What Fans Never Knew About ‘Gilligan’s Island’

Published on 03/13/2018
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Radio Transmissions

Fans of the show remember that characters were receiving radio transmissions through a Packard Bell model AM radio. Well, the crew added a telescoping antenna to try and make things a bit more believable. Maybe that would allow audiences to suspend their beliefs a bit or reason that the antenna allowed long distance messages to come through. In real life, that radio model didn’t have an antenna, let alone a handle.

Radio Transmissions

Radio Transmissions

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Inventive Prop Team

Yes, a lot of the plot lines involved making wild technology with found scraps on the island. Obviously, this was a challenge behind the scenes for the prop team. In order to pull this off, they had to be really inventive with only a small collection of random objects. Many now see it as Macgyvering, well before it even existed!

Inventive Prop Team

Inventive Prop Team

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