Gilligan&#… Editing Sid Mandel 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"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AGilligan_staff.gif%7Cthumb%7Cright%7C350px%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Gilligan_staff.gif%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Gilligan%20staff%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="200544-10583666325f60b6227f672" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/8/8a/Gilligan_staff.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20150724164609" width="350" height="232" class="image thumb alignRight" data-image-name="Gilligan staff.gif" data-image-key="Gilligan_staff.gif" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Born in 1923, <b>Sidney A. Mandel</b> was an American television writer who wrote for many TV shows through the 1960s. Not much of his life and career are known. He was one half of a writing team with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bob%20Rodgers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bob%20Rodgers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBob%20Rodgers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-10583666325f60b6227f672" href="/wiki/Bob_Rodgers" title="Bob Rodgers">Bob Rodgers</a>, working with him on the 60s TV series, "Camp Runamuck," which started the career of actress Maureen McCormick, who starred on "The Brady Bunch" created by <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sherwood%20Schwartz%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sherwood%20Schwartz%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSherwood%20Schwartz%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-10583666325f60b6227f672" href="/wiki/Sherwood_Schwartz" title="Sherwood Schwartz">Sherwood Schwartz</a>. Mandel also wrote scripts for the TV shows "The Phyllis Diller Show," "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gilligan's Island."<br data-rte-washtml="1" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->He passed away October 3, 2013 at his home in San Francisco, California at the age of 90. He is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. </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%20Little%20Dictator%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Little%20Dictator%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Little%20Dictator%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-10583666325f60b6227f672" href="/wiki/The_Little_Dictator" title="The Little Dictator">The Little Dictator</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Our%20Vines%20Have%20Tender%20Apes%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Our%20Vines%20Have%20Tender%20Apes%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOur%20Vines%20Have%20Tender%20Apes%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-10583666325f60b6227f672" href="/wiki/Our_Vines_Have_Tender_Apes" title="Our Vines Have Tender Apes">Our Vines Have Tender Apes</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Where%20There%27s%20a%20Will%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Where%20There%27s%20a%20Will%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWhere%20There%27s%20a%20Will%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-10583666325f60b6227f672" href="/wiki/Where_There%27s_a_Will" title="Where There's a Will">Where There's a Will</a> </li></ul> <hr / data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key gilligan:rte-parser-cache:4060 --> Loading editor Writers 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