Lol as kids we looked forward to this show. As a grandma ive watched it with my grandkids. With all the mistakes its sure brings back happy childhood memories. Thank you for sharing.
This is great. As a small child Gilligans Island was as show I could watch over and over. I still love it today. E veryone was great playing their parts. AAAA+
I loved sitting watching this when I was a kid, I enjoyed watching the reruns over and over. Finally I got to go to Kauai Hawaii where part of Gilligan’s island was filmed at. It’s the most beautiful place you could imagine.
I remember as a kid of about 7 in 1974 watching reruns of Gilligan's island at my aunts house for we couldn't get it at home because of signal wasn't strong enough at our home. I love this showvtrem
I have watched this show with my big brother as a kid. With nephews and nieces when i was a little older. And with my three daughters as a dad. Always good fun. This guys watches a lil too closely
This is hilarious stuff! We always argued how everyone's clothes always stayed clean with bright colors for years and YEARS as castaways on a deserted island. Even if you say everyone brought extra sets of clothes with them, why would anybody bring loads of spare clothing for a mere *"Three Hour Tour?"* It's clear there wasn't much thought put into this stuff but just the same I'll always love this show and all the fond memories of a much simpler time in history. Thank you for posting this. This is great :)
I felt that the castaways best chance of leaving the island was when they were at the mad scientist's home. The place was creepy but there was food and shelter until the professor and skipper could renovate the doctors boat and then they could sail for civilization. The home had materials for the boat renovations. They were still far from home but a rebuilt sturdy boat would get them there.
We loved this show as kids, but even at our age could never understand that everyone had so many clothes for a 3 hour cruise, especially Ginger. Never noticed the huts being different, we just wanted to live there.
I'm former Navy, but I take serious umbrage at your flippant comment towards the United States Coast Guard during WWII. During the war, the Coast Guard manned more than 350 naval ships, including 76 LSTs, 21 cargo and attack cargo vessels, 75 frigates and 31 transports. They also manned more than 800 cutters and nearly 300 ships for the army (not to mention thousands of amphibious assault craft). Their members served honorably and one of them was even posthumously awarded the *Medal of Honor -- Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro,* who daringly positioned his craft between the Japanese and 500 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines as they were being evacuated from Guadalcanal. As the last man was climbing aboard the LCMs and LCVPs, Munro's own LCVP was struck by the Japanese, killing him. But his distraction had served its purpose and the boats used for the evacuation were now all safely away.
Don't forget that the Army had ships and had a whole lot of amphibious landings, therefor the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines are all the same. The Army Air Corp had more planes that the U.S. Air Force had during WWII. (yes I know).
@@armymobilityofficer9099 -- The U.S. Air Force didn't exist in WWII, it wasn't established until September 18, 1947. Or was the _"(yes I know)"_ your underwhelming attempt at being facetious?
@@thebonesaw..4634 Pretty big words for a Navy guy. We sure appreciated the Navy for carrying the Army and the Marines to fight. Sorry if facts overwhelmed you this time. Navy guys have no humor. Bless your heart.
@@armymobilityofficer9099 -- For the future... if you're going to attempt to troll someone, it helps if you can consistently cite true facts (something in which you personally seem to be lacking), as for the rest of your commentary... this is exactly the type of elementary school bullshit one could expect from the kind of person who regularly enjoys denigrating an entire branch of the United States Military. It's rather obvious that you're attempting to bait me into saying something negative about the Army or the Marines in order to paint me as a hypocrite, due to my previous statements in defense of the U.S. Coast Guard. It's woefully pathetic that you would deign to denigrate a branch of the U.S. military for the sole purpose of accomplishing that goal in order to win _"internet points."_ However, the fact that you have, immediately calls into question your username of _"Army... Officer"._ I say this because, someone who would stoop to the level you just have, most certainly does not comport with the military bearing of a U.S. Army Officer. As it happens (because I'm old), I've had many run-ins with *Stolen Valor* types on comment boards such as these. Not only do I absolutely *NOT* believe you were ever an officer in one of the branches of the United States Military, I have a strong suspicion that you've never served a single day in *ANY* branch of the U.S. military. Either that or you _"couldn't cut it"_ and you were separated (probably even before graduating from boot camp). If perchance you somehow did serve in the U.S. Army (beyond boot camp)... I'm certain that - if the Army read the denigrating comments you've made so far about an entire branch of the United States Military - they'd be extraordinarily ashamed of the fact that you ever did serve with them. The U.S. Army's service members serve with exceptional honor and distinction...... and you, sir... do not appear to live up to that example.
I was watching an episode of Perry Mason a few days ago and the musical portion of the song You Need Me, sung by the ladies in this episode, was playing on a murder victim's little portable radio hours before she was killed. CBS got some "mileage" out of that song.
At 8:37, when he talks about the hatch on the mine changing sides, it's because in the middle of the three shots, the negative was flipped. Notice the collar of Gilligan's red shirt also appears in mirror image in that one shot.
The episode with the Russian cosmonauts drinking the vodka wasn't a goof. It was part of the joke. After finishing the bottle that had the real vodka, the Russian demands that the castaways give them their bottle. They hesitate because they are worried that the Russian is going to drink it and realize the ruse. But instead of realizing it was water, he passed out like he had finally had too much. It was part of the joke.
There was nothing like Thurston showing Teddy. how to make the perfect martini. And then there's Lovey's comment: "Thurston, have you been making brandy peaches without peaches again?"
Nice vid! The only thing about the mismatched hut shots...you likely already know...but to cut costs 'static' shots are used over and over. This could, however, also be a way with folks having fun to see if anyone noticed. Then again...follow the money... Cheers!
It wouldn't have cost much to make a correct hut "segue" shot - but the more I think of it, with all of the comments about a limited budget, a lot of the money had to go to pay the cast since most of them were veteran performers who couldn't have been gotten cheap. Thanks for watching.
I think I found another oops. In Episode 1 of Season 1, Ginger crawls out of a cave/trap around 23:37, and the Skipper asks if she's hurt. Ginger replies, "no I'm alright, but look at my dress, the only dress I have!" Then she shows a rip down the side of the dress. In later episodes she's shown wearing more dresses. Ooops!
The girls somehow managed to piece together perfectly fitting clothes from "recycled" fabric, though I suspect that the thread holding all those new clothes together was hard to come by. What is truly odd is that Gilligan himself only seemed to have 1 shirt and 1 pair of trousers....but in 4 years, on a tropical island no less, NOTHING ever wore out/got tattered.
The Skipper Professor and Gilligan all only had one outfit but everyone else had multiple outfits, And they were Red White and Blue outfits. The entire show is one big blooper but we love it
@Nume Moon Of course, as written, Ginger originally did only have one gown, with a supplementary dress made from Gilligan's duffel bag. Then as the show's budget grew, and colour made its entrance in time for the second season, she (and Mary Anne and Mrs Howell) were outfitted with more changes of clothing. This is the LOGICAL explanation, but naturally 'Gilligan's Island' is far from logical!
