And sometimes the goody-goody family brought out their sassy side, especially the women. Take a look back at some of the best quotes now from Carol, Alice, Marcia, Jan, and Cindy - the youngest one in curls.