Thursday, February 16, 2023

Raquel Welch auditioned for the part of Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," but was turned down for being "too sexy." 1964

 


I don't know if this is true, but it should be.

27 comments:

  1. I agree, no one can replace Mary Ann, Miss Las Vegas

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  2. She didn't get why men liked boobs cause they're just fat. Playboy interview.

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    1. They are not. They are filled with men's hopes and dreams.

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  3. Tina Louise would have been a 5th wheel with Raquel on board.

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    1. Tina Louise probably would have quit! She's the extremely jealous type.

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  4. Well, there's no doubt that Raquel is rocking that outfit Mary Ann made famous, and that Raquel is quite the looker, but Mary Ann is still the one most would wanna take home.

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    1. if I took her home, I would have to hide her from my dad !
      granted Dawn Wells is smoking hot in anything. there is going to be something about Raquel. the smile, the way she tilted her head
      but it would never happen, she was burned once by a Aries male and would never date another one.

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  5. Rachel is the rare example that some women just don’t age well, they age fantastically.

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  6. wearing pantyhose with sandals and shorts!

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  7. Pigtails woulda sealed the deal.

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  8. On the other hand, the series would have run for 20 years....

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    1. Run for 20 years :-)
      They were going to renew it, told the actors.
      Then the wife of the network president told her husban she wanted Gunsmoke extended to an hour ... so they canceled Gilligan's Island to find that extra half an hour.

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    2. Bastards! Gunsmoke was good, but Gilligan's Island was great! Damn all television executives!

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    3. Jabrwok, the irony of your comment is those same TV execs are who brought Gilligan's Island in the first place.

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    4. 20 yrs, huh? That would've deprived the men in SEA. No tour with Bob Hope.

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  9. Might be the only woman who would be better than Dawn Wells as Mary Ann

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  10. Posted at Ace, comment thought Raquel would have been much better as Ginger

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    1. She would have made an excellent Ginger.

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    2. only ginger is ginger ...snap out of it.

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    3. A brunette ginger is not Ginger!

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  11. She is one of my favorite fantasy women.

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  12. Why not both. The show could be about avoiding rescue.

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    1. People would have been trying to get shipwrecked 200 miles NE of Hawaii (the mythical location of the non-existent island).

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