Talk:The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle/@comment-57280-20200918235918

I remember reading years ago that, allegedly, Schwartz convinced the network to support a pilot for this series by singing the theme song during the pitch meeting. This of course seems unlikely; the theme we know wasn't composed till the series was commissioned, and I can't imagine even an early-career John Williams being hired to write a song for a meeting. Maybe Schwartz sang something else - or this is a television myth. Anyone know anything about this?