7:58 The Skippers ring is an emerald and diamond ring belonged to Alan Hale Sr. Jr. wore his fathers ring on his pinky finger for most of his life after his father died.
You have done an outstanding job compiling these goofs. Today I was planning on watching a full episode of GI but clicked on you episode 1 goofs and found it more entertaining, something I haven't seen a 100 times already. Now on to your number 3.
Alan Hale was a WWII sailor! The Coast Guard did a lot of fighting just like the Navy. For example, the USCGC Campbell escorted 19 convoys across the Atlantic, depth charged a bunch of U-Boats and took fire from German planes.
I must say, I love Gilligan's Island. I even recently bought the complete series in HD from VUDU. But what is more upsetting is the fact that I am a forensic scientist and rely on my observation skills...and yet, I think, if I am not mistaken, the only one I saw before was the tube up Mary Ann's sleeve when Gilligan was invisible. So, since I am good professionally at what I do...I am going to chalk my lack of observation up to being really entertained when I watch the show and not even realizing the exterior hut changes. Now, going to watch them tonight and see how bad it is! :-) Thanks for the video. It was fun!
+fool4singing - He was. But there are still the two problems... 1) Why is he announcing Ginger as some kind of mystic when he doesn't believe in it? 2) The table is surrounded with the legs of the people sitting there, but the shot of the professor underneath shows a full half of the table with no one sitting there.
+David Caldarola Hmmm,..I'm still seeing him under the stage that the table is on; not the table itself, and the bamboo pole is going through the stage up under the table to raise and lower it. Anyway, I still love all of the observations,..many I never noticed before.
What you consider as inconsistencies, the director attributes it to Artistic license. BTW, the comedy sitcom was designed to relax from criticism found in everyday life and enjoy the movie(ie to stop and smell the roses; as it were)
I haven't seen all of your videos but I've been watching GI a lot the past week and last night noticed a goof in the episode where everyone's allergic to Gilligan. When the Skipper is sneezing and blowing out the candle repeatedly, G puts an obstacle between the two on the last sneeze but the candle is blown out anyway. I saw the lips and nose of the guy leaning in to blow it out on the right side of my screen. XD
The 8th man was the guy actually driving the boat. The actors couldn't drive the boat without a license or proper training and the Actor's Union (AFTRA) and the Studio wouldn't let them do it because it would be too dangerous.
I was born in 1965 for my time line so I must have watched GI early to mid 70’s I love it and would have never noticed anything odd . It’s as if I was with them on their island 🏝
I know right?? I am so enjoying these bloopers. I can't stop laughing. I grew up with the show and always loved the campy humor. They will never make a show like this again. Simpler times, great humor, can't be beat.
Recently read a book called Incredible TV Trivia. Story says that the Teddy Bear Mr Howell sleeps with, is the same one Radar slept with on MASH. Pretty cool huh?
Great video. I love production errors in TV shows and movies. Just want to point out though, at 11:46 of this video, the 3 of Clubs is not upside down, it's reversed. Flipping a scene around happened a lot on the Brady Bunch too.
Actually, it IS upside down. If it was simply reversed, the top would still be the top, and the bottom would still be the bottom. Not the case here. If it were reversed, the open side of the 3 would be on the right side, not the left; and the straight edge of the 3 would be on the top, not the bottom.
I lived in Keehi lagoon on Oahu when one of the Minnows sank back in 2009, plus I have a picture on me sitting on the minnow when it was docked in Honolulu Harbor. I also took a free tour of Coconut Island , spent 4 hours there and got lots of video and pics great experience back in 2005, I also worked in the movie business in the 80's and I was able to see the lagoon back then there was no water at that time.
Ah this makes sense. i heard it was converted from a parking lot when not in season shooting to the lagoon an back again. and they drained it from time to tome to keep it clean for the scenes in the water. love to see some out of season shots of it.
First, thank you for posting these videos. Second, the Coast Guard is full of "real" sailors, and probably has a greater percentage of members on ships than the Navy has. Thirdly, in time of war the Coast Guard became a part of the Navy, and some real Navy ships were crewed entirely by sailors from the Coast Guard.
Action Hero exactly right, this fool has no clue what he is talking about. To say the Navy vet is somehow more real than the Coast Guard vet is a douche bag move by bloviating bag of hot air!!
At 12:59 when Mr Howell fires the flare, wasn't the flare gun under water, you'd think instead of the flare going off, the gun should be shooting water if anything
Thanks. I have had a few positive and negative comments about my voice, which is really pretty monotone, so I have to emphasize a bit. But its all in fun.
Professor could make a Radio out of a Coconut , but not Patch up a Boat........LMAO.........always made me laugh aa a kid..Living at the New Jersey, Shore.......
Another example of Gilligan's insanity. In episode three of season two when the overthrown dictator comes to the island, they try to get him to use up all the bullets in his gun by getting him to fire at a target. During this scene, the dictator hands the gun to Gilligan, who hands it back to him a few seconds later.
In the WWII mine episode, you didn't account for the fact that silver is non-ferrous, Skipper's necklace would not be attracted since the mount for the tooth is most certainly silver and it's likely the chain is also.
"Friendly Physician" I believe the final scene where the castaways are returning to the island in the scientist's boat the camera man gets too wide of an angle and you can see traces of the Universal Studio buildings in the background.
+KEVIN MASTERSON - I am preparing two more videos' one a tribute to one of the cast, and another with a handful of more goofs that I spotted working on the tribute. I can't believe I missed the studio building that you caught. I will add it to the video I am working on and credit the find to you.
The biggest thing or goof I think that was done was in season 1 episodes 8 where they applied glue to repair the boat, only to find out the glue wasn't permanent and the entire boat literally fell apart......which allowed us to see there was nothing inside the boat.....no seats, no control panels, no electrical wiring, no glass windows, etc etc etc.
Another possible goof regarding the "Don't Bug the Mosquitos" episode when the male castaways form their own rock group called The Gnats: The Professor is playing his guitar right handed, just like the Skipper & Mr. Howell are doing. The reason I say that is Russell Johnson in real life was left handed - in many episodes this is reflected by the Professor writing and doing skilled work using his left hand. Of course, he might have been ambidextrous & displayed it just then (if he played left handed the band might have sounded a little less awful than it did on the episode, lol).
The shots of the huts were added AFTER production by editors who changed almost monthly. Sherwood didnt have time nor Jack Arnold or Jerry Hopper etc to check every "hut". After Season 1 they just gave up completely on the insert edits. Bob Denver was a heavy smoker..but it wasnt usually tobacco lol
It still wouldn't have been hard to have a segue hut shot for each hut per season. The point I make after the third season video demonstrates that a show can be very popular if people like the cast, regardless of some inconsistencies or production sloppiness. I suppose what is unique about the show is that there are so many goofs. I can't think of any other show with so many goofs, errors, or oddities.
