Pilot episode re-filmed
Who here thinks they should've re-filmed the unaired pilot for the first broadcast episode?
shareI really like Two on a Raft as the series starter. I've only watched Marooned twice, and didn't find it very funny. So if they re-filmed it with the same plot and jokes, it would probably be only marginally better with Tina, Dawn, and Russell.
That's why I'm not a big fan of BGF FGT either, which uses scenes from the pilot as flashbacks (and re-creates a few as well).
I think you could probably cut "Marooned," "Two on a Raft" and "Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk" into one fairly seamless pilot episode, ending with the "Gilligan, one smart Marubi," sequence. It'd probably be close to an hour long. The only thing really missing would be some kind of transition between Gilligan destroying the transmitter (after it is recovered) and the Skipper cooking eggs the next morning.
We're it up to me, I'd trim down all the slapstick on the raft a bit at the same time. As with Gilligan's fishing sequence from the pilot, it just goes on a just bit too long.
I'd love to see someone do that. Edit thouse three episodes into one. Sadly, i am not good at stuff like that.
shareI really like Two on a Raft as the series starter. I've only watched Marooned twice, and didn't find it very funny.
I've never seen the episode and I don't think I want to as it is a failed pilot. The pilot was rejected and the series was recast after studio executives reluctantly changed their minds.
I feel bad for John Gabriel and the other actors who were replaced and I also feel bad it was filmed under such trying circumstances.
That episode was filmed immediately after the JFK assassination. It must have been awful to be in Hawaii filming a slapstick comedy and get the news. To continue filming the episode must have been very difficult. share