Their three-hour tour is now a three-season television classic as a fearless skipper, his bumbling first mate, a millionaire, his wife, a glamorous movie star, a professor and a practical young woman remain firmly stranded on an uncharted desert isle. The seven castaways struggle to survive the great outdoors — and the mindless meddling of hapless Gilligan, who always seems to ruin their chances of getting back to civilization! In the third season, Gilligan thinks he is becoming a vampire, the professor tries to repair a jetpack, an egotistical movie producer arrives and directs a musical version of Hamlet, the island is invaded by a spy who looks just like Gilligan, a witch doctor casts a spell, a compulsive kidnapper (comedy giant Don Rickles) plagues the castaways, Mrs. Howell receives love letters from a secret admirer and the gang attempts to contact a spacecraft in orbit. Television comedy was never the same after this wonderfully wacky series.

Documentary: "Gilligan's Island A Pop Culture Phenomenon"