Gilligan’s Island might not have been loved by critics, but the audience made sure it survived far longer than anyone in Hollywood expected. One of the show’s most beloved stars even admitted that without viewers, the series might not have made it past those first few months.
In a resurfaced interview with the Oroville Mercury Register, Russell Johnson, who fans know as The Professor, said he was warned off the show before the first episode even aired. People in the industry expressed their doubts and he claimed they practically begged him to run.
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“I hear you are thinking about going into Gilligan’s Island,” he said they told him. “Forget it. That bomb will never last 13 weeks.”
They couldn't have been more wrong. The sitcom sailed through 99 episodes and spawned a string of sequel projects after ending in 1967. Johnson never let the naysayers slow him down because he understood exactly what the show was meant to be.
“All right, so we are not curing cancer,” he said. “We are just doing a show, trying to entertain people. In this business, you do not play Hamlet all the time.”
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He was grateful for everything the series gave him, especially the recognition that followed him for the rest of his life.
“Now I know exactly what a successful show can do for you,” he said. “People know me wherever I go. No, they do not say ‘There is Russell Johnson.’ But they do say ‘Hey, there is that guy from the Gilligan show!’”
And according to Johnson, life on set was just as warm as fans imagined.
“What is more, Bob Denver and the rest of the cast are a great bunch,” he said at the time. “It is not always fun to do a show, and I have been on some where you could cut the atmosphere with a knife… but life on this series has really been a ball.”
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