# Brain shakers from watching the Gilligan's Island marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 10, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-shakers-from-watching-the-gilligans-island-marathon/986847 "2023-07-10T07:57:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-shakers-from-watching-the-gilligans-island-marathon/986847/341 "2023-07-21T21:54:24Z")
I never watched _ **The Brady Bunch** _, but Cousin Oliver could never have been as bad as this twerp: > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6vE10ToiRU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6vE10ToiRU) Seven Wanker on _ **Married … with Children** _ is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-shakers-from-watching-the-gilligans-island-marathon/986847/342 "2023-07-21T22:03:06Z")
> [@BlueOhio](#): > > We need to redo the show in the same way they redid _Battlestar Galactica_ - make it dark, grim, more realistic. I could totally get behind this. Maybe even a graphic novel? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-shakers-from-watching-the-gilligans-island-marathon/986847/343 "2023-07-21T22:07:24Z")
> [@BlueOhio](#): > > We need to redo the show in the same way they redid _Battlestar Galactica_ - make it dark, grim, more realistic. They did that. It was called **Lost.** No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-shakers-from-watching-the-gilligans-island-marathon/986847/344 "2023-07-21T22:10:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > They did that. It was called **Lost.** > > No thanks. Lost was _nothing_ like a GI redux. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-shakers-from-watching-the-gilligans-island-marathon/986847/345 "2023-07-21T22:11:47Z")
In a redux, Gilligan wouldn’t last 13 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-shakers-from-watching-the-gilligans-island-marathon/986847/346 "2023-07-21T22:16:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > In a redux, Gilligan wouldn’t last 13 episodes. As I said, I could get behind that re-make… better yet, make it a horror flick in the flavor of _Ten Little Indians_. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-shakers-from-watching-the-gilligans-island-marathon/986847/347 "2023-07-21T22:31:25Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I never watched _ **The Brady Bunch** _, but Cousin Oliver could never have been as bad as this twerp: Referring to Ricky Segal on _The Partridge Family_. And yes, Ricky made Oliver look Emmy-worthy. At least, Oliver contributed, however cringeworthily, to the plot of the episodes he was in, he had lines and he spoke them, and he was basically a member of the family. Ricky was only part of the plot in a single episode; in the others that he appeared in, he was trotted out near the end of the show to sing a song. In the kind of voice only a five-year-old has when he can’t figure out the difference between singing and shouting. I fully expected the dogs in the neighbourhood to start barking when they heard it. He contributed nothing to most episodes, in other words. At least, the producers tried to have Oliver portrayed as a part of the Brady family. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-shakers-from-watching-the-gilligans-island-marathon/986847/348 "2023-07-22T00:29:28Z")
Mom and dad could leave us at home for several hours, parked in front of the TV, secure in the knowledge that we would be fed and entertained and (probably) not burn the house down or initiate any sort of police response. Usually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-shakers-from-watching-the-gilligans-island-marathon/986847.md?page=17)