# Gilligans Island

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/58728>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/58728 "2001-03-20T15:46:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Delila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Delila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delila)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/58728/1 "2001-03-20T15:46:40Z")

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Were the 7 characters on Gilligan’s Island really written about the 7 Deadly sins?

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/58728/2 "2001-03-20T16:02:56Z")

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We do this about once a year, it seems:

[Gilligan’s Island and the Seven Deadly Sins](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=19226)