Meego (1997). Gilliganâs -themed episodes had a certain camp value.
Even her career as an author related directly to the series.
Mary Annâs Gilliganâs Island Cookbook, which included Skipperâs Coconut Pie, was published in 1993.
What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide to Life, a memoir she wrote with Steve Stinson, appeared in 2014.
Mary Annâs advice in the book included this thought: âFailure builds character. What matters is what you do after you fail.â The San Francisco Book Review called the book âa worthwhile mix of classic values and sincerity".
Asked decades later about her favourite
Gilliganâs Island episodes, Ms Wells mentioned âAnd Then There Were None", which included a dream sequence in which she got to do a Cockney accent. She also cited âUp at Bat", an episode in which Gilligan (Bob Denver) imagined that he had turned into Dracula.