Hollywood Boulevard Welcomes WNRM by Mort Laitner
Today, Blake and “We Need Rent Money” got some good news out of Hollywood.
Ya, I wish I could say that one of L.A.’s major distributors had picked up the film but that wasn’t to be.
But the good news came from the Hollywood Boulevard Film Fest.
Yes, WNRM won another award.
For those of you who are counting, this makes seven.
You remember Hollywood Boulevard one of the most famous streets in America, with its Grauman’s Chinese Theatre with that huge Chinese dragon across its front, the Klieg lights in old Hollywood film footage, Madame Tussauds, The Walk of Fame and the Academy Awards.
Well in the 1980’s, I recall walking down Hollywood Boulevard and seeing all these characters dressed as Super Heroes or in Disney outfits.
The family and I were looking for stars and stepping on them.
I remember placing my hands into famous movie star’s cement handprints and touching their signatures.
But on that warm Hollywood day I got lucky.
Why? Because my family and I witnessed the Captain of the Minnow, Alan Hale, being awarded his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Yup, you got it right, “Gilligan’s Island.”
One of my favorite TV shows.
Who could forget Tina Louise?
Not me.
Sad to say she wasn’t there.
Who could forget the lyrics to the show’s theme song (Please feel free to sing along):
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale
a tale of a fateful trip,
that started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin’ man,
the Skipper brave and sure,
five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour,
a three hour tour.
The weather started getting rough,
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
the Minnow would be lost.
The Minnow would be lost.
The ship aground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle
with Gilligan,
the Skipper too.
A millionaire and his wife,
a movie star,
the professor and Mary Ann,
here on Gilligan’s Isle.
Written by Sherwood Schwartz and George Wyle
Well thanks to the Hollywood Boulevard Film Fest, WNRM has not run aground on the shore of some uncharted desert isle but keeps sailing forward into the fresh wind of awards and accolades.
And I can’t wait to see Blake’s name on one of those stars.
