# Gilligan's Island **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641 "2014-02-06T04:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/101 "2014-02-10T23:13:57Z")
> [@simster](#): > > ok - seemed that the OP was saying “and this meant x conspiracy” - thanks. > > thanks I didn’t get the impression he was taking it that far, just "is it true? “is it true?” “is it true?” (sorry, I meant **"is it true? “is it true?” “is it true?”** ) and dismissive sneers toward anyone who said “it doesn’t _look_ true.” I think I asked why it mattered and didn’t get a response. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/102 "2014-02-10T23:41:46Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I think I asked why it mattered and didn’t get a response. The OP did seem to have the idea this was some sort of service site, and I guess we didn’t measure up. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/103 "2014-02-10T23:47:21Z")
Uh-oh… he’ll send notes home to our parents! ---
**Author:** ![sir\_viks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@sir\_viks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sir_viks)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/104 "2014-02-11T01:31:35Z")
It gets more interesting. Apparently the boat that was used in the open sequence is NOT the boat that was shipwrecked on the beach. [Here](http://s32.photobucket.com/user/sirviks70/media/ScreenShot2014-02-10at81152PM_zps9fa070e9.png.html?sort=3&o=1) is a photo from the opening sequence, while [here](http://s32.photobucket.com/user/sirviks70/media/ScreenShot2014-02-10at74511PM_zpsb4ac255d.png.html?sort=3&o=0) is a photo taken after the wreck. Notice the differences? The blackened hull, the truncated cabin. Also, compare where the second window in relation to the “step” on the side of the boat. Compared to the shipwreck photo, the second window is back, and to the left. Back, and to the left. BACK, and to the left. Coincidence? That’s what THEY want us to believe. Up is down… Black is white. Why? The how and the who is just scenery for the public. Schwartz, Hale, Hawaii, the Professor. Keeps 'em guessing like some kind of parlor game, prevents 'em from asking the most important question, why? Why was The Minnow shipwrecked? Who benefited? Who has the power to cover it up? Who? Let justice be done though the heavens fall. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/105 "2014-02-11T01:35:01Z")
It’s a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside a coconut! ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/106 "2014-02-11T02:07:58Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It’s a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside a coconut! is that a radio signal? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/107 "2014-02-11T02:48:05Z")
> [@sir\_viks](#): > > What ever happened to the eighth person? They had to resort to cannibalism, obviously. To get to an island so remote that they would go years without being found, they must have been adrift at sea for weeks. The “free lunches” the Skipper had packed wouldn’t have lasted too long. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/108 "2014-02-11T02:54:12Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > In full screen HD, the crossbar looks to me like it belongs to the pole with the flag. I measured the mast on my screen; it’s 1 5/8 " high. The center of the flag is at 1 1/4" high, and it’s pretty clear that there is no other mast in the way or any other pole, at least in that resolution. But the center of a flag can never make it to the top. Better to measure the top of the flag. It’s at 1 3/8" from the bottom. Therefore, 1.375 / 1.625 = .85. I say the flag is not at half-mast (or -staff), but seven-eights mast. Perhaps someone was raising or lowering it at the time. Yeah, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/109 "2014-02-11T14:15:06Z")
Tina Louise is 80 today, BTW. Happy Birthday, Ginger, and I hope you eventually came to terms with being famous for this one role… we loved you in it. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/110 "2014-02-11T14:27:59Z")
One of the many classic moments from the program. [I ask to be, or not to be. . . .](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JQ8yF04y9o). (Sorry, didn’t have any thing more to add about the flag.) ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/111 "2014-02-11T17:31:50Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > One of the many classic moments from the program. > > [I ask to be, or not to be. . . .](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JQ8yF04y9o). > > (Sorry, didn’t have any thing more to add about the flag.) They were playing Offenbach’s “Barcarolle” from The Tales Of Hoffmann on the Music Choice Classical Channel last night, and all I could do was sing along, “Hamlet, dear, your problem is clear…” ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/112 "2014-02-11T17:38:32Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > They were playing Offenbach’s “Barcarolle” from The Tales Of Hoffmann on the Music Choice Classical Channel last night, and all I could do was sing along, “Hamlet, dear, your problem is clear…” I feel the same way when I hear “Carmen” by Bizet 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/113 "2014-02-11T17:55:06Z")
Back to the eighth person. Even the castaways did not realize there was an eighth person. It is obviously the real JFK killer, the shooter from the grassy knoll. That is why they could never get back. The real killer cleverly sabotaged every attempt so as to remain hidden. Only when he finally died of natural causes could they finally be rescued. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/114 "2014-02-11T20:01:32Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It’s a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside a coconut! Give it to MaryAnn so she can make a mystery pie. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/115 "2014-02-11T20:12:32Z")
I picked up the complete series today at Sam’s, $25. A few feet on, I put it back. AFAIK it’s not on any of the streaming services, so I may pick it up for keepsies to watch while exercising. Then while drivign home I heard some babbling idiot go on and on about Tina Louise’s 79th birthday today (she’s 80) and that she is the last surviving cast member since Mary-Ann and the Professor died. Radio. It just gets worse. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/116 "2014-02-11T20:13:50Z")
Reports of MaryAnn’s death have been greatly exaggerated. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/117 "2014-02-11T20:40:15Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Give it to MaryAnn so she can make a mystery pie. Why did she always hold those in her lap? ---
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/118 "2014-02-11T20:50:50Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > AFAIK it’s not on any of the streaming services, Its available on Amazon Prime. Upon hearing of the Professor’s death that made me look it up. I have introduced my youngest daughter to it and she loves it. The other day we played Gilligan’s Island Bingo\*. She won. \*Like regular bingo, except instead of numbers your card has things like “Maryann bakes a pie”, “Mr. Howell plays golf” and “Skipper says Little Buddy”. We made the cards custom on a website I found. We are looking forward to expanding the categories and would appreciate any suggestions you have. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/119 "2014-02-11T20:54:10Z")
> [@turtlescanfly](#): > > Its available on Amazon Prime. By Jove, so it is. Saved me $25 I knew I shouldn’t have wasted. I am not sure how I overlooked it here. No pilot ep, though. Bummer. Anyone know if the original pilot (no, not the eighth guy) is out there somewhere, other than on the disc set? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/120 "2014-02-11T21:34:11Z")
> [@turtlescanfly](#): > > Its available on Amazon Prime. Upon hearing of the Professor’s death that made me look it up. I have introduced my youngest daughter to it and she loves it. The other day we played Gilligan’s Island Bingo\*. She won. > > \*Like regular bingo, except instead of numbers your card has things like “Maryann bakes a pie”, “Mr. Howell plays golf” and “Skipper says Little Buddy”. We made the cards custom on a website I found. We are looking forward to expanding the categories and would appreciate any suggestions you have. Skipper hits Gilligan with his hat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641.md?page=7)