and didn’t Mr. Howel have tons of cash?
As ridiculous as much of it was it was fun to watch.

She had a closet full of them.

And had nowhere to store their luggage before their flight?

Or maybe its just a stooopid plot line that doesnt need to connect to reality.

And i was definately a mary ann guy. Ginger just didnt do anything for me.

waited for her to break and sing "Happy Birthday. Mr. President" as she does her take on Marlyn Monroe.

Back in the dusty oldie days, airports weren't large or crowded, especially in HI. No security, and plenty of baggage handlers, especially for first class passengers.

You could easily arrive 30 minutes early and no be late.

took care of many killings several decades later on a different series.

It's chockful of killings. I found the series very enjoyable, but it's violent.

I spent too many afternoons after school watching the show for sheer laughs. I never even thought about the how's and why's, and I can't do that now! That would be like asking if Mork and Alf were actually real!!!! LOL

It was in the script.

GI was a surrealist comedy.
JMO

of their frequent musical events, they always had the right background music!

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and then left and when they got back home, never told anyone there were people stranded on an island.

With each character representing one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Gilligan - Sloth
Skipper - Wrath
Ginger - Lust
MaryAnn - Gluttony
Mr Howell - Greed
Lovey - Envy
Professor - Pride

Each of these character traits will trap you in your own personal Purgatory whatever that is. The place you cannot seem to escape mentally or physically no matter how hard you try. Social media, toxic relationships, unfulfilling jobs, anything really where you feel trapped.

Until you can overcome them all, you too will find yourself every morning waking up on "Gilligan's Island."

… television shows created on the Human Condition. Right up there with The Good Place.

You left her out!

She is Envy.

... all kinds of people washed up on Gilligan's Island. So, all their belongings and whatever other stuff could also appear. Note that Star Trek went "Where no man has gone before!" - but there were guest stars every week! Lost in Space was likewise crowded - who knew space was so overpopulated, especially with many of Dr. Smith's long-lost relatives?

thing. Ginger was a singer for a mob boss, Mary Ann was running away from a boyfriend she did not want to marry. Professor was avoiding arrest for claiming he had a PhD in science from USC, when in fact, he had a diploma from Trump University, The Howell's has embezzed money from his company and needed to get out of town fast. The wreck of the Minnow was a planned escape for all.

I have 5 college degrees & I couldn't fix a short wave radio either!
Because you're mean to him, you don't get to call him Roy.

But, now you're forbidden from using his first name.

Which makes me wonder do we know everyone's first & last name?
We know the Howells, the Professor's, the Skipper's, but that leaves three I don't know.

The other two are Mary Ann Summers and Ginger Grant.

Did not know that. If I did, I didn't remember.

I don't know if his first name was ever revealed. Maybe I could find it on imdb.com but I don't want to take the time to hunt for it now.

— Ron

Named in one of the very early black & white episodes, maybe even the pilot (haven't seen it in years, alas).

It was the the 2 women & Gilligan.
Thanks to this thread, I now know.

serious trouble on the Mainland.in one form or another. So a captain, his mate and a "professor" couldn't fix a hole in a little touring ship,

is the idea that a very wealthy socialite couple and a Hollywood movie star would be on the same chartered boat tour with a small-town farm girl and a professor. The Howells were rich enough to afford their own yacht. What the heck were they doing on the Minnow?

Nothing about that show made any sense, but as children we didn't care!

Why the Howells were rubbing shoulders with the proles might reasonably be questioned. You'd have thought they had contacts with their own yachts who could have given the Howells a much more comfortable "tour." Maybe they wanted the thrill of slumming with the commoners.

As for Ginger, the song says "movie star," but never gave a filmography. She might well have just been a z-list actress who did eye-candy roles in exploitation flicks. Might not have had two dimes to rub together.

-- Mal

Howell embezzled the money. Remember the other were running away from various problems--Mary Ann--a loveless fiance, Ginger- a mob Boss, who owned a nightclub and the Professor by getting a job as a graduate of USC instead of Trump University.

So the Professor would have to have been straight-up lying.

-- Mal

Maximum fuel capacity would have allowed for a 400 mile range, but it is doubtful the boat would have been fully-fuelled for a "three hour tour."
In any event, the area around Honolulu for a 400-mile radius is pretty well explored. How strong the drift was, and how long they drifted, is unclear, but the intro song makes it sound like overnight, which wouldn't have gotten the Minnow very far even if the current had been unprecedented.

So the whole premise is kinda fishy.

-- Mal

which is why the name of the boat was The Minnow.

i also watched the show and the attempted reboots along with the cartoons .
how go by you?

Looking at the opening scenes and credits at the beginning of each episode of Leave It to Beaver, you can tell that the Cleavers' house is big. That house must have at least four bedrooms, maybe five or six. So, I always wonder, WHY do Wally and the Beaver have to share a bedroom?

I have an inquiring mind, and I want to know ...

— Ron

you, Jeebo

the Minnow would be lost, the Minnow would be lost.

Oops.

I have the entire series and have watched it many times. Same with the Beverly Hillbillies; I tend to go for the sophisticated comedies.

Gilligan's Island was filmed not more than 30 feet from Apollo 11.

There was actually an episode where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren made an appearance on the island but it’s been covered up.

Believe it or not, there’s film of Gilligan and Ginger walking on the moon. Imagine the uproar if THAT ever saw the light of day.