On 20 Jul 2017 06:35:36 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
I'da thought Mary Ann but ever since seeing Ginger's hangers in God's
Little Acre I'm all in on the Ginger
>from Oct. 18, 2012
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>http://www.today.com/popculture/dawn-wells-turns-74-question-remains-ginger-or-mary-ann-1C6547688
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>Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann Summers, the ponytailed innocent trapped for
>years on "Gilligan's Island," turns 74 Thursday. Stop a minute, build a radio
>out of coconuts and let that sink in: Fresh-faced Mary Ann is a senior citizen
>and then some. (But still looking terrific!)
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>Her co-star, redheaded siren Tina Louise/Ginger Grant, turned 78 in February.
>The two will forever be linked thanks to the inevitable "Ginger or Mary Ann?"
>question. It even makes it into Tina Louise's Wikipedia entry, which notes, "The
>question "Ginger or Mary Ann?" is regarded to be a classic pop-psychological
>question when given to American men of a certain age as an insight into their
>characters, or at least their desires as regarding certain female stereotypes."
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>It's a question that's as much about personality and expectations as it is about
>looks. Ginger had the va-va-voom figure, the sparkly gowns (so many, packed for
>what was supposed to be a three-hour tour) and the breathy Marilyn Monroe voice.
>Mary Ann had a lovely figure too, though her outfits were more Daisy Mae than
>glamorous movie star. But she was the one viewers could relate to, a winsome
>farm girl who was as all-American as the flag. Ginger was the unattainable
>dream, Mary Ann the more realistic dream come true.
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