Ahoy There Maties!

Welcome to the May edition of the Gilligan's Island Fan Club. The club now 
has over 1,300 members and still growing.... worldwide! 

                          **HELP WANTED**

There have been a lot of things I've been meaning to do on the page, I just
figured that I would get around to them sooner or later. Well it's becoming
later and later, and I'm not getting anywhere. The Skipper and the Professor
are having me do all sorts of things on this island, and I barely have the
time to answer my e-mails. If any of you can help out, it would be much 
appreciated. When we get rescued, I'll have Mary Ann personally bake you one 
of her famous "Coconut Cream Pies!" This is what I need:

1) Midi songs and themes. If any of you have a midi keyboard and would like
to record some of the themes that aren't on the page yet, please send them.

2) .Wav files from the show. Any short sequences will do.

3) If there are any gamers out there, we could use some more wordsearches, 
puzzles, or anything along those lines.

4) Have you heard something that isn't on our page yet? Without the help of
our fellow fan club members, we would have never seen the Titanic comic, 
the Gilligan's Island Font and the Movie poster just to mention a few.

Any help at all would be appreciated. And now, off to the newsletter.

SIGHTINGS
Russell Johnson (Professor) will be doing a book signing May 23-24 at the 
Coliseum in St. Petersburg, Florida  (535 4th Ave). He will also be at 
Disney World on the 25th. If you're close to Florida, don't miss this!

Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) will be in Hawaii THIS SATURDAY, May 9th. Problem is 
that we don't know where in Hawaii she'll be. Keep your eyes and ears open 
and check your local newspapers and radio stations. She'll also be in 
Portland, Oregon. Again, whereabouts unknown at this time. (I can't keep up 
with Mary Ann)

A Company called Command Performance is offering a limited edition
lithograph (1,000) of the four remaining castaways signed by all four. Framed
and matted for $250. Unable to contact Command Performance (Boy, I'm full of
a bunch of 'I don't knows' in this newsletter) :-D

In "Girls Life" magazine there is a picture of Ginger (caricature).  They 
are making fun of the "Spice Girls" and Ginger is Ginger Spice. It's on the
last page of the magazine. 

Yesterday I heard Russell Johnson as "The Professor on Gilligan's Island" 
on a Seattle area AM radio station's (KIRO 710) advertisement for Alaska 
Airlines.  It is the latest in a series of very successful commercials with 
the actual mother of the president of Alaska Airlines (playing herself).  
Even the Professor can't convince this woman  that Alaska's prices really 
are as low as the cheap competitors' (she questions his judgement because 
in 33 years he couldn't get them off the island). 

Bob Denver had a garage sell April 11th in West Virginia and was selling 
some of his collectibles from the show at a charity auction. He was selling 
the items in a local WallMart in West Virginia from what we understand. Items 
for sale were shirts, hats, and a raft. (Wish I was there)

The Titanic comic is still up. You can still catch a glance at it here:
http://www.san.rr.com/gilligan/images/titanic.gif

Columbia House says that by the end of May, the next 10 tapes will be 
released. (I've heard that before)


You can still order your Dart Flip Cards at:
http://www.lookup.com/homepages/58181/dart.html
From what I'm told, they have already sold about 80 percent of the cards. If
you would like to get your hands on these rare collectors items, then order
now before it's too late! Once they're gone, they're gone forever!!!

Have you seen the new cast to the Gilligan's Island Movie? If not, go to the
top of our page and click on the button to reveal the winners of the next
box office hit! Is this for real??? (I don't think so)

Another special thankx to Ginger, (our daily trivia manager), and the 
Skipper, (our Fan Club organizer). Without these two helping me out I would
be forever stranded!

Let's CHAT! The chat room will be open this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 
the times listed below:
                        Pacific Time  = 7:00pm
                                        
                        Mountain Time = 8:00pm
                                        
                        Central Time  = 9:00pm
                                        
                        Eastern Time  = 10:00pm
                                        
http://www.lookup.com/homepages/58181/chat.html

I guess that's all for now. Off to clean the supply hut and get rid of all
those feathers I was collecting for Mr. Howell.

"Smooth Sailing"
Willy Gilligan
Gilligan's Island Fan Club
http://www.lookup.com/homepages/58181/home.html