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A composer, Wyle wrote more than 400 songs. After moving to Los Angeles in 1946, he hooked into the entertainment industry, where he was the musical director for the Alan Young Radio Show. He also worked extensively on The Dinah Shore Show, The Jerry Lewis Show and The Andy Williams Show. But he's best known for two songs: the Christmas classic The Most Wonderful Time of the Year and the theme for the 1960s (and still running in syndication) series Gilligan's Island. Speaking of that theme, Wyle once said that "America doesn't want great music themes, just something it can remember." He died May 2 from leukemia at 87. From This is True for 4 May 2003 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Shannon Gilligan List Price: $6.99 Amazon Price: $6.99 Editorial Review: You are on an exciting sailing trip through the Caribbean with your family. You meet some kids who live on the island and they tell you about an old graveyard they think is haunted. Are you brave enough to visit it?  By: J. M. Barrie List Price: $0.99 Amazon Price: $0.99 Editorial Review: An exciting comedy from the author of Peter Pan with the wit and insight of the Importance of Being Ernest. A group of aristocrats who are shipwrecked find themselves stranded on an island and are totally out of their element.. Much to their embarrassment, they are saved by their low born butler named Crichton, who soon became their leader. Shock horror, what would proper society think back home?  By: William Froug List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $19.95 Editorial Review: In the early 1950s writers were leaving radio en masse to try their hand at another promising medium—television. William Froug was in the thick of that exodus, a young man full of ideas in a Hollywood bursting with opportunities. In his forty-year career Froug would write and/or produce many of the shows that America has grown up with. From the drama of Playhouse 90 and the mind-bending premises of The Twilight Zone to the escapist scenarios of Adventures in Paradise, Gilligan’s Island, Bewitched, and Charlie’s Angels, Froug played a role in shaping his trade. He crossed paths with some of the memorable personalities in the industry, including Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, Agnes Moorehead, Elizabeth Montgomery, Robert Blake, Rod Serling, Gene Roddenberry, Aaron Spelling, and Sherwood Schwartz. Froug reveals a post-WWII America giddy with the success of its newest medium—yet sobered at moments by strikes and union politics, McCarthyism and anti-Semitism. It was a world of hastily written scripts, sudden firings, thwarted creativity, and fickle tastes. And yet, while clearly exasperated with many aspects of Hollywood, Froug was a man utterly in his element, his frustration with the industry ultimately eclipsed by his dedication to his craft.  By: J.M. Barrie List Price: $0.99 Amazon Price: $0.99 Editorial Review: A Play in the tradition of "The Importance of Being Ernest" by the author of Peter Pan. It's the story of a group of shipwrecked aristocrats who are stranded on a desert island and are totally out of their element. Much to their embarrassment, they are saved by a low born 'butler' named Crichton. The working class Crichton soon became their leader- Shock horror- what would proper society think back home? Author J.M. Barrie is a master playwright and is not afraid to take on the British class system.  By: Daniel Defoe List Price: $0.99 Amazon Price: $0.99 Editorial Review: Partly based on a true story “Robinson Crusoe” is about a British shipwrecked sailor that manages to make it to a deserted island. There he has to find a way to survive he has to find food and make clothing and try and find a way to get off of the island. |
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