Too Much Information-"Gilligan's Island", w/Jordan Runtagh!

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A very special thanks to Jordan Runtagh for his blessing on this replay! (Behind the Scenes note: Jordan and I both had really long days before this interview, so there's quite a bit of laughter in our chat. Wait-you were expecting sobbing? You were?) So, if you love your pop culture deep dives, subscribe to "Too Much Information" for your dose of Jordan and Alex, and follow them on Twitter, (@JordanRuntagh; @alex_heigl) once Jordan finds his password.... Anyway, here are the show notes for Gilligan's Island: Everything You Didn't Know.".... (and oddly enough, this show IS a 3-hour tour!)

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Your professors of pop culture embark on a three hour tour of trivia about this beloved monolith of mid-century sitcom kitsch. It's a ride as wild as the S.S. Minnow's doomed voyage as Jordan and Heigl somehow manage to link CIA mind control experiments, the JFK assassination, numerous tragic Hollywood deaths to talk of the seven castaways. You'll learn all about the hilarious feud among the cast, the ridiculously petty secret meaning behind the boat's name, all the ways Mary Anne was a real-life angel, and a story about the Skipper's final days that is guaranteed to make you sob. In addition to the stranger-than-fiction tales of naive good samaritans who tried to launch their own campaign to rescue Gilligan and Co., you'll also hear all about the truly insane made-for-TV reunions projects that somehow encompassed the Harlem Globetrotters, a nuclear apocalypse and murder. You're sure to get a smile from seven stranded castaways — and two crazy podcast hosts — here on Gilligan's Isle!

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