Ginger (also a redhead) was the more “senior” of the two. Bunny was her sweet but kind of dumb gal-pal.
Only a real hard-core GI fan would know the names of the actresses: Kit Smythe and Nancy McCarthy, respectively.
… And there you have the rest of the story. 
Wow! Nice.
I do believe they kinda needed a farm girl type who could cook and sew and do stuff Ginger and Lovey wouldn’t mess their nails up with. You know for continuity🫡 or something.
Yeah, having two secretaries would have limited things quite a bit. What are they going to do, take dictation in every episode?
Feel up to another question?
From what musical genre was the original theme song, and (according to Schwartz) why?
They needed a farm girl type to wear the short shorts that made shows like The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction so popular with young boys.
Pop.
To attract a younger viewer.
Mary Ann was needed, because of that reason. Yes, Ginger helped the Professor from time to time with sciencey stuff, while Lovey was clueless as to the world outside her social circle; but Mary Ann brought the down-home common-sense when it was needed.
What I want to know: Is it true or an urban legend that the Coast Guard has gotten letters/telegrams/calls from people imploring them to help those people stranded on an island? I’ve never been quite convinced, mainly because anyone who would think GI was real would probably not have the ability to get a message to the Coast Guard.
terentii: Calypso, but I don’t know why.
And as far as Ginger and Bunny, that was also too many people who already knew each other. Professor (also a different actor, who played the character differently) would have been the odd one out.
A sea chanty, of course, for obvious reasons.
Without trying to sound “unseemly,” it certainly worked in my case! 
Nope, not the original song.
I guess you would have to have seen the unaired pilot to know. I have every episode on DVD.
You are quite the fan.
Yes…all posted from the PR offices for CBS.
That’s it!
Think of a very popular singer of the era who passed away in the last few years.
Harry Belafonte?
That’s it! Schwartz is on record saying the choice was inspired by Belafonte, who I see actually died just this April!
If you haven’t seen the History of American Television interviews on YouTube, you should definitely take a look. Schwartz is one of the many people interviewed at length.
According to Mr Howell, what posh college did Lovey attend?
He told Gilligan he attended ??MU…??money University.
(Sorry, I have holes in my brain)
She must’ve went to Barnard’s or Vanderbilt.
Is in a real university?
Oh, it’s quite real. Not Vanderbilt, but …
Vassar