"Gilligan's Island" by Shelby Bush (stbush@iglou.com). The previous two sexual parodies of sitcoms were good, but this one is the quintessential sexual parody. It is both humorous and erotic. As I read the story, I could easily imagine the actual characters on Gilligan's Island doing these things. It was really an excellent story. This makes it stand apart from some of the weaker parodies, in which the author simply takes the names of the characters and the general plot from the original story and has them do things that involve sex.

How does a person write an excellent parody? I get the impression that Shelby Bush first of all enjoyed the shows he parodies. He became thoroughly familiar with the characters and the types of plots that were typical of the shows, and then asked himself, "What would happen if people in these shows were allowed to have sex?" The true genius lies in finding a creative plot and blending into that plot details that make the parody seem like a natural extension of the original show. This author does this very effectively, both in the present story and in several others that I have read. For example, I found it perfectly plausible to imagine Gilligan hiding in the bushes while Ginger took a bath under a waterfall. I could easily imagine Ginger being aware that Gilligan was there and doing subtle things to tease him. What would happen next - probably right before the commercial? Why, Ginger would bend over and display to the hidden observer the pink pucker of her asshole and the darkness of her nether lips below, and Gilligan would shoot his wad while falling backwards into a somersault, hitting his head on a tree and blacking out in preparation for the next scene.