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That time Americans demanded the Coast Guard rescue the cast of . . . “For several weeks, now, we have seen American citizens stranded on some Pacific island,” one viewer wrote to the Coast Guard “We spend millions in foreign aid Why not send one U S destroyer to rescue those poor people before they starve to death?”
TIL that some Gilligans Island viewers had no idea the show was . . . Basically this anecdote has been around for years; the source in the wikipedia articles claims Sherwood Schwartz (creator of the show) got a few (less than two dozen) telegrams forward to him from the coast guard from folks imploring them to rescue Gilligan and the crew
GILLIGAN, WHERE ARE YOU? - The Washington Post Why didn't the Coast Guard quickly rescue Gilligan, the Skipper, Ginger and the rest of the castaways? The madcap crew of the Minnow left Hawaii for a three-hour tour and wound up on
SOS: The Hilarious Mix-Up Between Gilligans Island and the U. S. Coast . . . This is the story of when the U S Coast Guard received a barrage of letters from concerned citizens, all demanding to know why the castaways had not been rescued yet It all began when Sherwood Schwartz, the TV producer behind the hit show, received an unexpected message from the U S Coast Guard
When Gilligan Got Rescued - David Krell But, in true Gilligan style, he leaves it unattended; many rescue attempts were foiled by Gilligan’s ineptitude When the castaways put out the fire, the consequent smoke catches the attention of the United States Coast Guard