List of Gilligan's Island episodes
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The following is a list of all 98 episodes for the television show Gilligan's Island
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, the crew continued to work after hearing the shocking news. The departure of the Minnow was filmed on November 26, and all the flags in that sequence can be seen flying at half-staff
. The episode eventually aired on TBS twenty-nine years later on October 16, 1992.
There were 36 episodes and the entire season was filmed and broadcast in Black/White.
A duck lands on the island. Food is scarce, but Gilligan is determined to protect the duck. Mel Blanc
voices the duck. Ironically, the dream sequence was filmed on the set of Gunsmoke
, which replaced Gilligan's Island in its time slot.
1.08
"Good-Bye Island"
1625-0702
November 21, 1964
Gilligan discovers the perfect, permanent glue when trying to make pancake syrup. His goofy glue, however, turns out to be temporary instead of permanent and the Minnow breaks apart.
1.09
"The Big Gold Strike"
1625-0713
November 28, 1964
Mr. Howell discovers a gold mine on the island. Soon everyone has gold fever.
1.10
"Waiting for Watubi"
1625-0715
December 5, 1964
Skipper finds a tiki idol, a small statue of Kona, the god of evil. Skipper believes he is cursed. Only a visit from Watubi can lift the spell.
1.11
"Angel on the Island"
1625-0718
December 12, 1964
Mr. Howell agrees to back Ginger's off-Broadway, on-island show. However, his wife soon believes that she should be the star of her husband's show.
1.12
"Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk"
1625-0704
December 19, 1964
>
Santa Claus
Flashback scenes to the first days on the island. (Effective re-use of the never-aired pilot episode.)
It's the first Christmas on the island and the castaways remember their first days on the island. Soon Santa visits to remind them of what they have to be thankful for. Santa is the Skipper, or is he?
1.13
"Three Million Dollars More or Less"
1625-0710
December 26, 1964
They have fashioned golf clubs from clam shells and bamboo. Golf balls are avocado pits.
Gilligan wins $3 million from Mr. Howell in a putting contest.
1.14
"Water, Water Everywhere"
1625-0714
January 2, 1965
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Frog
Pedal-driven bamboo water wheel
Drinking water is suddenly scarce. But a frog comes to the rescue. Mel Blanc
voices the frog.
1.15
"So Sorry, My Island Now"
1625-0719
January 9, 1965
Japanese Sailor
(Vito Scotti
)
A Japanese sailor (Vito Scotti
in his first of four guest appearances) captures the island. Gilligan tries to use his submarine to return to civilization.
1.16
"Plant You Now, Dig You Later"
1625-0717
January 16, 1965
Once the chest is discovered to contain only cannonballs, the castaways build a bamboo bowling alley to make use of the balls.
Gilligan uncovers a treasure chest while digging for Mr. Howell. A court is held, with the professor as the judge to decide rightful ownership.
1.17
"Little Island, Big Gun"
1625-0720
January 23, 1965
4 Gangsters (1 stays on the island)
Jackson Farrell
(Larry Storch
)
Trying to evade the police after a heist, a gangster is dropped off on the island, planning to hide out for a while. When he discovers that the island is occupied, he poses as a doctor.
1.18
"X Marks the Spot"
1615-0721
January 30, 1965
The island is the target of new Air Force missile. But it doesn't explode when it lands. Now Gilligan must defuse it.
1.19
"Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy"
1625-0716
February 6, 1965
Jungle Boy
(Kurt Russell
)
Kurt Russell
is the Jungle Boy, a lad found living in the jungle. They accidentally send him back to civilization alone in a homemade balloon before they get finished teaching him English.
1.20
"St. Gilligan and The Dragon"
1625-0712
February 13, 1965
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Gilligan dreams he is a matador
The Skipper dreams he is Sultan with a harem
The Professor dreams he is a movie star (Cary Grant)
Mr. Howell dreams that the women are eager to please him.
The women tire of being held subservient to the men and decide to separate and build their own camp. The men realize how much they need the women, and so they try to scare the women back.
1.21
"Big Man on Little Stick"
1625-0722
February 20, 1965
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Surfer Duke Williams
)> Super Surfer Duke Williams rides a tsunami onto the island, and off again.
1.22
"Diamonds are an Ape's Best Friend"
1625-0725
February 27, 1965
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Gorilla
Female Gorilla
A gorilla is loose on the island, and he likes Mrs. Howell's perfume.
1.23
"How to be a Hero"
1625-0724
March 6, 1965
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A native headhunter is on the prowl.
Professor has fashioned a pedal-powered washing machine.
Gilligan has to be rescued while he is rescuing Mary Ann. This failure leaves him feeling down in the dumps so the other castaways devise ways to try to make him feel like a hero.
1.24
"The Return of Wrongway Feldman"
1625-0723
March 13, 1965
>
WrongWay Feldman
(Hans Conried
)
The professor made a bamboo telescope
WrongWay is back, this time trying to escape the hustle and bustle of the modern world. So now the castaways must convince him that civilization is better than life on the island. They try various schemes to get him to return to civilization and rescue them.
1.25
"The Matchmaker"
1625-0727
March 20, 1965
The professor has made a record player out of bamboo.
Mrs. Howell misses the busy social season of civilization, so she tries to pair up Gilligan and Mary Ann. This ends up creating trouble in the family between Mr. and Mrs. Howell resulting in a temporary battle between them until the castaways decide to recreate the scene of Mr. Howell's proposal: a fancy French restaurant called the Tour D'Argent.
1.26
"Music Hath Charm"
1625-0726
March 27, 1965
Natives from a few nearby islands
Mrs. Howell wants to civilize the island with an orchestra. But the sounds attract the wrong kind of audience.
1.27
"New Neighbor Sam"
1625-0729
April 3, 1965
Parrot
The castaways are hearing voices of gangsters, but it turns out to be a parrot. Mel Blanc
voices the parrot.
1.28
"They're Off and Running"
1625–0728
April 10, 1965
The Skipper loses Gilligan to Mr. Howell wagering on turtle races.
