New York Post - “Gilligan’s Island” glamor gal Tina Louise claims Warner Brothers put out a doll based on her iconic TV character Ginger Grant without her knowledge. The $12 vinyl doll by Funko was released on Feb. 27 and is the spitting image of the flame-haired Hollywood bombshell, down to the beauty mark on her cheek.
“Set sail to an island of whacky adventures with Pop! Ginger Grant,” trumpets the ad for the 4-inch figure dressed in psychedelic beach garb. “This Hollywood star shines in one of her many, many, many dazzling outfits. This castaway wouldn’t mind being marooned in your ‘Gilligan’s Island’ collection.”
The actress, who lives in Turtle Bay, only learned about the action figure from her daughter - and when dozens of the mini-me’s started arriving at her home from fans looking to have them autographed. She happily complied - but wondered who was profiting from her likeness.
one thing you can always be sure of, is they will try to make a buck off anyone they can. 50 to 1 they thought she was dead so they didn't figure on paying anyone.
ReplyDeleteThat's just Wrong..
ReplyDeleteTina Louise is the last surviving cast member from Gilligan's island. It's not difficult to find that out - if they'd bothered to check the internet. But she came to dislike the producers and refused to act in any of the sequels, so they had to do a little more than look in their Rolodex and make a call.
ReplyDeleteI hope she's got a strong legal case against them for making the dolls - as in, they can either pay her whatever royalties she wants, or recall and destroy all the dolls.
If memory serves, Dawn Wells (Maryanne) was the only actor on the show to secure residuals. I doubt the others had anything in their contract about a cut of merchandising.
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