"Goodbye Island" offers our last glimpse of the battered SS Minnow, not seen since the debut episode (location shooting on a real beach), the Professor trying to come up with the right formula to make nails. In finding the right sap to make syrup, Gilligan discovers a substance that works like glue after it's heated and manages to get himself and Skipper attached to the boat, in a remarkably well done routine evoking memories of Laurel and Hardy, from Skipper's knowing glances at the camera (like Hardy), to the slow escalation of trouble growing worse and worse. The Professor realizes that some perfumes have a certain fragrance that can dissolve the sticky compound, surprising Ginger with forceful aggressiveness: "that salesgirl was wrong, that perfume doesn't make men wild, it drives them absolutely batty!" Once they're free, the Skipper reinforces the entire boat with Gilligan's waterproof glue, shortly before we learn that it's not so permanent after all. The SS Minnow collapses in spectacular fashion, the castaways lucky to be safe on the beach rather than out to sea. This is the kind of slapstick that can be difficult to pull off, but Bob Denver and Alan Hale became beloved icons for youngsters of all ages because they did it so well.