CATHY SEIPP PREFERS the real Gilligan’s Island to its latterday avatar, The Real Gilligan’s Island:

Consider this: Some years ago, actress Dawn Wells visited one of the remotest islands in the already remote Solomon Islands; she was, in fact, the first non-native woman to set foot there. The chief’s wife stared at Wells in surprise when she came out of her hut. “Mary Ann?” she asked in amazement.

But of course.