1.29
"Three to Get Ready"
1625-0731
April 17, 1965
Gilligan finds a lucky stone, "The Eye of the Idol", that entitles him to three wishes before the end of the day.
1.30
"Forget Me Not"
1625-0730
April 24, 1965
Under hypnosis, Skipper sees the castaways first as childhood classmates, then as Japanese soldiers from WWII.
The Skipper has amnesia and the Professor resorts to hypnosis to cure him. However, this causes more problems than it solves.
1.31
"Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?"
1625-0709
May 1, 1965
Various versions of the visit by the Japanese sailor (Vito Scotti
).
Everyone remembers the day the Japanese sailor came differently. Gilligan is keeping a diary, and everyone wants to know what he has to say.
1.32
"Physical Fatness"
1625-0732
May 8, 1965
The Professor develops a phosphorus dye which Gilligan drinks and becomes a human lighthouse bulb.
Gilligan helps the Skipper lose enough weight to get back into the navy once they are rescued. Also, they help Gilligan gain weight so he too can return to navy life.
1.33
"It's Magic"
1625-0733
May 15, 1965
A magician's trunk washes ashore and the castaways learn tricks to scare away natives.
1.34
"Good-Bye, Old Paint"
1625-0734
May 22, 1965
Alexandri Gregor Dubov
(Harold J. Stone
)
Dubov, a reclusive artist, visits the island. Now the castaways must convince him to return to civilization.
1.35
"My Fair Gilligan"
1625-0735
May 29, 1965
Gilligan is a spoiled heir.
Gilligan saves Mrs. Howell's life and the Howells decide to adopt him, and change him into G. Thurston Howell IV.
1.36
"A Nose By Any Other Name"
1625-0736
June 12, 1965
Gilligan's nose swells and his ego fades after he falls out of a coconut tree. He insists that the professor perform plastic surgery on his now deformed nose.
There were 32 episodes and the entire season was filmed and broadcast in color.
When El Presidente Pancho Hernando Gonzales Enrico Rodriguez of Eucuarico is exiled on the island, he foments a revolution and convinces Gilligan to become his puppet leader. This episode is in effect a satire of the military politics of many Latin American countries during the 1960s.
2.04
"Smile, You're on Mars Camera"
1625-0751
October 14, 1965
Gilligan becomes a human Cuckoo clock
Bird!!
When a Mars Lander accidentally crashes on the island instead of landing on Mars, the castaways are mistaken for life on Mars.
2.05
"The Sweepstakes"
1625-0758
October 21, 1965
Howell as a prospector who loses his assay receipt. A plot hole
is Howell losing his "receipt"-when it fact he is seen placing it in his pocket.
Gilligan wins the lottery and then loses the ticket.
2.06
"Quick Before it Sinks"
1625-0756
October 28, 1965
The professor mistakenly believes that the island is sinking when Gilligan uses the Professor's high water measuring stick to mark the lobster traps.
2.07
"Castaway Pictures Presents"
1625-0754
November 4, 1965
The professor designs a pedal driven air pump for underwater breathing
Gilligan discovers a sunken ship in the lagoon. The ship is only half there, but the cargo is intact. Two crates of movie production equipment and costumes. Exit South Seas Film Productions and enter Castaways Pictures. The group uses the equipment to make a movie about themselves and their predicament in hopes that it will spark a rescue. Instead, the film wins a Cannes Film Festival Award!
2.08
"Agonized Labor"
1625-0753
November 11, 1965
The Howells are broke, or so the radio says. The rest of the group tries to train them for other lines of work for after they are rescued.
2.09
"Nyet, Nyet – Not Yet"
1625-0763
November 18, 1965
Russian Cosmonauts
(Danny Klega) is Ivan.
(Vincent Beck) is Igor.
Two Russian Cosmonauts land on the island. The castaways hope it will lead to a rescue. For once Gilligan does something right when he switches water for vodka, but in the end he still messes things up as usual.
2.10
"Hi-Fi Gilligan"
1625-0762
November 25, 1965
Gilligan's mouth becomes a radio when a filling in a tooth is knocked loose. Just in time too, as the regular radio is broken and a monster typhoon is on its way.
2.11
"The Chain of Command"
1625-0761
December 2, 1965
Gorilla
The Skipper wants to train Gilligan to take charge should anything happen to him. Gilligan's mettle is tested when the Skipper disappears, apparently kidnapped by natives.
2.12
"Don't Bug the Mosquitoes"
1625-0764
December 9, 1965
The Mosquitoes
(Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving)
(Les Brown Jr. & The Wellingtons)
In a parody of The Beatles and Beatlemania, the music sensation "The Mosquitoes" land on the island for much needed peace and quiet. What they get instead are the girls having formed a group of their own, "The Honeybees".
2.13
"Gilligan Gets Bugged"
1625-0766
December 16, 1965
Gilligan has been bitten by the dreaded, and deadly, Mantis Khani. Now he has 24 hours to live. The problem is, the Mantis Khani only travels in swarms of thousands of bugs.
2.14
"Mine Hero"
1625-0759
December 23, 1965
Professor has created a forge for melting metal to make an anchor. The Howells have a badminton
net and racquets.
Gilligan catches a WWII mine while fishing. Now they must get rid of it before it destroys them all.
2.15
"Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue"
1625-0765
December 30, 1965
Erika Tiffany Smith (Zsa Zsa Gabor
);
Socialite Erika Tiffany Smith arrives on the island, looking for a place to build a resort. But instead she falls in love with, and becomes engaged to, the Professor. Once she returns to civilization, however, Smith's logbook can't help the castaways-not only are the directions hopelessly vague but it's written in Hungarian.
2.16
"Not Guilty"
1625-0767
January 6, 1966
The girls are boiling plants to make rat poison. The Professor has created a guillotine
. They have a bamboo speargun.
Who killed Randolph Blake? According to a newspaper that washed ashore, one of the castaways did it the night before the fateful 3-hour tour. So they recreate the crime in order to find out who among them is the murderer.
