A lightweight but amusing story of seven disparate personalities - a bumbling sailor (Bob Denver), his captain (Alan Hale, Jr.), an unctuous millionaire ("I Married Joan" star Jim Backus) and his wife (Natalie Schafer), a movie star (Tina Louise), a professor (Russell Johnson) and a farm girl (Dawn Wells) - who must learn to live together after being shipwrecked on a South Seas island. In 1964, Schwartz sold the pilot for "Gilligan's Island" to CBS. After winning an Emmy for his work in 1961, Schwartz left Skelton in 1962 to work as a script supervisor for the 1963-64 season of "My Favorite Martian" (CBS, 1963-66). He then moved on to a lengthy collaboration with veteran comic Red Skelton, with whom he had a contentious relationship after becoming the head writer for "The Red Skelton Hour" (NBC/CBS, 1951-1971), he made a provision in his contract that he would not have to meet face-to-face with Skelton. After his discharge, he worked on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" before segueing to the then-new medium of television.Schwartz's television career began with "I Married Joan" (NBC, 1952-55), a lightweight comedy with Jim Backus as a domestic court judge who resolved cases by relating them to his experiences with his wife (Joan Davis). During World War II, he continued to write for radio as a member of the Armed Forces Radio Service, penning scripts for "Mail Call," "Jubilee," and other related military shows. Schwartz pitched material to the entertainer, who soon brought him aboard as a member of his writing staff in 1939. In need of money to support himself while pursuing a master's degree in science, he turned to his brother, Al, who worked as a writer for comedian Bob Hope's radio program. Born Sherwood Charles Schwartz in Passaic, NJ he came to his chosen career entirely by accident.
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