Gilligan's Island as an R teaching tool "You must be one of those silly doctors that voted

[jtuck004]

for Medicare". Ms. Howell.

An episode where they happened upon an evil mansion...

Huh. Gotta start teaching them young...wonder how many baby boomers heard that one, uncritically and during entertainment?

[treestar]

1. but they were known elitists

everything they said went through that lens!

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3. Good response.

It was obvious to me at the age of fourteen that this was just intended to mock the sense of entitlement of the extremely wealthy.

I'm still trying to figure out why nearly everyone brought so many changes of clothes for a three-hour tour.

[jberryhill]

2. The Howell's attitudes were not sympathetically positioned

While an overall dreadful program, the Howell's classism was an object of ridicule.

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4. One of the worst sitcoms ever.

Genius brain-worm theme song, however.

[jberryhill]

9. The lyrics work with Stairway to Heaven

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Proof of satanic something or other I'm sure

[bvf]

11. Well, that is really fucked up

and hilarious at the same time.

[pintobean]

5. That episode was so wrong on many levels.

[PCIntern]

6. Bookmarked for further review!. nt

[jberryhill]

10. Gag Agains Island...

From a Bob Denver appearance on Howard Stern...

https://m.

[jtuck004]

13. Normalized pictures of bondage, just fun and games.

But kids just learned to be bigots and racists and people who assault others on the college bus while they were going to a game, right?

Surely this had no bearing...

[pintobean]

14. Alrighty then.

[frogmarch]

7. The Howells were a joke and

not to be admired or taken seriously.

Speaking of Gilligan's Island, “The Professor” (Russell Johnson) was at the 1996 MST3K convention and gave a talk. He was great – very personable and also a master of tongue-in-cheek sarcasm. He was much loved by all there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Johnson

Johnson entertained fans at the 1996 MST3K Conventio-Con-Expo-Fest-a-Rama 2: Electric Boogaloo on the "Celebrity Panel". Johnson was invited for his role in the movie-within-a-movie of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, This Island Earth, but spent most of the time answering questions about his Gilligan's Island days. He shared an amusing anecdote:

“I was at a speaking engagement for MIT ... and I said ... the Professor has all sorts of degrees, including one from this very institution [MIT]! And that's why I can make a radio out of a coconut, and not fix a hole in a boat!

—Russell Johnson

He died in 2014.

[jtuck004]

12. Tens of millions of kids were told to sit and listen to these people because mom and dad

or mom or dad, or whomever, was too busy. They were, and still are, shaped by them, whether anyone likes it or not. Ask any of that generation to sing the theme song. Maybe while they are at their teaparty convention. Or...

People decide for themselves whom to admire or take seriously. One can attempt to influence them, but they aren't usually as influential as they think.

Ask anyone in the business of trying to find influencers. Plenty looking, especially in politics. Or parents of teenagers...

Entertainment...branding...politics.

[alphafemale]

8. I always wondered why the Howells were slumming with tourists. lol

After all.

Just parkin' my boat here in my boat.