Considering William Paley despised the show they obviously didn't spend the time to pay a continuity consultant. Or do many retakes. They got their yearly budget from Phil Silvers who gave them a lot less than what Paley authorized which was about half of the budget for Gunsmoke...It is what it is lol
I personally think the hut switcharoo was intended as a running visual gag on the show. It wasn't really important and it added to the insanity of the show's premise anyway. I mean really, those castaways could make practically anything out of bamboo and twine. And, BTW, where did they get all of that twine? I never saw them making any.
Do know if their is a parallel between the episode Mr. Howell the protector 4:17 and Brady Brunch Grand Canyon protector outside it being the same actor?
David you forgot one. I think it was the episode when Gilligan has those mind reading seeds. When Ginger and Thurston and skipper visit him in his night, notice the hammocks are opposite. Gilligan is below the skipper.
Noticed something in the episode where May Ann thinks she's Ginger. She supposed to be wearing Ginger's clothes but they're very obviously different. The "beaded beige" that Ginger always wears is quite different when Mary Ann wears it. Same with the one should, leopard dress. Ginger's leopard print has orange and a large pattern. When Mary Ann wears it it's different.
I don’t think the séance goof you mentioned with Professor not being covered by the blanket or sheet, or whatever on the table is actually so because if you notice in the shot previous to that the table is sitting on a stage the professor isn’t under the table he’s under the stage therefore, you would not notice the tablecloth in front of him or legs by him he’s under all of that
in "The Sweepstakes", Mr. Howell has a dream that he struck gold. He gets his gold weighed and talks about "Forty years". When he says, "Forty years in the hills," a hand swipes past the right side of the frame.
Sherwood Schwartz the creator of Gilligan’s Island said that he DIDN’T have a staff of writers..which explains WHY their were contradictory storylines in the show...but Sherwood explained on season two DVD introduction that bringing in freelance writers kept the storylines “fresh” instead of hiring staff writers that would have sameness of the jokes and scenes.
Thanks for the info. Still, I can't help but wonder why the actors didn't notice something - like Lovey saying after two seasons of French expressions, that she doesn't speak French. One would think she would have said "Wait, a minute! I'm supposed to say I don't speak French? I've been speaking French phrases for two seasons." Oh, well.
Actually...in one of the episodes...I forgot which one...the WHOLE cast said what they spoke..Mary Ann said she only spoke English...the Professor said he spoke Latin..Gilligan said he spoke slang.. The Skipper spoke Caribbean from the Islands..and Lovey SAID that SHE SPOKE FRENCH. I think it was when they found the telephone wires and the were trying to reach civilization.
Very interesting, thanks for uploading. Is Eddie Little Sky really standing square toward Gilligan, or is he square toward the camera? It’s hard to know with still shots.
Missed several with the lack of oranges episode. It would take at least a week just for orange seeds to sprout and another 5 years or more before even growing the first fruit. Also, the torches that are supposed to keep the seeds warm are far too high from the ground to do so. Also, why does everyone want to wear sweaters and long sleeves on a tropical island?
+sciguyjeff - I mentioned in the season one video that there were certain things I felt were better left alone. "Dream" sequences are definitely off limits as anything can happen in dreams. But you caught a good one - no matter what the weather was, they always wear the same clothes - except Ginger who seems to have a wardrobe available that's bigger than Mrs. Howell's! Thanks.
+bic papermate - You are not going to believe this, but I thought if the show went to season 4, it would have been great if they let Vito Scotti create his own unique character and kept him as a regular - the eighth castaway.
It is arguable that the image of the beached boat is not in the lagoon. The boat pictured is highly pitched at the bow meaning there is s serious slope going downward towards the water. The beach around the lagoon is perfectly flat. They probably placed the pictured boat somewhere else.
Huh? lol. No, the first season had the beached boat on the actual beach side of the island, whereas the second season not only had a different boat, but had it now beached on the lagoon side of the island. Oh, and I just noticed lately watching some recent re-runs that season three had the boat beached on the lagoon side of the island as well, but at a different angle. Just one of life's mysteries, I guess, lol. Really enjoyed your videos by the way! Thanks for posting them!
+Beyond Ken - Yes, the streaks should run the way they are shown, but you are missing the point, The changing pattern shows the prop mine had been rotated 90degrees when the professor is behind it, and then rotated to what was the back of the mine when Gilligan and Mr. Howell are stuck to it. There is nothing in the scene that requires the prop mine to be rotated, so why is it rotated? It is like the actors or the prop department people either messed with the mine unnecessarily, or maybe the shooting occurred over a few days where the prop was moved off stage and into storage, and then returned to the stage in a different orientation. Imagine a scene in a movie where there is a vase on a table with mostly purple flowers on the right near the male lead, and white flowers on the left near the leading lady, with a red bloom barely visible in the rear of the bouquet. The scene shifts to the lady and suddenly the purple flowers are pointing in her direction, but when the scene finishes and the camera pulls back, the big red flower is front and center. It seems Gilligan's Island didn't bother hiring someone to maintain continuity between shots and scenes.
when gilligan falls and smashes the radio the radio falls to the right while the broken radio is far to the left the opposite side of where the real radio fell
The coast guard in WWII escorted convoys across the Atlantic protecting transports from German U Boats so I don't think it is right to insult those who served by saying they were not real sailors
Exactly! The USCG is rapidly becoming more respected among the military branches. And today, they still respond to very real-world situations, such as vessels in danger, in some of the most inhospitable locations in the world.
It sad these ppl lost their lives defending the land of the free and u can’t even own land or smoke a joint but we all know to thank ppl for killing other families cause their leaders said to. Wars ain’t for freedom but for money and power
I love what happened in the first ep of "Space Force" during the Joint Chiefs meeting though. If you haven't seen it, I'm not going to spoil it for you.
+David Caldarola In one scene Ginger is chained to a table wearing a full length dress, two scenes later she's still chained to the table but now she's naked, or did I just imagine that
+impassable - I believe you are thinking of Ginger chained to the rack, but believe me.... every male viewer would have noticed if she later appeared naked!
In one episode where Mrs Howell plays match maker in season one Maryann is peddling so that Mrs Howell can use a sewing machine. In a later episode Mrs Howell doesn't know how to sew
I think the part about the x on the bottle was wrong on what you said. I remember that the Russian took the water bottle , drank it and "That made him pass out"
Bob Denver was a heavy smoker..? lol!! He was busted for possession of pot in West Virginia, but his celebrity status in that state got him by with a warning. He apologized to the state, and commented that he was embarrassed by the whole thing. Finally, one of the hillbillies in WV showed him how to hide his pot, and he wasn't busted again for it. - True story!
My favorite question about the show is that the skipper and Gilligan lived on the boat and they didnt have a change of clothes. Every one else was only supposed to be on the a three hour tour but always had a different outfit every episode. With tht exception of the professor.
U missed it the bottle the Russian was holding was marked with the X because there bottle was empty and Russian astronaut asked Gillian for the bottle, he took one sip passed out
at 15:25 when there was 6 castaways roaming the island as ghosts and Skipper and Gilligan seated, you said there was 8 castaways, wasn't one of them the REAL ghost?
