Dawn Wells' favorite character on Gilligan's Island
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Happy 50th Anniversary tribute to the wonderful television series: Gilligan's Island.
This short video clip is posted here at Television Vanguard for not-for-profit fan tribute, viewer enjoyment only. No copyright infringement is intended. Thank you and enjoy.
Gilligan's Island has had an incredible journey over the decades - from its inception in the mind of Sherwood Schwartz, to his battles with CBS executives to get the series on the air back in 1964, the three year run on network television in the mid-1960s, to television syndication phenomenon, leading to today, where the series has become an iconic part of the American pop culture - and still being shown five nights a week on cable-TV via the 'MeTV' channel.
The series will soon be celebrating it's 50th anniversary in 2014 [in fact, the pilot was filmed in November, 1963). To commemorate that upcoming 50th anniversary, I'll be placing some Gilligan video clips here at Television Vanguard from time to time throughout the year.
Dawn Wells has been asked over the years what were her favorite episodes, and she's mentioned 'The Second Ginger Grant' [season 3/episode 92] and 'The Postman Cometh' [season 2/episode 54]. Dawn has also mentioned this episode, 'And Then There Were None [season 3/episode 81] as a personal favorite. The episode [first broadcast on CBS on December 5, 1966] included a dream sequence, always a favorite with the cast, and in this particular dream sequence, Dawn got to play poor cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle.
In this film clip, Gilligan (Bob Denver) dreams that he has become a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as his fellow castaways on the island begin to disappear one by one. In Gilligan's dream, Mary Ann [Dawn] plays Dr. Gilligan's ardent supporter who hires Mary Poppin [Mrs. Howell/Natalie Schaffer] to act as Dr. Gilligan's defense attorney. The Skipper [Alan Hale] plays the baliff, Mr. Howell [Jim Backus] plays the judge. The Professor [Russell Johnson] and Ginger [Tina Louise] are also included in the dream as the prosecuting attorney and star witness respectively.
The Gilligan's Island series [3 seasons] is available via Warner Co. DVD at Amazon and B&N. There are also a wonderful set of books and autobiographies in various forms that are available online [most, I believe, are now out-of-print so may only be available from second-sources online] from show creator Sherwood Schwartz, and from most of the cast: Bob Denver, Jim Backus, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson and a cookbook from Dawn Wells.
Dawn is working on an new autobiography, and the book should be coming out soon. I'll post more information on the book as it becomes available.
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Update - September 17, 2014: Dawn's book, "What Would Mary Ann Do?" has arrived !!! She is on her book tour over the next few weeks. To find out more, check out amazon.com for more details on the book, and for more details on Dawn's book tour and how to perhaps obtain a personally signed copy, visit Dawn's web site : 'Many Faces of Dawn Wells' -
dawnwells.com/t... .
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In the meantime, enjoy this scene from the dream sequence and Dawn's Eliza Doolittle; this one is for you Dawn .... Happy Birthday!!
Always loved the dream sequences in GI. The cast really displayed their pantomine acting chops in them.
G I Double L I G A N spells Gilligan
THIS SHOW MADE ME SO HAPPY WHEN I WAS A KID.
Still does!
Same… and yes it still does!!
Even after all these years, these skits still make me laugh. Comedy was so much better back then.
That's true! It is my favorite. I'm just poor 'ol cockney flower girl. :-)
I have always absolutely loved you. I quote the "He taught me to walk..." thing all the time!! Thanks so much for your lovely positive and professional take on your experience. I think you are a fine actor. And a fine comedienne. :)
Definately want to re-create that character. That's how I learned to do a cockney accent.
Someone from the East End of London
"Eee gaive me real class, 'e did!"
Dawn Wells - The Real Mary Ann I've always enjoyed the dream scenes - great satire!
I understand this is Dawn Wells' all-time favorite episode of the series, as well. The marvelous thing about these fantasy sequences is they gave audiences the opportunity to see what gifted character actors they all were.
I thought the MaryAnn Forbisher, young Dr. Young episode was Dawn Wells' fave. You may be correct though.
I believe Bob Denver's favorite was when he was a vampire and Tina Louise's favorite was Eva Grub.
