# The Real Gilligan's Island: G or M? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465 "2004-12-01T07:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/1 "2004-12-01T07:10:32Z")
C’mon… I **know** I wasn’t the only one to watch this! :smack: Is it just me, or was Lovie not _quite_ so Lovie? And guys: Ginger 1, Ginger 2 or Mary Ann 1 or Mary Ann 2? My answer: All 4, of course! Yow! Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/2 "2004-12-01T07:44:02Z")
Could they have stolen Survivor’s challenges any more shamelessly? Then I got more annoyed when it ran over into the Amazing Race’s timeslot. Not cool, TBS! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/3 "2004-12-01T14:33:28Z")
I know this is a bit off topic but I had to turn off after they introduced professor number 2. You know, the gay one. Did he mention he was gay? I’m not sure I think I might have heard he was gay. It was annoying the way they pushed his sexuality so much in what seems to be a shameless attempt to create conflict with the rich bitch but at this point that is par for the course in reality TV. That didn’t make me turn off. What made me turn off was the fact that he is a freaking _sociology_ professor! How is he supposed to make a coconut radio? The professor is supposed to be a scientist. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/4 "2004-12-01T14:47:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I know this is a bit off topic but I had to turn off after they introduced professor number 2. You know, the gay one. Did he mention he was gay? I’m not sure I think I might have heard he was gay. > > It was annoying the way they pushed his sexuality so much in what seems to be a shameless attempt to create conflict with the rich bitch but at this point that is par for the course in reality TV. That didn’t make me turn off. What made me turn off was the fact that he is a freaking _sociology_ professor! How is he supposed to make a coconut radio? The professor is supposed to be a scientist. Well, then you missed this: [SPOILER] Sociology professor was banished from the island because he couldn’t build a workable raft for the challenge. Besides, it wasn’t that they were pushing his sexuality to create conflict with the rich bitch–she’s creating enough of it herself with everyone else on the island. She is definitely _not_ well-liked.[/SPOILER] And damn you, TBS! You’re showing over _Lost_ tonight?? That is definitely not fair. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/5 "2004-12-01T14:49:12Z")
Oh, and I’m not a guy, but Mary Ann 1 is definitely _way_ hot. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/6 "2004-12-01T15:46:22Z")
> [@JavaMaven1](#): > > And damn you, TBS! You’re showing over _Lost_ tonight?? That is definitely not fair. Not to worry! They replay the show later in the night. That’s how I caught it last night (even if I had to stay up til 12:15 to watch). ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/7 "2004-12-01T15:59:50Z")
\<\\> Gold team all the way. Mary-Ann Kate + Rachel + Groo on a deserted island … ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/8 "2004-12-01T18:12:44Z")
Going solely on the pictures on [TBS.com](http://tbs.com/shows/therealgilligansisland/0,,35481,00.html), I’ll have to go with Gold Mary Ann. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/9 "2004-12-01T18:43:37Z")
Going solely by those pictures, Gold Lovey doesn’t look too bad, either. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/10 "2004-12-01T18:59:45Z")
Eggert, Eggert, Eggert, a thousand times Eggert I tell ya. Or if you like it better: Green Ginger ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/11 "2004-12-01T19:47:16Z")
Sigh… And I had such high hopes for this show, too. Reading those bios, one of the Mary Anns has appeared in _Maxim_, and the other has won awards for modelling. Guys, that’s so not Mary Ann. Neither looks like an innocent farmgirl, they both look like porn stars in innocent farmgirl outfits. And this was supposed to be one team working cooperatively to get off the island, but instead we have yet another Survivor clone with two teams competing and contestants getting bumped off. Of course, for the real thing, it’s definitely Mary Ann, no contest. Heck, Dawn Wells now, at over 60, is still hotter than Ginger ever was. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/12 "2004-12-01T20:03:17Z")
I’m I the only one for [Lovey?](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-5793/) Come on, who’s with me? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/13 "2004-12-01T20:29:38Z")
Well, does Gold Lovey count? 'Cuz I expressed my appreciation for her earlier. And yes, at 60+ years, Dawn Wells is still pretty darned hot. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/14 "2004-12-01T20:30:36Z")
> [@groo](#): > > \<\\> > > Gold team all the way. Mary-Ann Kate + Rachel + Groo on a deserted island … That’s Rachel Hunter? At first glance I thought it was Anna Nicole Smith! ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/15 "2004-12-01T20:48:04Z")
As you might have guessed, I was looking forward to this show. But I just had to turn it off after half an hour. Then I tried again to watch show 2, but just couldn’t. I missed Dawn Wells, yeah she’s still hot, it was always Mary Ann. ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/16 "2004-12-02T02:15:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Sigh… And I had such high hopes for this show, too. Reading those bios, one of the Mary Anns has appeared in _Maxim_, and the other has won awards for modelling. Guys, that’s so not Mary Ann. Neither looks like an innocent farmgirl, they both look like porn stars in innocent farmgirl outfits. > > And this was supposed to be one team working cooperatively to get off the island, but instead we have yet another Survivor clone with two teams competing and contestants getting bumped off. > > Of course, for the real thing, it’s definitely Mary Ann, no contest. Heck, Dawn Wells now, at over 60, is still hotter than Ginger ever was. Don’t distract me with facts. I’m at home drinking cough syrup and watching a TV show with ‘Gilligan’ in its name: [jack nicholson]\*\* I can’t handle the truth! \*\*[/jack] ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/17 "2004-12-02T02:30:46Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > Eggert, Eggert, Eggert, a thousand times Eggert I tell ya. > > Or if you like it better: Green Ginger I don’t watch the show, but every time I see a promo for it, I think of Miss Eggert showing off her…um…assets…in [Blown Away](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103843/). ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/18 "2004-12-02T02:36:39Z")
I tuned in tonight because I was alerted to the identity of Gilligan Chris yesterday. I grew up with him; his family loves five doors down the street, and I used to be friends with his older brother. Chris is my sister’s age, so they played together… I haven’t seen Chris or his brother in years, so it’s not TOO strange to see someone I know on TV… until they got to his scenes with Mary Ann tonight. In any case, I’m certainly biased, but I like all of the Gold Team better. To answer the OP, Mary Ann, I think. But I kind of like Mrs. Stearns (the millionaire’s wife). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/19 "2004-12-02T03:48:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Sigh… And I had such high hopes for this show, too. Reading those bios, one of the Mary Anns has appeared in _Maxim_, and the other has won awards for modelling. Guys, that’s so not Mary Ann. Neither looks like an innocent farmgirl, they both look like porn stars in innocent farmgirl outfits. Dawn Wells was a successful model before she was cast on the original show. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465/20 "2004-12-02T05:18:20Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Dawn Wells was a successful model before she was cast on the original show. Speaking of which, she [Dawn Wells] is still beautiful today; she has to be pushing 70 and she could pass for 50 easily (40 at a distance). She also seems genuinely nice (her needs to back burner her [Wishing Wells](http://www.dawn-wells.com/Wishing_Wells/wishing_wells.html) company [a clothing catalog for invalids] is not only a good business idea but was born of compassion) and business savvy (she owns a lodge, a “wig-wam” acting school, a travel agency, etc.). A shame she was so typecast. Tina Louise, otoh, looks like a mummy today. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-gilligans-island-g-or-m/277465.md?page=2)