Gilligan's Planet

Gilligan's Planet
Premiere	September 18, 1982
Finale	December 11, 1982
Creator	Sherwood Schwartz
Network/Provider	CBS
Style	30-minute animated comedy
Company	Filmation Associates
Seasons	1
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Origin	USA

Gilligan's Planet is an animated comedy that aired on CBS.

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 form of 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.

Overall, Gilligan's Planet re-presented the source material of the original live-action series with "space" and "alien" themes. Encounters with "headhunters" and other shipwrecked people became encounters with alien creatures. A new character named Bumper was added, who appeared as a cute, reptilian alien pet/sidekick for Gilligan and company.

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
CBS
Season One	September 18, 1982	December 11, 1982	13

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Complete Series
The Complete Series	July 22, 2014 (WA)	2

WA--Through Warner Archive.

External Links

• opening credits