September 26, 1964 –
S. S. Minnow started it’s three hour tour (and lasted 98 shows) when Gilligan’s Island premiered on CBS-TV, on this date.
Alan Hale Jr. was on location in Utah filming a movie when he got a call to come back to Los Angeles to do a test for the series. He rode a horse to a nearby highway, hitchhiked to Las Vegas and flew to L.A. to test with Bob Denver.
The Haus of Dcaligari 