Lots of fun! I'm a HUGE Gilligan fan! Thanks. One questionable observation about the Howell's being remarried; Mrs. Howell would likely have been a debutante. If so, she MAY NOT have been "known" to fashionable society as 'Ms. Wentworth' UNTIL she was at least 16 (or older), so her character COULD BE 55 or older in that scene if we allow for this debutante rule. Does this work? ~JSV
Miss Wentworth is her maiden name. Mr. Howell said she was Mrs. Howell longer than she was Miss Wentworth, but the differing years they claim to be married is between 20-22, which means she would have to be no more than very early forties when she was getting remarried to Thurston. One can be charitable and say she was only in her forties the way Jack Soo, who played Det. Nick Yemana on Barney Miller told Dietrich he was going to be 46 on his birthday when Jack was actually 60 at the time in real life. So it is possible that the show intended for Mrs. Howell to only be in her forties. BUT... in the episode where Howell thinks he has gone broke, the professor asks Mrs. Howell what did they do to help him during the depression when Howell lost most of his money and was just a single millionaire. Mrs. Howell said they took away his radio. BUT... the depression ended at the beginning of the second world war at least 25 years before GI. If Howell lost most of his money at the beginning of the depression, say around 1928-29, they would have been married at least almost 40 years. For her to be Miss Wentworth longer than she was Mrs. Howell, she would have to be at least 80 years old. In either case, 20-22 years before the mid 1960s places their marriage at the end of WW II "after" the depression had ended. I know some people can't understand the fun in these chats, but being a writer, I like to catch such goofs. Thanks for watching and replying.
Most all jewelry and many vintage fishing rods and reels are made from non-ferrous metals....Gold, silver, in the fishing rod's instance it could have been made of brass to prevent corrosion. Non-ferrous metals are not magnetic.
Most jewelry(necklaces and rings), zippers, belt buckles are non-ferrous thus not magnetic, as well as, stainless steel, which if Gilligan had a "solid steel" necklace it would have been stainless because, in an ocean environment, any other steel would have corroded(rusted) incredibly fast, staining his skin and clothing.
1.I wonder how many of the little details you noted (the jewelry in the episode with the mine for instance) could be seen by the viewers on the television sets available at the time. I'm sure the production team behind the program never thought Gilligan's Island would be released on high definition video 30 years or so later. 2.With the '3 card' (I believe it was a three of clubs.) I have many decks of cards and on a number of them the '3' on the bottom is upside down for some reason. That's actually pretty normal. Other than those, I like the other bloopers.
It's a point, though I would find it hard to believe they would have approached each episode with the idea that they didn't have to be accurate because most people wouldn't see details on the screen. The whole purpose of TV is to induce the viewer to see exactly what the producers want them to see.
David Caldarola Sure, but to me it's a question of having a limited budget and taking the time to deal with these things (time is money) when, at that time, they weren't really practical concerns for the producers.
Ah, I was wondering about that, but I've read so many of these sorts of errors with even high budget movies that I just assumed that television shows at the same had roughly the same number of errors as Gilligan's Island. That does put a different perspective on it. The episode where the Professor thought the island was sinking aired on ME TV last night. (The island was sinking not the water was rising.) Is it even possible for an island of that size to sink? The Professor said the island would sink in 6 days, I assume it's not possible for an island of that size to sink in 6 years or even 60 years. Also, at the end of the episode the Professor and The Skipper hold Gilligan responsible for using the Professor's stick and moving it out further making it seem to the Professor like the island was sinking. But, wasn't the Professor also responsible for not telling Gilligan what he was using the stick for and to not move it? How was Gilligan supposed to know that was The Professor's stick? Also, they make Gilligan clean up the mess by himself, but they're on an island and the mess was on the highest point on that island, why did it even need to be cleaned up?
My second point is just me taking a comedy program seriously, and the real point of the Skipper and the Professor telling Gilligan he'd have to clean up the mess by himself was just a set up for some jokes, but I am serious about my first point. A lot of kids watch Gilligan's Island and I don't think it was right for the Professor to get angry with Gilligan and not acknowledge his own responsibility in the matter for failing to communicate with Gilligan.
Lol as kids we looked forward to this show. As a grandma ive watched it with my grandkids. With all the mistakes its sure brings back happy childhood memories. Thank you for sharing.
This is great. As a small child Gilligans Island was as show I could watch over and over. I still love it today. E veryone was great playing their parts. AAAA+
You are hilarious noticing these details. I get a kick out of listening to your narration. Thanks again.
I loved sitting watching this when I was a kid, I enjoyed watching the reruns over and over. Finally I got to go to Kauai Hawaii where part of Gilligan’s island was filmed at. It’s the most beautiful place you could imagine.
I remember as a kid of about 7 in 1974 watching reruns of Gilligan's island at my aunts house for we couldn't get it at home because of signal wasn't strong enough at our home. I love this showvtrem
I really enjoyed this bud, I’d love to see more shows covered, keep it up
I have watched this show with my big brother as a kid. With nephews and nieces when i was a little older. And with my three daughters as a dad. Always good fun. This guys watches a lil too closely
This is hilarious stuff! We always argued how everyone's clothes always stayed clean with bright colors for years and YEARS as castaways on a deserted island. Even if you say everyone brought extra sets of clothes with them, why would anybody bring loads of spare clothing for a mere *"Three Hour Tour?"* It's clear there wasn't much thought put into this stuff but just the same I'll always love this show and all the fond memories of a much simpler time in history. Thank you for posting this. This is great :)
Thanks for the remarks. Please fell free to view all of my videos. not just the GI related ones.
The professor wasn't under the table but under the stage so of course you're not going to see the the green table clothe nor the people's legs.
OMG this is awesome... I have the whole set of seasons on DVD! Gonna start watching them!
Wonderful presentation
Thanks. Remember, it's all in fun.
I felt that the castaways best chance of leaving the island was when they were at the mad scientist's home. The place was creepy but there was food and shelter until the professor and skipper could renovate the doctors boat and then they could sail for civilization. The home had materials for the boat renovations. They were still far from home but a rebuilt sturdy boat would get them there.
We loved this show as kids, but even at our age could never understand that everyone had so many clothes for a 3 hour cruise, especially Ginger. Never noticed the huts being different, we just wanted to live there.
I'm former Navy, but I take serious umbrage at your flippant comment towards the United States Coast Guard during WWII. During the war, the Coast Guard manned more than 350 naval ships, including 76 LSTs, 21 cargo and attack cargo vessels, 75 frigates and 31 transports. They also manned more than 800 cutters and nearly 300 ships for the army (not to mention thousands of amphibious assault craft). Their members served honorably and one of them was even posthumously awarded the *Medal of Honor -- Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro,* who daringly positioned his craft between the Japanese and 500 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines as they were being evacuated from Guadalcanal. As the last man was climbing aboard the LCMs and LCVPs, Munro's own LCVP was struck by the Japanese, killing him. But his distraction had served its purpose and the boats used for the evacuation were now all safely away.
