The cast of the television comedy series “Gilligan's Island,” which ran from 1964 to 1967, listens to a short wave radio outdoors in a promotional portrait. L-R: Actors Russell Johnson, Alan Hale Jr., Dawn Wells, Bob Denver, Tina Louise, Jim Backus, and Natalie Schafer. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
I grew up on the show “Gilligan’s Island”—all those sick days, fake or real, home from school watching the TV—which was already in syndication from its initial run from 1964 to 1967. I have to remind myself that this was 60 years ago, but it still feels modern.
Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
