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Sep 26, 1964

CBS
Sep 26, 1964

Gilligan's Island

Summary Gilligan's Island centered around a group of people who were stranded on an uncharted deserted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. They all were on a boat tour, which found itself in the middle of a storm leading them to crash on an island! Those stranded include, Gilligan, the Skipper, a millionaire (Thurston Howell III) and his wife...

Created By: Sherwood Schwartz

CBS
Sep 26, 1964

CBS
Sep 26, 1964

Gilligan's Island

Season 1

Season Premiere: Sep 26, 1964

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Summary Gilligan's Island centered around a group of people who were stranded on an uncharted deserted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. They all were on a boat tour, which found itself in the middle of a storm leading them to crash on an island! Those stranded include, Gilligan, the Skipper, a millionaire (Thurston Howell III) and his wife...

Created By: Sherwood Schwartz

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Episode 0 • Oct 16, 1992 • 30 m

The pilot episode that tells the tale of a tiny ship which set off on a three-hour tour but got caught in a storm and beached on an island. The pilot was filmed in November 1963, and not aired until almost 30 years later.

Episode 1 • Sep 26, 1964 • 30 m

Gilligan and the Skipper construct a raft and set out to sea to find help. Back on the island, the remaining castaways are worried about possible headhunters.

Episode 2 • Oct 3, 1964 • 30 m

The castaways fight over their living arrangements as a violent storm approaches the island.

Episode 3 • Oct 10, 1964 • 30 m

Voodoo Something to Me

After somebody breaks into the supply hut, everyone suspects that a killer may be on the island--except for the Skipper, who thinks that it may be part of a voodoo curse.

Episode 4 • Oct 17, 1964 • 30 m

Good Night Sweet Skipper

The Skipper figures out how to turn the radio into a transmitter in his sleep during a dream, so the other castaways try to get him back to sleep to fix it before a pilot scheduled to fly over the island arrives.

Episode 5 • Oct 24, 1964 • 30 m

Wrongway Feldman

The castaways discover that famed but long-lost pilot Wrongway Feldman and his plane are on the island. They try to convince him to fly to civilization and rescue them, but he is reluctant to leave the island.

Episode 6 • Oct 31, 1964 • 30 m

President Gilligan

The Skipper and Mr. Howell compete for leadership on the island by being named "President." When the castaways cast their votes, the result is surprising.

Episode 7 • Nov 7, 1964 • 30 m

The Sound of Quacking

The hungry castaways find a wild duck on the island, but they don't know whether to use it as food or attach a message to him and hope for rescue.

Episode 8 • Nov 21, 1964 • 30 m

Gilligan's attempt to turn sap into maple syrup yields a substance that is stronger than glue. The castaways patch up the Minnow and prepare to go back out to sea.

Episode 9 • Nov 28, 1964 • 30 m

The Big Gold Strike

While Mary Ann, Ginger and the Skipper find the S.S. Minnow's inflatable liferaft in the lagoon, Gilligan and Mr. Howell discover gold in an underground mine on the island.

Episode 10 • Dec 5, 1964 • 30 m

Waiting for Watubi

The Skipper is convinced he is doomed after he accidentally disturbs the resting place of a vengeful Tiki god, and the only thing that can break the curse is a visit from The Great Watubi.

Episode 11 • Dec 12, 1964 • 30 m

Angel on the Island

Mr. Howell agrees to produce a play on the island to cheer up Ginger, but only makes things worse when he fires Ginger from the lead role and replaces her with Mrs. Howell. It's up to Gilligan to step in to make things right.

Episode 12 • Dec 19, 1964 • 30 m

Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk

Gilligan's Christmas wish appears to be coming true when a radio broadcast tells them their rescue is imminent. While they wait, they recall the first days on the island when Gilligan lost the radio and transmitter.

Episode 13 • Dec 26, 1964 • 30 m

Three Million Dollars More or Less

Everybody wants a piece of Gilligan and his newfound riches after he wins a three million dollar bet with Mr. Howell.

Episode 14 • Jan 2, 1965 • 30 m

Water, Water Everywhere

The castaways desperately try to find a new water source as they have completely exhausted their current water supply.

Episode 15 • Jan 9, 1965 • 30 m

So Sorry, My Island Now

A Japanese sailor arrives on the island thinking it's still WWII and holds the castaways captive on their own island.

Episode 16 • Jan 16, 1965 • 30 m

Plant You Now, Dig You Later

Both Gilligan and Mr. Howell lay claim to a treasure chest that Gilligan dug up while working for Mr. Howell. The professor offers to settle ownership once and for all with a trial.

Episode 17 • Jan 23, 1965 • 30 m

Little Island, Big Gun

A bank robber comes to the island to hide from the authorities and holds the castaways prisoner while he waits for his boat after his cover is blown.

Episode 18 • Jan 30, 1965 • 30 m

X Marks the Spot

The Pentagon is set to launch a new deadly missile that will destroy everything within 100 miles of its path, and the island is ground zero.

Episode 19 • Feb 6, 1965 • 30 m

Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy

Gilligan finds a young jungle boy on the island, as well as a helium supply that the professor plans to use to get rescued with a makeshift hot-air balloon.