Don't forget that the Army had ships and had a whole lot of amphibious landings, therefor the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines are all the same. The Army Air Corp had more planes that the U.S. Air Force had during WWII. (yes I know).
@@armymobilityofficer9099 -- The U.S. Air Force didn't exist in WWII, it wasn't established until September 18, 1947. Or was the _"(yes I know)"_ your underwhelming attempt at being facetious?
@@thebonesaw..4634 Pretty big words for a Navy guy. We sure appreciated the Navy for carrying the Army and the Marines to fight. Sorry if facts overwhelmed you this time. Navy guys have no humor. Bless your heart.
@@armymobilityofficer9099 -- For the future... if you're going to attempt to troll someone, it helps if you can consistently cite true facts (something in which you personally seem to be lacking), as for the rest of your commentary... this is exactly the type of elementary school bullshit one could expect from the kind of person who regularly enjoys denigrating an entire branch of the United States Military. It's rather obvious that you're attempting to bait me into saying something negative about the Army or the Marines in order to paint me as a hypocrite, due to my previous statements in defense of the U.S. Coast Guard. It's woefully pathetic that you would deign to denigrate a branch of the U.S. military for the sole purpose of accomplishing that goal in order to win _"internet points."_ However, the fact that you have, immediately calls into question your username of _"Army... Officer"._ I say this because, someone who would stoop to the level you just have, most certainly does not comport with the military bearing of a U.S. Army Officer.
As it happens (because I'm old), I've had many run-ins with *Stolen Valor* types on comment boards such as these. Not only do I absolutely *NOT* believe you were ever an officer in one of the branches of the United States Military, I have a strong suspicion that you've never served a single day in *ANY* branch of the U.S. military. Either that or you _"couldn't cut it"_ and you were separated (probably even before graduating from boot camp). If perchance you somehow did serve in the U.S. Army (beyond boot camp)... I'm certain that - if the Army read the denigrating comments you've made so far about an entire branch of the United States Military - they'd be extraordinarily ashamed of the fact that you ever did serve with them. The U.S. Army's service members serve with exceptional honor and distinction...... and you, sir... do not appear to live up to that example.
@@thebonesaw..4634 Sorry. Take your meds and go night night.
I'm happy to know I'm not the only one that thought the island looked like a battleship
I watch Gilligan's Island followed by Hogans Heroes before bed. They are both great shows.
Hogans hereos was my absolute favorite show
The Mosquitos play their guitars perfectly, Electric guitars with no electricity.
and no guitar cords and no amplifiers!!!!
HAHAHAHA!!!! True! You guys ARE Funny!
Mouserjan0222 not a single luxury here on Gilligan land
Why would the M's bring a copy of their record with them to the island?
I was watching an episode of Perry Mason a few days ago and the musical portion of the song You Need Me, sung by the ladies in this episode, was playing on a murder victim's little portable radio hours before she was killed. CBS got some "mileage" out of that song.
At 8:37, when he talks about the hatch on the mine changing sides, it's because in the middle of the three shots, the negative was flipped. Notice the collar of Gilligan's red shirt also appears in mirror image in that one shot.
The episode with the Russian cosmonauts drinking the vodka wasn't a goof. It was part of the joke. After finishing the bottle that had the real vodka, the Russian demands that the castaways give them their bottle. They hesitate because they are worried that the Russian is going to drink it and realize the ruse. But instead of realizing it was water, he passed out like he had finally had too much. It was part of the joke.
There was nothing like Thurston showing Teddy. how to make the perfect martini. And then there's Lovey's comment: "Thurston, have you been making brandy peaches without peaches again?"
Some people have way too much time on their hands. Excellent.
Nice vid! The only thing about the mismatched hut shots...you likely already know...but to cut costs 'static' shots are used over and over. This could, however, also be a way with folks having fun to see if anyone noticed. Then again...follow the money... Cheers!
It wouldn't have cost much to make a correct hut "segue" shot - but the more I think of it, with all of the comments about a limited budget, a lot of the money had to go to pay the cast since most of them were veteran performers who couldn't have been gotten cheap. Thanks for watching.
9:31 In case you're wondering, it's an AR-851 to be exact
I think I found another oops. In Episode 1 of Season 1, Ginger crawls out of a cave/trap around 23:37, and the Skipper asks if she's hurt. Ginger replies, "no I'm alright, but look at my dress, the only dress I have!" Then she shows a rip down the side of the dress. In later episodes she's shown wearing more dresses. Ooops!
The girls somehow managed to piece together perfectly fitting clothes from "recycled" fabric, though I suspect that the thread holding all those new clothes together was hard to come by.
What is truly odd is that Gilligan himself only seemed to have 1 shirt and 1 pair of trousers....but in 4 years, on a tropical island no less, NOTHING ever wore out/got tattered.
The Skipper Professor and Gilligan all only had one outfit but everyone else had multiple outfits, And they were Red White and Blue outfits. The entire show is one big blooper but we love it
@Nume Moon Of course, as written, Ginger originally did only have one gown, with a supplementary dress made from Gilligan's duffel bag. Then as the show's budget grew, and colour made its entrance in time for the second season, she (and Mary Anne and Mrs Howell) were outfitted with more changes of clothing. This is the LOGICAL explanation, but naturally 'Gilligan's Island' is far from logical!
7:58 The Skippers ring is an emerald and diamond ring belonged to Alan Hale Sr. Jr. wore his fathers ring on his pinky finger for most of his life after his father died.
You have done an outstanding job compiling these goofs. Today I was planning on watching a full episode of GI but clicked on you episode 1 goofs and found it more entertaining, something I haven't seen a 100 times already. Now on to your number 3.
Alan Hale was a WWII sailor! The Coast Guard did a lot of fighting just like the Navy. For example, the USCGC Campbell escorted 19 convoys across the Atlantic, depth charged a bunch of U-Boats and took fire from German planes.
I must say, I love Gilligan's Island. I even recently bought the complete series in HD from VUDU. But what is more upsetting is the fact that I am a forensic scientist and rely on my observation skills...and yet, I think, if I am not mistaken, the only one I saw before was the tube up Mary Ann's sleeve when Gilligan was invisible. So, since I am good professionally at what I do...I am going to chalk my lack of observation up to being really entertained when I watch the show and not even realizing the exterior hut changes. Now, going to watch them tonight and see how bad it is! :-) Thanks for the video. It was fun!
Thanks for viewing... it's all in fun!
you're funny, great narrating, I have a greater appreciation for the comedy in Gi now thx.
Thanks.
After all these years I realize every scene outside hut or indoors is filmed in the studio not outside except lagoon footage
I always thought The Professor was suppose to be under the stage during séance scene.
+fool4singing - He was. But there are still the two problems... 1) Why is he announcing Ginger as some kind of mystic when he doesn't believe in it? 2) The table is surrounded with the legs of the people sitting there, but the shot of the professor underneath shows a full half of the table with no one sitting there.
