Maybe Baby - March 11, 1963 - S2-E20
Factual error: "Dancing in the Streets" by Martha and the Vandellas plays while the characters are driving. The problem is, the episode is set in 1963. That song was released in 1965.
Maybe Baby - March 11, 1963 - S2-E20
Factual error: At the beginning when escaping, the song playing on the radio in the truck is "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels, which was released in July 1963, four months after the episode's date of March 1963. (00:04:00)
Maybe Baby - March 11, 1963 - S2-E20
Factual error: Across the street from the general store where Sam and Bunny escape is an AllState Insurance office. The logo for the store is the more modern 1990s logo. The 1960s AllState logo had a different appearance.
Answer: Sam threw items off the raft to lighten the load, so it wouldn't sink, in doing so he made the raft less heavy. Which made easier to float with the currents, if it was heavy the raft would have moved slower and not moved so far.
Except that Al said that immediately after throwing stuff out of the boat four hours passed and it was shown that they didn't really move from where they were. They were still in the same spot. Forgot to ask this too. When Sam and Vanessa are stranded on the island, one of them, can't remember who, did something and when Al appears, he tells them that because of it, time had suddenly skipped several more hours and if the event hadn't been interrupted, they would have been rescued by a boat. So, what happened on the island that once again caused time to speed up? It seems kind of strange that time could move so quickly on the island, especially since it was still day time and it never showed any sort of changes like the sun or clouds moving.