Castaways Honored

For 34 years and counting, television viewers have sat right back and heard the tale, “the tale of a fateful trip” that landed seven people on the surprisingly luxurious “Gilligan’s Island.” The origianl actors who played the crew and passengers of the ill-fated S.S. Minnow were awarded the American Icon Award Tuesday, by Women in Film and Video. The award was accepted by the surviving “Gilligan’s Island” actors: Bob Denver(Gilligan), Tina Louise (Ginger), Russell Johnson (the professor), and Dawn Wells (Mary Ann). The four cast members of the campy ‘60s show were reunited for the award presentation Tuesday on a “three-hour tour” of the Potomac River. “I think it’s timeless,” Wells said. “Everybody wants to be marooned somewhere on an inland.”