2.17
"You've Been Disconnected"
1625-0756
January 13, 1966
Professor builds a pedal-operated power saw (with diamond necklace as the blade), fashions a blow-torch out of a glass bottle filled with natural gas, and makes a telephone to attach to the cable.
A storm washes an international underwater telephone cable onto the shore of the lagoon. So naturally they try to call for help.
2.18
"The Postman Cometh"
1625-0769
January 20, 1966
Mary Ann is a hospital patient with Roomis-Igloomis and the men are TV doctors.
Gilligan and the Skipper hear on the radio that Mary Ann's boyfriend is getting married. Wondering how to break the news to her, the two go to the Professor and Mr. Howell. Mary Ann overhears them discussing it and believes they are trying to tell her she has eaten poisonous mushrooms!
2.19
"Seer Gilligan"
1625-0772
January 27, 1966
Gilligan has found a bush that provides seeds that enable anyone who eats the seeds to read people's minds.
2.20
"Love Me, Love My Skipper"
1625-0770
February 3, 1966
The Howells are planning a cotillion, but Mr. Howell accidentally loses the Skipper's invitation.
2.21
"Gilligan's Living Doll"
1625-0768
February 10, 1966
A very sophisticated man-like robot
A robot lands on the island, and the castaways must figure out how to use him to get rescued. Watch out for Gilligan's lucky rabbit's foot, which will magically reappear in episode 3.05.
2.22
"Forward March"
1625-0771
February 17, 1966
Gorilla
Someone is shelling the castaways with hand grenades. It turns out that a gorilla (Mrs. Howell's kidnapper?) has found a stash of WWII weapons in a cave.
2.23
"Ship Ahoax"
1625-0773
February 24, 1966
When "Island Madness" threatens to destroy harmony on the island, Ginger uses a crystal ball to give everyone something to hope for.
2.24
"Feed the Kitty"
1625-0776
March 3, 1966
Lion
A cage carrying a lion washes off a ship and onto the island. Gilligan befriends it by pulling a thorn from its paw. The castaways then decide to stage a circus. Note: During filming of this episode, the lion tried to attack Bob Denver
. The lion's trainer asked the cast to keep this a secret from his employer, fearing he would be fired.
2.25
"Operation: Steam Heat"
1625-0777
March 10, 1966
Gilligan finds a thermal vent and soon everyone has piping hot water. But the Professor isn't so excited.
2.26
"Will the Real Mr. Howell Please Stand Up"
1625–0778
March 17, 1966
Thurston Howell impostor
(Jim Backus
).
Mr. Howell has a double back home spending his money. When the gent goes on a cruise, guess where he lands? The real Mr Howell twice attempts to swim the Pacific to stop the impostor.
2.27
"Ghost a Go-Go"
1625–0779
March 24, 1966
Ghost (Soviet Agent)
(Richard Kiel
)
A ghost is terrorizing the castaways, so the castaways decide to terrorize the ghost.
2.28
"Allergy Time"
1625-0780
March 31, 1966
The Professor makes a hypodermic needle from bamboo.
First the Skipper, then the rest of the castaways develop an allergy to Gilligan.
2.29
"The Friendly Physician"
1625-0775
April 7, 1966
Dr. Boris Balinkoff
(Vito Scotti
);
Igor (Mike Mazurki
)
Mad scientist Dr. Boris Balinkoff "rescues" the castaways. But in reality he kidnaps them to his own nearby island for mind transfer experiments.
2.30
""V" for Vitamins"
1625-0781
April 14, 1966
Gilligan is "Jack" in the Beanstalk. Skipper is the Giant.
Gilligan must guard the last precious orange when the Professor determines that the castaways are in need of vitamins. (Bob Denver
's real-life son Patrick plays small Gilligan in the dream sequence.)
2.31
"Mr. and Mrs. ??"
1625-0774
April 21, 1966
The radio announces that the minister who married the Howells was a phony, so they aren't really married. When they attempt to get remarried by the Skipper in a ceremony "at sea" in the middle of the lagoon, havoc ensues and they break up instead. So Mr. Howell takes Ginger on a date, while Miss Wentworth dates the Professor; each in an effort to make the other jealous.
2.32
"Meet the Meteor"
1625-0782
May 2, 1966
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Professor makes a bamboo geiger counter.
Gilligan has a brief dream that the castaways have all aged 50 years.
A meteor crashes into the island making everything near it age very rapidly, including people.
There were 30 Episodes and entire season was filmed and broadcast in Color.
Mad scientist Dr. Boris Balinkoff is back. This time his scheme is to turn the castaways into hypnotized robots he will use to assist him in looting Fort Knox. "Igor" is represented by a monkey.
3.10
"Topsy-Turvy"
1625-0511
November 14, 1966
Headhunters
(Roman Gabriel
,
Eddie Little Sky
,
Allen Jaffe)
Gilligan bumps his head and sees everything upside down. The Professor concocts a potion to cure him but instead Gilligan sees multiple images. To make matters worse, headhunters come to the island and capture everyone but Gilligan. (LA Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel
plays one of the headhunters)
3.11
"The Invasion"
1625-0518
November 21, 1966
Gilligan dreams that he is Agent 014 and must deliver the secret briefcase. With the exception of Professor and Gilligan, everyone else — secretary (Mary Ann), Gilligan's "mother" (the Skipper), Gilligan's fiancee (Ginger) — are agents of "Mr. Evil" (Mr & Mrs Howell). A spoof of 007
movies.
When a locked briefcase washes ashore, the castaways are dying to find out what's inside.
3.12
"The Kidnapper"
1625-0515
November 28, 1966
The Kidnapper, Norbert Wiley
(Don Rickles
)
A kidnapper is loose on the island, holding first one, then another castaway for ransom. They set out to trap him at his own game.
3.13
"And Then There Were None"
1625-0517
December 5, 1966
Gilligan dreams that he is Dr. Jekyll who turns into Mr. Hyde at the mention of food. Ginger is a witness (the lady in red) with Mrs. Howell as Mary Poppins
, the defense attorney. Mr. Howell is the judge, Mary Ann is Eliza Doolittle, Skipper the bailiff, and Professor as prosecutor.
