While seeming like a prospect of "Where are they now?" crossed with "Growing up Brady", this was an inventive format. Narrative with actors for some parts, presentations by the original actors for others, and vox populi for yet other parts, they all blended together to make for a trippy sort of special, especially when the staged narratives used original actors (Dawn Wells at Alan Hale Jr's funeral) and the presentations used the young actors (the questions about the professor getting off the island, why did they have so much clothing?). I won't say much about the actual content, but I was pleasantly surprised at the way they presented it.
Review of Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History
(2001 TV Movie)
Inventive Format
17 October 2001