+David Caldarola Hmmm,..I'm still seeing him under the stage that the table is on; not the table itself, and the bamboo pole is going through the stage up under the table to raise and lower it. Anyway, I still love all of the observations,..many I never noticed before.
@@davidcaldarola5188 The Professor was probably going along with the gag in Ginger's case, just to keep the castaway's morale afloat---pun intended.
That is not a socket for vacuum tubes , it's a speaker with the cone ripped off showing the voice coil.
What you consider as inconsistencies, the director attributes it to Artistic license. BTW, the comedy sitcom was designed to relax from criticism found in everyday life and enjoy the movie(ie to stop and smell the roses; as it were)
I haven't seen all of your videos but I've been watching GI a lot the past week and last night noticed a goof in the episode where everyone's allergic to Gilligan. When the Skipper is sneezing and blowing out the candle repeatedly, G puts an obstacle between the two on the last sneeze but the candle is blown out anyway. I saw the lips and nose of the guy leaning in to blow it out on the right side of my screen. XD
the part gilligan falls under the mine and next scene he winds up in back of it
The 8th man was the guy actually driving the boat. The actors couldn't drive the boat without a license or proper training and the Actor's Union (AFTRA) and the Studio wouldn't let them do it because it would be too dangerous.
Also..HOW can a Robot ‘know’ how to swim/do the doggie paddle if he CAN’T see Gilligan doing it or is not programmed to do so?
These vids are great fun Mr. Caldarola! Thank you for taking the time to offer them on You ube.
Thanks for the thumbs up, Dee Cee. There are a lot of people who just can't watch these vids and have fun with them.
I was born in 1965 for my time line so I must have watched GI early to mid 70’s I love it and would have never noticed anything odd . It’s as if I was with them on their island 🏝
I know right?? I am so enjoying these bloopers. I can't stop laughing. I grew up with the show and always loved the campy humor. They will never make a show like this again. Simpler times, great humor, can't be beat.
Talk about knit picking on Lovey’s teeth!
Mr. Howell's necklace was most likely gold, which is NOT magnetic. Neither are silver, copper or platinum.
Recently read a book called Incredible TV Trivia. Story says that the Teddy Bear Mr Howell sleeps with, is the same one Radar slept with on MASH. Pretty cool huh?
Great video. I love production errors in TV shows and movies. Just want to point out though, at 11:46 of this video, the 3 of Clubs is not upside down, it's reversed. Flipping a scene around happened a lot on the Brady Bunch too.
Actually, it IS upside down. If it was simply reversed, the top would still be the top, and the bottom would still be the bottom. Not the case here. If it were reversed, the open side of the 3 would be on the right side, not the left; and the straight edge of the 3 would be on the top, not the bottom.
I lived in Keehi lagoon on Oahu when one of the Minnows sank back in 2009, plus I have a picture on me sitting on the minnow when it was docked in Honolulu Harbor. I also took a free tour of Coconut Island , spent 4 hours there and got lots of video and pics great experience back in 2005, I also worked in the movie business in the 80's and I was able to see the lagoon back then there was no water at that time.
Ah this makes sense. i heard it was converted from a parking lot when not in season shooting to the lagoon an back again. and they drained it from time to tome to keep it clean for the scenes in the water. love to see some out of season shots of it.
I just want to see Maryann's wardrobe malfunctions
First, thank you for posting these videos.
Second, the Coast Guard is full of "real" sailors, and probably has a greater percentage of members on ships than the Navy has.
Thirdly, in time of war the Coast Guard became a part of the Navy, and some real Navy ships were crewed entirely by sailors from the Coast Guard.
Action Hero exactly right, this fool has no clue what he is talking about. To say the Navy vet is somehow more real than the Coast Guard vet is a douche bag move by bloviating bag of hot air!!
At 12:59 when Mr Howell fires the flare, wasn't the flare gun under water, you'd think instead of the flare going off, the gun should be shooting water if anything
Thanks for doing this. So funny to see all the mistakes. The tone of your voice makes it even better.
Thanks. I have had a few positive and negative comments about my voice, which is really pretty monotone, so I have to emphasize a bit. But its all in fun.
Never knew of so many mistakes!
You watched this show way too closely
Yet here you are.
Professor could make a Radio out of a Coconut , but not Patch up a Boat........LMAO.........always made me laugh aa a kid..Living at the New Jersey, Shore.......
Another example of Gilligan's insanity. In episode three of season two when the overthrown dictator comes to the island, they try to get him to use up all the bullets in his gun by getting him to fire at a target. During this scene, the dictator hands the gun to Gilligan, who hands it back to him a few seconds later.
In the WWII mine episode, you didn't account for the fact that silver is non-ferrous, Skipper's necklace would not be attracted since the mount for the tooth is most certainly silver and it's likely the chain is also.
"Friendly Physician" I believe the final scene where the castaways are returning to the island in the scientist's boat the camera man gets too wide of an angle and you can see traces of the Universal Studio buildings in the background.
+KEVIN MASTERSON - I'll have to look for that. Thanks.
+KEVIN MASTERSON - I am preparing two more videos' one a tribute to one of the cast, and another with a handful of more goofs that I spotted working on the tribute. I can't believe I missed the studio building that you caught. I will add it to the video I am working on and credit the find to you.
The biggest thing or goof I think that was done was in season 1 episodes 8 where they applied glue to repair the boat, only to find out the glue wasn't permanent and the entire boat literally fell apart......which allowed us to see there was nothing inside the boat.....no seats, no control panels, no electrical wiring, no glass windows, etc etc etc.
Interesting thanks !
Another possible goof regarding the "Don't Bug the Mosquitos" episode when the male castaways form their own rock group called The Gnats: The Professor is playing his guitar right handed, just like the Skipper & Mr. Howell are doing. The reason I say that is Russell Johnson in real life was left handed - in many episodes this is reflected by the Professor writing and doing skilled work using his left hand. Of course, he might have been ambidextrous & displayed it just then (if he played left handed the band might have sounded a little less awful than it did on the episode, lol).
In regards to his comment calling the island a "battleship island", I do believe, in fact, that it actually was a battleship covered in foliage.
The professor is under the hut holding the umbrella poll.
The shots of the huts were added AFTER production by editors who changed almost monthly. Sherwood didnt have time nor Jack Arnold or Jerry Hopper etc to check every "hut". After Season 1 they just gave up completely on the insert edits. Bob Denver was a heavy smoker..but it wasnt usually tobacco lol
It still wouldn't have been hard to have a segue hut shot for each hut per season. The point I make after the third season video demonstrates that a show can be very popular if people like the cast, regardless of some inconsistencies or production sloppiness. I suppose what is unique about the show is that there are so many goofs. I can't think of any other show with so many goofs, errors, or oddities.