Natalie Schaefer's was Cinderella.
Jim Backus was the Two Mr. Howells. Not sure I remember the great Alan Hale's favorite. I think it was either as the Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk or Hamlet.
My favorite line of the dream sequences:
We don't have a balcony...YOU SCHNOOK!!!
Hi @@antonewilson4310! The only reason I know "And Then There Were None" was Dawn's favorite episode is on those occasions she answered fan questions. Someone asked her which GI episode was her favorite and ATTWN was her response. That's cool about the other cast members' favorites. Tina Louise was excellent as Eva Grub!
In The Episode Then There Were None , Mary Anne Was A Poor Old Cockney Flower Girl Straight Of My Fair Lady
I miss them so much, especially Mary Ann
This is a wonderful scene because it is everything that
Gilligan associates with England:
*My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins!* LOL!
Dawn is great as the Cockney Flower Girl!
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but please don’t throw sticks and stones at me, please don’t throw them at me. 😂
This skit has a surprisingly subtle touch (especially for a "Gilligan's Island" script). "Dr. Gilligan" enters carrying a lily, and is hooted at derisively by an angry gallery. It's awfully hard to believe that this wasn't meant as an oblique reference to the 1895 trial of Oscar Wilde, who used the lily as a personal symbol, was jeered and howled at by an angry mob, and who was, in a sense, tried for being a sort of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde": leading a double life as a sexually active gay man in an intolerant society.
Unfortunately, this UA-cam segment cuts off before the funniest line in the sketch. Ginger testifies as the seductive "Lady In Red", who claims to have witnessed Dr. Gilligan's crimes:
DR. GILLIGAN: "Lies, lies, nothing but lies! I've never seen this woman before in my life!"
JUDGE HANGING (looking down at Ginger's legs): "Then you've missed plenty, buster."
Jim Backus was the king of the embellished line and the Ad-lib to the point that Natalie Schaefer, who usually played off him, was intimidated by his ability to improvise and steal the scene. The way he leeringly said you've missed plenty buster displayed his brilliance. He was even funny as the feckless father in Rebel Without a Cause. A brilliant man. Were he active today he'd be all over the different media platforms,.
The show often worked on two levels. Low and High. When I hear some people denigrate it as Low I can't help wondering if they aren't more Middle than High themselves. ; )
Food is the obsession
i wish they showed the whole dream episode (or the whole episode for that matter) this is my favorite dream sequence
Dawn Wells, _Requiescat in pace._
Вечная память
#ripdawnwells 1938-2020.
The writing in this sequence is WORLD CLASS, some of the best in TV.
Oh Miss Dawn Wells in peace!
How I would gracefully trade places with you right now......... so much pain to bare and massive PTSD from my childhood!
I'm sitting here in my home (my car) that's been for the last 21 yrs, going on 22. I wonder so much what your life must've been like, such talent, lady like personality, sweetness beyond galore, beautiful in every sense of the word, charm, witt, intelligent, loved by millions of people and I can go on!
If I could talk to you now, I'd ask you;"what are your 5 most special times in your life?" There would of course be so many, that you could write a book just on these things.
I'm almost in tears because, #1) your passing has massively affected my life, much like Robin Williams passing too!
#2) I have this beautiful little fur baby ( now I am crying) and she recently was diagnosed with cancer and a liver enzyme health issue. She's almost 10 yrs old but she's been through so much with me LIVING in my car. She's so precious to me!
She's so filled with love, everyone always says how sweet she is, she tries to still be playfull but, I know she's in pain (just like me) but no matter how bad I feel, she still wants to cheer me up.
She sleeps with me, she's always on my lap or wanting to be held. When she's on my lap, she'll plop her head on my chest, tilt her head up and look at me with her beautiful pearly brown eyes and I know what she's telling me! "DADDY, I LOVE YOU AND IT'S GOING TO BE OK!"
I DON'T HAVE ANY FAMILY ANYMORE BUT, SHES MY FAMILY...........
WHEN SHE IS TOO ILL AND SICK, I KNOW I'LL DO THE RIGHT THING, TO STOP HER SUFFERING!
