Gilligan&#… Editing Al Schwartz 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Born November 29, 1910 in Passaic, New Jersey, <b>Albert "Al" Schwartz</b> is a comedy and television writer and the brother of Sherwood Schwartz, the creator and producer of Gilligan's Island, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Elroy%20Schwartz%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Elroy%20Schwartz%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BElroy%20Schwartz%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-942767585f609db575359" href="/wiki/Elroy_Schwartz" title="Elroy Schwartz">Elroy Schwartz</a>. He started out as a writer for Bob Hope's radio program, "The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope" and "The Red Skelton Show," for which he and the other writers won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 1961, getting nominated for the same award in 1962. Sherwood hired both Al and Elroy to write for "Gilligan's Island," but he also wrote scripts for several other TV shows, such as "The Jackie Gleason Show," "The Milton Berle Show," "The Brady Bunch" and "Petticoat Junction" among other television shows and TV movies through the Fifties to the Seventies. He also served as a writer for the "Gilligan's Island" movies of the Seventies. Sadly, he passed away March 25, 1988. </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Episode(s)</h2> <ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Castaways%20on%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Castaways%20on%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Castaways%20on%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-942767585f609db575359" href="/wiki/The_Castaways_on_Gilligan%27s_Island" title="The Castaways on Gilligan's Island">The Castaways on Gilligan's Island</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gilligan%20Meets%20Jungle%20Boy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Gilligan%20Meets%20Jungle%20Boy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGilligan%20Meets%20Jungle%20Boy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-942767585f609db575359" href="/wiki/Gilligan_Meets_Jungle_Boy" title="Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy">Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Harlem%20Globetrotters%20on%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Harlem%20Globetrotters%20on%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Harlem%20Globetrotters%20on%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-942767585f609db575359" href="/wiki/The_Harlem_Globetrotters_on_Gilligan%27s_Island" title="The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island">The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22It%27s%20Magic%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22It%27s%20Magic%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIt%27s%20Magic%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-942767585f609db575359" href="/wiki/It%27s_Magic" title="It's Magic">It's Magic</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Music%20Hath%20Charms%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Music%20Hath%20Charms%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMusic%20Hath%20Charms%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-942767585f609db575359" href="/wiki/Music_Hath_Charms" title="Music Hath Charms">Music Hath Charms</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Rescue%20from%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Rescue%20from%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRescue%20from%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-942767585f609db575359" href="/wiki/Rescue_from_Gilligan%27s_Island" title="Rescue from Gilligan's Island">Rescue from Gilligan's Island</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Smile%2C%20You%27re%20on%20Mars%20Camera%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Smile%2C%20You%27re%20on%20Mars%20Camera%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSmile%2C%20You%27re%20on%20Mars%20Camera%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-942767585f609db575359" href="/wiki/Smile,_You%27re_on_Mars_Camera" title="Smile, You're on Mars Camera">Smile, You're on Mars Camera</a> </li></ul> <hr / data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key gilligan:rte-parser-cache:3904 --> Loading editor Writers Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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