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I’ve been watching it for 10 minutes so far, but it’s safe to say The Real Gilligan’s Island is my new favorite show. Especially Mary Ann (#1). (I always was a Mary Ann kind of guy.)


UPDATE:

So, it’s now about an hour and 20 minutes into The Real Gilligan’s Island (how frickin’ long is this thing, anyway?), and I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite show of all time, but it’s still amusing. In case you happened to have missed it (poor you!), the basic premise is Survivor (which, for all my reality-TV loving ways I have never watched a full episode of) in ’70s sitcom dress-up. Two competing teams of Gilligans Island characters:

• Hot Mary Ann vs. Wallflower Plain-Jane Mary Ann
• Evil Bitch from Hell Millionairess (and her wussy hubby) vs. Nice Millionaire Couple (who we keep being reminded are quite a lot richer)
• Santa Claus Skipper vs. Disqualified Heart-Attack Skipper
• Funny, Klutzy, Goober Gilligan vs. Boring Good-Looking Gilligan
• The Two Gingers (one’s somewhat more sympathetic (Australian accent?) and has gotten more air time, but nothing especially distinguishes them)
• Gay, Annoying (But-Not-Because-He’s-Gay) Professor vs. Gray-Haired Smart Professor

Basically, aside from the better, dorkier Gilligan, Green Team (aka Team 2) are all a bunch of losers who deserve to lose (especially Evil Bitch from Hell Millionairess, but let’s hope she’s the last to lose just to savor the drama).

Battle of the Professors is next. I can hardly wait.

FURTHER UPDATE:
Yay! Gray-Haired Smart Professor wins and Gay Annoying Professor gets banished to the other side of the island. What on earth that means remains to be seen (but there are still 10 minutes of this two-hour extravanza to go).

YET ANOTHER UPDATE:
The Mary Anns are going for an elimination round next week!!! I’m definitely tuning in again, but if Hot Marry Ann gets elimniated, I think I will quickly lose interest (especially as it looks like she’s already sleeping with Boring Good-Looking Gilligan).

P.S.:
While channel surfing during a commercial, I watched a few minutes of Letterman. Is my imagination, or are Rupert’s Deli Platters looking slightly more appetizing than before? Sliced red bell pepper? That looked new.

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