THIS I WILL DO TO FIND PEACE AND BE FREE FROM THIS MASSIVE DEEP PAIN IM IN! I WILL END MY LIFE, SO I CAN BE WITH HER AND MAYBE BY CHANCE, TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MISS WELLS.......... ...
MAY THE SPIRIT OF PEACE GIVE YOU COMFORT AND MAY THE SPIRIT OF LOVE GIVE YOU GREAT BOUNDS OF LOVE TO HOLD YOU TIGHT BECAUSE, YOU ARE SO EVER GREATLY MISSED................
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU PERSONALLY BUT, I KNEW, MARY ANN SUMMERS AND EVERY PART OF HER IS WHO EVERYONE LOVED AND ADORED!!!!!!!!
"MISS WELLS, IF I COULD ONLY GET "1" CHANCE TO MEET YOU, WOW..............
YOUR PASSING WAS WAY TO EARLY AND BROKEN HEARTS ARE STILL BROKEN!!!!!!!!!
MAY THE GREAT NATIVE AMERICAN SPIRITS PROTECT YOU, LOVE YOU AND FILL YOUR HEART WITH GREAT JOY BECAUSE, OUR HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH GREAT JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😇
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE MEMORIES OUR HEARTS HAVE TO KEEP WITH US BECAUSE; YOU ARE THE BEAUTIFUL MISS DAWN WELLS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😭
The dream sequences were hilarious!
The dream sequences were the best part of the show. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
the dream skit about the oranges was good. when you see gilligan being chased around the crates it was bob denver"s son who played that part.
I grew up watching this on dvd since I was born in the 90’s it is my dads favourite. I’ve watched it all! So good!
OMG....Natalie Schaffer would have made a great Mary Poppins. "I am Mary Poppins. Defense attorney and registered nanny" LOL LOL LOL
Mary Poppedin
I remember this, but Dawn Wells is a Nevada Western lady too!!!
Her quote “he taught me how to walk and how to talk” has been stuck in my head all day 😅
He did that to you is my favorite line of all time
I loved the end of this sequence, where Tina's "Lady in Red" unmasks Dr. Jekyll by reciting a long list of delicious foods.
You could tell she enjoyed that character lol
I love that Jim Backus (Mr. Magoo, Thurston Howell III) doesn't even *try* to do a mock-British accent.
Jim Backus appeared in many movies and tv shows. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I think upper-class accent was sufficient.
Me too, one of favorite episodes too
They keep showing Bryan Koeberger's face on the news... and it reminds me of the newspaper pic of Doctor Gilligan!
Dawn Wells' Character in this episode is reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn's role in My Fair Lady.
Yeah
gee ya think lol?!
Marge Simpson did the same
Gilligans Island was doing mashups 50 years before UA-camrs! In one sketch, they managed to desecrate Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, My Fair Lady, and Mary Poppins. The Skipper was great as the bailiff, and Mary Ann was great as the cockney flower girl. They both put on great British accents. Makes me wonder if Dawn Wells could have replaced Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady.
thats my favorite one too; love connie
Carrying a lily, a la Oscar Wilde.. I love it!
Ha ! Ha! Ms. Wells and Ms. Schafer doing their Julie Andrews imitations ! I wonder if Ms. Andrews ever saw this ?
I 100% support dawn wells as eliza doolittle
The dream sequences on this show were out of control, especially this one.
"Strenuously object? Is that how it works? Objection overruled! Oh no, your honor, I STRENUOUSLY object!"
I'd strenuously object too if my own lawyer called a filthy killer. 😀 I bet that went over well with the jury!
The best!!
My favorite
"Couldn't you just kiss him?" Why yes, thank you for asking. Yes, I could.
One of my two biggest TV crushes when I was a kid. Sulu was the other.
Gilligan,s Travels !
to walk and to talk....like a regular lady he did..... LOL
At 2;23 Look, up there in the sky. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - Natalie Schafer doing her own imitation of Mary Poppins.
2:23
Greatest. TV. Series. Ever.
PERIOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Norm!e.
A judge named Hanging? That doesn't bode well.
