Thanks to the earworm that is "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island," most audiences know how Gilligan (Bob Denver) and the other castaways became stranded. Gilligan and the Skipper (Alan Hale) took five ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For a show that became such a big pop cultural hit, "Gilligan's Island" had a somewhat fraught history. For one thing, the pilot episode ...

Bob Denver played a bumbling and wholesome castaway on the hit TV show Gilligan’s Island but his real-life personality — and his marriage — was more passionate, according to his widow. “People ask me, ...