Gilligan's Island: The Complete Series Collection [DVD]

This show could have easily been forgotten but now it's impossible because of the great cast this show had. Gilligan (Bob Denver) and the Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.) were terrific at slap stick comedy. And then there are the sophisticated millionaires Thurston Howell the third (Jim Backus) and his wife "Lovey", (Natalie Schafer) and there also is the movie star Ginger. (Tina Louise) And for some strange reason Russell Johnson (the Professor) and Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) aren't credited in the first season but they have just as big a role as any other character. So as you can see there's something for everyone in this show, and the cast all did an extraordinary job at making their characters so beloved.If you don't know the plot of this show I don't know where you've been because this has been one of the most re-run shows of all time, so even though I was born in 1995 I watched many episodes. It's a shame this show only lasted three seasons and it didn't get canceled because it wasn't popular, it was very successful but for some crazy reason it was cancelled for re-runs of Gunsmoke. But fortunately we now have the entire first season on DVD for us to enjoy from now on. When I watch Gilligan's Island I think for some stupid reason they will get off the island even though I knew they wouldn't (oops! I spoiled the show, I'm so sorry) so it just never got tiresome watching them almost get back to society only for their hopes and dreams to be dashed by Gilligan's blunders. I also love this show for the cheesy inventions created by the Professor, like the shell phone (I don't remember which season this episode is from) and not just inventions, they always have everything they need, an endless amount of clothes, makeup, and an endless amount of guest stars. : )I don't recall any episodes being edited and the bonus features are decent, so there is good incentive to buy this set. Also included with this set is the series pilot. The theme song is way different than the one we all grew up with but it's enjoyable to listen to for one episode. And the pilot also has a commentary with the creator of Gilligan's Island Sherwood Schwartz, he makes interesting commentaries and I would recommend listening to them. There also is a short feature about how the series was created. Oh, two other small bonus features are a Gilligan's Island survival guide and tropical tidbits. (On-screen factoids)Now I know everybody's got their own favorite episode, but I'd like to chime in and tell you mine. I love both of the episodes when Hans Conried guest stars as Wrongway Feldman. "President Gilligan" is another great episode. The Skipper and Mr. Howell both want to be in charge of the island, so they decide to have an election and by the title of the episode, I think you know who gets elected. There are just so many outlandish plots, so it's hard to choose which ones my favorite, and it's pretty hard to watch just one episode at a time, but those are just some of my favorite episodes. Well, now that I've discussed my favorites, I'll list the episode descriptions for season one.Two on a Raft - Airdate: 9/26/1964 - The Skipper and Gilligan sail for help on a raft, only to wind up back on the same island.Home Sweet Hut - Airdate: 10/3/1964 - The castaways build a hut for all, but tensions mount and soon they all build their own huts.Voodoo Something for Me - Airdate: 10/10/1964 - Skipper believes the island is under the spell of Voodoo and that Gilligan has been turned into a chimp.Goodnight Sweet Skipper - Airdate: 10/17/1964 - Skipper turns the radio into a transmitter. The catch is that he can only do it when he sleepwalks.Wrongway Feldman - Airdate: 10/24/1964 - Famed aviator Wrongway Feldman is discovered living on the island. The castaways try and help him fix his plane so he can fly for help.President Gilligan - Airdate: 10/31/1964 - When Mr. Howell and the Skipper square off over who is in charge, the castaways decide they need to elect a leader.The Sound of Quacking - Airdate: 11/7/1964 - A duck lands on the island. Everyone wants to eat the duck because food is scarce, but Gilligan is determined to protect the duck.Goodbye Island - Airdate: 11/21/1964 - Gilligan discovers the perfect, permanent glue to fix the boat while he was trying to make pancake syrup.The Big Gold Strike - Airdate: 11/28/1964 - Mr. Howell discovers a gold mine on the island. Soon everyone has gold fever.Waiting for Watubi - Airdate: 12/5/1964 - Skipper finds a Tiki idol, a small statue of Kona, the god of evil. Skipper believes he is cursed. Only a visit from Watubi can lift the spell.Angel on the Island - Airdate: 12/12/1964 - Mr. Howell agrees to back Ginger's off-Broadway, on-island play. However, his wife soon believes that she should be the star of her husband's play.Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk - Airdate: 12/19/1964 - It's the first Christmas on the island and the castaways remember their first days on the island. Soon Santa visits to remind them of what they have to be thankful for.Three Million Dollars More or Less - Airdate: 12/26/1964 - Gilligan wins $3 million from Mr. Howell in a putting contest.Water, Water Everywhere - Airdate: 1/2/1965 - Drinking water is suddenly scarce. But a frog comes to the rescue.So Sorry, My Island Now - Airdate: 1/9/1965 - A Japanese sailor captures the castaways.Plant You Now, Dig You Later - Airdate: 1/16/1965 - Gilligan uncovers a treasure chest while digging for Mr. Howell. A court is held, with the professor as the judge to decide rightful ownership.Little Island, Big Gun - Airdate: 1/23/1965 - Trying to evade the police after a heist, a gangster is dropped off on the island, planning to hide out for a while. When he discovers that the island is occupied, he poses as a doctor.X Marks the Spot - Airdate: 1/20/1965 - The Island is the target of new Air Force missile. But it doesn't explode when it lands. Now Gilligan must defuse it.Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy - Airdate: 2/6/1965 - A jungle boy learns language and manners from the women and in return he shows them helium like gas which could be used to rescue the castaways off the Island.St. Gilligan and the Dragon - Airdate: 2/13/1965 - The women tire of being held subservient to the men and decide to separate and build their own camp.Big Men on a Little Stick - Airdate: 2/20/1965 - Super Surfer Duke Williams rides a tsunami onto the island.Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend - Airdate: 2/27/1965 - A gorilla is loose on the island, and he likes Mrs. Howell's perfume.How to Be a Hero - Airdate: 3/6/1965 - Gilligan has to be rescued while he is rescuing Mary Ann. This failure leaves him feeling down in the dumps so the other castaways devise ways to try to make him feel like a hero.The Return of Wrongway Feldman - Airdate: 3/13/1965 - Wrongway is back, this time trying to escape the hustle and bustle of the modern world. So now the castaways must convince him that civilization is better than life on the island.The Matchmaker - Airdate: 3/20/1965 - Mrs. Howell is determined to be a matchmaker and set up Gilligan and Mary Ann.Music Hath Charms - Airdate: 3/27/1965 - Mrs. Howell wants to civilize the island with an orchestra. But the sounds attract the wrong kind of audience.New Neighbor Sam - Airdate: 4/3/1965 - The castaways are hearing voices of gangsters but they don't know who they are.They're Off and Running - Airdate: 4/10/1965 - The Skipper loses Gilligan to Mr. Howell wagering on turtle races.Three to Get Ready - Airdate: 4/17/1965 - Gilligan finds a lucky stone, "The Eye of the Idol", that entitles him to three wishes before the end of the day.Forget Me Not - Airdate: 4/24/1965 - The Skipper has amnesia and the Professor resorts to hypnosis to cure him. However, this causes more problems than it solves.Diagnoses, Won't You Please Go Home - Airdate: 5/1/1965 - Everyone remembers the day the Japanese sailor came differently. Gilligan is keeping a diary, and everyone wants to know what he has to say.Physical Fatness - Airdate: 5/8/1965 - Gilligan helps the Skipper lose enough weight to get back into the navy once they are rescued. And they all help Gilligan gain weight so he too can return to navy life.It's Magic - Airdate: 5/15/1965 - A magician's trunk washes ashore and the castaways learn tricks to scare away natives.Goodbye Old Paint - Airdate: 5/22/1965 - Dubov, a reclusive artist, visits the island. Now the castaways must convince him to return to civilization.My Fair Gilligan - Airdate: 6/5/1965 - Gilligan saves Mrs. Howell's life and the Howells decide to adopt him.A Nose by Any Other Name - Airdate: 6/12/1965 - Gilligan's nose swells and his ego fades after he falls out of a coconut tree. He insists that the professor perform plastic surgery on his now deformed nose.So while yet the extras for this set aren't incredible there decent enough along with the thirty six re-mastered episodes to make Gilligan's Island season one a very good buy.