The castaways are disappearing one by one. Gilligan becomes convinced that he is responsible for their disappearances. Soon he becomes convinced that HE has become a Mr. Hyde.
3.14
"All About Eva"
1625-0516
December 12, 1966
Eva Grubb
(Tina Louise
)
A plain Jane
named Eva Grubb comes to the island to escape society. But when the girls give her a makeover, it turns out that Ginger has a double. And soon it's trouble for all when she knocks out Ginger and tries to be her. Eva fools everyone during a party but is exposed when Ginger escapes. She later escapes on her power boat, leaving behind a message saying she was going back to Hollyood to resume Ginger's career.
3.15
"Gilligan Goes Gung Ho"
1625-0510
December 26, 1966
Professor builds a padlock from bamboo.
The castaways decide to establish law and order on the island, with the Skipper as the island Sheriff and Gilligan as his deputy. Unfortunately Deputy Gilligan takes his new responsibility too seriously, and, as a result, everyone ends up in jail...including, eventually, himself!
3.16
"Take a Dare"
1625-0504
January 2, 1967
Contestant George Barkley
(Strother Martin
)
The "Take-A-Dare" radio show has put a contestant on a deserted island to survive for one week without any help from anyone. If he can do this he will win $10,000. Trouble is, the island the contestant is on isn't exactly deserted at all.
3.17
"Court-Martial"
1625-0523
January 9, 1967
Gilligan dreams that he is Lord Admiral Gilligan. The Skipper, the Professor and Mr. Howell are pirates (Long John Silver, Captain Kidd, Captain Hook), and the women are the royal cargo on the ship.
When they hear on the radio that the Maritime Board has pinned the loss of the Minnow on the Skipper, the castaways recreate the shipwreck to uncover the truth. When the blame seems to shift to Gilligan, he dreams about pirates.
3.18
"The Hunter"
1625-0519
January 16, 1967
Jonathan Kincaid
(Rory Calhoun
)
and his
Trusty Sidekick Ramoo
(Harold Sakata
)
Big game hunter Jonathan Kincaid lands on the island. Disappointed to discover no game to hunt, he decides to hunt "the Most Deadly Game", also known as Gilligan. If Gilligan can elude him for 24 hours then he will rescue them. Gilligan beats Kincaid; later the castaways hear about how Kincaid shoots 100% at a trap shoot but has to be taken away mumbling "Gilligan". A spoof of The Most Dangerous Game
3.19
"Lovey's Secret Admirer"
1625-0525
January 23, 1967
Lovey Howell dreams that she is Cinderella. Mr. Howell is Prince Charming. Gilligan is her Fairy Godfather. Ginger and Mary Ann are the ugly stepsisters. Skipper is the evil stepmother.
Mrs. Howell has a secret admirer. Mr. Howell is livid. So the Professor invents a lie detector, and soon the truth is known. All the attention causes her to dream that she is Cinderella.
3.20
"Our Vines Have Tender Apes"
1625-0524
January 30, 1967
>
Tongo the apeman actor
(Denny Miller
)
The island's mysterious resident Gorilla is back again.
Tongo the Ape Man, actually a movie actor researching a role, visits the island. He tries to fool the castaways into believing he is really a "savage" jungle lord (a la Tarzan
), but the island's resident gorilla gives him away.
3.21
"Gilligan's Personal Magnetism"
1625-0526
February 13, 1967
Gilligan and his bowling ball are magnetically attached to each other after Gilligan is struck by lightning. The Professor's cure turns Gilligan invisible.
3.22
"Splashdown"
1625-0522
February 20, 1967
The professor builds a large bamboo generator to boost the power of his Morse code
transmitter. The generator is powered by 4 castaway pedaled unicycles.
The Professor determines that a manned American spacecraft will pass directly over their island. They set out to build a signal to let the astronauts know they are there. The unmanned spacecraft that the astronauts are to rendezvous with accidentally lands on the island.
3.23
"High Man on the Totem Pole"
1625-0520
February 27, 1967
Kupakai Headhunters
(Jim Lefebvre
, Al Ferrara
, Pete Sotos)
Skipper and Gilligan find a totem pole
in the jungle, and the head at the top of the pole is a dead ringer for Gilligan, leading him to believe he is a Kupakai headhunter. Trouble begins when real Kupakai warriors show up and discover that someone has defaced their sacred pole.
3.24
"The Second Ginger Grant"
1625-0527
March 6, 1967
Mary Ann bumps her head, and now she thinks she's Ginger.
3.25
"The Secret of Gilligan's Island"
1625-0514
March 13, 1967
Gilligan dreams that the castaways are cavemen determined to move to the other side of the island, against the wishes of the chief (Mr. Howell).
Gilligan finds a stone map that tells how to get "off" the island.
3.26
"Slave Girl"
1625-0529
March 20, 1967
>
Kalani (Midori
)
Ugundi (Michael Forest
)
and 2 Natives
The Professor has created a bamboo stethoscope
Gilligan rescues Kalani, a Matoba native girl, from drowning, and she vows to be his slave for life. When her ex, Ugundi, shows up on the island and challenges Gilligan to a duel-to-the-death, "for life" may be a short stint.
3.27
"It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Gilligan!"
1625-0530
March 27, 1967
A James Bond-like jet pack
lands on the island. The castaways believe they can use it to signal the Navy search party looking for it. Even with the jet pack Gilligan as usual messes up any rescue attempts.
3.28
"The Pigeon"
1625-0521
April 3, 1967
Homing Pigeon
Giant 6 foot spider
When a homing pigeon comes to the island, the castaways begin to correspond with the bird's owner, who is an inmate at Alcatraz. Naturally he doesn't take their messages seriously. Sterling Holloway
as Burt the inmate. Harry Swoger as guard
3.29
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
1625-0528
April 10, 1967
>
Monkey
The Professor has made a pedal-powered dentist's drill.
A crate full of modeling clay washes ashore and the castaways waste no time in molding it into things they need, including fillings for Gilligan's teeth. A playful monkey shows them that, once hardened, the clay is a deadly explosive, set off by the slightest bump.
