# Has Dawn Wells ever commented on 'Ginger, or Mary Ann'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dawn-wells-ever-commented-on-ginger-or-mary-ann/679341 "2014-01-21T03:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dawn-wells-ever-commented-on-ginger-or-mary-ann/679341/81 "2014-01-27T16:43:59Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I’ll be in my hut. Nice double reference! ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dawn-wells-ever-commented-on-ginger-or-mary-ann/679341/82 "2014-01-27T17:02:32Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > The thing I always wondered is if she thought up to that point that she was Gilligan. > If it’s 1964 you’ve probably never heard that name before and I expect most people would guess that is a girls name. She thought it was Gillian’s Island. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 27, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dawn-wells-ever-commented-on-ginger-or-mary-ann/679341/83 "2014-01-27T18:41:56Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > In a special on the show from years ago, I think it was [Surviving Gilligan’s Island](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_Gilligan%27s_Island), Denver, Wells, and Johnson talked about experiences doing the show. One of them told the story of the first script read through, where Tina Louise complained that the script didn’t seem to focus on her as the star. They all looked at her funny and one of them asked her, “Why would you think you’re the star of a show that is named Gilligan’s Island?” The special gave the impression that it was Tina’s agent who misled her. If so, I’d guess he was focused more on his fee than on her wishes. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dawn-wells-ever-commented-on-ginger-or-mary-ann/679341/84 "2014-01-27T22:18:49Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > No, “And the rest” was the Professor and Mary Ann. Ginger, the Movie Star, was one of the five mentioned specifically in the original theme song. I was kidding. I was only referring to Dawn Wells. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dawn-wells-ever-commented-on-ginger-or-mary-ann/679341/85 "2014-01-28T01:51:04Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The special gave the impression that it was Tina’s agent who misled her. If so, I’d guess he was focused more on his fee than on her wishes. I’m sure she read for it before the contract was signed, so while that was probably a set of pages with a lot of her in them, she knew her character name. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dawn-wells-ever-commented-on-ginger-or-mary-ann/679341/86 "2014-01-28T13:04:01Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by RealityChuck I remember on writeup about the shoe Quote: Originally Posted by notfrommensa and even Jim Backus who had his own shoe Boy, you guys place a lot of importance on footwear! Nah, it’s the ghost of Ed Sullivan jumping in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dawn-wells-ever-commented-on-ginger-or-mary-ann/679341.md?page=4)