Ahoy There Folks! Welcome to the July edition of the Gilligan's Island Fan Club! The year is half over (already?) and we've seen some interesting Gilligan's Island news. I been busy on the island lately because the Professor just upgraded our computer. That's right! We have gone from a 286 computer to a whopping Pentium 5, 4000! The speed is remarkable! We are utilizing the help of our local Watubi Tribe to generate better electricity by splashing around in the lagoon. As hundreds of these natives splash around, the Professor ties a conductive wire around their left foot. Hundreds of these wires are then tied into our new computer supplying us with about 160,000 volts into the computer's main power supply! Man does this thing scream! You may ask where we got this new computer from? A crate was found in the lagoon (figures) marked "Time Warner/AOL Top Secret Millennium Computer." Are we lucky or what! Now we're just a couple of clicks away from coming home! We'll see you on the mainland soon! Did you get a chance to see the filming of the new television movie? If you missed it (like I did) then you're probably as bummed as I am! From what I understand it was a real blast! Our fan club member Brandy was nice enough to take pictures and give us a little write-up about the event. You can see what you missed at her website here at http://www.geocities.com/bmovieproductions/gilligan.html Still not sure when this show will air on TV, but when we find out, you'll be the first one to know. The Official Gilligan's Island Musical is still planning to take off in August at Thousand Oaks, California. More info as that develops. We currently have over 2,300 members in the fan club. Unfortunately this may be the last newsletter you ever get. Our mailing list is currently hosted by Listbot.com and they have informed us that they won't be allowing any more free mailing lists. Being that we don't have any money on the island, and that the Howell's are too cheap, we need to search elsewhere for a good, free mailing list server. Are there any of you out there that know of the best, free mailing list server we can use to stick our 2,300 members on? We know of a few but don't have the time for trial and error at this point. If you are using one now and you like it, please let us know! OK, now. How do I put this? Some of you may be disappointed about this. Well... This fan club is an official site, and it is registered as such. We are NOT the real actors or do we pretend to be. We are the fictional characters on the show and are playing the role of the character's on the island. We are having a lot of fun here, and we believe by portraying these roles gives the web site a little more character than the normal fan club sites. Believe it or not, I am not the real Bob Denver, I am just Gilligan. We do however keep in touch with the actor's and actresses from the show. Hope this doesn't disappoint too many people here. We do have links the REAL actor's on site if you ever want to visit them. They are all maintained by Bob's wife Dreama. She does an excellent job on these sites, and she really is quite a nice gal! October will be here before you know it, and you know what that means! Plenty of you good people will be frantically looking for a Gilligan shirt at the last minute. We have found them for you. These are a little pricey, but you will have this shirt for the rest of your life! It is virtually indestructible! It's a rugby shirt and it looks exactly like the one Gilligan wore! It's a little thicker than most shirts, and it should keep you nice and warm on Halloween night! If you mention the fan club, you will even get a 20% discount. It's worth it, really! You'll never need another one again, unless you lose it! http://www.gilligansisle.com/shirt.html And here's the latest on cable TV: "Take Her, She's Mine" starring James Stewart, Sandra Dee and Bob Denver. An overprotective father has many problems coping with his free-spirited teen-age daughter. Sat Jul 14 04:01P FMC- Fox Movie Channel Sun Jul 15 06:01A FMC- Fox Movie Channel Sun Jul 29 04:01P FMC- Fox Movie Channel Mon Jul 30 06:31A FMC- Fox Movie Channel Truth Behind the Sitcoms 2 The cast members of ``Diff'rent Strokes'' and ``Gilligan's Island'' tell revealing stories about their popular television series. With Todd Bridges, Gary Coleman, Bob Denver, Russell Johnson, Tina Louise, Dawn Wells and Sherwood Schwartz. Thu Jul 5 10:00P FXE- The Fx Channel Let's all CHAT! This Saturday night we'll see you in our chat room. If you get stuck at home, then just log in, no password required. Have a blast! http://www.gilligansisle.com/chat.html Well, looks like that's it for now! For the 4th of July we are going to throw plates! Yep, we still have some left over plastic explosive plates made by Mary Ann a while ago, and it's time to put them to good use! After the fireworks, we'll settle down for a nice bowl of seaweed soup! Could life get any better? I think not! "Smooth Sailing" Willy Gilligan Webmaster/President Official Gilligan's Island Fan Club http://www.gilligansisle.com