# Gilligan's Island fans: favorite eps **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427 "2005-09-06T22:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/1 "2005-09-06T22:38:04Z")
Well, there’s got to be few fans here. Here’s mine: “Castaways Pictures Presents” - Silent movie equipment (in mint condition, of course) washes up on the island and the castaways decide to make a movie telling authorities there story. The resulting film is hilarious. “Smile, You’re on Mars Camera” - A space probe destined for Mars lands on the island. NASA engineers (who have the collective IQ of a dried fig), think they’re watching Martian chicken people. “So Sorry, My Island Now” - A WWII Japanese soldier (Vito Scotti - who has played just about every nationality on film) still fighting the war takes the castaways hostage. Incredibly non-PC. Is it still shown today? “V for Vitamins” - Gilligan is in charge of guarding the precious orange seeds and has a “Jack and the Beanstalk” dream (featuring his son playing a miniature Gilligan to the Skipper’s giant). Also has MaryAnn in a short maid’s outfit! “Meet the Meteor” - A deadly meteor targets the island (although it looks a lot like a giant radioactive meatball). Gilligan, Skipper, and the Professor dress up like a prehistoric Devo in their lead clothing. “Ring Around Gilligan” - A mad scientist (Vito Scotti again) uses radio controlled rings to turn the castaways into Ft. Knox robbing zombies. “The Secret of Gilligan’s Island” - Gilligan finds an ancient stone map showing a way off the island. Loved the caveman dream. “Dino-saur! Dino-saur!” “The Producer” - A musical Hamlet? Freaking brilliant. “The Friendly Physician” - A mad scientist (Vito Scotti!) performs mind/body swapping experiments on the castaways. “Don’t Bug the Mosquitoes” - Rock band The Wellingtons (who also perform the show’s theme song) land on the island (a lot of people can find this island, it seems) for some rest. Fat chance. Compare the Honeybees’ “You Need Me” to Paul Carrack’s “I Need You”. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/2 "2005-09-06T22:41:38Z")
Oh, the giant spider one, whatever that one’s called. I was a little kid when I saw it and it scared the wee-wee out of me. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/3 "2005-09-06T22:49:45Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > “Don’t Bug the Mosquitoes” - Rock band The Wellingtons (who also perform the show’s theme song) land on the island (a lot of people can find this island, it seems) for some rest. Fat chance. Compare the Honeybees’ “You Need Me” to Paul Carrack’s “I Need You”. Ginger and Mary Ann dancing. Sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/4 "2005-09-06T22:53:10Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Ginger and Mary Ann dancing. Sigh… Potential band name: Mary Ann’s Ass ---
**Author:** ![The\_New\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@The\_New\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_New_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/5 "2005-09-06T23:10:11Z")
I liked the one where they almost got off the island, but Gilligan fouled it up at the last minute. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/6 "2005-09-06T23:47:23Z")
My favorite was the one with mad scientist who took them to his island and switched their brains. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/7 "2005-09-06T23:52:48Z")
“The Most Dangerous Gilligan” Hunter Jonathan Kincaid and assistant Ramu hunt Gilligan like a game animal. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/8 "2005-09-06T23:58:36Z")
A bit of trivia, what two future James Bond henchmen had roles on _Gilligan’s Island_? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/9 "2005-09-07T00:05:34Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > “The Friendly Physician” - A mad scientist (Vito Scotti!) performs mind/body swapping experiments on the castaways. This was my favorite. Any kind of horror theme always vastly entertained me as kid. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/10 "2005-09-07T00:38:32Z")
Here are my favorites with my own names. “The Harold hecuba Epsidoe” - You know, where they sing “I ask to be, or not to be” “The Ginger isn’t Ginger, she’s Mary Anne” epsidoe where Mary Anne hits her head and things she’s Ginger. “The Mind Swirfch” - Mad scientist takes the castaways to another island nad switch thier brains. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/11 "2005-09-07T00:41:07Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Here are my favorites with my own names. > > \ > > “The Mind Swirfch” - Mad scientist takes the castaways to another island nad switch thier brains. And your own spelling. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/12 "2005-09-07T00:46:28Z")
I always liked the one where they found the vegetable seeds that washed up and planted them, not knowing they were radioactive. They ate what they planted, and had incredible reactions, based on what they ate. Gilligan ate the spinach and got really strong, Mrs. Howell ate sugar beets and ran around like a maniac, Mary Ann ate the carrots and could see for miles and miles. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/13 "2005-09-07T00:49:06Z")
The Radioactive Veggie episode, where thet gain super hero powers and the Mad Scientist episode, where they switch bodies. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/14 "2005-09-07T01:00:24Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Mad scientist takes the castaways to another island nad switch thier brains. At least he didn’t switch their nads. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/15 "2005-09-07T01:12:54Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > At least he didn’t switch their nads. That was in the unrated director’s cut. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/16 "2005-09-07T01:34:10Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > At least he didn’t switch their nads. Mrs. Howell \<-\> Skipper Mary Ann \<-\> the Professor Ginger \<-\> Mad Scientist’s Henchman Gilligan \<-\> Mr. Howell so all the women, and most of the men, were packing tackle that was not factory original equipment. And how sad is it that I know that all by memory? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/17 "2005-09-07T02:01:14Z")
Was it a GI episode that had a rock band with members whose names were something like: Bingo, Bango, Bungo and Fred? Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/18 "2005-09-07T02:12:55Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > Was it a GI episode that had a rock band with members whose names were something like: Bingo, Bango, Bungo and Fred? > > Sir Rhosis “Don’t Bug the Mosquitoes”. The band was real - The Wellingtons. They also perform the theme song. The names were Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-fans-favorite-eps/320427/19 "2005-09-07T11:43:16Z")
The one where the Mars Explorer thing accidentally landed on the island and broke - a lens fell out of the camera and they had to find it so the guys back at NASA (or whatever it was back then) could see then and rescue them. Gilligan wants to be in back so his brother doesn’t see him - if he sees him, he’ll punch him because he’s wearing his shirt. At the same time, Gilligan was collecting feathers on the sly for Mr. Howell and storing them in one of the huts. They got the camera working, but they all got covered in glue (Gilligan left the lid on the glue pot and it exploded) and then ended up plastered in feathers when the NASA guys saw them that way. They of course assumed Mars was inhabited by Chicken People. “Why is that big chicken man making that little chicken man sit down?” “I think he’s trying to get him to lay an egg!” Why do I remember this stuff? ---
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Mind reading seeds!