Oh No Look Out The Tree Gilligan
Dawn is superb and hilarious doing that English accent. Is it Cockney?
+nukem Yes I believe that is a Cockney accent
Sticks and stones may break my bones! - but please dont throw sticks and stones
What A Wild Dream For Gilligan As Dr Gilligan Off To London England As The Hansome Dr Gilligan Who's Loved By But On Trial For Suspicion of Also Being Mr Hyde
Oh god bless you you sweet beautiful lovely stunningly wonderful gorgeously sexy hot actress of the decades and beyond she was indeed a pleasure to watch on TV and movies She's forever memorably In my heart😍😍😘😘😚😚.
This scene always reminds me of The Who's "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" by John Entwistle. Recorded in 1966, I think.
My fave too !!
Dr Gilligan's Dream
castletriglav, there's no need to be rude. They made an observation about the roll. While it seems unusual there are people out there who may have never watched "My Fair Lady" or perhaps watched this episode that didn't connect the two. I grew up watching these on TV and was also blessed to watch many older movies as well back but I hadn't noticed the connection as a kid.
role Unless you mean bread
This one of my favorite episodes
definately Mary Ann!!!
definitely GN
show the rest ofthis bit loved the transformation to mr. hyde part. (chop suey dixie style)
Watch out for the tree
Gilligan knocks himself out
This cutoff in mid dream. What were Russell Johnson and Tina Louise's dream characters?
Louise was some wrench who described some the favorite eats of Gilligan when he changes to Mr. Hyde ....chop suey dixie style !!!! etc.
Episode made me hungry
They upload about 90% of the Jeykll & Hyde dream sequence and then cut it off abruptly before it ends. Bad form.
Thank you for the feedback. We wanted to play the entire dream sequence, and then some, but we ran into a bit of a licensing issue with the DVD-digital content. We run into that from time to time, particularly with DVD quality content. We had to trim the length of the video in order to reach compliance with the UA-cam team (who were getting some feedback from the Warner DRM criteria requirements). This clip is presented often (always?) with embedded commercial as well to help pay for the use of this clip back to the production company owner (Warner). Interesting footnote here... originally United Artists was the production company behind Gilligan's Island. UA was purchased by MGM (early 1970's?), and then MGM purchased by Ted Turner for TBS in early 1980s(?) Then Turner/CNN/TBS/TNT was purchased by Time Warner in the 1990s, then merged in 2000 with AOL. We believe that with the recently approved purchase of Warner by AT&T (2018/19), we think the licensing of GIlligan's Island is now in the hands of AT&T and Warner. Ahh, the world of big business. We will continue to do our best to bring Gilligan's Island to the hearts and minds of UA-cam viewers as often and as complete as we possibly can. Best Regard, Television Vanguard Staff
Chop suey Dixie style.
The most unforgettable line in the sketch. 😁
FRESH FISH !!! 😂
Blimey! I believe I would 'ave been Andy Capp.
Now, he sells French fries, AKA. chips
Roy Martin?
Is there more of the trial on UA-cam? It gets better.
I was thinking about uttering, please don't ingest the formula. What did I like best about Willie Gilligan anyway? It's when he had to handle a secret agent's job.
terrible subtitles. they are a riot. Great show.. ha
*WAS that REALLY Mary Ann's Comment, Up at the TOP????*
what a Dream?
Eric Hendrickson I think Natalie Schafer should've played Mary Poppins in the 1964 film.
Eric Hendrickson yes Gilligan it's off to Dreamland
Well a endless Pitt...black hole....
Fresh Fish.
What a mash up! Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde meets My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins in a kooky dream sequence. And the TV critics didn't think this was funny? Talk about elitist behavior.
lol! Couldn't you just kiss him? Then you've missed plenty buster!
Is Dawn playin' a homeless girl??
Shes a cockney flower girl
@@erincarnathan5885 Eliza Doolittle
Yes hes dr gilligan mr hyde
Makes more sense than all the Trump trials.
he's so suave
@2:18
Could do without the laughtrack
This reminds me of the Trump hush money trial. 😂
Jennifer weist you beg