I love the way the DVDs are packaged! Great quality picture also.

Good picture and sound...

My younger sisters been a fan of this show forever, got her this as a gift and she was supper excited. My mother and I have bet she is gonnna make her boyfriend rewatch every episode with her.

Always wanted all the episodes I cant wait to watch them. They cam nice no dents or ding in the case. I'm very pleased 😀

Item is listed as repackage. I don't know what that is, but this DVD set of Gilligan's Island is brand new. Sealed in shrink wrap,, just like I got it off the store shelf

Great price

Most of the disc will not even load. The ones that will load are corrupt and freeze up, except for the first disc which only has one episode on it. Will be returning. I troubleshooting my DVD player with other discs and they work just fine.

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The series was received new. Ordered on a Saturday and received on the following Tuesday. Excellent delivery time.

From the moment Gilligan’s Island aired on television, the stories of the S.S. Minnow castaways became part of modern folklore. One without an audience to react at the jokes, but a laugh track to back up the scenes. And of its cast, seven people. Castaways who left Hawaii on a three hour tour that turned sour as a sea storm surprised them and stranded them on an uncharted desert island. Miles away from civilisation, relying only on themselves to survive. Of them, the group includes a Captain called The Skipper, a First Mate called Gilligan, a millionaire couple called the Howells (Thurston and Lovey), a Hollywood star called Ginger, a farm girl called Mary Ann, and a Scientist whom we will know as The Professor. Seven characters whose presence on TV would revolutionise television and pop culture.Indeed, unlike conventional TV shows that relied on classical settings that defined the American Dream (ex: perfect suburb, united family, product placement, well fashioned and well mannered people, etc.), Gilligan’s Island was a show that occurred on a wild setting; a desert island cut off from modern civilisation. Not only that, most of the stories did not rely on classical story situations, but instead on the strength and interactions of its main casts and their characters as they uncover the secrets and surprises of the island they live in. And as Sherwood Schwartz said, Gilligan’s Island was a microcosm that could present the society codes between different groups of people and how each tried to interact with another, especially when caught in a survival situation. It broke away prejudices and showed society layers different from the relentless television codes that focused on silly stereotypes instead of presenting real people.Now of course, the show was not a realistic series. Indeed, some plots relied on over the top situations (ex: monsters on an island). But others occurred within more earth-grounded realities (ex: straining relationships between the castaways). And these latter ones are what makes the show a memorable adventure. A chance to see people uniting together in circumstances where in the real world they would never have the chance to do so because of their society codes.Of the cast, this is where everybody was perfectly chosen. For each character, the right actor to help them portray Gilligan and his friends as they should be. Especially Bob Denver, whose Gilligan had the right sympathy, kindness and naivety to make him likeable and not a pain in the ass as others might have done so for the role. And the same praises go as well for Dawn Wells as the friendly Mary Anne, Jim Backus and Nathalie Schaeffer as the ingenuous Howells (my dad had a lot of fondness for Schaefer’ Lovey), Tina Louise as the Hollywood actress Ginger, Russell Johnson as the wise Skipper, and Alan Hale Jr as the imposing but adorable Skipper. Each of these actors gave enough good qualities for them so that the public could appreciate them. And it is wonderful that on several episodes, Gilligan wasn’t the central point, but the other cast members instead. Thanks to that, it gave everyone a chance to shine and for their characters to present more of themselves. Something that is so refreshing and which other shows didn’t had that chance as shows like Star Trek fell victims to the narcissism of their main stars (ex: read George Takei, Jimmy Dohan, and Nichell Nichols biographies to know about William Shatner’s antics). And guest stars like Kurt Russell, Denny Scott Miller, and Zsa Zsa Gabor were some of the actors/actresses who participated in Gilligan’s Island. Some of them going back twice like Miller did as a surfer, then as a Tarzan man.Although one sad thing about the show is how Tina Louise, the actress who played Ginger, did not appreciate the adventure and resented being cast on a comedy due to some individuals’ promises that she would be the big star; and so she alienated herself from the cast, even getting into spats with Bob Denver who disliked her “dramatic movie star” antics. Infos that Sherwood Schwartz and the cast spoke in documentaries and interviews.And regarding this behaviour from Tina Louise, it is sad that she reacted that way. Indeed, had she enjoyed the adventure Gilligan’s Island gave her, she would have realised how her work gave her a posterity, but also helped many viewers and uplifted them, which is what happened when a fan told Louise how her performance helped her husband as he was gravely ill. And incident Schwartz recounted as well in his 2011 book Inside Gilligan’s Island.Fortunately, this behind the scenes situation did not affect the final product and everyone was professional enough to work their episodes in a superb way.But if there is one Behind The Scenes situation that did not help, it was the hostile attitude the CBS executives had over the show. As Gilligan’s Island was a first of its kind, a show set on an uncharted island, they dismissed it as childish entertainment, as the Gilligisation of television. A reflection that is offensive considering that people of all ages enjoyed the show. Which is something the critics never appreciated. And in Schwartz’s book, the San Francisco Chronicle critic Terrence O’ Flaherty despised the show so much he trashed the show even though he only based his opinion on the first five minutes he watched of the pilot. Even going as far as to call it a show not written by adults. In sum, the kind of childish critic that speaks more about the critic than the show himself.So although the show had great praises from the public, CBS and those critics never changed their position and they kept hating the show. Then when the Gunsmoke show got itself cancelled, the CBS owner was angry that he asked for the western to be reinstated since his family loved it. But to do that, he had to cancel another show and so he decided to stop Gilligan’s Island. Which explains why the show was cancelled after its third season for no reason and didn’t get to do its fourth year as the show expected to do. Never allowing the cast to say goodbye to each other, never giving Gilligan and his friends the chance to leave the island. Until the 1970s tv movies gave such conclusion.Thankfully, the reruns of the show enhanced the popularity of the show, making it unforgettable to pop culture and immortalising it among the hallmarks of high-quality television. And when you see the big names who got to work on the series (ex: Richard Donner, Alan Hale Jr., etc.), it is nice to see many of them embracing the success and adventures of the S.S Minnow Crew. Though it is sad that the actors never got to collect much residuals from the reruns. Had they gotten such rewards, then I guess they would have gotten a financial security that could have helped them as some of them were typecasted into their roles.And as for the contrasting reactions between the public and the TV executives/critics, the success of Gilligan’s Island is another proof of how TV Higher powers and pseudo critics are disconnected from the real world and their interests. Especially when the show was released during the Cold War media frenzy and gave to viewers a breath of fresh air, but also of self-critic over their social codes.In sum, Gilligan’s Island remains one of the best programs of American television ever. One that encouraged the production of shows set on a remote Island like Lost.

Great to be able to watch our favourite shows from way back