Ahoy There Maties! This is the 73rd newsletter of the Gilligan's Island Fan Club. 2,970 members world wide and growing! Let's start this off with a BANG! What I'm about to tell you is going to be as shocking as discovering a gold mine beneath your hut! Have you ever watched the reality hit show "Survivor?" If not I'm sure you've heard about it, right? Next Entertainment is producing a show with Warner Brothers called "Gilligan's Island Survivor." The most exiting thing about it is that they need 7 people to play the castaways! They contacted me and said they would give fan club members first crack at it! If you are over 18 and are eligible then you can possibly be a part of this 4 month taping on a tropical island! Go to their casting page and let them know you are in the fan club when you send in your video. As I said, they came to us because they knew our fans loved the show and were very familiar with the characters. Here we go, and GOOD LUCK!!! http://www.telepicturestv.com/gilligancasting/ Info on the show: Gilligan's Island, the reality series, will feature a group of people who embody the essence of the characters they represent. The series will star a real-life Skipper, first mate, Millionaire couple, movie star, Kansas farm girl and Professor, who, as on the original show, will work together to try to get off the island. Episodes will be modeled after some of the situations that occurred in the original series. The creator of the original Gilligan's Island sitcom, Sherwood Schwartz, and his son, Lloyd Schwartz, will also serve as executive producers. _______________________________________________________ If you haven't received your first season dvd you're missing out. The quality and price is great and you'll get 36 episodes. Free shipping from Amazon! Go here to purchase your Gilligan's Island 1st season dvd.Great as a gift too! http://www.gilligansisle.com/dvd.html DVD Features: 36 remastered black-and-white episodes plus the "lost pilot" episode Rare pilot episode with commentary by creator Sherwood Schwartz Tropical Trivia Tidbits Gilligan's Island Survival Guide Before the 3 Hour Tour - profiles on your favorite castaways Number of discs: 3 If we buy enough they will release the 2nd season. Denny Miller (Tongo and the surfer) is thee Captain Gorton on those delicious frozen seafood boxes and packages. Look in your refrigerator and you'll probably see Denny in the corner of the packaging. Our favorite is the popcorn shrimp. They are usually on sale and the kids love them! Even the picky eaters love them! Denny wouldn't endorse just any 'ol product, he looks for quality. They are easy to fix (just heat 'em up). I was talking to Denny and he said that he had 5 boxes of the popcorn shrimp and that's a good taste test for him. This company also sells Grilled Fillets with garlic butter, Grilled Fillets with Lemon Pepper and Grilled Salmon with Lemon butter. Who's getting hungry? I am!!! Here's their web site. You'll recognize it I'm sure: http://www.gortons.com Denny talks about appearing twice on Gilligan's Island: "The success of the show is remarkable. It's such an honor to be a small part of it. I've had the opportunity to play the role of Tarzan and be in a #1 western, wagon train, for over 100 episodes and I still get more praise, more recognition from having been in two episodes of Gilligan's Island than all 236 tv shows and over 200 Commercials I've appeared in." A lot of people have asked about a Gilligan's Island Karaoke Theme. We finally got it! Check it out and have a blast at your next GI party! http://www.gilligansisle.com/sounds.html Hey, this is something we haven't done in a while. Let's CHAT! Just come here on Saturday night: http://www.gilligansisle.com/chat.html Just enter a name, and hit "enter without password" if it asks. That's all for now. Get your tapes in and hopefully we'll see you on the big tube!!! Willy Gilligan President/Webmaster Official Gilligan's Island Fan Club http://www.gilligansisle.com