Facts About The Iconic Show, Gilligan’s Island

Published on 04/17/2018
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Lobster Barrel

Of course, you know Alan Hale Jr. as the beloved Skipper. However, he was also a restaurant owner! Yes, he owned and ran the famous “Alan Hale’s Lobster Barrel” in LA! Leave it to him to dress up as the Skipper and greet his lucky guests. However, he eventually shut it down and started a travel agency, which he ran until his death in 1990.

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When people come up with character names there’s usually some significance to what they pick. With Gilligan’s Island, that wasn’t the case. In fact, they just picked Bob Denver’s character name by choosing randomly from a phone book. Well, that’s one way to do it!

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