What You Never Knew About ‘Gilligan’s Island’

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So, in case you never realized, Thurston Howell III, played by Jim Backus, was a nod to another character. Producer Sherwood Schwartz had another show, The Alan Young Show. On that other show, Backus played Hubert Updyke III. Back when Schwartz pitched Gilligan’s Island he explained that, “the island would be a social microcosm and a metaphorical shaming of world politics in the sense that when necessary for survival, yes we can all get along”.

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