Even if you are NOT a follower of the series, check out this episode. It's beautifully done. This was truly a labor of love, and again, you can see the cast was having a blast, and that's putting it mildy. Special thanks to director Gary Nelson, behind such sitcoms as GET SMART and PATTY DUKE.
Comes the radio bulletin that the Skipper is to blame for the shipwreck and will be removed from his duties. He's fired! The only problem is the crew (witnesses) and the SS Minnow is on an island! How did the Maritime board arrive at this conclusion? There is No evidence.
Nevertheless, the Skipper and Gilligan attempt to re-create what exactly happened. So they build a fake boat and reconstruct the storm, with Ginger throwing buckets of water on them! See to believe!
Question 2... How did they get the boards, the saws, the nails and hammer to put the fake boat together? And if they did have all that material, they could have patched up the SS Minnow and left the island years ago!!!!
Gilligan subsequently has another outrageous dream sequence. This time he plays Lord Admiral Gilligan, sort of in the tradition of dashing Errol Flynn. His mission is to protect his ship, especially with Mrs. Howell and her two daughters, Ginger and Maryann? And who else to play the pirates --- than the Skipper, the professor and Mr. Howell, who has some of the best lines.
The costumes are fabulous, and toss in some super fight scenes. This is fun, sort of in the tradition of a classic adventure pirate movie OR the Three Stooges!
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