3.30
"Gilligan, the Goddess"
1625-0502
April 17, 1967
King Killiwani
(Stanley Adams
)
A Chief from a nearby island, King Killiwani, comes in search of a White Goddess to take back to his island to marry. Will he settle for "Gillianna"?
In 2001 Dawn Wells co-produced a TV movie bio-pic, where she, Bob Denver, and Russel Johnson appear as themselves and remember what life was like during the series. In the memory scenes, they and the rest of the cast and crew are played by actors, while Dawn narrates.
Gilligan's Island
Gilligan's Island is an American television series created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The situation comedy series featured Bob Denver; Alan Hale, Jr.; Jim Backus; Natalie Schafer; Tina Louise; Russell Johnson; and Dawn Wells. It aired for...
.
Pilot episode
The pilot episode, titled "Marooned", was filmed in November 1963. On November 22, the day of the John F. Kennedy assassinationJohn F. Kennedy assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...
, the crew continued to work after hearing the shocking news. The departure of the Minnow was filmed on November 26, and all the flags in that sequence can be seen flying at half-staff
Half-staff
Half-staff is the American term for to describe a flag flying a flag below the summit of the flagpole . The rest of the English-speaking world uses the term half-mast. Technically the flag should be flown one breadth lower to allow for the invisible flag of death...
. The episode eventually aired on TBS twenty-nine years later on October 16, 1992.
Season 1 (1964–65)
The first season was broadcast on CBS, Saturdays at 8:30 PM. The first episode of season one aired on Sept 26, 1964.There were 36 episodes and the entire season was filmed and broadcast in Black/White.
| # | Title | Prod # | Original Airdate |
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| Synopsis | |||||
| 1.01 | "Two on a Raft Two on a Raft Two on a Raft is the debut episode of the 1960s TV series Gilligan's Island. It first aired on September 26, 1964 on CBS.-Plot:Following a violent storm, the crew and passengers of the S.S. Minnow wakes up to find that they have landed on an uncharted island... " |
101 | September 26, 1964 | ||
| Following a violent storm, the Skipper and Gilligan sail for help on a raft, only to wind up back on the same island and they are unaware that it is the same island they were marooned on. | |||||
| 1.02 | "Home Sweet Hut Home Sweet Hut Home Sweet Hut is the second episode of the 1960s TV series Gilligan's Island. It first aired on October 3, 1964 on CBS.-Plot:The castaways decide that they need to build a hut. They all construct a single community hut, buy inevitably form their own huts.-Production:... " |
1002 | October 3, 1964 | ||
| The castaways build a hut for all, but tensions mount and soon they all build their own huts. | |||||
| 1.03 | "Voodoo Something to Me" | 1625-0701 | October 10, 1964 | Chimpanzee | |
| Skipper believes the island is under the spell of Voodoo and that Gilligan has been turned into a chimp. | |||||
| 1.04 | "Goodnight, Sweet Skipper" | 1004 | October 17, 1964 | ||
| Skipper turns the radio into a transmitter. The catch is that he can only do it when he sleepwalks. With June Foray June Foray June Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters... as the voice of aviatrix Alice McNeil. |
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| 1.05 | "WrongWay Feldman Wrongway Feldman Wrongway Feldman was a fictional World War I fighter pilot who appeared on the TV sitcom Gilligan's Island played by actor Hans Conried. -Background:He got his nickname for always flying the wrong way, and during the war, bombed his own airbase... " |
1625-0708 | October 24, 1964 | WrongWay Feldman (Hans Conried Hans Conried Hans Georg Conried, Jr. was an American comedian, character actor and voice actor.-Early years:He was born on April 15, 1917 in Baltimore, Maryland to Hans Georg Conried, Sr. and Edith Beyr Gildersleeve. His mother was a descendant of Pilgrims, and his father was a Jewish immigrant from Vienna,... ) |
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| Famed aviator WrongWay Feldman Wrongway Feldman Wrongway Feldman was a fictional World War I fighter pilot who appeared on the TV sitcom Gilligan's Island played by actor Hans Conried. -Background:He got his nickname for always flying the wrong way, and during the war, bombed his own airbase... is discovered living on the island. The castaways help him fix his plane so he can fly for help. WrongWay gets back to civilization after nearly 30 years, but his directions are so inexact that "Gilligan's Island" is located anywhere from the Bay of Naples to the Arctic Ocean! |
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| 1.06 | "President Gilligan" | 1625-0707 | October 31, 1964 | ||
| When Mr. Howell and the Skipper square off over who is in charge, the castaways decide they need to elect a leader. | |||||
| 1.07 | "Sound of Quacking" | 1625–0711 | November 7, 1964 | > | Duck |
| Sheriff Gilligan protects his prisoner (the duck). | |||||
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
voices the duck. Ironically, the dream sequence was filmed on the set of Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
, which replaced Gilligan's Island in its time slot.
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
voices the frog.
(Vito Scotti
Vito Scotti
Vito Scotti was a veteran character actor who played many roles, primarily from the late-1940s to the mid-1990s. He was known as a man of a thousand faces, for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen roles, in a nearly 50 year career. He was known for his resourceful...
)
Vito Scotti
Vito Scotti was a veteran character actor who played many roles, primarily from the late-1940s to the mid-1990s. He was known as a man of a thousand faces, for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen roles, in a nearly 50 year career. He was known for his resourceful...
in his first of four guest appearances) captures the island. Gilligan tries to use his submarine to return to civilization.
Jackson Farrell
(Larry Storch
Larry Storch
Lawrence Samuel "Larry" Storch is an American actor best known for his comic television roles, including voice-over work for top cartoon shows, including Mr...
)
(Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell is an American television and film actor. His first acting roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters...
)
Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell is an American television and film actor. His first acting roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters...
is the Jungle Boy, a lad found living in the jungle. They accidentally send him back to civilization alone in a homemade balloon before they get finished teaching him English.
Denny Miller
Denny Scott Miller is an American actor, perhaps best known for his guest-starring roles on Gilligan's Island and as Tarzan in the late 1950s....
