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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780649941
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 078064994X
Label: Turner Home Ent
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
MPN: DT6938D
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 11, 2005
Running Time: 1727 minutes
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 1964
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Despite critical barbs as sharp as a Maroobi spear, Gilligan's Island has proven unsinkable. Its first season was 1964's top-rated show. The expository theme song is one of television's most quoted, and its characters--the Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.), first mate Gilligan (Bob Denver), the millionaire (Jim Backus) and his wife (Natalie Schaefer), a movie star (Tina Louise), "and the rest" (Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells, as the Professor and Mary Ann, wouldn't get their opening credit props until season two)--are pop culture icons. Revisiting the first season's 36 episodes is a not-guilty-at-all pleasure. Some sure and surprising hands piloted these inaugural episodes, including Ida Lupino, Jack Arnold (The Creature from the Black Lagoon), Christian Nyby (The Thing), and Richard Donner (who went on to direct Superman and Lethal Weapon).
The "seven stranded castaways" from the ill-fated S.S. Minnow (slyly named for former Federal Communications Commission head Newton "vast wasteland" Minow) received memorable visits from the likes of Hans Conreid as errant pilot Wrong Way Feldman, a young Kurt Russell as Jungle Boy, and Larry Storch as a Cagney-esque bank robber. But these were mere diversions from the heart of the series; the no-man-is-an-island social microcosm that creator Sherwood Schwartz conceived as an anti-war parable (this courtesy of his optional commentary during the fabled unaired series pilot). In the Christmas episode "Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk," Santa Claus himself drops in to lift the disheartened castaways' spirits. "You could have been enemies," he tells them, "instead of a family group who all learned to get along." This is they key to this series' enduring popularity. That, and the unending debate: Ginger or Mary Ann? --Donald Liebenson Forget about a three-hour tour--Gilligan's Island fans can sit right back and enjoy all 32 episodes of the second season and even a few extras with this three-disc set. GI aficionados will probably argue which episode deserves to be called the best in the series' three-year history until the end of time, but few will disagree that its sophomore season (1965-66) contains some of its funniest and best-remembered episodes. For starters, season 2 marks the show's debut in color, as well as the first time the Professor and Mary Ann were mentioned in the opening theme song (all of this occurs in the season opener, "Gilligan's Mother-in-Law"). But it also includes such classic episodes as "Hi Fi Gilligan" (Gilligan picks up radio signals in his mouth), "Don't Bug the Mosquitos" (faux Brit rockers land on the island), "Mine Hero" (a WWII mine washes up on the beach), "Meet The Meteor" (space debris makes the castaways age prematurely), and "The Friendly Physician" (a mad scientist's experiments cause the castaways to swap bodies), all of which have lost none of their laughs or pure entertainment value. The supplemental features, though slight, include an introduction by Johnson and series creator Sherwood Schwartz, as well as commentary by Schwartz on his favorite episode, "The Little Dictator." --Paul Gaita
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Good "clean & funny" TV viewing. This blast from MY past is like a refreshing breeze in Spring. Simple clean humor. Enjoy!
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If you are a fan of classic sitcoms you've got to own this series! There is nothing more funny than Gilligan's Island. IF you dont like watching black and white...dont worry...season 2 and 3 are in color! Enjoy!
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Good service, good product. My 9 year old loves these cute, silly shows. We bought the two seasons for about the same price as I paid for the third season at Wal-Mart.
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The professor can make a nuclear reactor with a coconut and a banana peel, but can't somehow fix a two foot hole on the boat that marooned these goof balls?
This show was completely dumb...not just a little bit dumb...completely dumb. I totally believe in Karma and these characters must've done some pretty heavy duty stuff to stay on that island. Some speculate that the characters on ABC's Lost are in purgatory even though that theory has been dismissed, but the characters on Gilligan's ... Read More
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I grew up watching the series and continued watching this classic throughout my life. Even after watching it for 100 of times on each episode it is still interesting and funny as always. It is a wonder it was classified as No. 1 classic series in signication.
Although first 2 series in Black and White it is clear on this DVD series.
A must for all Gilligan Fans
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