Everyone’s Least Favorite Thing
What is everyone’s least favorite thing about driving? Traffic, without a doubt. Those California natives know about the notorious traffic in Los Angeles. Obviously, that heavy traffic is quite noisy. In order to avoid capturing the traffic sounds from the highway, the crew had to shoot lagoon scene on their L.A. lot as fast as possible. Thus, they could try to avoid the traffic noise interruptions.
Free Vacation
Now, how is this for motivation? Apparently, the pilot was shot in Hawaii. Thus, actress Natalie Schafer decided to film the Gilligan’s Island pilot in order to get that free trip. Unfortunately, once CBS picked up the show, the cast got the news that they would actually be shooting in Los Angeles. Wow, what a bummer!