)>
Female Gorilla
(Hans Conried
Hans Conried
Hans Georg Conried, Jr. was an American comedian, character actor and voice actor.-Early years:He was born on April 15, 1917 in Baltimore, Maryland to Hans Georg Conried, Sr. and Edith Beyr Gildersleeve. His mother was a descendant of Pilgrims, and his father was a Jewish immigrant from Vienna,...
)
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
voices the parrot.
Vito Scotti
Vito Scotti was a veteran character actor who played many roles, primarily from the late-1940s to the mid-1990s. He was known as a man of a thousand faces, for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen roles, in a nearly 50 year career. He was known for his resourceful...
).
(Harold J. Stone
Harold J. Stone
Harold J. Stone was an American film and television character actor.Born Harold Hochstein to a Jewish acting family, he began his career on Broadway in 1939 and appeared in five plays in the next six years, including One Touch of Venus and Stalag 17, following which he made his motion picture...
)
Season 2 (1965–66)
The second season was broadcast on CBS, Thursdays at 8:00 PM.There were 32 episodes and the entire season was filmed and broadcast in color.
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| 2.01 | "Gilligan's Mother-in-Law" | 1625-0752 | September 16, 1965 | Native Family: Father (Russ Greive), Mother (Henny Backus Henny Backus Henny Backus was a Broadway showgirl in the 1930s, where she performed with Earl Carroll's Vanities. Born Henrietta Kaye in Philadelphia, she was the wife of actor and comedian Jim Backus.-Career:... ), Daughter (Mary Forna), Haruki (Eddie Little Sky Eddie Little Sky Eddie Little Sky , also known as Edward Little, was a Native American actor of the Oglala Sioux tribe. He had parts in 36 feature films and over 60 television shows, mainly westerns in the role of a Native American... ) |
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| A native family arrives on the island looking for a husband for their ample (overweight) daughter. But soon a native suitor shows up to challenge Gilligan to a duel. Jim Backus Jim Backus James Gilmore "Jim" Backus was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of Mr... 's real-life wife has a cameo as the wife of the chief. |
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| 2.02 | "Beauty Is As Beauty Does Beauty Is As Beauty Does Beauty Is As Beauty Does is the second episode of the second season of the 1960s TV series Gilligan's Island. It originally aired on CBS on September 23, 1965.-Plot:... " |
1625-0757 | September 23, 1965 | Chimpanzee | |
| After each of the other men nominate a different woman as the fairest on the island, Gilligan suggests a beauty contest to decide Miss Castaway. With the other three men each backing a different woman, Gilligan finds himself in the uncomfortable position of judge. After a contest where the men attempt to sabotage the other women's chances, Gilligan chooses an island ape as Miss Castaway, as she is the only truly qualifying island native. | |||||
| 2.03 | "The Little Dictator" | 1625-0755 | September 30, 1965 | > | El Presidente Rodriguez (Nehemiah Persoff Nehemiah Persoff Nehemiah Persoff is an American film and television character actor. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate.Born in what is now part of Israel, Persoff emigrated with his family to the United States in 1929... ) |
| Gilligan is a puppet leader. | |||||
Cuckoo clock
A cuckoo clock is a clock, typically pendulum-regulated, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo's call and typically has a mechanical cuckoo that emerges with each note...
Bird!!
Plot hole
A plot hole, or plothole, is a gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot, or constitutes a blatant omission of relevant information regarding the plot...
is Howell losing his "receipt"-when it fact he is seen placing it in his pocket.
(Danny Klega) is Ivan.
(Vincent Beck) is Igor.
(Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving)
(Les Brown Jr. & The Wellingtons)
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
net and racquets.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor is a Hungarian-born American stage, film and television actress.She acted on stage in Vienna, Austria, in 1932, and was crowned Miss Hungary in 1936. She emigrated to the United States in 1941 and became a sought-after actress with "European flair and style", with a personality that...
);
Guillotine
The guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body...
. They have a bamboo speargun.
Bob Denver
Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver was an American comedic actor known for his roles as Gilligan on the television series Gilligan's Island and the beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959–1963 TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.-Early life:Denver was born in New Rochelle, New York, and raised in...
. The lion's trainer asked the cast to keep this a secret from his employer, fearing he would be fired.
(Jim Backus
Jim Backus
James Gilmore "Jim" Backus was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of Mr...
).
(Richard Kiel
Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore...
)
(Vito Scotti
Vito Scotti
Vito Scotti was a veteran character actor who played many roles, primarily from the late-1940s to the mid-1990s. He was known as a man of a thousand faces, for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen roles, in a nearly 50 year career. He was known for his resourceful...
);
Igor (Mike Mazurki
Mike Mazurki
Mike Mazurki was an Austrian-born American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in over 100 movies. His towering 6' 5" presence and intimidating face usually got him roles playing tough guys, thugs, strong men, and gangsters.Mazurki was born as Mikhail Mazurkevych in Tarnopol, Galicia,...
)
Bob Denver
Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver was an American comedic actor known for his roles as Gilligan on the television series Gilligan's Island and the beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959–1963 TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.-Early life:Denver was born in New Rochelle, New York, and raised in...
's real-life son Patrick plays small Gilligan in the dream sequence.)
Season 3 (1966–67)
The Third season was broadcast on CBS, Mondays at 7:30 PMThere were 30 Episodes and entire season was filmed and broadcast in Color.
