View Full Version : Jerry Van Dyke turned down Gilligans Island and The Andy Griffith Show


Catherine Wheel
06-18-2015, 04:30 PM
Jerry is Dick Van Dyke's younger brother and probably best known as the obnoxious guy on the show Coach. It says on his Wikipedia he was offered the role of Gilligan on Gilligan's Island and then later offered the role of Don Knott's replacement on The Andy Griffith Show and he turned both of them down. How the fuck does that happen? Was he holding out hoping something better would come along? Imagine how his career would have gone if he had done that. That's practically career suicide.

MyOneAndOnly
06-18-2015, 05:54 PM
that is so disappoint

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The Omega Concern
06-19-2015, 11:21 PM
Big swing and a miss on nixing Gilligan's Island, but I could see how he wouldn't want to replace Don Knott's, which really can't be done.

The exploding boy
06-19-2015, 11:27 PM
still can't wrap my head around that. It pretty much fucked me up all day yesterday. i kept trying to do stuff and i'd be like "fuck I can't believe that Jerry van dyke. What an idiot"

MyOneAndOnly
06-19-2015, 11:30 PM
this thread has gotten Bob Denver really damn fast

Toast
06-20-2015, 11:06 AM
but he was the star of My Mother The Car