"'Just sit right back, and you'll hear a tale...' The catchy theme from Gilligan’s Island
is etched in the memories of generations of Americans, including mine!"
Rick Bogard, music professor at the University of Texas at Arlington,
said via email. "The familiar five-note intro is sure to send me to the
television to watch another rerun of one of the favorite shows of my
childhood."
Indeed, "The Ballad of
Gilligan's Isle," written by sitcom creator and executive producer
Sherwood Schwartz and George Wyle at the behest of network execs who
worried audiences wouldn't understand how a shipmate (Bob Denver), a
skipper (Alan Hale Jr.), a millionaire (Jim Backus) and the rest came to
be stranded together on an uncharted island, is oft-cited as a TV
favorite.
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