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| 3.01 | "Up At Bat" | 1625-0508 | September 12, 1966 | Gilligan dreams that he is Dracula, Ginger is his bride, Skipper is Watson to the Professor's Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve... . Mary Ann is the unattractive elderly housekeeper. |
| Gilligan is bitten by a bat, and he believes he's turning into a vampire. This invokes a dream by Gilligan that he is Dracula. | ||||
| 3.02 | "Gilligan vs. Gilligan" | 1625-0506 | September 19, 1966 | Soviet Agent (Gilligan lookalike) (Bob Denver Bob Denver Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver was an American comedic actor known for his roles as Gilligan on the television series Gilligan's Island and the beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959–1963 TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.-Early life:Denver was born in New Rochelle, New York, and raised in... ) |
| Gilligan has a double. A Soviet agent sent to discover the true mission of the castaways. | ||||
| 3.03 | "Pass the Vegetables Please" | 1625-0503 | September 26, 1966 | |
| A crate of radioactive experimental vegetable seeds washes ashore. The castaways plant them, and they grow remarkably fast. Then they begin to sit down to a garden banquet, each castaway feasting on his or her favorite veggie, before they discover the "radioactive experimental" part of the crate they came in. | ||||
| 3.04 | "The Producer The Producer "The Producer" is the fourth episode of the third season of Gilligan's Island, in which the castaways stage a musical version of Hamlet. It first aired in on October 3, 1966.- Synopsis :... " |
1625-0512 | October 3, 1966 | Harold Hecuba, Hollywood Producer (Phil Silvers Phil Silvers Phil Silvers was an American entertainer and comedy actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah." He is best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show, a 1950s sitcom set on a U.S... ) |
| Hollywood producer Harold Hecuba lands on the island for some rest and solitude. The castaways convince him to return to civilization by staging a musical production of Hamlet Hamlet The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601... . |
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| 3.05 | "Voodoo" | 1625-0501 | October 10, 1966 | Native Witchdoctor (Eddie Little Sky Eddie Little Sky Eddie Little Sky , also known as Edward Little, was a Native American actor of the Oglala Sioux tribe. He had parts in 36 feature films and over 60 television shows, mainly westerns in the role of a Native American... ) |
| A witch-doctor has come to the island and stolen a personal item from each castaway and is now casting voodoo spells over them. The Professor, who doesn't believe in voodoo, is turned into a zombie. | ||||
| 3.06 | "Where There's a Will" | 1625-0505 | October 17, 1966 | |
| Mr. Howell decides to put the castaways into his will. When they try to throw him a banquet, he thinks they are trying to kill him. | ||||
| 3.07 | "Man With a Net" | 1625-0513 | October 24, 1966 | Lord Beasley (John McGiver John McGiver John Irwin McGiver was a character actor who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975.... ) is a fanatic butterfly collector. |
| Lord Beasley, a world famous butterfly collector, comes to the island in search of the world's rarest butterfly, the pussycat swallowtail. The castaways pull out all the stops to help him find one. | ||||
| 3.08 | "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" | 1625-0507 | October 31, 1966 | |
| Gilligan wakes up with white hair, then he wakes up bald. It's not long before the Skipper becomes afflicted too. | ||||
| 3.09 | "Ring Around Gilligan" | 1625-0509 | November 7, 1966 | > |
| Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti Vito Scotti Vito Scotti was a veteran character actor who played many roles, primarily from the late-1940s to the mid-1990s. He was known as a man of a thousand faces, for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen roles, in a nearly 50 year career. He was known for his resourceful... ). |
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| Footpedaled Bamboo "car" driven by Gilligan | ||||
(Roman Gabriel
Roman Gabriel
Roman Ildonzo Gabriel, Jr. is a former American football player. The son of a Filipino immigrant, he was the first Asian-American to start as an NFL quarterback and is considered by many to have been one of the best players at that position during the late 1960s and early 70s.Gabriel attended and...
,
Eddie Little Sky
Eddie Little Sky
Eddie Little Sky , also known as Edward Little, was a Native American actor of the Oglala Sioux tribe. He had parts in 36 feature films and over 60 television shows, mainly westerns in the role of a Native American...
,
Allen Jaffe)
Roman Gabriel
Roman Ildonzo Gabriel, Jr. is a former American football player. The son of a Filipino immigrant, he was the first Asian-American to start as an NFL quarterback and is considered by many to have been one of the best players at that position during the late 1960s and early 70s.Gabriel attended and...
plays one of the headhunters)
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
movies.
(Don Rickles
Don Rickles
Donald Jay "Don" Rickles is an American stand-up comedian and actor. A frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Rickles has acted in comedic and dramatic roles, but is best known as an insult comic....
)
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is a series of children's books written by P. L. Travers and originally illustrated by Mary Shepard. The books centre on a magical English nanny, Mary Poppins. She is blown by the East wind to Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London and into the Banks' household to care for their...
, the defense attorney. Mr. Howell is the judge, Mary Ann is Eliza Doolittle, Skipper the bailiff, and Professor as prosecutor.
(Tina Louise
Tina Louise
Tina Louise is an American actress, singer, and author. She is best known for her role as the "movie star" Ginger Grant on the television situation comedy Gilligan's Island .-Early life:...
)
Plain Jane
A Plain Jane is a woman who has an average appearance. It can also mean an object that is unadorned or unembellished.Plain Jane may also refer to:*Plain Jane , a U.S...
named Eva Grubb comes to the island to escape society. But when the girls give her a makeover, it turns out that Ginger has a double. And soon it's trouble for all when she knocks out Ginger and tries to be her. Eva fools everyone during a party but is exposed when Ginger escapes. She later escapes on her power boat, leaving behind a message saying she was going back to Hollyood to resume Ginger's career.
(Strother Martin
Strother Martin
Strother Martin was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the line, "What we've got here is...failure to communicate."-Early life:Strother Martin Jr. was born in Kokomo,...
)
(Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun was an American television and film actor, screenwriter and producer, best known for his roles in Westerns.-Early life:...
)
and his
Trusty Sidekick Ramoo
(Harold Sakata
Harold Sakata
Toshiyuki "Harold" Sakata was a Japanese American professional wrestler and film actor most famous for his role as the villain "Oddjob" in the James Bond film Goldfinger.-Career:...
)
The Most Dangerous Game
"The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a short story by Richard Connell. It was published in Collier's Weekly on January 19, 1924....
(Denny Miller
Denny Miller
Denny Scott Miller is an American actor, perhaps best known for his guest-starring roles on Gilligan's Island and as Tarzan in the late 1950s....
)
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
), but the island's resident gorilla gives him away.
Morse code
Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment...
transmitter. The generator is powered by 4 castaway pedaled unicycles.
