Gilligan's Planet
| Gilligan's Planet | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Created by | Sherwood Schwartz |
| Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
| Voices of |
Bob Denver Alan Hale, Jr. Russell Johnson Jim Backus Natalie Schafer Dawn Wells |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Lou Scheimer |
| Running time | 22:15 |
| Production company(s) |
Filmation MGM Television United Artists Television |
| Distributor |
Warner Bros. Television Distribution Turner Program Services |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 18, 1982 – September 3, 1983 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island |
| Followed by | Surviving Gilligan's Island |
Gilligan's Planet is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by the Filmation animation studio and MGM/UA Television which aired during the 1982-1983 season on CBS. It was the second animated spin-off of the sitcom Gilligan's Island (the first being The New Adventures of Gilligan).
Gilligan's Planet was the last cartoon series that Filmation produced for Saturday mornings; afterwards, they produced cartoons exclusively for syndication. It was also the first Filmation series to feature the Lou Scheimer "signature" credit (as opposed to the rotating Lou Scheimer/Norm Prescott "wheel" credit which had been used since 1969). In addition, it was one of the last 1980s Saturday morning cartoons to be fitted with an adult laugh track, as the popularity of the practice had subsided.
Gilligan's Planet featured all of the original actors but one. Dawn Wells provided the voice of Ginger Grant as well as her own original character Mary Ann Summers. The previous animated series The New Adventures of Gilligan did not feature either Wells or Tina Louise voicing their respective characters.
Premise
Gilligan's Planet is based on the premise that the Professor had managed to build an operational interplanetary spaceship to get the castaways of the original series off the island. True to the castaways' perpetual bad luck, they rocketed off into space and crash-landed on an unknown planet that supported human life. In many ways, the planet was like the island but with a strangely colored and cratered surface with more land to get around. The rocket was severely damaged in the crash; thus the castaways were still stranded and the Professor resumed his attempts to repair their only way home.
Overall, Gilligan's Planet re-presented the source material of the original live-action series with "space" and "alien" themes. Encounters with "headhunters" and other shipwrecked people became encounters with alien creatures. A new character named Bumper was added, who appeared as a reptilian alien pet/sidekick for Gilligan and company.
Cast
- Bob Denver - Willy Gilligan
- Alan Hale, Jr. - Skipper Jonas Grumby
- Jim Backus - Thurston Howell, III
- Natalie Schafer - Mrs. Lovey Howell
- Russell Johnson - Professor Roy Hinkley
- Dawn Wells - Mary Ann Summers, Ginger Grant
The cast of Gilligan's Island returned to voice their respective characters for Gilligan's Planet except for Tina Louise who played Ginger Grant. Dawn Wells provided the voice of Ginger as well as her own original character, Mary Ann Summers.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I Dream of Genie" | September 18, 1982 |
| Gilligan finds a buried robot and becomes its master. The robot will grant Gilligan's wishes. | ||
| 2 | "Turnabout Is Fair Play" | September 25, 1982 |
| 3 | "Let Sleeping Minnows Lie" | October 2, 1982 |
| 4 | "Journey to the Center of Gilligan's Planet" | October 9, 1982 |
| After getting hit on the head with a coconut while reading his comic book, "Journey to the Center of the Planet", Gilligan dreams that he goes to the center of Gilligan's Planet. | ||
| 5 | "Amazing Colossal Gilligan" | October 16, 1982 |
| 6 | "Bumper to Bumper" | October 23, 1982 |
| 7 | "Road to Boom" | October 30, 1982 |
| 8 | "Too Many Gilligans" | November 6, 1982 |
| Gilligan and Skipper find a cloning machine that Gilligan accidentally walks through twice, and Mr. Howell and Ginger go through once, with disasterous results until Bumper figures out a way to destroy it and in turn all the clones. | ||
| 9 | "Space Pirates" | November 13, 1982 |
| 10 | "Invaders of the Lost Barque" | November 20, 1982 |
| The castaways find a map that leads to the lost barque, which is a spaceship that may be able to take them back to earth, but the map belongs to three little space creatures who also want to get back to their home. | ||
| 11 | "Wings" | November 27, 1982 |
| Gilligan accidentally turns on the Professor's radio and attracts a spaceship. One of the castaways must pilot it back to earth, but the castaways all want the publicity, so they must train to see who is best fit to fly it to earth. | ||
| 12 | "Super Gilligan" | December 4, 1982 |
| Gilligan stumbles into a cave where an old man gives him a cape which gives him superpowers so he can can defeat the villain Gooniack. | ||
| 13 | "Gilligan's Army" | December 11, 1982 |
Home release
On July 22, 2014, Warner Archive released Gilligan's Planet: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.[1]
See also
References
External links
- Gilligan's Planet Cartoon Info @ Big Cartoon DataBase
- Gilligan's Planet at the Internet Movie Database
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