Will it ever end? Talk about screwing with my childhood icons. If they try and remake the Bugaloos I swear somebody is going to get hurt.
Hollywood is looking for a new Mary Ann to strand on “Gilligan’s Island.”
And because the character on the original 1960s sitcom was supposed to be a wholesome Kansas farm gal, casting agents are hoping to find the real thing in Wichita this weekend.
But if you’re a real skipper, a real professor or a real millionaire — not to mention a movie star or first mate — they want to talk to you, too.
“We’re looking for real people in those real jobs,” said Sally Ann Salsano, one of four producers of the “The Real Gilligan’s Island,” a reality show set to air on TBS this fall.
“We want a real professor and a person who thinks of herself as a movie star. We want a cast that can get along. It’s going to be lots of fun,” she said.
“But we want people to think outside the box. The professor can be a woman, as long as she’s a real professor. It can be a female millionaire and her husband or fiance — just as long as they’re a real couple.”
And Mary Ann?
“Well, we want our Mary Ann to be a real Kansas girl. We don’t want her to be in drag,” Salsano said with a chuckle.
If you’re like me you’re pulling for a gay millionaire and his husband, just to shake things up. That might make it worth watching.