(Jim Lefebvre
Jim Lefebvre
James Kenneth Lefebvre is a former second baseman, third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. Lefebvre, the 1965 National League Rookie of the Year, was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1962. In 1965, his rookie year, he hit .250 with 12 home runs and 69 RBI...
, Al Ferrara
Al Ferrara
Alfred John "The Bull" Ferrara Jr. Alfred John "The Bull" Ferrara Jr. Alfred John "The Bull" Ferrara Jr. (born December 22, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York was a Major League Baseball player from to .-Biographical information:...
, Pete Sotos)
Totem pole
Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from large trees, mostly Western Red Cedar, by cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America...
in the jungle, and the head at the top of the pole is a dead ringer for Gilligan, leading him to believe he is a Kupakai headhunter. Trouble begins when real Kupakai warriors show up and discover that someone has defaced their sacred pole.
Midori
Midori is the Japanese word for "green" and may refer to:- Places :* Midori, Gunma* Midori-ku, Chiba* Midori-ku, Nagoya* Midori-ku, Sagamihara* Midori-ku, Saitama* Midori-ku, Yokohama- People :...
)
Ugundi (Michael Forest
Michael Forest
Gerald Michael Charlebois, better known as Michael Forest is an American actor who provides the voices for many animated titles. At the age of 71, he provided the voice of Prince Olympius in Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue...
)
and 2 Natives
Jet pack
Jet pack, rocket belt, rocket pack, and similar names are various types of devices, usually worn on the back, that are propelled by jets of escaping gases so as to allow a single user to fly....
lands on the island. The castaways believe they can use it to signal the Navy search party looking for it. Even with the jet pack Gilligan as usual messes up any rescue attempts.
Giant 6 foot spider
Sterling Holloway
Sterling Price Holloway, Jr. was an American character actor who appeared in 150 films and television programs. He was also a voice actor for The Walt Disney Company...
as Burt the inmate. Harry Swoger as guard
(Stanley Adams
Stanley Adams (actor)
Stanley Adams was an American actor and screenwriter.-Career:Born in New York City, Adams had his first film role in 1952, when he played the bartender in the movie version of Death of a Salesman...
)
Follow-up movies
There were 3 sequel movies. The first (1978) had them rescued and proved so successful that it spawned a second (1979) and third (1981). By the third movie, the charm was lost, ratings were down and no more were made.In 2001 Dawn Wells co-produced a TV movie bio-pic, where she, Bob Denver, and Russel Johnson appear as themselves and remember what life was like during the series. In the memory scenes, they and the rest of the cast and crew are played by actors, while Dawn narrates.
| Original Airdate | Title |
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| 14 October 21, 1978 | Rescue from Gilligan's Island Rescue From Gilligan's Island Rescue from Gilligan's Island is a two-part television movie that continues the adventures of the shipwrecked castaways from the 1964–1967 TV series Gilligan's Island starring Bob Denver and Alan Hale, Jr. The film first aired on NBC October 14 and October 21, 1978... |
| The castaways turn the huts into rafts and are finally rescued, to great fanfare. On the 1 year anniversary of their rescue they all meet in Hawaii for a reunion, and decide to take a short cruise. The weather starts to get rough, and they get stranded on the same island again. Notable for the absence of Tina Louise Tina Louise Tina Louise is an American actress, singer, and author. She is best known for her role as the "movie star" Ginger Grant on the television situation comedy Gilligan's Island .-Early life:... , who refused to join any reunion. She was replaced by Judith Baldwin Judith Baldwin Judith Lee Baldwin is an American film and television actress who replaced Tina Louise in the role of Ginger Grant in Rescue From Gilligan's Island and The Castaways on Gilligan's Island . Baldwin amassed 46 screen credits between 1969 and her leading role in 2005's Every Secret Thing.- Early... . |
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| March 3, 1979 | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island The Castaways on Gilligan's Island The Castaways on Gilligan's Island is a television movie that continues the adventures of the shipwrecked castaways from the 1964-1967 TV series Gilligan's Island and the first reunion movie, Rescue From Gilligan's Island, featuring the original cast from the television series with the exception of... |
| The castaways are once again rescued from the island, but this time they return voluntarily to build a resort on the island. Judith Baldwin is Ginger once again. |
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| May 15, 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island is a made for T.V. movie released in 1981.-Synopsis:The film is a sequel to the TV movie The Castaways on Gilligan's Island. Gilligan and his friends still own and operate the vacation resort The Castaways... |
| The Harlem Globetrotters Harlem Globetrotters The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism, theater and comedy. The executive offices for the team are currently in downtown Phoenix, Arizona; the team is owned by Shamrock Holdings, which oversees the various investments of the Roy E. Disney family.Over... crashland on the island. When a millionaire tries to take over the resort, the rivalry is settled by a game between the Globetrotters and the rival's robot team. Jim Backus Jim Backus James Gilmore "Jim" Backus was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of Mr... (Thurston Howell) has only a walk-on part at the end of the film as he was suffering the advanced stages of Parkinson's disease by then. His role on the island was filled by creating "Thurston Howell IV", played by David Ruprecht David Ruprecht David Martin Ruprecht is an American actor/writer primarily known for his work as host of the Lifetime/PAX game show, Supermarket Sweep. He has hosted the live stage show version of The Price Is Right at casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Mississippi and Connecticut. He has also hosted Family... , the couple's supposed son. (Conflict with the first season episode in which Gilligan was adopted by the Howells after saving Lovey's life. He was said at that time to be their only son.) Constance Forslund Constance Forslund Constance Forslund is an American actress whose performances included a revival of Clare Booth Luce's The Women on Broadway and the films The Way We Were and The Great Bank Hoax. In television movies she has portrayed Ginger Grant in The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island and Marilyn... takes over the role of Ginger Grant. |
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| October 14, 2001 | "Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History" |
| A behind the scenes look at life as member of the Gilligan's Island cast. Dawn Wells, who was the co-executive producer; Bob Denver, and Russell Johnson reminisce about the trials and tribulations associated with making the show. These memories come to life as the cast and crew are portrayed by actors. | |