LEADER 03794nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910821217003321 005 20240418054029.0 010 $a1-282-90464-7 010 $a9786612904646 010 $a0-299-25063-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000053048 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419927 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11295818 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419927 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10386192 035 $a(PQKB)10761154 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3445130 035 $a(OCoLC)607573685 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12274 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3445130 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10430979 035 $a(OCoLC)688317429 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000053048 100 $a20050301d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow I escaped from Gilligan's Island$b[electronic resource] $eand other misadventures of a Hollywood writer-producer /$fWilliam Froug 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press/Popular Press$dc2005 215 $axii, 345 p. $cill 300 $a"A Ray and Pat Browne book"--series t.p. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-87972-873-6 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Welcome to Hollywood -- 2. Hello, I Must Be Going -- 3. Going, Going, Gone -- 4. Volcano Man -- 5. The King of Game Shows or "Shoot Her in the Stomach" -- 6. Paradise Found, Paradise Lost -- 7. Skinny Knows -- 8. Bombs on the Left, Cannon on the Right -- 9. Chew Vass Hexpectin Mebbe Too Loose Latrek? -- 10. The Sunset of The Twilight Zone -- 11. Banished to Gilligan's Island -- 12. Bewitched . . . Plenty Bothered and Bewildered -- 13. One Subchaser Missing in Action -- 14. So You Want to Be in Pictures? -- 15. One Last Fling -- 16. Free at Last -- 17. Hollywood, UCLA -- 18. Fun and Games in TV Land -- 19. Only Sometimes a Happy Ending -- 20. Scenes from the Life of a Teacher -- Index. 330 $aIn the early 1950s writers were leaving radio en masse to try their hand at another promising medium--television. William Froug was in the thick of that exodus, a young man full of ideas in a Hollywood bursting with opportunities. In his forty-year career Froug would write and/or produce many of the shows that America has grown up with. From the drama of Playhouse 90 and the mind-bending premises of The Twilight Zone to the escapist scenarios of Adventures in Paradise, Gilligan's Island, Bewitched, and Charlie's Angels, Froug played a role in shaping his trade. He crossed paths with some of the memorable personalities in the industry, including Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, Agnes Moorehead, Elizabeth Montgomery, Robert Blake, Rod Serling, Gene Roddenberry, Aaron Spelling, and Sherwood Schwartz. Froug reveals a post-WWII America giddy with the success of its newest medium--yet sobered at moments by strikes and union politics, McCarthyism and anti-Semitism. It was a world of hastily written scripts, sudden firings, thwarted creativity, and fickle tastes. And yet, while clearly exasperated with many aspects of Hollywood, Froug was a man utterly in his element, his frustration with the industry ultimately eclipsed by his dedication to his craft. 606 $aTelevision writers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aTelevision producers and directors$zUnited States$vBiography 615 10$aTelevision writers 615 0$aTelevision producers and directors 676 $a808.2/25 676 $aB 700 $aFroug$b William$01627681 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821217003321 996 $aHow I escaped from Gilligan's Island$93964385 997 $aUNINA