Gilligan's Planet - The 1982 comic and sci-fi animated series

Gilligan's Planet - The 1982 comic and sci-fi animated series

Gilligan's Planet is an American animated series produced by Filmation and MGM / UA Television that aired during the 1982-1983 season on CBS. It was the second animated spin-off of the sitcom Gilligan's Island (the first was The New Adventures of Gilligan).

Gilligan's Planet was the last cartoon series produced by Filmation for Saturday morning; afterwards, they switched from Saturday morning to producing cartoons exclusively for syndication. It was also the first Filmation series to feature Lou Scheimer's “signature” credit. Additionally, it was one of the last Saturday morning cartoons from the 80s to feature an adult laugh track, as the practice's popularity had waned.

Gilligan's Planet included all but one of the original actors; Tina Louise, who has consistently refused to participate in any Gilligan's Island-related material since the end of the series, has again refused to reprise her role as Ginger Grant, who has again been portrayed as a platinum blonde (as in the case of The New Adventures) instead of Louise's red hair. Dawn Wells, who hadn't been available during the production of Gilligan's New Adventures, is back in the franchise, voicing both her character (Mary Ann Summers) and Ginger.

History

Gilligan's Planet is based on the premise that the Professor managed to build an operational interplanetary spaceship to take the original series shipwrecked off the island. This series creates a different timeline for the Gilligan franchise, making the two sequels to Universal Television films necessarily in a different continuity, as those films had integrated the cast into society. Faithful to the perpetual misfortune of the castaways, they launched into space and crashed on an unknown planet that sustained human life. In many ways, the planet was like the island, but with a strangely colored and crater-filled surface with more land to get around. The rocket was severely damaged in the crash; therefore, the castaways were still stranded and the Professor resumed his attempts to repair their only means of returning home.

Overall, Gilligan's Planet repurposed the original material from the original live-action series with space and alien themes. Encounters with headhunters and other castaways have instead become encounters with alien creatures. A new character was added called Bumper, who appeared as a reptilian alien pet / helper for Gilligan and company.

Episodes

1 "I Dream of Genie"
Gilligan rescues a robot named Wizzard from a landslide, which then grants Gilligan's every wish in gratitude. Eventually, Mr. Howell becomes the robot's master and abuses his wishes, ruining another chance to return home.

2 "The about-face is fair play "
The Skipper has shirked his duties on the whole and insists his time is better spent protecting everyone from alien invaders, even if in reality he is just dozing off. When real aliens invade, he is quickly captured and must be rescued by his "helpless" friends.

3 "Let Sleeping Minnows Lie"
The Captain is discouraged by having been so long away from the sea and his boat, so the others decide to build him a small boat, which has the dual purpose of allowing the Professor to reach a small island that he thinks may be a source of mica. , needed to repair their rocket. A sea monster attack leaves them stranded on the island, but not everything is as it seems ...

4 "Gilligan's Journey to the Center of the Planet"
Gilligan continually tries to avoid her chores to read her comic, causing a series of setbacks and accidents, culminating in the castaways falling into a hole leading to the center of the planet, where they are taken prisoner.

5 "Amazing Colossal Gilligan"
While collecting samples from the Million Lakes region of the planet for the Professor, Gilligan accidentally falls into a lake filled with yellow liquid and becomes a giant. PC owner of the space circus Barnaby arrives on the planet in his ship and tries to steal Gilligan and turn him into his latest attraction.

6 "From bumper to bumper"
Bumper is continually scolded in his attempts to find someone to play with. He decides to escape and is kidnapped by visiting aliens who adore his species.

7 "Road to Boom"
Professor discovers that the planet they are abandoned on will soon be dragged into a "space hole", so the castaways do everything they can to avoid this disaster, including mounting the missile ship from their ship onto a tower to try and change course. of the planet.

8 "Too many Gilligans"
Gilligan and Skipper find a cloning device that Gilligan accidentally goes through twice, and Mr. Howell and Ginger go through it once, creating multiple copies of themselves with disastrous results. Eventually Bumper convinces them to run through the device multiple times until it shorts out and explodes, causing all the clones to disappear.

9 "Space Pirates"
Gilligan discovers a treasure trove of advanced technical equipment, including a "transforming cube of dimensions", and accidentally shrinks all castaways except the Professor. Shortly thereafter, the pirates arrive looking for the cube and other equipment, and chaos ensues ...

10 "Invaders of the Lost Barque"
While trying to retrieve a wrench that fell into a hole near their rocket, Gilligan discovers a map that leads to a spaceship called The Lost Barque. The castaways head to a nearby cave to look for him, unaware that a group of tiny aliens calling themselves Quarks are trying to stop them so they can find the ship first.

11 "Wings"
Gilligan accidentally turns on the Professor's radio and attracts an unmanned space probe. One of the castaways may be able to bring him back to earth, but the castaways all want fame and fortune, so the Professor instructs Bumper to train them to see who is best suited.

12 "Super Gilligan"
A cosmic hurricane damages the complex and the rocket's steering mechanism is blown away. While searching, Gilligan stumbles upon a cave where an old man mistakes him for a great hero and gives him a cape that gives him superpowers so he can defeat a villain named Gooniack.

13 "Gilligan's Army"
An alien drill sergeant (who looks like Darth Vader) and his commanding officer (who looks like Groucho Marx) land on the planet and mistake the castaways for a group of recruits they have been sent to train for intergalactic space missions.

Technical data and credits

Created by sherwood schwartz
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Voices of Bob Denver
Alan Haley Jr.
Russell Johnson
Jim Backus
Natalie Shafer
Dawn Wells
Lou Scheimer
country of origin United States
No. of seasons 1
No. episodes 13 (list of episodes)
Executive producer Lou Scheimer
Duration 22:15
Production company filming
Distributor Warner Bros. Television distribution
Program services Turner
Original network CBS
Original release 18 September - 11 December 1982

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org