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  • TS easy. hire Chuck Palahniuk to write the screenplay. gilligan is alone on the island, everyone else is in his head. eventually the harlem globetrotters show up and he cannibalizes them all. writes itself practically.

    Warner Bros Developing Gilligan’s Island Movie | /Film 2010

  • I hadz one guy tels me he hadz to chrg xtra munnees to fix a “galligun rod”, or “gilligan rod”; he woodn spell it fr me win i triyed to rite it doon in me lil noetbuk.

    Yeah-I think that fridge gonna - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • I suppose I should not discount the possibility of a DVD release, but I am sceptical. gilligan says; June 9, 2008 @ 8:42 pm

    Roger Vadim’s Blood and Roses (1960) 2007

  • Thanks for stopping by my blog! gilligan says; June 9, 2008 @ 8:54 pm

    They gave their souls to Hell… but the Devil wanted MORE! 2006

  • No Amber I do not think they know who gilligan is.

    » Halloween Costume Strocel.com 2003

  • I love to see shows like wait till your father gets home 2nd season, jabber jaw, speed buggy, new adventures of gilligan.

    Home Theater Forum Ronald Epstein 2010

  • I love to see shows like wait till your father gets home 2nd season, jabber jaw, speed buggy, new adventures of gilligan.

    Home Theater Forum Ronald Epstein 2010

  • As it happened on the night the t-shirts sold more than the albums just want to tell bands if you need press shots done - rich gilligan is your man - see his work -

    planet.journals.ie 2009

  • Milliband denied he spoke of a 'hessletine moment', and the bbc shouldn't report hersay -- however it was a BBC REPORTER who heard him say it ... so do the BBC say milliband is a liar, or is this another 'gilligan moment' for the BBC?

    British Blogs 2008

  • To quote Anakin Vader: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" richard the only movie i wanna see that was on an island was castaway and i really only needed to see that once. we dont need a gilligan island movie just like we didnt need a starsky and hutch, dukes of hazzard, swat, or other movies along the same idea or time period. there are tons of good scripts and screen play writers out there. give them a shot. blog comments powered by Disqus

    Warner Bros Developing Gilligan’s Island Movie | /Film 2010

  • There's a character that gets killed in Peaky Blinders, and it resolves so fast (mostly offscreen) that I had to pause the episode to catch my breath from laughing. It wasn't done poorly, it just made me go "Well, DAMN!" It was effectively a Gilligan Cut of a character dying lmfao.

    ShrapnelStars (@shrapnelstars.bsky.social) 2025

  • Mostly used in comedy, a Gilligan cut, also known simply as a “Gilligan,” refers to a cut which contradicts what we’ve just seen. Dating back to Gilligan’s Island, where the device was often used for humorous effect, it’s a pretty efficient way of visually doing a set-up/punchline. For instance: “Gilligan is fixing the boat right now.” CUT TO: Gilligan accidentally setting the boat on fire.

    13 TV Writers' Room Terms You Should Know - The Script Lab Christopher Osterndorf 2024

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