# You're Ginger from Gilligans Island! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345 "2001-07-31T16:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/61 "2001-08-02T17:41:11Z")
Hmmm…I never saw the question…I’ll try again. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/62 "2001-08-02T18:29:40Z")
I, too, answered as myself and it guessed I was Kitty from That 70’s Show. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/63 "2001-08-03T00:46:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pezpunk \* > **A friend of mine at work just sent me [this.](http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html) It guesses what sitcom character you are thinking of.** Unfortunately, it’s been down all day today. I wanted to see if it would guess Archie Bunker. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/64 "2001-08-03T01:22:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jab1 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by pezpunk \* > > **A friend of mine at work just sent me [this.](http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html) It guesses what sitcom character you are thinking of.** > > Unfortunately, it’s been down all day today. I wanted to see if it would guess Archie Bunker. \*\* I clicked on the link yesterday, and was trying so hard to beat it, I never got back here to post my results. Now today, when I try to link, all I get is, "Cannot find server… I think we broke it. My mom always said, “If you play with that thing all day, it’s gonna fall off” I guess it did. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/65 "2001-08-03T02:20:35Z")
I keep trying to make it guess Crypt Keeper but it never does. Sigh. It always guesses Rod Serling or Neil the dog from Topper. Among others that it has guessed: Miss Bellum Sailor Moon Pikachu (but not Misty or James) Skippy Handleman Gary Sparrow ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/66 "2001-08-03T12:28:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\*I keep trying to make it guess Crypt Keeper but it never does. Sigh. It always guesses Rod Serling or Neil the dog from Topper. > \*\* Maybe because tales from the crypt isn’t considered a sitcom? I am not sure what the requirments for it to guess are. If you tell it who you are after you stump it, it will get it right from then on. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/67 "2001-08-03T12:34:50Z")
It guessed Uncle Auther from _Bewitched_ correctly. I was the 14th Uncle Auther. I tried several others, but I couldn’t stump it. Then, **Cajun Man** and I decided to answer as ourselves. I am Jack from _Will and Grace_ 😃 **Cajun Man** is Will. Amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Jenna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jenna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenna)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/68 "2001-08-03T23:14:11Z")
As myself, it guessed me to be Roseanne. I even answered “no” to “have you ever been fat”. Cute site though. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/69 "2001-08-03T23:54:56Z")
Well, it’s working now and I was the 4th person to pretend to be Archie Bunker. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/70 "2001-08-04T00:23:26Z")
For some reason, it didn’t guess Queen Elizabeth from _Blackadder II_, but it did claim it had that character in its database multiple times (meaning people are responding to the same questions differently) Blackadder fans, try QE out and see what your last question is (or if it doesn’t guess her on your run either) ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/71 "2001-08-04T00:46:25Z")
I was only number 15 to be Idi Amin from Uganda, but number 299 to be Idi Amin from Rhodesia. The strange thing is that there appear to be several questions in the database after “do you eat your enemies?”. It didn’t get Jennifer from ‘Jennifer slept here’, but I’m not sure if I recall enough details to guide it properly. By the way, this is a fairly simple program to create. Its strength depends on assuming that it is fed perfect information and that questions in the database are truly discriminating. Doing it on the web provides a lot of input, but probably a lot of wrong input as well. Over time, it will either become hopelessly corrupted or the right answers will average out over the wrong/false ones. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/72 "2001-08-04T00:49:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pezpunk \* > \*\*Maybe because tales from the crypt isn’t considered a sitcom? I am not sure what the requirments for it to guess are. If you tell it who you are after you stump it, it will get it right from then on. \*\* Yeah, I told it who I was but still no avail. Crypt keeper is even in the database, so it must count. Eh. I can keep trying. Everyone needs a hobby. Are you _sure_ the Crypt Keeper isn’t gay? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/73 "2001-08-04T01:12:50Z")
Apparently, I could pass for Logan Kale from Dark Angel. Unless I become violent, in which case I could pass for Uncle Ned (Tom Hanks) from Family Ties. Except I’m not a drunk. Also, I put Queen Athaliah of Judah in the database. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/74 "2001-08-04T01:30:04Z")
More evil stumping! Cat Grant and James I! hahahahahah! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/75 "2001-08-04T01:37:36Z")
Aha! I went in as Peter Tork, and when it asked me if I liked snacks, said, “yes”. When it figured it out, it said I was the 5th person to pick Peter. But then I went back and said “no” on the liking snacks–because it’s not a defining part of my character like it is for say, Scooby-Doo. I was now the 39th to pick Peter–if I consider his hair short. 36th, if I consider it long. All I really needed to know. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/76 "2001-08-04T01:58:27Z")
The 14th Commander Susan Ivanova 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/77 "2001-08-04T02:23:01Z")
I put it through with my own information. And apparently, I’m Manjula from “The Simpsons.” 🙂 Aww. Now all I have to do is hunt down a husband who works 20+ hours at a convenience store and give birth to eight kids in one go, and I’m set for life! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/78 "2001-08-04T05:22:48Z")
I was trying Venus Flytrap from WKRP in Cinncinnati, and got the following very unfortunate sequence of questions: Are you black? _Yes._ Do you have a tail? Ouch. However, it did guess correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/79 "2001-08-04T05:38:01Z")
Cripes. I tried it as myself, and it thought I was Potsie! However, it correctly identified Genghis Kahn, Alan Brady, Francisco Franco, and thought my mom was Evita Peron. So it’s clearly highly accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Pessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pessor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pessor)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345/80 "2001-08-04T07:51:34Z")
finally got it with Jonathan Hart. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-ginger-from-gilligans-island/74345.md?page=5)