Gilligan's Planet



Gilligan's Planet was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by the Filmation animation studio division of MGM/UA Television. Following The New Adventures of Gilligan, it aired during the 1982-1983 season of CBS, and it was the last Saturday-morning cartoon by Filmation before they went exclusively into syndication. It was created during the space craze that permeated several Saturday morning animated shows during the 1970s and early 1980s. Dawn Wells returned for this iteration and voiced both Mary Ann and Ginger. The series was also the final Saturday morning cartoon to feature a laugh track.

Summary
The Professor manages to build a spaceship in an attempt to get the Castaways rescued, only to get stuck on another planet, encountering aliens and other space travelers while the Professor tried to fix their spacecraft in an effort to get back to Earth. The terrain of the planet was considered surprisingly similar to the castaways' island, albeit with odd sand and oddly colored palm trees with assorted strange creatures and alien relics.

Theme Song
Like The New Adventures of Gilligan, Filmation used a different variation of the familiar live-action theme song using a spoken word-like song of the Castaways, this time heading to space.

Skipper - "We've got a brand new story about the Castaways!" Ginger - "We left our tiny island after years and months and days." Professor - "We built a little spaceship. It's crude but it could fly!" Mrs. Howell - "We left home and lost our way between the stars and sky!" Thurston Howell III - "We went from an island to a star, lost on Gilligan's Planet." Skipper - "With Gilligan and Skipper, the Millionaire, his Wife..." Mary Ann - "...The Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann began a brand new life." Professor - "What creatures we encounter... What riddles do we face?" Mrs. Howell - "What mysteries now haunt us in a strange, enchanting place?" Thurston Howell III - "Our adventures are the best by far." Gilligan - "Here on Gilligan's Star." [The Cast] "Planet!" [Gilligan] "Oh, yeah..."

Main Cast

 * Bob Denver as Gilligan
 * Alan Hale Jr. as Skipper
 * Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III
 * Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell
 * Russell Johnson as The Professor
 * Dawn Wells as Ginger and Mary Ann