Richard Donner, Get Smart, and Gilligan's Island

TVC 546.6: From August 2011: Ed welcomes James Christie, author of You're The Director, You Figure It Out: The Life and Films of Richard Donner, a comprehensive biography and filmography that includes a detailed look at Donner's early career as a director of episodic television. Topics this segment include Donner's insight into the 99 character on Get Smart, and how he understood Sherwood Schwartz's underlying concept for Gilligan's Island like few others. Richard Donner passed away on Monday, July 5 at age 91.

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