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A bit of Gilligan's Island trivia
It has long been stated that the entire cast of Gilligan's Island never received residuals beyond the first four reruns of each episode. This was true for the entire cast except Dawn Wells. When the show was picked up by CBS and Dawn was cast to replace Nancy McCarthy, she was married to her agent at the time. In her original contract she was to be paid $1200 per week plus the residual contract the 6 other castaways received. Her husband/agent said that should the show become successful Dawn would not benefit from receiving such a limited residual option. Believing the show would flop, the CBS executives humored Dawn and her husband and put a clause in her contract giving her long-term residuals should the show ever syndicate. As a result from that clause Dawn has made literally millions of dollars as the years have gone by from syndication of Gilligan's Island. This was never public knowledge. Dawn and series creator Sherwood Schwartz are the only individuals to profit long-term from the series.

macrae1234 wrote:A bit of Gilligan's Island trivia
It has long been stated that the entire cast of Gilligan's Island never received residuals beyond the first four reruns of each episode.

It's hard to feel too bad for these people since they've made a living at conventions and by selling memorabilia ever since. If all Russell Johnson had to rely on was his residuals from Owen Marshall (where he played the DA along with Pat Harrington) or his other guest appearances on TV shows of that era, he'd have been in the poorhouse a long time ago.

RIP Roy Hinkley.

macrae1234 wrote:A bit of Gilligan's Island trivia
It has long been stated that the entire cast of Gilligan's Island never received residuals beyond the first four reruns of each episode. This was true for the entire cast except Dawn Wells. When the show was picked up by CBS and Dawn was cast to replace Nancy McCarthy, she was married to her agent at the time. In her original contract she was to be paid $1200 per week plus the residual contract the 6 other castaways received. Her husband/agent said that should the show become successful Dawn would not benefit from receiving such a limited residual option. Believing the show would flop, the CBS executives humored Dawn and her husband and put a clause in her contract giving her long-term residuals should the show ever syndicate. As a result from that clause Dawn has made literally millions of dollars as the years have gone by from syndication of Gilligan's Island. This was never public knowledge. Dawn and series creator Sherwood Schwartz are the only individuals to profit long-term from the series.

Was she married to one of the Silna brothers?

Lackadaisical Stumblebum wrote:

macrae1234 wrote:A bit of Gilligan's Island trivia
It has long been stated that the entire cast of Gilligan's Island never received residuals beyond the first four reruns of each episode. This was true for the entire cast except Dawn Wells. When the show was picked up by CBS and Dawn was cast to replace Nancy McCarthy, she was married to her agent at the time. In her original contract she was to be paid $1200 per week plus the residual contract the 6 other castaways received. Her husband/agent said that should the show become successful Dawn would not benefit from receiving such a limited residual option. Believing the show would flop, the CBS executives humored Dawn and her husband and put a clause in her contract giving her long-term residuals should the show ever syndicate. As a result from that clause Dawn has made literally millions of dollars as the years have gone by from syndication of Gilligan's Island. This was never public knowledge. Dawn and series creator Sherwood Schwartz are the only individuals to profit long-term from the series.

Was she married to one of the Silna brothers?

LOL! I was thinking Swifty Lazar, but then I looked up the Silna brothers, and I think you are closer.

In case anyone cares it was Larry Rosen

I still wish I had watched closely and learned how to make a radio out of a coconut and a coat hanger.