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Tuesday Jun 30 | Variety

Classic TV gets porn parody treatment

There's an old adage that the Internet boom was driven by "Star Trek" and porn. Just imagine the possibilities, then, from simultaneously delivering "Star Trek" with porn.

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Related Topix: Star Trek, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Television, Comedy, Drama, Pop/Rock, The Partridge Family

Mon Jun 08, 2009

SFGate

'Gilligan Robber' sentenced for holdups, killing

Robert Lomas, 53, had faced as much as 19 years in prison for the robberies and a voluntary manslaughter conviction for killing his 50-year-old wife, Linda, said Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County's chief deputy district attorney.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Redwood City, CA, State Prisons, Prison, San Mateo County, CA

Thu May 21, 2009

Hoops and Other Pop Culture

ABC Cancels "According to Jim" and "Samantha Who?"

According to Jim was still on the air!?!?!? Say what you want about the show, it averaged 10MM viewers per week for 4 straight years depsite almost never having any noticeable story line.

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Related Topix: Samantha Who?, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, According to Jim

Tue May 19, 2009

John Quiggin

Spot day

My introduction to futures markets came in a 1960s TV show called Dobie Gillis , most notable for the 'beatnik' character of Maynard G. Krebs, played by Bob Denver, later the eponymous Gilligan of Gilligan's Island*. In one episode, Dobie's high school class was assigned to do a fantasy investment exercise, and Dobie along with a cute & smart ...

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Bob Denver

Thu May 07, 2009

News Journal

'Gilligan's Island' musical starts Friday at Mansfield Playhouse

MANSFIELD -- Local castaways hope to have audiences rolling this weekend with their rendition of 'Gilligan's Island: The Musical.' 'I think people will love it.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Mansfield Metro, Mansfield, OH

Thu Apr 30, 2009

KMPH-TV Fresno

"Mary Ann" From Gilligan's Island Stops By The Great Day Studios

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Wed Apr 29, 2009

Paper Magazine

David Hershkovits Is All About a Four-Day Workweek.

You may recall Bob Denver as Gilligan from Gilligan's Island -- older folks and TV sitcom students will also remember him from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis , on which Denver played a beatnik character named Maynard G. Krebs, the fifth wheel in a storyline that featured Dwayne Hickman as Dobie and Tuesday Weld as the unattainable Thalia.

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Related Topix: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Children TV, Entertainment, Television, Comedy, Bob Denver, Dwayne Hickman, Tuesday Weld

Thu Apr 23, 2009

Chicagosuburbannews.com

Michelle Teheux: Another episode of 'Blagilligan's Island'

Terrible news out of Chicago this week - thanks to a mean judge, our former governor will not be transported to Costa Rica to tape the reality show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" I was planning do some writing for the show, and now all my hopes are dashed.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, World News, Central America, Game Show, Survivor, Reality TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy, MacGyver, Action TV, Opinion

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

'Gilligan' comes to Lakeshore

"Gilligan's Island" made its television debut in the 1960s, decades before New York City actor Ryan Bates was born.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Manitowoc, WI, Bob Denver, Theater

Tue Apr 21, 2009

Telegraph Herald

A Guide to Gilligan

Ryan Bates plays the title role in the touring production of "Gilligan's Island." The musical was written by Sherwood Schwartz.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, University of Wisconsin Platteville, Platteville, WI

Fri Apr 17, 2009

SanLuisObispo.com

Music: 'Gilligan's Island' comes to Clark Center

"The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" has been touted as the No. 1 TV theme song of all time, so turning "Gilligan's Island" into a stage musical seemed like a good idea to Sherwood Schwartz, writer of the long-running sitcom about a group of very different people stranded on a desert island.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, New York Metro

Thu Apr 16, 2009

RecordNET

Modern island life

Lloyd J. Schwartz isn't leaving "Gilligan's Island: The Musical" stranded back in 1963.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Theater, Arts, Drama, Tracy, CA, Los Angeles, CA

Tue Apr 14, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

'Gilligan Robber' convicted of killing wife

Robert Lomas, 53, faces up to 19 years in prison for the robberies and for killing his 50-year-old wife, Linda, said Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County's chief deputy district attorney.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Redwood City, CA, San Mateo County, CA

Mon Apr 13, 2009

Associated Content

Top 3 TV Land Award Winners for Pop Culture in Television History

My top 3 TV Land Award Winners for Pop Culture in television history include a dance program that I used to stay up and watch as a kid.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Tue Apr 07, 2009

Batman movie earning money at record ...

Gilligan's gal writes children's book

Tina Louise has finally found a place where no one calls her Ginger. Louise has been a volunteer reading tutor in New York City since 1995.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Tina Louise, Colorado

Sat Apr 04, 2009

MyMac.com

What geeky thing would you most like to have?

If you're like most aging baby boomers , you have probably been engaged in a lunchtime conversation where the question 'Ginger, or Mary Ann?' has come up.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Tina Louise, Dawn Wells, Drama, Science Fiction TV

Thu Apr 02, 2009

Fox News

Bottom 10 Finales

Battlestar Galactica. Aired: March 20, 2009 "Daybreak, Part 2." Four seasons of high adventure on the high space seas led to Capricans' "discovering" a lightly-populated earth from a few hundred thousand years ago, and becoming the Missing Link? Okay, that almost makes sense.

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Related Topix: Battlestar Galactica, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Television, Drama, Comedy

Thu Mar 26, 2009

RGJ.com

'Gilligan's Island' TV star, district create film festival

Dawn Wells is arguably the best known film and television personality ever to come from Reno.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards, Dawn Wells, Reno, NV, Education Etc., Family, Kids

Fri Mar 20, 2009

CourierPostOnline

`Gilligan's Island' movie star visits N.J. school

Perhaps the movie star learned something from the millionaire on "Gilligan's Island." Actress Tina Louise, who played the role of "Ginger" on the TV series told students at a South Plainfield elementary school that it's not how much money she made, but how much money she saved that's important.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Tina Louise, South Plainfield, NJ

Thu Mar 19, 2009

Central Jersey

Tina Louise gives a lesson in literacy at South Plainfield school

An actress famous for playing a woman stranded on an island told students yesterday about the adventures they can find reading books.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Tina Louise, South Plainfield, NJ

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