The castaways try to find a way to get a robot who has landed on the island to provide them with their rescue.The castaways try to find a way to get a robot who has landed on the island to provide them with their rescue.The castaways try to find a way to get a robot who has landed on the island to provide them with their rescue.
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- TriviaMr. Howell (Jim Backus) says the robot walking to Hawaii across the bottom of the ocean to deliver a message to authorities so they can get rescued, would be their answer to Lloyd Bridges. Sea Hunt (1958) was a television show on SCUBA diving starring Lloyd Bridges.
- GoofsWhen the Skipper says "...a man works his way up to be the captain of his own ship...", he clearly moves his mouth to the word "poop" instead of "ship".
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Professor Roy Hinkley: [All the castaways are present, seated or standing around the communal table with the radio on it. They are all ad-libbing as the Professor hears the radio] Wait a minute! Quiet! The announcement, quiet! Quiet!
Radio Announcer: And now they are activating the robot's receptor spools to see if they can find out how it got to Hawaii. The next voice you hear will be that of the robot.
Robot: [mechanically] I have been on a deserted island. The putt breaks to the right.
Thurston Howell III: Well, it was a lucky shot!
Robot: [mechanically] Sweep back and forth, back and forth. I was stranded. This is the way we wash our clothes.
Radio Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the scientists from the laboratory are checking to see exactly what went wrong. Perhaps now we can learn the reason the recorded messages are all scrambled... A WHAT?... Ladies and gentlemen, believe it or not, a RABBIT'S FOOT was just found in the robot!
[as the announcer continues, everyone slowly looks directly at Gilligan, with those who were seated slowly getting up. Gilligan smiles rather embarrassingly whilst shying away from their stares]
Radio Announcer: It demagnetized the entire receptor spools. There is now no chance of finding out where the robot has been, who reprogrammed it, or how it got to Hawaii. For that matter, how the rabbit's foot got in there in the first place!
Professor Roy Hinkley, Thurston Howell III, Jonas 'The Skipper' Grumby, Mrs. Lovey Howell, Ginger Grant, Mary Ann Summers: [Almost unbelievingly] GILLIGAN?
Gilligan: [Still not looking at them and still smiling embarrassingly] I just thought it'd bring us some luck, ya know?
[Gilligan then slips under the table while the Skipper and Professor go after him as the scene fades out]
- Alternate versionsIn the syndicated version of this episode, the scenes with the Robot working for Mary Ann and Ginger are not shown.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Dazed and Confused (1993)
- SoundtracksThe Ballad of Gilligan's Isle
Words and Music by George Wyle and Sherwood Schwartz
A cool robot (that looks partly like a silver oven) parachutes onto the island. Right away, the professor makes his calculations. Since it's too heavy to swim back to the mainland, he suggests the mechanical man may be able to WALK the ocean floor to Hawaii and tell everybody about them! This could be possible, at least it is an episode where the outrageous makes sense, in a lopsided sort of way. Ya know?
The raspy robot's voice is played by popular character actor Robert D'Arcy, who appeared in many tv shows, usually in small parts. David P. Hartman wrote this one, who later did many stories for the BRADY BUNCH.
Best scene has Ginger cuddling up to the robot, who the professor claims may have human emotions. Soooo... Ginger promises the robot lots of exposure in Hollywood (and more kisses), if he gets them back to the mainland????
See to believe. SEASON 2 EPISODE 21 restored in beautiful color.
- tcchelsey
- Jul 30, 2023