Gilligan's Island - The Complete First Season | 
| Directors: Abner Biberman, Ida Lupino, Jerry Hopper, Stanley Z. Cherry, George Cahan
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  97 reviews
Sales Rank: 1032
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Black & White, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Published)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 916
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.7 x 1
MPN: TRNDT6734D
ISBN: 078064588X
UPC: 053939673425
EAN: 9780780645882
ASIN: B0000WN1WW
Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 1964
Release Date: February 3, 2004
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Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: 02/03/2004 Run time: 916 minutes Rating: Nr
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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
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 Welcome Home October 3, 2008
Gilligan's Island was a fun show to watch with strange events for the people trapped on an Island. If you catch an episode on television it is alway a good half hour of fun.
All the charactors try to maintain there normal lives in a situation that is not quite normal. Of course the Professor (Russell Johnson) tries his best to create things to keep things like home with a proper dose of measured seriousness, and to get them home, but it is not quite home if you are millionaires (the Howells, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer ) or a movie star (Ginger Grant ,Tina Louise ) who always provided many laughs because of trying to maintain what they were.
Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) and the Skipper (Alan Hale) seemed to be the most grounded and of course Gilligan (Bob Denver) with his uncanny ability to thwart attempts to get off the island.
This collection and bonus material brings the entire first season to life and provides insights to the show.
Definate DVD to purchase if you like the older classic shows or Gilligan's Island.
 Gilligan's Island the complete first season September 15, 2008
My grand daughter enjoyed how the shipwreck happened but was not interested anymore of the black and white episodes. I have to admit, after being spoiled with color, that the ones in black and white were not as enjoyable as the ones in color.
Wonderful Show August 29, 2008
I used to watch Gilligan all the time as a child. I was excited to see it released onto DVD. I had never seen any of the Black and White episodes before so season one was a pleasant surprise. The DVD's are double sided and hold a lot of episodes for the price. I think it is great that these older shows are being brought back on DVD so we can see all the episodes- and the lack of commercials only makes it sweeter.
If you liked the show, I highly recommend getting the DVD. Gilligan and the other castaways are very funny. This is much better quality TV than what we are forced to watch on prime time (with 20 minutes of commercial interruptions)!!
Memories... June 9, 2008
I have these episodes memorized.
The kids love it. I can't stand too many episodes at once, but an occassional one makes me laugh or smile.
First season was definately the best. I wish they would colorize them. Isn't this 2008?
If you loved Gilligan's Island, get this set! May 8, 2008
As a kid, I loved to watch reruns after school each day of Gilligan's Island. Oh how I wished I could visit with the characters and live in the huts with cool acessories made of bamboo and coconuts! I bought this set (and the other seasons) to bring back those good memories and share them with my daughter. She loves the show and we watch two episodes together at a time. The humor is a welcome relief from the sarcasm, potty-humor, and sexual content that dominates so much of television today. Today's kids still laugh at Gilligan and Skipper being stuck to the side of the Minnow, the duck that won't fly, Wrong Way Feldman, etc.
The pilot episode is a hoot to watch (I am so glad that they changed to the Professor, Mary Ann and Ginger), and the commentary by Sherwood Schwartz is a treasure trove of information.
This is a must-have for anyone who wished that they could be one of the cast-a-ways "here on Gilligan's Isle!"
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