The actress playing the native mother is Henny Backus, who is married to Jim Backus (Thurston Howell).
This was the first color episode. The Theme song is now sung by the Eligibles insteaed of The Wellingtons.
First episode where the two other members of the cast "The Professor" and "Mary Ann" are introduced in the opening theme song. Prior to this episode, it ended with "the movie star and the rest, here on Gilligan's Isle"
Mary Foran, who played the Native Daughter, was actually 4 years older than Russell Grieve, who played her father.
First appearance of Eddie Little Sky (Harooki), who would go on to play a head hunter in "Topsy Turvy" and a witch doctor in "Voodoo".