Gilligan's Island: Bob Denver recounts filming chaos and delays
Actor Bob Denver recalls the troubled path of Gilligan's Island from a Kauai pilot to a Christmas air date. He cites multiple directors rewrites and cast changes by Sherwood Schwartz, with pilot scenes shifted into later episodes and last minute reshoots to salvage the show.
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Bob Denver
Gilligan
Sherwood Schwartz
Sherwood
Dick Daring
Denver Schwartz
United Artists TV
CBS
United Artists
Messe Miller
Calhoun
Miller
You
Schwartz
Schwartz, Denver and Company
Kauai
Tina Louise
Dawn Wells
Russell Johnson
Denver
Television Highlights for Tonight on Area Stations
NBC and CBS present pop acts led by Bobby Rydell Vic Dana and Donna Loren with screaming teens. Beverly Hillbillies and Burke's Law air with dramatic scenes. Elephant Walk stars Elizabeth Taylor and others in a 1954 adaptation. Gisele MacKenzie joins Jack Benny for a Christmas show. Danny Kaye hosts guests Pat Carroll and Buddy Ebsen.
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Bobby Rydell
Vic Dana
Donna Loren
Jerry Lee Lewis
Clampetts
Mrs. Drysdale
Beverly Hillbillies
Elizabeth Taylor
Peter Finch
Dana Andrews
Davidian Jonas
Gisele MacKenzie
Jack Benny
Pat Carroll
Buddy Ebsen
Danny Kaye
Gilligan Star Faces Crises as Crew Dialogues Shift
The piece notes actor Denver discusses Gilligan’s Island behind the scenes. He recalls the cast’s nerves over Skipper dynamics and the show’s tone, with officials deciding yell bursts should be nonmalicious. He quips about not owning a financial stake in the series.
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Alan Hale
Denver
John Wayne says he licked cancer amid Hollywood glare
Hollywood icon John Wayne reveals he conquered cancer after a lung tumor was removed following a hospital stay for an abscess. He stopped smoking, urged others to get early checkups, and plans to resume filming in January on The Sons of Katie Elder.
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Navy
Hollywood
John Wayne
Iwo Jima
Big Duke
Wayne
Durango
Mexico
Katie Elder
Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles
IRS cuts in sales tax deductions new table lowers allowances
Columbus AP report says the revised IRS table reduces state sales tax allowances for most filers this year. Top bracket with $20,000+ income and five plus dependents drops from 195 to 151, while the table adds deductions for car sales tax and seven cents per gallon gas.
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IRS
Columbus, Ohio
Internal Revenue Service
Revenue Service
the Revenue Service
Luxury Liner Monterey Runs Aground Near Bora Bora
The Matson Navigation Co. luxury liner Monterey ran aground off Bora Bora in the South Pacific. The 21,000-ton ship appears undamaged and its 320 passengers were taken to Bora Bora by launches. A tug near the scene is expected to free the vessel. The ship left San Francisco December 20 on a six week cruise.
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San Francisco
Matson Navigation Co
Monterey
South Pacific
Matson
Chanel
Pleads Guilty But Goes Free
Johnny Lee Williams 23 pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the February fatal stabbing of Howard Abrought 23. Williams walked free after a judge sentenced him to 9 months and 16 days already served, in a Jackson County Circuit Court ruling.
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Kansas City
Johnny Lee Williams
Jackson County
Williams
Howard Abrought
Verda Reynolds
Reynolds
Richard Koenigsdorf
Pedestrian Killed in Secor Road Crash
Mrs. Mary Demeter a 68 year old Toledo resident was struck and killed by a car while walking with a companion along Secor Road on Toledo's west side. Her companion Mrs. Ann Csiznar 42 was not injured and released from Toledo Hospital.
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Toledo, Ohio
Mary Demeter
Secor Road
Ann Csiznar
Toledo
Cleveland Police Hunt Clues In Girl's Slaying
Cleveland police and Garfield Heights officers pursue clues in the stabbing and strangling of 16 year old Beverly Jarosz of Garfield Heights. Investigators confirm the victim was not raped and say palm and fingerprint evidence from her bedroom is being studied.
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Cleveland
Beverly Jarosz
Garfield Heights
Cuyahoga County
Samuel R. Gerber
Marymount High Schoo
Thaddeus Jarosz
Beverly
Vincent Raymond
Dr. Gerber
Car theft chain: test drive leads to stolen vehicle trail
A man in Western boots drove a late model car to a Clovis used car lot for a test drive and vanished. The car left on the test was later found stolen from Amarillo. Amarillo police traced it to a Lubbock lot, where a car left was from Hobbs. Hobbs police race to locate source.
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Clovis, N.M
Amarillo
Tex
Lubbock
Hobbs
N.M Hobbs
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