Gilligan's Island: Why the Spin-Offs Failed

Learn the strange stories behind Gilligan's Island and the botched attempts to reboot the show with TV movies in the late '70s and early '80s. What happened to Gilligan, Ginger, Mary Ann and more? And what do the Harlem Globetrotters have to do with it??

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Written and Hosted by Kevin Maher
Edited by Matthew Glasson
Produced by Kevin Maher and Nick Nadel for Atomic Abe productions
Executive Producer: Tim Finn
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