Happy Birthday Ginger (Tina Louise) Feb 11

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

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Your beauty and grace helped guide me through those turbulent adolescent years along with that Farrah Fawcett poster
and Yoeman Rand, Lt. Uhuru's thighs, Barbara Eden, Raquel Welch, Cat woman,...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Hm808E-Po&NR=1&feature=endscreen


http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/TinaLouise_zpsa879196b.jpg

[Sancho]

And that Carly Simon album cover. You know the one I'm talking about.

[prendrelemick]

Roxy Music, the inside cover.

[tonywalt]

Mary Ann rules!

[qimissung]

I liked it because I was nine when it came on, twelve when it ostensibly went off the air, and I was, of course, in love with the idea of being lost on a deserted island. Hmmm. The idea still appeals.

But, anywho, Ginger was a nice pretty lady, which is what I still remember. Apparently she kind of had to fight for her character to be so. Kudos to her. I always related to Mary Ann more. I mean, who in their right mind would want to wear an evening dress while lost on a deserted island?

Here's a little bit about Ginger:


Tina Louise as Ginger Grant, the movie star. Louise clashed with producer Sherwood Schwartz because she believed that she was hired as the central character. Her character was originally written as a hard-nosed, sharp-tongued temptress, but Louise argued that this portrayal was too harsh, and refused to play it as written. A compromise was reached; Louise agreed to play her as a Marilyn Monroe - Jayne Mansfield type. The evening gowns and hairstyle used were designed to re-create the look of Myrna Loy. Louise continued to clash with producers over her role, and was the only cast member who refused to return for any of the post series TV movies, saying that the role had killed her career as a serious actress. However, she did appear in a reunion of the cast on a late night television talk show in 1988 and on an episode of Roseanne in 1995 when the Roseanne cast re-enacted Gilligan's Island. In the first season, Ginger often wore gowns that looked as if they were tailored from S.S. Minnow tarpaulins or similar ersatz cloth (some had the name of the vessel stenciled on them).



But the very best thing about Gilligan's Island was this, which introduced me to both Shakespeare and opera:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXId5jOTxdg


:D

p.s. Ginger makes an appearance, too.