Eventually, after twenty or thirty years, the raging hormones tweaked down a notch and a curtain was lifted from blind eyes. Why in God's blazes were we ever bothering with a dream like Ginger when Mary Ann - always faithful, very capable, and darned cute - was waiting by the water well. Bless her. She knew us better than we knew ourselves. Mary Ann with the patient smile, the kind touch - there was a mate to build a family and a life around. She was not a vaporous siren but a real dream.

Or to put it bluntly: you knew Mary Ann would be a virgin on her honeymoon night.

Show aside, the pictures I've seen of TIna Louise pre-Gilligan show a rather hot model *BUT* honestly they couldn't compare to some of the pictures of Dawn Wells with those dark eyes - woof!