Today’s Video Break: Gilligan’s IslandEpisode Title: “Gilligan Meets the Jungle Boy”Season: 1Year: 1965Why we love this episode: In light of Mary Ann (now 69) being caught with some ganja and locked up, we had to share our favorite Gilligan’s episode. But in our search for the perfect episode, we stumbled upon a bite-size Kurt Russell guest-starring as a jungle boy Gilligan meets on the island. Daww…he looks so cute in his little leopard skirt. Watch the video now!Your take: What do you think of little Kurt's performance? Thoughts on Mary Ann being a pothead at 69? Any other favorite episodes?
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Dawn Wells — aka Mary Ann of Gilligan's Island — is serving six months of unsupervised probation for allegedly having marijuana in her car.The former Islander, now 69, had her sentencing Feb. 29, which included five days in jail, a fine of $410.50 and probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of reckless driving, but, under a plea deal, three misdemeanor counts were dropped. Wells was found with the drugs when she was stopped for erratic driving in October. There are several different accounts, however, of how the pot and paraphernalia ended up in her vehicle, starting with Wells' assertion that she'd picked up some hitchhikers who left it behind. They were, perhaps, on a three-hour tour, which Wells should know has its hazards. — Anna DimondWatch video: Find your fave Gilligan's Island episodes in our Online Video Guide.Related:• What's Your Favorite Brady Bunch Episode?• Locke Pulled a Gilligan!
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Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of The Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island (he also wrote the catchy Brady theme song), got his well-deserved Hollywood Walk of Fame star Friday. With Florence Henderson (who played Mrs. Carol Brady) and Dawn Wells (Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island) at his side, Schwartz joked that the Oscars had gotten the title of this year's Best Picture winner wrong. "Who says this is No Country For Old Men?" he joked. At 91, the kid's still got it!In honor of Schwartz's achievements, here are my 15 all-time favorite Brady Bunch episodes, in chronological order. (You're lucky I stopped at 15. I could probably rank 100 by memory.)"The Honeymoon": This is the pilot, in which Mike and Carol get married and combine their families, including three boys, three girls, a cat and a dog (who basically ruin the wedding)."Lost Locket, Found Locket": There was not a dry eye in the O'Connor household when we found out that Alice sent Jan the locket because she's a middle child too....
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Surely I’m not the only one who flashed on Gilligan's Island at the end of this week’s Lost, after Locke inadvertently caused the farmhouse/communications hub to go boom when he typed the numbers “77” into the chess-game computer. As Sayid moaned, channeling the Captain: "Now look what you’ve done, Locke." (Another fine mess?) There goes our communications link with the outside world. Now we’ll never find our way home. If the soundtrack at that moment had bleated a comical wah-wah-wah, it would have been perfect.Not that I didn’t enjoy the episode. On the contrary. Lost continues its post-hiatus rehabilitation (in quality if not in ratings) with another strong episode, albeit not a work of art like last week’s Hurley joyride. (If you didn’t like that episode, what in the world are you doing watching Lost?) The Sayid flashback, a parable about the quality of mercy in a world tainted by torture, provided solid counterpoint to the taut suspe...
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Dancing with the StarsI think I was the only person in the office who didn't watch this over the summer, and I regretted it for months, so I had high expectations here tonight. The only problem is, it seems like the show's producers have decided that everyone else watching was a fan of the first season, so we got very little explanation of how the celebrities and partners were matched up, how long they had to learn their dances, what dances to expect in the coming weeks, etc. How about a little bit of love for the new people here? Master P says he got all the people in the 'hood to watch! OK, I'll cut to the dancing right away, like the show did:
George Hamilton and Edyta Sliwinska: I thought George would be pretty good, since he's older and maybe da
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