Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The theme song that opened the pilot episode of Gilligan's Island was a disaster on just about every level, which is all the more ...

It was on this day that those seven castaways went on a three hour tour only to have it stretched to almost three and a half years.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The "Gilligan's Island' theme song became iconic to multiple generations who grew up with the syndicated sitcom. But many will surely have ...

The pilot was filmed in Hawaii when JFK was shot. The flag on the Minnow is still at half-mast.

Baby boomers and Gen Xers might not agree on everything — but at least they can almost all sing the theme from "Gilligan's Island" word for word. It was not, however, the first song written for the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For a show that became such a big pop cultural hit, "Gilligan's Island" had a somewhat fraught history. For one thing, the pilot episode ...

The first episode of "Gilligan's Island," called "Two on a Raft," aired on September 26, 1964, kicking off what would prove to be an intergenerational phenomenon. Show creator Sherwood Schwartz, nor ...