Considering William Paley despised the show they obviously didn't spend the time to pay a continuity consultant. Or do many retakes. They got their yearly budget from Phil Silvers who gave them a lot less than what Paley authorized which was about half of the budget for Gunsmoke...It is what it is lol
I personally think the hut switcharoo was intended as a running visual gag on the show. It wasn't really important and it added to the insanity of the show's premise anyway. I mean really, those castaways could make practically anything out of bamboo and twine. And, BTW, where did they get all of that twine? I never saw them making any.
He just stayed one toke over the line. No harm in that.
Gillian..a TOKER??? Not a mid-night smoker?
Gilligan did not smoke when we weren't looking.
Stop trying to soil my childhood.
Do know if their is a parallel between the episode Mr. Howell the protector 4:17 and Brady Brunch Grand Canyon protector outside it being the same actor?
Yes - He played Zaccariah T. Brown, prospector, on the Brady Bunch.
I thought still Jim Backus. O.K.
Michael Bowie ml
David you forgot one. I think it was the episode when Gilligan has those mind reading seeds. When Ginger and Thurston and skipper visit him in his night, notice the hammocks are opposite. Gilligan is below the skipper.
Noticed something in the episode where May Ann thinks she's Ginger. She supposed to be wearing Ginger's clothes but they're very obviously different. The "beaded beige" that Ginger always wears is quite different when Mary Ann wears it. Same with the one should, leopard dress. Ginger's leopard print has orange and a large pattern. When Mary Ann wears it it's different.
I don’t think the séance goof you mentioned with Professor not being covered by the blanket or sheet, or whatever on the table is actually so because if you notice in the shot previous to that the table is sitting on a stage the professor isn’t under the table he’s under the stage therefore, you would not notice the tablecloth in front of him or legs by him he’s under all of that
I used to watch Gilligans island all the time, now I realise all I really watched was Dawn Wells.
in "The Sweepstakes", Mr. Howell has a dream that he struck gold. He gets his gold weighed and talks about "Forty years". When he says, "Forty years in the hills," a hand swipes past the right side of the frame.
oh, you did catch that one. ;)
Oh. You did toooo
This was great. Your powers of observation are incredible.
Thanks. Don't forget to view the third season and the addendum which contains some catches made by the viewers.
The only things you need to know about Gilligan's island is..... Ginger was hot, and Mary ann was absolutely gorgeous.
HELL YEAHH THEY WERE!! LOL
Yeah I was always looking for their pot still because you would have to be pretty drunk to make those doors
Sherwood Schwartz the creator of Gilligan’s Island said that he DIDN’T have a staff of writers..which explains WHY their were contradictory storylines in the show...but Sherwood explained on season two DVD introduction that bringing in freelance writers kept the storylines “fresh” instead of hiring staff writers that would have sameness of the jokes and scenes.
Thanks for the info. Still, I can't help but wonder why the actors didn't notice something - like Lovey saying after two seasons of French expressions, that she doesn't speak French. One would think she would have said "Wait, a minute! I'm supposed to say I don't speak French? I've been speaking French phrases for two seasons." Oh, well.
Actually...in one of the episodes...I forgot which one...the WHOLE cast said what they spoke..Mary Ann said she only spoke English...the Professor said he spoke Latin..Gilligan said he spoke slang.. The Skipper spoke Caribbean from the Islands..and Lovey SAID that SHE SPOKE FRENCH. I think it was when they found the telephone wires and the were trying to reach civilization.
It was the “You’ve been disconnected” episode.
the professor was under the stage..the pole went through a square shaped hole in the stage....
The belt buckle, ring, and necklace are likely silver, non ferrous metals, and so not attracted by the magnetism.
Very interesting, thanks for uploading. Is Eddie Little Sky really standing square toward Gilligan, or is he square toward the camera? It’s hard to know with still shots.
There is a distant shot of Gilligan trying to get his throw off and Eddie is about twenty feet in front of him standing under the palm tree.
Missed several with the lack of oranges episode. It would take at least a week just for orange seeds to sprout and another 5 years or more before even growing the first fruit. Also, the torches that are supposed to keep the seeds warm are far too high from the ground to do so. Also, why does everyone want to wear sweaters and long sleeves on a tropical island?
+sciguyjeff - I mentioned in the season one video that there were certain things I felt were better left alone. "Dream" sequences are definitely off limits as anything can happen in dreams. But you caught a good one - no matter what the weather was, they always wear the same clothes - except Ginger who seems to have a wardrobe available that's bigger than Mrs. Howell's! Thanks.
Gilligan picked the last orange, so there's a orange tree in the jungle just no fruit on it.
I think the hut footage reels were probably mislabeled. Then they would always be the wrong hut.
You know who the mysterious person on board The Minnow was? Vito Scotti. Everyone knows he was the eighth castaway.
+bic papermate - You are not going to believe this, but I thought if the show went to season 4, it would have been great if they let Vito Scotti create his own unique character and kept him as a regular - the eighth castaway.
Vito played the Japanese sailor and the evil doctor.
Why do you not mention that in the new opening the boat is now in the lagoon instead of the beach opening in the first season?!
It is arguable that the image of the beached boat is not in the lagoon. The boat pictured is highly pitched at the bow meaning there is s serious slope going downward towards the water. The beach around the lagoon is perfectly flat. They probably placed the pictured boat somewhere else.
Huh? lol. No, the first season had the beached boat on the actual beach side of the island, whereas the second season not only had a different boat, but had it now beached on the lagoon side of the island. Oh, and I just noticed lately watching some recent re-runs that season three had the boat beached on the lagoon side of the island as well, but at a different angle. Just one of life's mysteries, I guess, lol.
Really enjoyed your videos by the way! Thanks for posting them!
very interesting observations, nice job, but sound is very low in the video
When viewed from the left side, the streaks run - right to left? When viewed from the front, the streaks should which way?
+Beyond Ken - Yes, the streaks should run the way they are shown, but you are missing the point, The changing pattern shows the prop mine had been rotated 90degrees when the professor is behind it, and then rotated to what was the back of the mine when Gilligan and Mr. Howell are stuck to it. There is nothing in the scene that requires the prop mine to be rotated, so why is it rotated? It is like the actors or the prop department people either messed with the mine unnecessarily, or maybe the shooting occurred over a few days where the prop was moved off stage and into storage, and then returned to the stage in a different orientation. Imagine a scene in a movie where there is a vase on a table with mostly purple flowers on the right near the male lead, and white flowers on the left near the leading lady, with a red bloom barely visible in the rear of the bouquet. The scene shifts to the lady and suddenly the purple flowers are pointing in her direction, but when the scene finishes and the camera pulls back, the big red flower is front and center. It seems Gilligan's Island didn't bother hiring someone to maintain continuity between shots and scenes.
when gilligan falls and smashes the radio the radio falls to the right while the broken radio is far to the left the opposite side of where the real radio fell
The coast guard in WWII escorted convoys across the Atlantic protecting transports from German U Boats so I don't think it is right to insult those who served by saying they were not real sailors
Exactly! The USCG is rapidly becoming more respected among the military branches. And today, they still respond to very real-world situations, such as vessels in danger, in some of the most inhospitable locations in the world.
