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Not to be confused with 1974’s “The New Adventures of Gilligan”, The 1982 “Gilligan’s Planet” brought a new twist to the castaways’ predicament. Somehow, the Professor had managed to assemble a functioning rocketship out of the junk around the island and had launched Gilligan, the Skipper, the millionaire and his wife, the movie star, himself and Mary Ann into the cosmos. They end up on a strange uncharted planet, full of alien life.

The entire cast of the live-action Gilligan’s Island provided the voices of their cartoon characters on Gilligan’s Planet, with the exception of Tina “Ginger” Louise. Dawn “Mary Ann” Wells took over the animated role, while still providing her own homegrown wholesomeness to the voice of Mary Ann. They also added an alien sidekick for Gilligan named “Bumper”.

Broadcast:
9/18/82 To 9/3/83

Studio:
Filmation

Network:
CBS

Cast:
Gilligan Bob Denver

The Skipper Alan Hale Jr.

Thurston Howell Jim Backus

Lovey Howell Natalie Shafer

Ginger Dawn Wells

Mary Ann Dawn Wells

The Professor Russell Johnson

Bumper Unknown

This was the last cartoon that Filmation produced for Saturday mornings. Afterwards they produced cartoons exclusively for weekday afternoons.

This is perhaps one of the stranger Saturday morning cartoons.

-Floyd Bishop