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The question of which of these two characters fans of the show prefer has endured long after the end of the series.[{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/entertainment/dawn-wells-turns-74-question-remains-ginger-or-mary-ann-1C6547688 |title=As Dawn Wells turns 74, the question remains: Ginger or Mary Ann? |author=Gael Fashingbauer Cooper |publisher=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=September 25, 2014}}][{{cite news |title=Author has left Ginger and 'Island' behind. |first=Rob |last=]Hiassen |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=September 29, 2007 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-169256802.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144250/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-169256802.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015}} The question has inspired commercials,[[http://fliiby.com/file/567669/w0tw85r844.html Budweiser Ginger or Mary Ann] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016162316/http://fliiby.com/file/567669/w0tw85r844.html |date=October 16, 2011 }} Retrieved on September 7, 2011] essays, videos, and a sermon.[{{cite web |url=http://uustoughtonma.org/Sermons/Archives/2005-06-05-GingerOrMaryAnn.htm |title=Ginger or Mary Ann? |author=Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz |publisher=uustoughtonma.org |date=June 5, 2005 |access-date=October 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226020234/http://uustoughtonma.org/Sermons/Archives/2005-06-05-GingerOrMaryAnn.htm |archive-date=December 26, 2007 }}] By most accounts, the wholesome Mary Ann has consistently outpolled the glamorous movie-star Ginger by a sizable margin.[{{cite news |title=Russell Johnson on 'Gilligan's Island' in 1993 interview |first=Jim |last=Slotek |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |date=January 16, 2014 |url=https://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/16/russell-johnson-on-gilligans-island-in-1993 |quote=USA Today carried a Ginger vs. Mary Ann fave poll and Dawn Wells' character had 85% of the vote |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502220323/http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/16/russell-johnson-on-gilligans-island-in-1993 |url-status=dead }}] Bob Denver admitted he was a Mary Ann fan.[ According to Denver in a 2001 interview, Wells received 3,000–5,000 fan letters weekly. In contrast, Louise may have had 1,500 or 2,000.][{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/050907/7denver.htm |title=So which one did Gilligan like best? |first=Marc |last=Silver |publisher=usnews.com [[U.S. News & World Report]] |date=September 7, 2005 |access-date=October 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226081341/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/050907/7denver.htm |archive-date=December 26, 2007 }}][{{cite web|title=Ginger vs. Maryann|url=http://retrocrush.com/babes/dawn/gingervmaryann.html|publisher=retroCRUSH|access-date=April 2, 2012|archive-date=September 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911220536/http://www.retrocrush.com/babes/dawn/gingervmaryann.html|url-status=dead}}] |
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The question of which of these two characters fans of the show prefer has endured long after the end of the series.[{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/entertainment/dawn-wells-turns-74-question-remains-ginger-or-mary-ann-1C6547688 |title=As Dawn Wells turns 74, the question remains: Ginger or Mary Ann? |author=Gael Fashingbauer Cooper |publisher=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=September 25, 2014}}][{{cite news |title=Author has left Ginger and 'Island' behind. |first=Rob |last=Hiaasen |authorlink= Rob Hiaasen |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=September 29, 2007 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-169256802.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144250/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-169256802.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}] The question has inspired commercials,[[http://fliiby.com/file/567669/w0tw85r844.html Budweiser Ginger or Mary Ann] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016162316/http://fliiby.com/file/567669/w0tw85r844.html |date=October 16, 2011 }} Retrieved on September 7, 2011] essays, videos, and a sermon.[{{cite web |url=http://uustoughtonma.org/Sermons/Archives/2005-06-05-GingerOrMaryAnn.htm |title=Ginger or Mary Ann? |author=Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz |publisher=uustoughtonma.org |date=June 5, 2005 |access-date=October 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226020234/http://uustoughtonma.org/Sermons/Archives/2005-06-05-GingerOrMaryAnn.htm |archive-date=December 26, 2007 }}] By most accounts, the wholesome Mary Ann has consistently outpolled the glamorous movie-star Ginger by a sizable margin.[{{cite news |title=Russell Johnson on 'Gilligan's Island' in 1993 interview |first=Jim |last=Slotek |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |date=January 16, 2014 |url=https://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/16/russell-johnson-on-gilligans-island-in-1993 |quote=USA Today carried a Ginger vs. Mary Ann fave poll and Dawn Wells' character had 85% of the vote |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502220323/http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/16/russell-johnson-on-gilligans-island-in-1993 |url-status=dead }}] Bob Denver admitted he was a Mary Ann fan.[ According to Denver in a 2001 interview, Wells received 3,000–5,000 fan letters weekly. In contrast, Louise may have had 1,500 or 2,000.][{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/050907/7denver.htm |title=So which one did Gilligan like best? |first=Marc |last=Silver |publisher=usnews.com [[U.S. News & World Report]] |date=September 7, 2005 |access-date=October 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226081341/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/050907/7denver.htm |archive-date=December 26, 2007 }}][{{cite web|title=Ginger vs. Maryann|url=http://retrocrush.com/babes/dawn/gingervmaryann.html|publisher=retroCRUSH|access-date=April 2, 2012|archive-date=September 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911220536/http://www.retrocrush.com/babes/dawn/gingervmaryann.html|url-status=dead}}] |
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