gilligan s island. the island is a metaphor for the earth. a lot of the contemporary events and stress from, we could say nuclear annihilation to political conflicts like the cuban missile kriefls. with all the turmoil and everything that was going on in the world then, it was an escape from everybody and it made you happen. i would like a world with international good will where the spirit of brother hood and all for mankind. thank you. seven completely different people, raised dichbltdly, different values, really trying to get along and we did. gilligan, you re always doing dumb things. when you do something smart, it s beautiful.