Ahoy There Maties! QUOTE OF THE MONTH: Mr. Howell: Lovey, there's only one way to protect our interests. I will have to go along on the raft. Gilligan, bring my luggage. Gilligan: Yes sir. Skipper: Never mind Gilligan! Just keep loading the supplies on board. Gilligan: Yes sir. Skipper: Mr. Howell, you don't know what it's like out there on the ocean. You may be bitten by a shark! Mr. Howell: A shark bite a Howell!? He wouldn't dare! Skipper: Well besides, we haven't got room enough for your luggage! Mr. Howell: Oh well that's different. If I can't go first class, I won't go at all! [Editor Note: hehehe, Thurston is wonderful, isn't he?] Welcome to Newsletter #66 of the Official Gilligan's Island Fan Club. This site gets 12,000 hits per week. 3,000 + members world wide. The Gilligan's Island Musical is back! This time it will be performed in lovely Hickville, Ohio. We will be sending our Ohio Promoter there to write us a review. Here's the info: The Village Players of Hicksville, Ohio Proudly Presents "Gilligan's Island, The Musical" August 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 & 24 At The Huber Opera House & Civic Center Hicksville, Ohio For more information magicjay@mchsi.com Not enough Gilligan's Island for you? Then here's some more. Another Gilligan's Island Musical is coming to Alabama, put together by our very own Alabama Promoter Franklin Thompson! Through special arrangement with Lloyd Schwartz and Redwood Productions, CenterStage Productions, a community theatre in Birmingham AL, will be presenting the non-professional premiere of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND: THE MUSICAL in October, at the historic Virginia Samford Theatre. Our production will strive to offer the finest production yet of this wonderful musical...we are REALLY excited about it! Our cast is as follows: GILLIGAN............Jake Bridges THE SKIPPER.....Mike Bridges THURSTON HOWELL III........Frank Thompson MRS. LOVEY HOWELL..........Dianne Daniels GINGER..................Kimberly Kirklin THE PROFESSOR.........Jonathan Goldstein MARY ANN..................Kim Dometrovich "SPECIAL GUEST STAR".....Ron Dometrovich Thursday, October 9: 7:30pm Friday, October 10: 7:30pm Saturday October 11: 2:30pm OR 7:30pm (TBA) (1 performance) Thursday, October 16: 7:30pm Friday, October 17: 7:30pm Saturday, October 18: 2:30pm AND 7:30pm (2 performances) One particularly exciting fact about our production is that it features a "real life" father and son, Mike & Jake Bridges, and a "real life" husband and wife, Ron & Kim Dometrovich. For more info on our company, visit www.centerstage-productions.org It would be really great if some "GI" fans could come to Alabama this fall to see the show! centrestage@webtv.net (Franklin Thompson) Alabama promoter Birmingham, AL Bobbin' Head News: It seems that some people thought they were getting the short end of the stick when they ordered the Bobbin' Heads through a company called "Toy Wiz." Here is an update on one members purchase. I received my Skipper and Gilligan headknockers from Toywiz. They are actually a very fine company, and to be fair to them, I thought that I would send you this email. They had written to me and stated: "We do apologize for the delay in shipping, as our shipments of the Gilligan and Skipper headknockers were consistently messed up by NECA. (We ordered Gilligans and they kept sending Skippers, etc.) (Also, they supplied a telephone number for anyone having similar problems) If you ever need to get in touch with us, call toll-free at (877) 451-2597 and anyone here (at Toywiz) will be happy to help you." Please retract any previous negative opinions on my part. Toywiz has redeemed itself fully. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Bill Montague www.ClassicTVShop.com informs us that they have PLENTY of the heads in stock and are ready to ship. This site is wonderful and has a ton of products to choose from. You have to see it to believe it. Please go to http://www.classictvshop.com/ and stock up on your collectibles. This site is the perfect place to go for birthday and Christmas gifts!!! National Public Radio & Associated Press announced early this week that Tina Louise is finally cashing in on her Ginger Grant fame from Gilligan's Island. Tina has agreed to lend her voice to a new Gilligan's Island Slot Machine for Casinos all around. This will mark the first time since 1967 (when the original run of Gilligan's Island ended) that Tina Louise will portray Ginger Grant again. No official word yet if Bob Denver, Russell Johnson & Dawn Wells will be involved. This is very exciting news for all Classic TV Fans. Already in casinos are slot machines on other popular classic shows such as The Beverly Hillbillies, The Addams Family, The Munsters & I Dream Of Jeannie & all those slot machines feature the actual voices of the original stars. Tina Louise's daughter Caprice is a very busy woman these days. She founded her own record label, wrote and produced for MTV, currently writes feature films, and now has created her own jewelry line aptly called, "Caprice". She is also including a 10% discount to everybody that mentions that they receive the Gilligan's Island newsletter. Here's her site: http://www.capricejewelry.com Still trying to get Columbiahouse to release a DVD of the Gilligan's Island series but we can't do it without your help. Please e-mail Columbiahouse at video@columbiahouse.com and bug the heck out of them. Please have your friends and relatives do the same. It doesn't have to be a long message, just something to tell them that they should release the series on DVD. There is another way to get Gilligan's Island on DVD. This site is checked regularly and if enough interest is shown, a DVD series is made. Please visit this site and vote for Gilligan's Island. If we all do this, hopefully we'll see Gilligan's Island on DVD in the near future. Please vote for the Season Set. You have to register, but it's real easy. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com If any of you have kept track of all of the newsletters I've sent out then maybe you could help. I can't seem to locate the 1998 April edition of the Gilligan's Island Fan Club newsletter. If you have that please send it to me. If you have anything from 1997 send that to me as well. We've started up an archive section and I'm trying to get everything on it. http://www.gilligansisle.com/archive.html Any more Flash programmers out there? We have 2 great openings on our main page, and we would like to add some more. If you are a Flash programmer, please show us what you've got. We would love to put your Gilligan's Island Flash on our intro page as well. Check out our current intro's , they are great! http://www.gilligansisle.com We would like to thank fan club members Peter Petrucci, Bill Montague, Franklin Thompson, Caprice and Arnold Schwarzenegger for their newsletter contributions. That's all for now, I have to get ready for a beauty pageant tonight. Everybody elected me to judge the contest! Why do I always get picked on? Yuck? Willy Gilligan President/Webmaster Official Gilligan's Island Fan Club http://www.gilligansisle.com