Gilligan&#… Editing Duane Poole 1 You are editing an old version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be lost. You are editing an old version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be lost. 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"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ADuane.jpeg%7Cthumb%7Cright%7C350px%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Duane.jpeg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Duane%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22align%22%3A%22right%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%2C%22width%22%3A350%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-14856855565f60db9a03d01" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/a/a6/Duane.jpeg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20151228194509" width="350" height="467" class="image thumb alignRight" data-image-name="Duane.jpeg" data-image-key="Duane.jpeg" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><b>Duane Poole</b> is a prolific American writer and producer for television, film and stage. His credits include a dozen plays and musicals and over fifty television movies, series, and features. <br data-rte-washtml="1" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->A graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle, he started out as a writer for Hanna-Barbera animation studios, where he wrote episodes for "The Great Grape Ape Show," "The All-New Super Friends Hour," "Scooby's Laff-A Lympics," "The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour," "The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang" and "Laverne & Shirley in the Army" as well as "The Far Out Space Nuts" with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bob%20Denver%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bob%20Denver%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBob%20Denver%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-14856855565f60db9a03d01" href="/wiki/Bob_Denver" title="Bob Denver">Bob Denver</a>, "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl," "Wonderbug," and "The Krofft Comedy Hour" for Sid and Marty Kroft Productions. He was later hired by popular TV producer Aaron Spelling as a staff writer and producer for his prime-time shows "Hart to Hart," "Hotel" and "The Love Boat."<br data-rte-washtml="1" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":1,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->His TV work eventually lead to television movies and special features, such as the animated musical, "Michael’s Bird" and "For the Love of a Child" whose plot surrounding the eggects of child abuse got him an invitation to the White House. His feature, "Shattered Image," was an official selection at the Venice, Montreal, and Toronto Film Festivals. <br data-rte-washtml="1" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->In addition to "Surviving Gilligan's Island," Poole also wrote the television movies, "The David Cassidy Story" and "Return to the Batcave" based on the career of David Cassidy of "The Partidge Family" and Adam West's memories of starring on Batman in the Sixties. <br data-rte-washtml="1" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->Poole has also written several stage plays and theatrical productions. His top works include "A Christmas Memory" based on the classic Truman Capote story, "Dorian," "Love Makes the World Go ‘Round," "Beautiful Poison," "Scrooge In Love" and several other non-musical plays, including tribute evenings to Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz for the Pasadena Playhouse. </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%22Surviving%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Surviving%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSurviving%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-14856855565f60db9a03d01" href="/wiki/Surviving_Gilligan%27s_Island" title="Surviving Gilligan's Island">Surviving Gilligan's Island</a> </li></ul> <p /> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes