At the start of "Gilligan's Island," before the seven castaways ... but there was also the professional relationship between the Skipper (Alan Hale, Jr.) and his first mate, Gilligan (Bob Denver).

Despite what the critics thought of Gilligan's Island when the show made its debut in 1964 (and their comments were not kind) ...

By 1992, Alan Hale, Jr., Jim Backus, and Natalie Schafer ... just Gilligan and Mary Ann for their final appearance. The "Gilligan's Island" characters, of course, were so ubiquitous on television ...

Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Russell Johnson, Gilligan's Island, 1964-1967 Dad knew it wasn't his show at that point. He asked the production company for the film back, and the executive in charge ...