Gilligan's Planet
| Gilligan's Planet | |
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| Created by | Sherwood Schwartz |
| Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
| Voices of |
Bob Denver Alan Hale, Jr. Russell Johnson Jim Backus Natalie Schafer Dawn Wells |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Lou Scheimer |
| Running time | 22:15 |
| Production company(s) | Filmation |
| Distributor |
Warner Bros. Television Distribution Turner Program Services |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 18, 1982 – September 3, 1983 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island |
| Followed by | Surviving Gilligan's Island |
Gilligan's Planet is an American Saturday morning animated series produced by Filmation and MGM/UA Television which aired during the 1982-1983 season on CBS. It was the second animated spin-off of the sitcom Gilligan's Island (the first being The New Adventures of Gilligan).
Gilligan's Planet was the last cartoon series that Filmation produced for Saturday mornings; afterwards, they produced cartoons exclusively for syndication. It was also the first Filmation series to feature the Lou Scheimer "signature" credit (as opposed to the rotating Lou Scheimer/Norm Prescott "wheel" credit which had been used since 1969). In addition, it was one of the last 1980s Saturday morning cartoons to be fitted with an adult laugh track, as the popularity of the practice had subsided.
Gilligan's Planet featured all of the original actors but one. Dawn Wells provided the voice of Ginger Grant, as well as her own original character, Mary Ann Summers. The previous animated series The New Adventures of Gilligan did not feature either Wells or Tina Louise voicing their respective characters.
Gilligan's Planet is based on the premise that the Professor had managed to build an operational interplanetary spaceship to get the castaways of the original series off the island. True to the castaways' perpetual bad luck, they rocketed off into space and crash-landed on an unknown planet that supported human life. In many ways, the planet was like the island, but with a strangely colored and cratered surface with more land to get around. The rocket was severely damaged in the crash; thus, the castaways were still stranded and the Professor resumed his attempts to repair their only way home.
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