# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/121 "2014-02-11T21:48:58Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Reports of MaryAnn’s death have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, she was a celebrity contestant on [Chopped](http://gskingdom.blogspot.com/2013/12/chopped-121-celebrity-holiday-bash.html)about two months ago. ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/122 "2014-02-11T22:26:09Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Skipper hits Gilligan with his hat. Skipper hits Gilligan with his hat multiple times. Gilligan says, “Hey, Professor!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/123 "2014-02-11T23:20:41Z")
Mary Ann wears short shorts and a halter top. Mary Ann thinks she’s Ginger. Ginger wears her nightclub dress. Ginger wears a bathing suit. Ginger wears a miniskirt made from a duffel bag. One or more strangers (e.g., big game hunters, Russian cosmonauts, cannibals, mad scientists, hot babes) are on the island. Gilligan ruins this week’s chance for rescue. Bad news comes over the radio. A natural disaster (e.g., volcano, tsunami, typhoon) threatens the island. Gilligan has a bizarre dream. Gilligan’s wishes start coming true. The castways think they’re dying (from, e.g., radiation, lack of vitamins, a voodoo curse). The Professor creates something high-tech from native components. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/124 "2014-02-11T23:30:05Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Anyone know if the original pilot (no, not the eighth guy) is out there somewhere, other than on the disc set? Try this site. It’s also available in segments on YouTube. [https://pilottv.net/extras/pilot-tv-guide/](https://pilottv.net/extras/pilot-tv-guide/) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/125 "2014-02-12T00:06:45Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > 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. If you have cable and a DVR, TV Land recently brought it back. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/126 "2014-02-12T04:52:07Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > If you have cable and a DVR, TV Land recently brought it back. It’s also on MeTV four nights a week and Sunday morning. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/127 "2014-02-12T22:09:26Z")
Little known fact that the Back to the Future trilogy got it’s idea from Gilligan’s Island, especially the third installment, which was based upon Gilligan traveling back to the old west to be the bumbling idiot in a wagon train: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnrFJbD388I) ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641/128 "2014-02-17T00:39:44Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > **Steerforth** , I’m going to step up here out of a sense that this is all a series of misunderstandings. > > [ol] > [li]You’ve been asked a number of times not to put your posts in boldface. It’s irritating to read and causes problems in trying to edit your comments into downstream replies. Okay, so it’s a vision thing: you seem to be able to read everyone else’s comments in normal face. If nothing else, can you reset your post to normal before you hit Submit?[/li][/ol] For what it’s worth, this reader is not offended by unusual fonts or text order. Normally I don’t find it necessary to hijack a thread to make that point, but since you’ve already done that, I thought I might as well join in. If you want to back up a little and consider why we’re all here, you might find this board an interesting place to spend time and answer every other oddball question that occurs to you. But don’t give us crap because we didn’t question you exactly right… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island/680641.md?page=6)