Sorry, no Ginger or Mary Ann

To "better understand the perceived personalities of the candidates," advertising agency JWT used an online poll to, among other things, do a fantasy recasting of "Gilligan’s Island" with the top six presidential candidates. And the winners were:
Hillary Clinton as Mrs. Howell ("Clinton cannot get out from under her husband’s shadow," wrote Ann W. Mack in Adweek).
Rudy Giuliani and, to a lesser extent, John McCain as the Skipper.
Barack Obama as the professor.
Mitt Romney as Thurston Howell.
And John Edwards as Gilligan.
The possibilities with such recastings are endless. Here are some to ponder: "Star Trek," "The A-Team," "MASH" and "Green Acres."
Posted by Rhonda Holman

16 Comments

  1. Max
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 4:35 am | Permalink

    Star Trek -

    Hillary Clinton as the Gorn or the Horta or even as one of the Ex Wives of Harcourt Fenton Mudd.

    Obama as one of the Tribbles.

    Edwards as Sulu.

  2. Door King
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 5:33 am | Permalink

    who’s Tina?

  3. Sherry
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 7:49 am | Permalink

    >> who’s Tina?

    Tina Louise played Ginger Grant, the movie star.

  4. thinkfirst
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 7:53 am | Permalink

    Politics in America does bring out the crazy…or the bored.

  5. Tom
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 8:17 am | Permalink

    George W. Bush gets the role of Mr. Ed’s backside.

  6. Joe Williams
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 8:55 am | Permalink

    Hillary Clinton as DaisyBarack Obama as Hoke

    In the movie Driving Miss Hilliary. Movie poster below!

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Soonerpsycho/drivingmisshillary.jpg

  7. Ben
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 9:09 am | Permalink

    Max – Who for Mudd himself? Newt?

    ;^)

  8. Ben
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 9:56 am | Permalink

    Rocky Horror Picture Show …

    Dr. Scott – ThompsonFrankenfurter – GiulianaBrad – ObamaJanet – HillaryEx-wives – Magenta and the other one’The Creature’ – EdwardsMeatloaf – John Dean?

  9. Tom
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 9:58 am | Permalink

    NEWT GINGRICH as Meatloaf!!! Ben, how could you have missed that one???

  10. Ben
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 10:03 am | Permalink

    Tom! MEA CULPA!

  11. Max
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 11:00 am | Permalink

    Yeah Ben, I can see Newt as Dr Mudd. I’m no Newt fan for sure.

    Guess my age is revealed when posting about the ORIGINAL Star Trek stuff. :>(

  12. Lynz
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 11:45 am | Permalink

    Hee-hee!

    This is fun!

    MASH:

    Col. Potter: John McCainLt. Col Blake: Jimmy CarterRadar: John EdwardsHawkeye: Bill ClintonTrapper: Al GoreHotlips: Hillary ClintonBJ Hunnicut: Barack ObamaFrank Burns: Sam BrownbackKlinger: Rudy GiulianiFr. Mulcahy: Mitt RomneyWinchester: Karl Rove

  13. Ben
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 11:50 am | Permalink

    Star Trek – who are Worf and Spock?

  14. Ben
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 12:27 pm | Permalink

    Gul DuKot (sp?) Deep Space 9 – Karl Rove

  15. Ben
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 1:48 pm | Permalink

    Thompson for Mr T?

  16. gster
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 2:19 pm | Permalink

    Worf = Cheney

    Spock = Rice