The Gilligan's Island Knowledge Base

[BurtWorm]

Let's assemble a store of knowledge about Gilligan's Island, fact by fact. I'll begin:

Population 7.

[Democrats unite]

1. Isalnd they are on is uncharted

eom

[BurtWorm]

2. The Lagoon is the best way into or off of the Island.

Everyone who comes there, except the castaways, seems to pass through there.

[TrueAmerican]

3. The ship was the Minnow

and it would be lost.

[DemOutWest]

5. Plenty of

Coconuts. For radios and pies.

[BurtWorm]

13. Exotic wildlife included a gorilla and a giant spider.

What the hell was a single gorilla doing on an island in the South Pacific?

[mitchum]

18. glumly masturbating?

[BurtWorm]

22. I imagine that's what they were all doing

since they never seemed to be having sex.

[Mz Pip]

4. A movie star!!!!

Professor and Marianne, all stuck on Gilligan's Island.

MzPip
:dem:

[BurtWorm]

6. The wealthiest Islanders are Thurston and Lovey Howell.

Does anyone know if Lovey had a real name?

[TrueAmerican]

9. Eunice

nm

[BurtWorm]

11. Really?

I'm not sure I believe that. Which episode was it revealed on?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

53. Eunice Wentworth Howell

:D

[mitchum]

7. The professor was a celebrated Boy Scout leader...

Oh almost forgot...Skipper was Gilligan's bear

[BurtWorm]

8. The Professor's name.

I know it. Does anyone else?

[TrueAmerican]

10. Roy Hinkley

nm

[BurtWorm]

12. Excellent!

I'm more inclined to believe Lovey's name was Eunice now!

:toast:

[mmm]

14. Bingo Bango Bongo and Irving

[BurtWorm]

17. The Mosquitos

vs. the Ladybugs.

[NashVegas]

27. I Wanna Be Loved By You

go Ginger, go!

[mmm]

15. Herald Hekuba

[BurtWorm]

24. Famed Broadway producer who attempted to retire there.

[BurtWorm]

16. The Island, though uncharted, was of vital strategic importance

to the Soviet Union, which tried to use a man in a ghost suit to chase the castaways off. Also where one Soviet space mission went slightly awry.

[bikebloke]

19. Theme Song

Long ago someone did the theme song to Gilligan's Island with the lyrics sung to the music of Led Zepplin's Stairway To Heaven. It was back when alternative radio stations were really alternative.

[MrScorpio]

20. Mary Ann was WAAAY hotter than that useless slut Ginger

And she could cook too.

My kind babe!!

[BurtWorm]

21. Ginger was not entirely useless.

She was good for solving problems using plots from the B-movies she starred in.

[mitchum]

25. There is no such thing as a "useless" slut

[MrScorpio]

26. Okay, I concede

How about lazy slut, instead?

[mitchum]

33. Oh, I've known plenty of THOSE

I just objected to the lazy part

[kanrok]

48. Agreed. Maryann WAYYY hotter than Ginger

n/t

[TrueAmerican]

23. The Skipper slept below Gilligan

on Hammocks. Gilligan often got tangled up in the hammock thus pissing off the Skipper.

[Ready4Change]

28. Surrounded by strange ocean currents.

If I recall correctly they were visited on one episode by a surfer who rode a wave all the way from (Hawaii? California?) and returned by the same method.

[Catherine Vincent]

29. What I want to know is they have Ginger and MaryAnne.

Vulouptous and the girl next door. You can't tell me Gilligan, the Professor or the Skipper wouldn't hit that? And here we got the Howells. The only married couple but they slept in TWIN BEDS! Give me a break!

[BurtWorm]

32. Would you share a bed with Thurston?

Or Lovey? (I might share one with Lovey. She was kind of cute.)

[SilasSoule]

30. Skippers Real Name was Jonas Grumby

I cannot recal the professor's real name but it was revealed on a couple of episodes. The batteries in the radio seemd to last for years and years.

[BurtWorm]

31. Roy Hinkley.

True American mentioned it above.

[BurtWorm]

34. Something about the ecosystem made the Island

a fertile place for dreams.

[Bucky]

35. Anyone can get off the island... except the damned

Also, Mr Roarke and the first Mini-me lived on the other side of the island.

[Catherine Vincent]

36. Don't forget Kurt Russell.

He guest starred once when he was a little boy. He was cute then and still is.

[Cooley Hurd]

37. The specs of the SS Minnow...

A 1964 "Wheeler" measuring 38'6" in a straight line from nose to tail. It's certified as a 40' boat because in America the measurement is taken from the outline of the deck. It houses two Detroit Deisel engines @ 230 hp each. Maximun speed is 14 knots, with a cruising speed of 12 knots.

Source: http://www.gilligansisle.com/minnow.html

[BurtWorm]

38. You're good!

Damage was on the starboard side. Can't tell you the dimensions of the hole.

[SilasSoule]

40. What was the SS for again??

.

[Dr Fate]

44. Thurston Howell III went on to start Alternative Rock band "Sonic Youth"

...

[jayfish]

39. Don't Use Plastic...

explosives for tooth fillings. Especially if your prone to sudden bouts of sneezing.

Jay

[BurtWorm]

41. "Ga ta ta ta Gilligan"

means something like "You can't kill (or marry) Gilligan" in headhunter language. Professor spoke this line to headhunters who wanted to either kill or marry Gilligan. It was a Freudian episode, as most of them were.

[kayleybeth]

42. Favorite dessert:

Coconut pie

[kodi]

43. G I writer joel rapp is a personal friend.

he has some stories about the G I crowd that are funny as hell.

[BurtWorm]

49. I wish you would share some.

:evilgrin:

[kodi]

50. his autobiography is about to be published, with stories of G I

and i have seen a draft of it. its funny as hell. i made the mistake of leaving it in the bathroom one day and wound up with my legs falling asleep while on the toilet after reading it for an hour.

ever try to wipe your butt without being able to move your legs? no wonder the french have bidets.

there are some killer things in it.

i will let him know of your interest,

BTW: if you are in LA, he is having his christmas party next sunday.

his dad was a famous radio, broadway, and holywood, producer and as a child, he knew everyone in hollywood, the marx brothers, eddie cantor, lucille ball, jack benny, you name it he knew them. fanny brice was his godmother.

he is a extremely fine person....and is a damn good democrat!

he also wrote many lassie shows and machales navy programs too.

googled here:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22joel+rapp%22&spell=1

he wrote, directed and produced the film Blood Island.... which was shown on mystery science theater 3k, much to his delight!

[BurtWorm]

51. I'm on the East coast.

He sounds like a very interesting guy. I heard the cast of castaways were rather tight-knitted. They really liked each other. Maybe he'd disabuse me of that illusion?

[Shrek]

45. They had really good batteries in that radio.

Never ran down. Ever.

They should have remembered to bring that technology with them when they left.

[Dr Fate]

52. The Professor rigged it from natural berry acids...n/t

n/t

[terrya]

46. Gillgan's other name was never mentioned. And....

What about the episode with Denny Miller as the surfer? YUM.

[baldguy]

47. One question -

If the Perfesser could make anything - and I mean ANYTHING - out of coconuts, palm fronds & sand, why couldn't he figger out a way to PATCH THAT HOLE!?!?!

Maybe him & Ginger had other reasons to stay on that island. (Mariann & Gilligan were down by the lagoon smoking God's herb, so they weren't freaked about being on the island.)

[HEyHEY]

54. There's big ass spiders there

"The Black Morning spider"