The Age Old Question: Ginger... or Mary Ann? The Skipper Says "Neither - I'll Take Marilyn!"

TRIVIA QUESTIONS:

In the mid 60s he played the lovable Skipper on Gilligan's Island.
In the 50s he was on the right track as the star of one of my favorite

Western TV series. What was his name? What was the name of that
unique TV show? In which film did he appear with Marilyn Monroe?

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ANSWERS TO TRIVIA QUESTIONS:

In 1963 one of my favorite

character actors, Alan Hale

(aka Alan Hale Jr.), landed

the role for which he is

best remembered, that

of "The Skipper" on

 the hit TV series

Gilligan's Island.

In 1957 and 1958, Hale starred in Casey Jones,

a Western TV series that I watched every week.

Released in syndication, Casey Jones
told the adventures of a 19th century
railroad engineer and the crew
aboard the steam locomotive
The Cannonball Express.

On October 8, 1957, when Casey Jones began its run, Phil and Don,
The Everly Brothers, were rockin' America with their first #1
smash hit "Wake Up Little Susie."

"Wake Up Little Susie" - The Everly Brothers

(Oct./Nov. 1957, highest chart pos. #1)

Before he was The Skipper...

and before he was Casey Jones...

Alan Hale had a featured role in the 1951 movie drama Home Town Story,
a film that included future Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe in one of
her smaller early roles. Here are Alan Hale and Marilyn Monroe
in a scene from Home Town Story.

Marilyn, this is Big Al. I know this sounds hard to believe,

but I'm shipwrecked on a desert isle with a bunch of wackos.

I'm calling you on a ham radio the professor made out of coconuts.

I'm gonna try the coast guard next. With any luck at all, we'll be

rescued soon, but I won't be able to get there in time for our

big date tonight. You understand, don't you?

Have a Shady day!