Episode 20 • Feb 13, 1965 • 30 m

St. Gilligan and the Dragon

The women on the island feel disrespected, so they decide to go off on their own without the help of the men who come up with plans to bring them back. But which side will cave in first and admit that they need or miss the other?

Episode 21 • Feb 20, 1965 • 30 m

Big Man on a Little Stick

When a surfer arrives on the island, the castaways encourage him to head back to Hawaii and rescue them. However, he is more interested in making moves on Ginger and Mary Ann than in getting back in a hurry.

Episode 22 • Feb 27, 1965 • 30 m

Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend

A gorilla steals Mrs. Howell's diamond brooch, and while Mr. Howell offers a reward to the other castaways for finding it, the gorilla kidnaps Mrs. Howell too.

Episode 23 • Mar 6, 1965 • 30 m

How to Be a Hero

Gilligan is jealous of the Skipper when he saves Mary Ann from drowning. But he may get his chance to be a hero yet when a headhunter takes the other castaways prisoner.

Episode 24 • Mar 13, 1965 • 30 m

The Return of Wrongway Feldman

Wrongway Feldman returns to the island not to rescue the castaways, but to make the island his permanent home. As a result, the castaways try to trick him into returning to Hawaii and rescuing them.

Episode 25 • Mar 20, 1965 • 30 m

Mrs. Howell decides to play matchmaker for Gilligan and Mary Ann, but her efforts inadvertently create a rift between Mr. Howell and herself.

Episode 26 • Mar 27, 1965 • 30 m

Music Hath Charms

The castaways form a band for entertainment and diversion. But Gilligan's drumbeats are mistaken by tribes on other islands as a declaration of war.

Episode 27 • Apr 3, 1965 • 30 m

New Neighbor Sam

The castaways are scared that a group of gangsters are on the island, but it turns out just to be a parrot who also squawks wildly when he hears the words "boat" and "jewel."

Episode 28 • Apr 10, 1965 • 30 m

They're Off and Running

Gilligan is forced to become the Howell's house-boy when the Skipper loses a bet to Mr. Howell in a turtle (actually a tortoise) race.

Episode 29 • Apr 17, 1965 • 30 m

Three to Get Ready

The Skipper believes that Gilligan has found "The Eye of the Idol," which gives him three wishes before sundown. However, the Professor believes it is just a silly superstition and just an ordinary cat's eye.

Episode 30 • Apr 24, 1965 • 30 m

A blow to the head gives the Skipper amnesia. The Professor tries to cure him through hypnosis, but he winds up believing that the other castaways are Japanese soldiers.

Episode 31 • May 1, 1965 • 30 m

Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?

Everyone becomes suspicious of Gilligan when they discover that he's been keeping a diary, and they respond by creating their own written accounts of how they saved Gilligan from the Japanese soldier.

Episode 32 • May 8, 1965 • 30 m

Physical Fatness

The professor makes a dye marker to help get rescued. The Skipper plans to join the Navy when they get home, but he finds out he must lose weight to meet their requirements--and Gilligan finds out that he must gain weight too.

Episode 33 • May 15, 1965 • 30 m

While fishing, Gilligan reels in a magician's chest from the lagoon. But eventually Gilligan overhears that everybody is fed up with his unsuccessful attempts at magic, and he decides to run away.

Episode 34 • May 22, 1965 • 30 m

Goodbye Old Paint

The castaways discover that a celebrated, eccentric artist is on the island, and they try to trick him into wanting to return to civilization so that they can use his transmitter.

Episode 35 • Jun 5, 1965 • 30 m

My Fair Gilligan

After Gilligan saves Mrs. Howell's life, the Howells adopt him as their son. But Gilligan soon discovers that life as "Gilligan Thurston Howell IV" is not all it's cracked up to be.

Episode 36 • Jun 12, 1965 • 30 m

A Nose by Any Other Name

Gilligan's nose is badly swollen after he falls from a coconut tree. The professor swears the swelling will go down in a few days, but Gilligan wants the professor to operate and give him a new nose.

Top Cast

Bob Denver

Gilligan, Agent 0014, Dr. Charles Boyer

Alan Hale Jr.

Jonas 'The Skipper' Grumby, Agent 1, Captain John Silver

Jim Backus

Thurston Howell III, Bad Guy, Boss Howell

Natalie Schafer

Mrs. Lovey Howell, Mom, Wife

Tina Louise

Ginger Grant, Eva Grubb, Agent 5

Russell Johnson

Professor Roy Hinkley, Bad Guy 2, Boyfriend

Dawn Wells

Mary Ann Summers, Agent 10, Bank Girl

Charles Maxwell

Radio Announcer

Janos Prohaska

Gorilla, Ape, Gladys

Vito Scotti

Dr. Boris Balinkoff, Cat, Japanese Soldier

Eddie Little Sky

Native, Native Warrior, Witch Doctor

Mel Blanc

Parrot, Ribbit the Frog, Sam, the Parrot

Russ Grieve

Head Hunter, Native, Native Chief

Hans Conried

Wrongway Feldman

Denny Miller

Duke Williams, Tongo the Ape Man

Chick Hearn

Commentator, Radio Announcer

George N. Neise

Interviewer, NASA Official

James Spencer

Copilot, Ryan

Kit Smythe

Ginger

John Gabriel

The Professor

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