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Anchors Aweigh! Warner Home Video Brings the Final Season of Gilligan's Island to DVD on July 26, 2005; Available in Full Color on a Three-Disc Collector's Set Featuring the Documentary, Gilligan's Island A Pop Culture Phenomenon.


BURBANK, Calif. -- It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a  to crack open a champagne bottle and bid a fun farewell to the passengers of the S.S. Minnow minnow, common name for the Cyprinidae, a large family of freshwater fish which includes the carp (Cyprinus carpio), and of which there are some 300 American species. The European minnow is Phoxinus phoxinus.  as Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980.  (WHV WHV Wilhelmshaven (Northern Germany, Headquarters of the German Navy)
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) releases the final season of Gilligan's Island Gilligan’s Island

comedy about a party shipwrecked on a South Pacific island. [TV: Terrace, I, 312–313]

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Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
. Gilligan's Island: The Complete Third Season sets sail for stores on July 26th as a three-disc collectible box set and will be available for $39.98.

Fans can complete their collection by owning all 30 Season 3 episodes of this classic hit TV series. In full color and digitally re-mastered, Gilligan's Island: The Complete Third Season features such classic episodes as Gilligan vs. Gilligan, The Producer featuring Phil Silvers Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor.

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, featuring the voice of the late Los Angeles Lakers play-by-play announcer Chick Hearn as the radio broadcaster. These and many more unforgettable episodes make it a joy for viewers to be stranded time and time again on Gilligan's Isle.

Smooth-sailing DVD special features include:

--Introduction by Sherwood Schwartz, Creator/Producer

--Commentary by Sherwood Schwartz on the episode The Producer

--Gilligan's Island A Pop Culture Phenomenon - Documentary focusing on the sensational success of the show that ran for only three seasons, and yet has been on the air around the world for over forty years. Includes interview with Robert J. Thompson, Director of The Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University.

When rough winds toss the S.S. Minnow onto a deserted island, what started out as a three-hour tour turned into three hilarious seasons of one for the most beloved classic TV comedies of all time, Gilligan's Island. Stranded on Gilligan's Isle were Bob Denver (Gilligan), Alan Hale (Skipper), Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III), Natalie Schaefer (Lovey), Tina Louise (Ginger), Russell Johnson (Professor) and Dawn Wells (Mary Ann). The series centered on the castaways and their futile attempts at finding a way off the island. It originally aired from 1964 to 1967 and frequently rated #1 throughout its run on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. . It currently runs on the national cable network Hallmark. The beloved program has inspired a musical play, two animated series, a trio of 2-hour TV movies and the TBS reality series, The Real Gilligan's Island.

"Gilligan's Island is an enduring television classic that has been treasured by many generations. The popularity of the show transcends time and has even found a way to re-invent itself in today's modern world," said Christine Martinez, WHV Vice President, Non-theatrical Franchise Marketing. "We think this third season offering will allow fans to not only complete their collection of this series, but also give a new generation of viewers the opportunity to fall in love with the cast of characters that have become such a television phenomenon."

For more information on this and other titles distributed by Warner Home Video, visit www.whvdirect.com.

Artwork is downloadable at www.WHVDirect.com or by request.
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