Ha! Another thing I just learned about the famed sitcom: Apparently Natalie Schafer thought the script for "Gilligan's Island" was silly but only did the pilot to get an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii. Later, she was on vacation in Puerto Vallarta when a telegram arrived from the U.S. She read it and burst into tears, leading all of her friends to think her mother (who was ill at the time) had died. In fact, Schafer was crying because the show had been picked up, which meant she had to stay in Los Angeles and would not be able to move back to New York City as she had hoped.
Additionally, Schafer was a little over 12 years older than Jim Backus, who played hubby Thurston Howell III. You go, Lovey!
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