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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 239136" data-attributes="member: 7"><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Well, the show wasn't initiated that way. Sherwood Schwartz usually sticks to his "social microcosm" view, although <em>Gilligan's Island </em>was silly and offered up a heavy-handed dose of physical shtick that the show's best remembered for. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">I've thought about it this way before, but you are absolutely right. Had <em>Gilligan's Island </em>went on any longer, it would have orbited into total absurdity, gotten stale, and been unwatchable. I once heard from a guy on Facebook that apparently had "connections" to the old bibles used for the show. He said that Tina Louise (or Ginger, the movie star) wanted out after season three. Her contract was up, and she hadn't any intention on returning. Schwartz was apparently toying with the idea of Ginger being rescued and a blonde-haired movie star replacing her in the ensemble. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">That screams "jumping the shark!" Thank goodness it didn't happen. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 239136, member: 7"] [FONT=arial]Well, the show wasn't initiated that way. Sherwood Schwartz usually sticks to his "social microcosm" view, although [I]Gilligan's Island [/I]was silly and offered up a heavy-handed dose of physical shtick that the show's best remembered for. [/FONT] [FONT=arial]I've thought about it this way before, but you are absolutely right. Had [I]Gilligan's Island [/I]went on any longer, it would have orbited into total absurdity, gotten stale, and been unwatchable. I once heard from a guy on Facebook that apparently had "connections" to the old bibles used for the show. He said that Tina Louise (or Ginger, the movie star) wanted out after season three. Her contract was up, and she hadn't any intention on returning. Schwartz was apparently toying with the idea of Ginger being rescued and a blonde-haired movie star replacing her in the ensemble. That screams "jumping the shark!" Thank goodness it didn't happen. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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