Gilligan's Island

The Secret of Gilligan's Island - S3-E25

Trivia: This episode was the only episode to feature a single regular castaway from the show (other than Gilligan) to ruin a rescue attempt at the end. The professor was to blame in this one by making a mistake.

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Suggested correction: In the episode "The Big Gold Strike", it's realised that the gold can't be taken with them as it would cause the raft to sink. The end of the episode has the raft sinking and everyone, excluding Gilligan, admitting that they took some gold with them so it was everybody's fault with the exception of Gilligan as he actually didn't have any gold on him.

This should be considered another trivia entry, not a correction. The trivia entry says "single" regular castaway, so it's excluding the group causing the failure.

Bishop73

Correct. I knew about the "gold" episode which is why I wrote "single" castaway (to indicate just one regular and eliminate episodes involving guests that ruined rescue attempts). Thank you for that.

Up at Bat - S3-E1

Trivia: During Gilligan's vampire dream, the characters are gathered at Belfrey Hall, a play on the phrase, "Bats in the belfry", an insult for describing someone who is crazy.

Scott215

The Producer - S3-E4

Trivia: Tina Louise (Ginger) was not friendly with the rest of the cast. When she was approached to do the show, she was told her character would be the star and the others were there to support her. She felt betrayed by the producers and therefore did not interact with anyone else except for on camera.

Ring Around Gilligan - S3-E9

Trivia: At the end, during the practice robbery of "Fort Knox", Balinkoff stops the Castaways when they're moving too slow and tells them, "Be neat, sweet, petite...but be fast!" 'Neat, sweet, and petite' are lyrics in the theme for The Addams Family.

Gilligan vs. Gilligan - S3-E2

Trivia: As Ginger, the Professor, Mrs. Howell, and Skipper talk, look at the handled device on top of the cabinet. It's the valve created in Season 2, Episode 25, "Steam Heat", when the Castaways thought there was a hot spring on the island, and wanted hot water for bathing and dishes.

Movie Nut

The Friendly Physician - S2-E29

Plot hole: The scientist yells for Igor to capture the escaping Castaways, to which Igor responds "capture them yourself" in Ginger's voice. The scientist appears surprised to find out Igor is not Igor, but how can this be? He had to be the one to pull the lever to switch everyone's personalities and bodies around, so he should have already known.

More mistakes in Gilligan's Island

Professor Roy Hinkley: Listen, Gilligan, how far down was she? How many feet?
Gilligan: Professor, in navy circles, we don't say "feet." We say "fathoms."
Professor Roy Hinkley: All right, how many fathoms?
Gilligan: Oh I don't know, about 15 feet.

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Voodoo - S3-E5

Question: In this episode, as the Professor is put into a trance, in the background, there seems to be a radio or television transmission tower that can be seen over the roof of the hut. It's blurry, but doesn't seem to be a standard palm tree. Is this a mistake, or set error, or my imagination?

Movie Nut

Chosen answer: It looks like a mistake to me I see it when the Professor is put into a trance, but it is not there later.

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