It sad these ppl lost their lives defending the land of the free and u can’t even own land or smoke a joint but we all know to thank ppl for killing other families cause their leaders said to. Wars ain’t for freedom but for money and power
I love what happened in the first ep of "Space Force" during the Joint Chiefs meeting though. If you haven't seen it, I'm not going to spoil it for you.
:) No shots from "Friendly Physician" (the Boris Balinkoff/creepy castle one?)
+Steve Carras - Couldn't find any goofs, errors or oddities there.
+David Caldarola In one scene Ginger is chained to a table wearing a full length dress, two scenes later she's still chained to the table but now she's naked, or did I just imagine that
+impassable - I believe you are thinking of Ginger chained to the rack, but believe me.... every male viewer would have noticed if she later appeared naked!
In one episode where Mrs Howell plays match maker in season one Maryann is peddling so that Mrs Howell can use a sewing machine. In a later episode Mrs Howell doesn't know how to sew
I think the part about the x on the bottle was wrong on what you said. I remember that the Russian took the water bottle , drank it and "That made him pass out"
that was the second one who passed out
Bob Denver was a heavy smoker..? lol!! He was busted for possession of pot in West Virginia, but his celebrity status in that state got him by with a warning. He apologized to the state, and commented that he was embarrassed by the whole thing. Finally, one of the hillbillies in WV showed him how to hide his pot, and he wasn't busted again for it. - True story!
3:14 That makes sense because Bob Denver died of complications following surgery for throat cancer which he got because he smoked
It's an uncharted, unclaimed island and as such their own country, so they can decide who can perform marriages.
My favorite question about the show is that the skipper and Gilligan lived on the boat and they didnt have a change of clothes. Every one else was only supposed to be on the a three hour tour but always had a different outfit every episode. With tht exception of the professor.
Too bad the Prof's suitcases were lost at sea.
U missed it the bottle the Russian was holding was marked with the X because there bottle was empty and Russian astronaut asked Gillian for the bottle, he took one sip passed out
at 15:25 when there was 6 castaways roaming the island as ghosts and Skipper and Gilligan seated, you said there was 8 castaways, wasn't one of them the REAL ghost?
Lots of fun! I'm a HUGE Gilligan fan! Thanks.
One questionable observation about the Howell's being remarried;
Mrs. Howell would likely have been a debutante. If so, she MAY NOT have been "known" to fashionable society as 'Ms. Wentworth' UNTIL she was at least 16 (or older), so her character COULD BE 55 or older in that scene if we allow for this debutante rule.
Does this work?
~JSV
Miss Wentworth is her maiden name. Mr. Howell said she was Mrs. Howell longer than she was Miss Wentworth, but the differing years they claim to be married is between 20-22, which means she would have to be no more than very early forties when she was getting remarried to Thurston. One can be charitable and say she was only in her forties the way Jack Soo, who played Det. Nick Yemana on Barney Miller told Dietrich he was going to be 46 on his birthday when Jack was actually 60 at the time in real life. So it is possible that the show intended for Mrs. Howell to only be in her forties.
BUT... in the episode where Howell thinks he has gone broke, the professor asks Mrs. Howell what did they do to help him during the depression when Howell lost most of his money and was just a single millionaire. Mrs. Howell said they took away his radio. BUT... the depression ended at the beginning of the second world war at least 25 years before GI. If Howell lost most of his money at the beginning of the depression, say around 1928-29, they would have been married at least almost 40 years. For her to be Miss Wentworth longer than she was Mrs. Howell, she would have to be at least 80 years old. In either case, 20-22 years before the mid 1960s places their marriage at the end of WW II "after" the depression had ended. I know some people can't understand the fun in these chats, but being a writer, I like to catch such goofs. Thanks for watching and replying.
I have to admit that I would never have seen any of these errors - only because I was always focused on Mary Ann. ;)
This guy watches WAAAY too much Gilligan's Island! But it's GRRREAT!
RIP Eddie Little Sky
So basically you are a continuity fanatic, WITH as you said, a lot of time on your hands. LOL
In V for Vitamins they need to are all going to die without vitamin C, but there are pineapples on the island which have loads of it.
Most all jewelry and many vintage fishing rods and reels are made from non-ferrous metals....Gold, silver, in the fishing rod's instance it could have been made of brass to prevent corrosion. Non-ferrous metals are not magnetic.
Most jewelry(necklaces and rings), zippers, belt buckles are non-ferrous thus not magnetic, as well as, stainless steel, which if Gilligan had a "solid steel" necklace it would have been stainless because, in an ocean environment, any other steel would have corroded(rusted) incredibly fast, staining his skin and clothing.
1.I wonder how many of the little details you noted (the jewelry in the episode with the mine for instance) could be seen by the viewers on the television sets available at the time. I'm sure the production team behind the program never thought Gilligan's Island would be released on high definition video 30 years or so later.
2.With the '3 card' (I believe it was a three of clubs.) I have many decks of cards and on a number of them the '3' on the bottom is upside down for some reason. That's actually pretty normal.
Other than those, I like the other bloopers.
It's a point, though I would find it hard to believe they would have approached each episode with the idea that they didn't have to be accurate because most people wouldn't see details on the screen. The whole purpose of TV is to induce the viewer to see exactly what the producers want them to see.
David Caldarola Sure, but to me it's a question of having a limited budget and taking the time to deal with these things (time is money) when, at that time, they weren't really practical concerns for the producers.
Makes sense, Adam, but one needs to compare GI with any other TV show. No other show has so many errors.
Ah, I was wondering about that, but I've read so many of these sorts of errors with even high budget movies that I just assumed that television shows at the same had roughly the same number of errors as Gilligan's Island.
That does put a different perspective on it.
The episode where the Professor thought the island was sinking aired on ME TV last night. (The island was sinking not the water was rising.) Is it even possible for an island of that size to sink? The Professor said the island would sink in 6 days, I assume it's not possible for an island of that size to sink in 6 years or even 60 years.
Also, at the end of the episode the Professor and The Skipper hold Gilligan responsible for using the Professor's stick and moving it out further making it seem to the Professor like the island was sinking. But, wasn't the Professor also responsible for not telling Gilligan what he was using the stick for and to not move it? How was Gilligan supposed to know that was The Professor's stick?
Also, they make Gilligan clean up the mess by himself, but they're on an island and the mess was on the highest point on that island, why did it even need to be cleaned up?
My second point is just me taking a comedy program seriously, and the real point of the Skipper and the Professor telling Gilligan he'd have to clean up the mess by himself was just a set up for some jokes, but I am serious about my first point.
A lot of kids watch Gilligan's Island and I don't think it was right for the Professor to get angry with Gilligan and not acknowledge his own responsibility in the matter for failing to communicate with Gilligan.
How many times did you have to watch each episode?😀 Thanks for your hard work!