Family Role
The dream sequences on the show became really famous. Do you remember the “V’ for vitamins dream? It was Bob Denver’s little boy Patrick who voiced for the small Gilligan. Isn’t that a wonderful gig to have for the lead actor’s son?
A Life Changing Dinner
Do you know how Alan Hale Jr. got his role? He actually went out to dinner dressed as a civil war soldier in a Hollywood restaurant. Sherwood Schwartz noticed him and his costume and because the producer really liked what he saw, he decided to cast Hale as the Skipper.