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Celebrate the Holidays with Oc's Pacific Symphony

28 October 2009 6:28 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

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Orange County, CA—Make the most of the holidays throughout the month of December, when Pacific Symphony offers a diverse assortment of concerts—beginning with Beethoven's brilliant Fifth Symphony—just right for those seeking a message of joy and triumph of the human spirit. If younger children are the priority, consider "Nutcracker for Kids," featuring Tchaikovsky's delightful Christmas ballet—performed in a condensed version created just for children. Or, for those who find it hard to imagine a holiday season without Handel's "Messiah," the Pacific Chorale joins the orchestra to present the most famous oratorio in the world. If it's just good old-fashioned holiday cheer that fills the bill, who better to capture the heartwarming essence of the holidays than America's showbiz family—the Osmond brothers—in "An Osmond Family Christmas." Or...for a delightful mix of sacred and secular holiday music, there's the brand-new "Holiday Organ Spectacular. »

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Gilligan's Island: Watch the One and Only Full Cast Reunion

18 August 2009 3:27 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

As the filming of the third season was winding down, Gilligan's Island creator Sherwood Schwartz was told that by CBS execs that the sitcom had been renewed for a fourth year. This didn't come as much of a surprise since the show was well-rated, despite being aired opposite the popular Monkees series. Though the critics hated Gilligan's Island and the network was embarrassed by it, the public loved it.

According to his book, Schwartz called his cast with the good news and took Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, and Dawn Wells to lunch to celebrate. With higher salaries in their future, the actors made various plans and Wells and Johnson even purchased houses.

After several weeks, Schwartz thought it was odd that he hadn't received the paperwork from the CBS Business Affairs office. He later »

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Gilligan's Island: Watch the One and Only Full Cast Reunion

18 August 2009 3:27 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

As the filming of the third season was winding down, Gilligan's Island creator Sherwood Schwartz was told that by CBS execs that the sitcom had been renewed for a fourth year. This didn't come as much of a surprise since the show was well-rated, despite being aired opposite the popular Monkees series. Though the critics hated Gilligan's Island and the network was embarrassed by it, the public loved it.

According to his book, Schwartz called his cast with the good news and took Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, and Dawn Wells to lunch to celebrate. With higher salaries to come, the actors made various plans and Wells and Johnson even purchased houses.

After several weeks, Schwartz thought it was odd that he hadn't received the paperwork from the CBS Business Affairs office. He later found out that Gilligan had been removed from »

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Gilligan's Island: The Movies that You Haven't Seen

6 January 2009 3:16 PM, PST | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

Last week, the 'net was abuzz with the news that a new deal was made to finally make a Gilligan's Island movie. It'll be interesting to see what kind of storyline this new film will have and how it'll compare to the original cast movie ideas that never happened.

Gilligan's Island follows a group of wacky castaways that have been shipwrecked on a deserted island. No matter how hard they try, their escape attempts always fail. The cast of the 1960s sitcom is made up of Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, and Dawn Wells.

In addition to multiple cameos over the years, the sitcom inspired two animated series (The New Adventures of Gilligan, Gilligan's Planet) and three reunion movies (Rescue from Gilligan's Island, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island, and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island). Louise is the only castmember who distanced »

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Gilligan's Island: TV Show Creator wants Michael Cera and Beyonce for New Movie

2 January 2009 5:08 PM, PST | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

Yet another classic television show, Gilligan's Island, may be headed for the big-screen. There've been numerous movie plans in the past will this one actually be made?

Gilligan's Island was created by Sherwood Schwartz (The Brady Bunch) and follows a diverse group of people who've been shipwrecked. Though there are only 98 episodes, the sitcom became incredibly popular in syndication and the characters have become a part of popular culture. The original castaways are Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, and Dawn Wells.

Most of the castaways reunited for different projects over the years, including three TV movies (Rescue from Gilligan's Island, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island, and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island), two animated series (The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet), and guest-spots on shows like Alf, Baywatch, and Roseanne.

There's been talk of doing a big screen movie version »

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2009 | 2005

5 articles from 2009

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